04-17-2008, 01:47 AM
This sounds like the stuff of a Bond film: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...a-lte041008.php
...or a blatant parody thereof.
...or a blatant parody thereof.
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04-19-2008, 11:34 AM
Let's be fair, if you've got a laser powerful enough to trigger a lightning strike, its energy is better deployed by aiming it directly at whatever you want destroyed.
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04-19-2008, 12:29 PM
Quote:Let's be fair, if you've got a laser powerful enough to trigger a lightning strike, its energy is better deployed by aiming it directly at whatever you want destroyed. Scott... you just don't get it, do ya? -Jester 
04-21-2008, 03:25 PM
Quote:Scott... you just don't get it, do ya? zipp it zipp it zipp it 
04-21-2008, 05:14 PM
Man-made lightning? It's good they already made Back to the Future, or else there wouldn't be much of a dramatic climax at the end of the movie.
04-22-2008, 03:37 AM
Quote:Angel' date='Apr 21 2008, 10:14 AM' post='146760']Makes you wonder, though, if Doc Brown ever mulled over the possibility that the lightning bolt might just strike the clock tower at 10:04 and 38 seconds. Or do I just go the Doc McKay route and mutter "Don't even get me started on that movie..."
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04-22-2008, 04:58 PM
Quote:This sounds like the stuff of a Bond film: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...a-lte041008.phpBen Franklin would approve. (I think)
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04-22-2008, 10:19 PM
So they were able to cause electrical activity in clouds during the middle of a thunder storm? Yes... that is truly remarkable! I think I did the same thing once by saying "Let's go ahead and finish the 9th hole."
 Quote:This sounds like the stuff of a Bond film: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...a-lte041008.php ![[Image: picturesghtningghtn01.JPG]](http://www.lightning.ece.ufl.edu/picturesghtningghtn01.JPG) UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LIGHTNING RESEARCH GROUP I prefer the McGyver method with a spool of fine copper wire and a model rocket. P.S. No Deebye! Don't do this at home!
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04-24-2008, 07:29 PM
Hi,
Quote:So they were able to cause electrical activity in clouds during the middle of a thunder storm? Yes... that is truly remarkable! I think I did the same thing once by saying "Let's go ahead and finish the 9th hole."Did you have a one iron for protection? :lol: --Pete How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?
04-25-2008, 08:24 PM
Only a 3.;)
I have a few rules regarding club selection tailored to my swing: 1) Every golf club except putter hits the ball about 150 yards give on a full swing. 2) Whatever trajectory the club (excluding putter) is expected to provide is about 30 degrees greater than the actual expected trajectory. Conclusion: With a 1 iron I would expect to hit the ball 150 yards with a subterranean flight path.
04-26-2008, 06:59 PM
Hi,
Quote:Conclusion: With a 1 iron I would expect to hit the ball 150 yards with a subterranean flight path.It's not for hitting the ball, it's for the Lee Trevino lightning protection scheme;) --Pete How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark? |
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