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Did anyone remember..... Marty McFly ? ...

Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
edited 2012-11-07 11:09 in General Discussion
....that today is the anniversary of the invention of the flux capacitor, November 5th, 1955. And we are a better world for it. :smile:

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  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2012-11-05 21:05
    There should have been a special offer on Parallax Flux Capacitors to celebrate.
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2012-11-05 22:36
    Heater. wrote: »
    There should have been a special offer on Parallax Flux Capacitors to celebrate.

    Or......

    Another Contest!!!!
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,246
    edited 2012-11-06 03:11
    " 1.21 gigawatts! 1.21 gigawatts. Great Scott! "
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2012-11-06 05:06
    Heavy?!? Has something gone wrong with the Earth's gravitational field?!?
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2012-11-07 03:39
    prof_braino wrote: »
    Heavy?!? Has something gone wrong with the Earth's gravitational field?!?
    One would expect a dip skew in the fields when a time traveling flux passes by.
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2012-11-07 08:34
    I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drug store, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by.

    -- Gordon
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-11-07 08:37
    do you know what that means?!?! It means that this d--n thing doesn't work at all!!
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2012-11-07 10:06
    This is about as close as I have ... 450kV discharge, keep in mind the power source is a 6-cell laptop battery.
    big bang.png
    big bang.png
    720 x 1280 - 496K
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2012-11-07 10:54
    Beau,

    So where can I buy a bottle of that "Danger" stuff, sounds interesting.
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2012-11-07 11:05
    Heater,

    lol..... 2-liter bottle of Sprite + metal foil tape + salt water + Drawer knob + 1 foot metal rod (Power supply not included) :-)
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-11-07 11:09
    Beau Schwabe (Parallax) wrote: »
    Heater,

    lol..... 2-liter bottle of Sprite + metal foil tape + salt water + Drawer knob + 1 foot metal rod (Power supply not included) :-)

    erco can probably provide a Hot Wheels DeLorean...it would make for an awesome stop motion animation sequence!!
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