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Mike Hankey wrote: The problem was his backers dropped him because he wanted to make it free to everyone and the backers wanted to exploit it!
Tesla was way ahead of his time. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Yes he was, a true genius! To bad he was crazier than bat sh*t though.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Mike Hankey wrote: To bad he was crazier than bat sh*t though.
Most geniuses are. I thought that crazier than bat sh*t was in the definition of genius.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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JimmyRopes wrote: I thought that crazier than bat sh*t was in the definition of genius.
I believe you're right!
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Don't worry about getting zapped: Hall assures that the magnetic fields used to transfer energy are "perfectly safe" -- in fact, they are the same kind of fields used in Wi-Fi routers.
Surely Wifi routers use radio waves, not magnetic fields?
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Magnetic and electronic field are going together - everywhere...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field[^]
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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There is a problem with this.
Some of my devices need a fair amount of power.
And I have a number of metal plates that have been attached to various bones over the years... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Well hopefully you won't be attracted towards the hub 
btw it leads me to another side of the coin, how will I stop my device from getting charged?
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There is that - but there's also Faraday's Law[^] which means every time I cross the room I'm going to get electrocuted... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: And I have a number of metal plates that have been attached to various bones over the years...
Honest constable, I'm not drunk, I'm just being pulled about by all the magnetic fields.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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My dad has a pacemaker, he can't get near the hob in our house as it's using induction for heating.
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Or go near a microwave in case the seals are damaged...
The fun was when one hospital wanted to give me a MRI, until they were persuaded to run a metal detector over me first! 
Airports are fun too...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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So what happened to you? A train wreck?
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No, I've had a few motorcycle and car accidents over the years is all.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Never seen this[^] before? 
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The true wireless current! 
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The laws of physics makes this one of the most inefficient and useless ideas except for really short range stuff, like putting your phone on a pad or the way your cordless toothbrush recharges itself through induction.
Marc
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Last week (Thursday) I was doing some searching on Gumtree (like Craigslist etc) for a video lens. Shortly I was presented with an ad for a new lens a at a good price from an on line camera store. It looked good and said they had 1 in stock so I ordered and paid using Paypal ($A550). All cleared and money debited from my credit card which I settled.
Today I get email to say not in stock and they would try to get it in maybe 7-14 days.
I spat the dummy and let them have it - to me it did not seem time for niceties.
I buy tons of stuff on line and have often been told that account is only debited when ready to ship which seems as it should be.
What is the general view about the kind of practice this mob engaged in?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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These things happen.
Specialist items are not usually carried in large numbers and errors creep in in stock control systems from time to time.
I have it.
Some customer will request a [INSERT ITEM HERE] as part of an order.
I will collate and deliver 95% of the order and have one item on back order as I am OOS.
I also take money up front on the webstore purchases, although offer a monthly credit account to my regular business customers.
Personally, wouldn't sweat it for a while, so long as you are in touch, give them the lead time to get and deliver the lens.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I can understand an error. If they had contacted me to tell me an error had occurred and perhaps asked me if I wanted a refund or was prepared to wait then no problem. That isn't how it played out.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I agree if it's not been shipped then how can they charge you for something that they haven't provided?
I had a company do this to me a while back and I will never order from them again. They said it was a mix up in their billing and it is a reputable company but none the less.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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You may be able to dispute the charge on PayPal since you were not provided with the item that the charge is for.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Having just discovered code metric in VS2013 I naturally pushed the button got a bunch of interesting numbers which MS describes but I was wondering what a good maintainability index should be, I have 80 over 11k lines of code.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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One thing that code metrics doesn't really cope with is the complexity of the system.
The design can only be built to solve the requirements (with a bit of future proofing if time allows), like most statistics they can give you a feel of what is going on but sometimes you have to trust your experience
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