Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!ccserver!umapu02 From: umapu02@cc.ic.ac.uk (D.A.G. Gillies Supvsr Dr K.J. Bignell) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Weirdness Electronics was "NAVY WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE" Message-ID: <1990Nov6.184151.5823@cc.ic.ac.uk> Date: 6 Nov 90 18:41:50 GMT References: <1089700002@cdp> <1883@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> Sender: umapu02@cc.ic.ac.uk Followup-To: umapu02@cc.ic.ac.uk Organization: Imperial College Computer Centre Lines: 53 Nntp-Posting-Host: sunb In article wayned@wddami.spoami.com (Wayne Diener) writes: >>In article <1883@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> chroma@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (C. Elliot Friday UMN ) writes: >>In article <1089700002@cdp> nec@cdp.UUCP writes: >> / >> / "UFO CENTRAL" >> / The Forbidden City >> / AREA# 51 >>I >secretly< know eminate from the Planet Gullible. Does anyone know >>what is >really< in these devices? I know lots of people will guess >>(maybe correctly) that they are just circuits that blink lights or >>go on at random or somesuch. But I want to know if anyone has ever >>acquired any of these devices (preferably at a flea market, as in the >>mags the cost is often as outlandish as the claims) and looked inside, >>and is it interesting ? Is it worth building one just for fun? There > >My step-father was somewhat gullible along these lines and let himself >get talked into purchasing a device that was supposed to be able to >project your thoughts to get crops to grow, cure diseases, bring rain >or halt floods (your choice :-)), etc. (He had the money, so what the >heck. We didn't even try very hard to talk him out of it.) The company >gave the box a five year warranty (don't ask what it warranted) that >would be null and void if the seals (and there were plenty) on the box >were broken. My stepfather wouldn't let me break the seals, but I did >manage to "pry" open one side enough to get a look inside at the circuit >board. There were a couple of 40 pin dips, 3 or 4 28 pin dips and >probably about 20 of the 20, 16, 14 pin variety. All the markings >on the chips had been painted over so you couldn't tell what the parts >were. I have no idea what was going on in there (they could have been >non-functional parts for all I know) but it was actually pretty good >workmanship (neatly dressed cables to the switches and meters, etc). >If I ever make it back home again (and remember) I think I'll see if >I can find it and tear it apart. > >Uh, no. To my knowledge it cured no diseases, didn't bring/halt rain >and didn't noticeably improve any crops. > >(;-)) > In the absence of a control experiment, how can you be sure it had no effect ? Bad science,Wayne. ( Please find enclosed , :) x 10**2) -- ___________________________________________________________________________ ----Saddam Hussein - nuke him 'till he glows, then shoot him in the dark--- ---(c) The Amazing Underwater Chocolate Christmas Cracker Motto Factory---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------