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 Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 20:24 Post subject: Lightning strikes three buildings at the same time |
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 20:34 Post subject: |
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TSR69
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 20:53 Post subject: |
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nice shots
Formerly known as iconized
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 20:55 Post subject: |
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Yep, that's what you get when you put very pointy metal rod on a high place: a lightning attractor aka lightning rod 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 20:58 Post subject: |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 21:01 Post subject: |
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Cool
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 21:08 Post subject: |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 21:14 Post subject: |
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Uh guys?
I think dingo_d is perfectly aware of that. 
Isn't he some sort of electrotechnical engineer? Or studying to become one?
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 21:15 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 23:15 Post subject: |
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Physicist actually  In the early days (back when Franklin messed with lightnings using a kite) the lightning rods were very pointy at one end which meant that you would get a massive buildup of charge on that tip, which during thunderstorms literally attracted lightnings. Today they are making them slightly differently (not that pointy iirc), but the purpose remains the same: better to struck a metal rod than you 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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TSR69
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| Posted: Wed, 30th Jun 2010 23:52 Post subject: |
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Hmm... physicist. What are you going to do in a year 2012 ?
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| WhiteBarbarian wrote: | | Hmm... physicist. What are you going to do in a year 2012 ? |
 If I hadn't lost a year on 2 exams I would be graduating Fucking bureaucracy wouldn't let me enroll in math class (absolutely nothing to do with physics), because I didn't pass physics exam -.- Logic: none! Anywho I have exam in a week, which I'll probably pass and then off to the real deal - next yr will be a killer 
| iconized wrote: | | wow physicist, do your best |
Thanks man
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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Designers put lightning rods on tall buildings for SAFETY purposes 
