Between Nikola Tesla and Rasputin...

...who would exit the ThunderDome...ALIVE ;0) __________________ Definitly Tesla! __________________ Tesla would kick @$$ __________________ ...Rasputin would just keep coming back for more. Tesla would do good unless he ran out of charge... ;0) __________________ What if you brought Faraday into the ring? He would sure dominate in a cage match!! __________________ Grigory Rasputin is without question one of the most scandalous figures in Russian history. This randy mystic from Siberia arrived in St. Petersburg in 1911 and within a few years had become one of the most influential men in government circles. His ability to remain in such a high position despite widely publicized bouts of drinking and womanizing is no doubt the source of tremendous envy among political figures around the world today. Rasputin's rise to preeminence was due to his close relationship with Nicholas II's wife, Alexandra. The heir to the throne, Alexis, suffered from hemophaelia, and only Rasputin could do what the top medical professors could not: he could stop the boy's bleeding. Because of this, Alexandra believed he was a holy man sent to protect Alexis and she kept him close by at all times, despite the fact that he rarely bathed. Rasputin is as famous for his death as he is for his life. At the end of 1916, a group of aristocrats in cahoots with the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich (a cousin of Nicholas II) decided that Rasputin's influence had grown too great and that he had to be killed in order to save Russia. They lured him to the Yusupovsky Palace on the pretext that Prince Felix Yusupovsky would introduce Rasputin to his beautiful wife. Rasputin was led to the cellar and fed poisoned cakes and wine, but these did not affect him. Yusupovsky then shot the monk at point blank range and Rasputin collapsed on the floor. When Yusupov went to tell his fellow conspirators the good news, they sent him back to make sure he had done the job. On returning to inspect the body, Rasputin suddenly regained consciousness and started to throttle poor Yusupov, who needless to say was completely scared out of his wits. The Prince fled the cellar, screaming for help; when they returned Rasputin was gone. They found him in the yard crawling towards the gate and proceeded to shoot and bludgeon him. They then bound him and tossed him into the river. When Rasputin's body was found, his bonds were broken and his lungs were filled with water, showing that he didn't actually die until he was submerged in the frozen waters. ~~~ now for one night only he's back here to duke it out __________________ Nikola Tesla was born precisely at midnight on July 9, 1856, in the village of Smiljan, in the province of Lika in Croatia, Yugoslavia. Tesla discovered the principle of the rotating magnetic field which is the basis of most alternating-current technology, and is regarded as the genius who ushered in the age of electrical power. Tesla had an intuitive way of sensing scientific secrets, and using his inventive talents to prove and apply his hypotheses. After seeing the Gramme dynamo (which, operated in one direction is a generator, and when reversed, is an electric motor), Tesla visualized a rotating magnetic field, and then developed plans for an induction motor applying the concept. The induction motor would become the first step toward the successful use of alternating-current. Tesla immigrated to America in 1884, arriving in New York City with four cents in his pocket. He found employment with Thomas Edison in New Jersey, but differences in style between the two men soon lead to their separation. In 1885, George Westinghouse, founder of the Westinghouse Electric Company, bought patent rights to Tesla's system of alternating-current. The advantages of alternating-current over Edison's system of direct-current became apparent when Westinghouse successfully used Tesla's system to light the World Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Tesla established a laboratory in New York City in 1887. His experiments ranged from an exploration of electrical resonance to studies of various lighting systems. To counter fears of alternating-current, Tesla gave exhibitions in his laboratory in which he lighted lamps without wires by allowing electricity to flow through his body. When Tesla became a United States citizen in 1891, he was at the peak of his creative powers. He developed in rapid succession the induction motor, new types of generators and transformers, a system of alternating-current power transmission, fluorescent lights, and a new type of steam turbine. He also became intrigued with wireless transmission of power. In 1900, Tesla began construction on Long Island of a wireless broadcasting tower. The project was funded with $150,000 capital from financier J. Pierpont Morgan. The project was abandoned when Morgan withdrew his financial support. Tesla's work shifted to turbines and other projects, but his ideas remained on the drawing board due to a lack of funds. Tesla's notebooks are still examined by engineers in search of unexploited ideas. Tesla allowed himself few close friends, one of which was the writer Mark Twain, however, when he died in New York City on January 7, 1943, hundreds of admirers attended his funeral services, mourning the loss of a great genius. At the time of his death Tesla held over 700 patents. __________________ Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin..., just curious. __________________ Seriously, if you put Tesla and Faraday in a match, it'd end up in a tie. Tesla would bust out his big coil, and Faraday would bust out his big cage. Faraday would just sit in his spherical cage and laugh as Tesla zaps the metal structure with thousands upon thousands of volts. hehe. i think the loser in that battle would be the power company! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by gotmilk Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin... just curious. [Degeneration X] Oh you didn't know?? [/Degeneration X] __________________ Quote: Originally posted by gotmilk Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin..., just curious. ;0) __________________ That is why you are an ensign and I am a Lieutenant (SEP) You really don't know GotMilk? Where did you go to school? Have you ever taken Physics or Chemistry. You just asked who is Albert Einstien. Hint, askjeeves.com before asking apex! Another hint, ever heard of the tesla coil? __________________ Quote: Originally posted by coleslaw Quote: Originally posted by gotmilk Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin... just curious. [Degeneration X] Oh you didn't know?? [/Degeneration X] ...if they don't make a beer commercial about it, it just doesn't exist for some people (0; [Edited by for20 on 09-13-2000 at 06:04 PM] __________________ that's public schooling for you.

Lonely. Bored...

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Metaphor for a mystic moment

the concert was ****ing awesome!!!! Opening act: 2 hot girls doing STRIP POKER to their underware until they "notice the audience". Then APC comes on and does all there songs + Diary of Josh (Diary of a Madman) and some other song that wasnt on the album. During 3 Libras, Paz's family came out on stage. Paz and 4 of her relatives all were playing the violin for the song. Maynard had on a long, blond wig, and eventually stripped down to a Speedo. Like at NIN, he rubbed his genitals furiously during the long bridge of Thinking of You. And they closed with Judith, what an amazing show. For those of you who havent heard their music yet, get some of their MP3s, you will not regret it. And their last stop on the tour is monday in SD. If you feel like driving down there, it will be worth it __________________ Here's a Real Media video clip from one of their shows http://www.mcm.net/eurocks2000/livev...angue=uk&id=39 __________________ A Perfect Circle is a great band. I love their CD. Good stuff! __________________ um I never heard of any of those artists....wonder why

What program to use to create a neat forum?

I'd like to create a forum as neat as Got Apex? but I don't feel like spending too much money on it. Does anyone have suggestion what I should do? __________________ Just go to ezboard and set up a forum dodo. http://www.ezboard.com __________________ appreciate it, sbp.

Websites.

How many of you out there got em? __________________ I do. __________________ 2 __________________ 3 (damn flood control!!!!) __________________ 4 I do, links in the siggy I think. (That's my name backwards for those scratching your heads in confusion) __________________ Badfish I love your site you get props __________________ 5 __________________ Thanks Paladin. I should probably update it again sometime soon. I can't remember the last time I did but it's been at least a few months. LoL __________________ It's not quite finished, but this is the site: http://www.mybluemonkey.com/seminole/seminole.html __________________ screw the computer, that desk looks pretty cool coleslaw __________________ hahaha, NO!!! You can't have it!! It's mine I tell you! Mine!! __________________ coleslaw I hope that was you with the sock covering your umm, tool? __________________ haha, no, that's wasn't me, thank god. __________________ I've got one. __________________ ooh oh oh i got one too

Holograms and UFOs ?

http://www.ar.utexas.edu/Staff/White/BlueNote1.html Holograms and UFOs ? by Graham W. Birdsall, Editor UFO Magazine [UK] A "Defense Weekly" article dated 31 March 1997, describes a quasi-information warfare/ psychological operations programme that was discussed by the USAF after Operation "Desert Storm" in the Gulf War. This involves projection of a three-dimensional holographic image to act as decoys. The Pentagon would have enjoyed seeing 'an angry God' or some other form of religious imagery appear above the battlefield. The Pentagon spoke openly about its use of holographic projections when discussing its "non-lethal weapons" programme back in 1994. Since then however, the programme disappeared from view, evidently becoming a "black budget" effort, according to "Defense Weekly". In conclusion, the article states that the U.S. Army's "JFK Special Warfare Center and School", disclosed back in 1991 that it was looking to develop a "PSYOPS Hologram System" with the capability to 'protect persuasive messages and three-dimensional pictures of cloud, smoke, rain droplets, buildings, flying saucers and religious figures'. 'The use of holograms as a persuasive message will have worldwide implications,' wrote "Defense Weekly". An "Offensive Information Warfare Division" has now been created by the USAF and is headed by Lt. Col. 'Jimmy' Miyamoto. On communications traffic, the division is recognised as AF/XOIOW. This division co-ordinates with the following: Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Agency; Defense Intelligence Agency; Central Intelligence Agency; National Reconaissance Office; Defense Airborne Reconaissance Office and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. The fact that these agencies have proven links to a division which specialises in projecting holographic 'flying saucers' will come as a revelation to some, but serious UFO researchers have been aware of the fact for some considerable period of time. Alas, little more is known about the activities of this division, or its sphere of operation. ... there's really cool cartoons there too. ;0) __________________ ...almost as cool as kind-tokin San Franciscans (0:L __________________ ...openings available right now. just stop by the big building in langley and they'll take care of you just fine :0)

Hey somebody seems to be listening!

[quote]Originally posted by renots Quote: To take the example of one consensual crime the federal government likes to prosecute to the full extent: use of cannabis by sick people. In California the federal government has ignored the will of the people of California, who overwhelmingly passed prop 215 and continues to threaten doctors who recommend or prescribe it with loss of their livlihood. Patients who have benefitted from this alternate treatment, are denied it callously if they fall under the gaze of our all beneficient, benign legal system. from sfgate Doctor Rights Backed Under Pot Law Federal judge stops threat to pull licenses Harriet Chiang Chronicle Legal Affairs Writer Friday, September 8, 2000 CALIFORNIA -- The Clinton administration suffered a defeat in its assault on California's medical marijuana law when a judge barred the federal government from punishing doctors who recommend the drug to their patients. U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco ruled yesterday that federal authorities cannot strip doctors of their license to prescribe medicine if the physicians advise their patients to use marijuana. The Clinton administration has fiercely attacked Proposition 215, the 1996 voter-approved initiative that allows marijuana to be prescribed for medicinal use. The government argues that marijuana is an illegal substance under federal drug laws[founded in racism]. Last month, in response to a White House request, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling temporarily preventing an Oakland medicinal marijuana club from opening for business. In his opinion yesterday, Alsup issued a permanent injunction against the federal government, suggesting that to allow it to punish doctors might violate the physicians' First Amendment rights. In California and seven other states with similar laws -- Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington -- ``recommending marijuana to treat certain debilitating illnesses is recognized as legitimate in medically appropriate circumstances,'' the judge wrote in his 24-page opinion. In some cases, Alsup said, ``it will be the professional opinion of doctors that marijuana is the best therapy or at least should be tried. ``If such recommendations could not be communicated,'' he concluded, ``then the physician-patient relationship would be seriously impaired.'' Alsup's decision follows a 1997 ruling by U.S. District Judge Fern Smith, who issued a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from taking action against the doctors. ``My hope is that this ruling effectively puts an end to the fear that physicians have been experiencing,'' said Graham Boyd, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents a statewide class of doctors and patients suing the federal government. Gretchen Michael, spokeswoman for the Justice Department, said officials were not ready to comment on the opinion. ``We'll obviously review the decision and determine what we'll do next,'' she said. Proposition 215 allows patients to use marijuana if they have the recommendation of a doctor. But the Clinton administration has insisted[the jerks] that federal drug regulations take precedence over state laws. A month after voters approved the measure, the Clinton administration's drug czar, Barry McCaffrey[head moron], announced that doctors who recommend marijuana faced losing their federal license to prescribe drugs. He also suggested that they risk criminal prosecution and exclusion from Medicare and Medi-Cal. In January 1997, a group of doctors and patients filed a statewide class action, saying the federal government was violating its free speech rights. In his decision, Alsup said it wasn't clear that the federal drug agents intended to criminally prosecute the doctors or exclude them from Medicare and Medi-Cal. However, Boyd said, the decision ``puts the federal government on notice that if they do threaten doctors, they'll be back in court and they'll lose.'' ... score one for warping concensus reality :0) [Edited by renots on 09-08-2000 at 09:28 PM] __________________ I'm curious, How can a district Judge overturn a Supreme court ruling? Is this really an overruling, or just a butting heads between local and federal judiciary authority (interesting as it would be)? Does the fact that the Supreme Court's was a temporary "emergency" ruling have anything to do with it? How can the Supreme court [Clinton] respond (Dare I ask)? I'm sure this is not the end of this battle by any means. __________________ 'the Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling temporarily preventing an Oakland medicinal marijuana club from opening for business. In his opinion yesterday, Alsup issued a permanent injunction supreme court said lets wait sec and then it went back to SF federal court...where someone did the Right Thing :0) __________________ 2001 GOING TO BE THE PARTY YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! X50 for the 50 states and can't forget : for DC and puerto rico C08 :

Tax Brackets are COMPLETELY out of line with Reality...

...are seriously going to impede progress if not addressed soon ELIMINATE OR PROGRESSIVFY Top rate should be higher and start at 10,000,000 Tax cut for everyone earning less than 1,000,000 Or Just TRASH the whole thing is the best solution in my opinion and run the FG off capital gains from the stock market :0) __________________ That's ingenious Renots - let's base our federal government's ENTIRE revenue stream on the performance of the STOCK MARKET!! Do you know what happens if you do that?? The government's credit worthiness CRASHES, interest rates EXPLODE, and the economy goes to HELL. It must be fun living in your world where economic reality can be marginalized so easily. __________________ I was recently made aware of Renots reality impairment. Now it's become amusing to see what cockamamy ideas spew from his keyboard. Besides, it looks like he's just trying to increase his post count. Pity. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by Butch That's ingenious Renots - let's base our federal government's ENTIRE revenue stream on the performance of the STOCK MARKET!! Do you know what happens if you do that?? The government's credit worthiness CRASHES, interest rates EXPLODE, and the economy goes to HELL. gee butch, embracing the nanny state just a bit too tightly aren't we? :0)

Anyone thinking of buying the new Sony Clie?

The Sony website says its available in late Sept (for $399). Only monochrome screen available. (bummer-no color) Just wanted to know your 2 cents __________________ if a red gorilla type deal ever popped up for one i'd keep it, but i cant see myself ever needing one of those things, nothing is that important that i want to have to carry the damn thing around all the time, i already have a cell phone and a pager and i hate them __________________ That would be nice if Sony and Red Gorilla would do a promo, but I doubt they would on such an expensive item. (I mean if so, then Red Gorilla would have offered the Palm Vx in their offer instead of the IIIe/M100) But we can always hope... __________________ Not a chance in hell. I paid the premium necessary to get a Sony Vaio, but am not going to spend almost the price of a top-of-the-line Pocket PC to get a glorified Palm III. Sony missed the boat on this one. __________________ Isnt it more a glorified Palm Vx since there is 8MB of memory? Also, what about the 8 MB on the memory stick? BTW I do NOT work for Sony. I am coming back to the US in about a month or so, and am looking to buy a PDA and am trying to choose between a Palm Vx, Handspring Visor Deluxe and a Sony Clie. __________________ The memory stick is a great concept. Decent sized memory, small format. BUT, it's been done already....twice. Namely Compact Flash and SmartMedia. MemoryStick is proprietary, and much like Beta tapes, you won't be able to find it in a couple years. And if you do find them, they'll be expensive. Blu __________________ I heard Palm is coming out with their own removeable/upgradeable memory, that will be not be compatablie with Sony's memory stick nor Handspring's Springboard modules. Its a conspiracy, I tell you... __________________ ...I'll stick with Palm thank you ;0)

If the upgrade had mangled posts based on elitism rather than length...

...I'm sure we'd be hearing a ton of bellyaching from ol PP :0) __________________ In what manner am I elitist? I simply assume I am the aforementioned P^2...because I don't subscribe to your "alternative" explanations of economics or socio-political philosophy, I'm elitist? Absurd. Listen, according to you, everything from minimum wage legislation to the phases of the moon contribute to economic stratification. Some of the accompanying explanations are logically reinforced by "facts" which have no apparent basis in reality. I am very supportive of thinking "outside the box" to use that hackneyed corporate cliche, but it has to make sense to be believable. Your bass-ackward logic often makes no rational sense, which is why I deride many of your posts. I find them enjoyable, and a useful mental exercise, and some I truly agree with, but I don't think any of my posts have to do with a view from above or below. [Edited by pennypinch on 09-08-2000 at 04:04 PM] __________________ "wow, you guys speak like grown-ups" __________________ Quote: Originally posted by hapoo "wow, you guys speak like grown-ups" My acting teacher always said I had talent. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by pennypinch My acting teacher always said I had talent. ;0)

VMA awards

Ok I can't believe I actually watched that whole show last night. From the not even close to being funny opening monologue by the Waynes Bros, to the jumping midgets during Blink 182. What was MTV thinking when they put this show together. Did they they actually think people would enjoy it. It was the worst awards show I have ever seen. Christina Aguilpuka looked like a two dollar whore from Times Square. That chick looks like she belongs in junior high, not on stage singing. Britney looked good when she did her performance, but what chick wouldn't if they stripped down to almost nothing and danced around. The whole show needed to be reworked because it just did not work. If MTV hires the waynes brothers back next year to host then there is no way I will watch it. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by skunky Christina Aguilpuka looked like a two dollar whore from Times Square. That chick looks like she belongs in junior high, not on stage singing. As much as I shouldn't bad mouth my future wife, she looked like a ho last year too...what is her story?!? I didn't see her this year, but that dress with the leopard print jacket last year was straight trashy...taste, Future Wife, taste. __________________ what song is that from? __________________ Yah, the VMAs kinda sucked this year, but I hafta say, Nsync's preformance with the whole TV thing was really cool! __________________ NSuck is not cool __________________ Quote: Originally posted by Y2J NSuck is not cool That's true, but you gotta admit, timing the dance with the whole TV thing takes a lotta talent. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by vietgrrl That's true, but you gotta admit, timing the dance with the whole TV thing takes a lotta talent. Heh, I'm not in a mood for arguing how much I hate those pricks. I do know that the talent you talk about is of the dance instructor and the lighting coordinator. None of the talent is of the *******s known as nsync __________________ Doesn't take much talent to listen to an entourage of choreographers and media execs. It's funny that they speak of such things as "artistry" and "expressing themselves" when they couldn't stand on their own feet without someone holding their little hands. - Roger [Edited by rogeryang on 09-09-2000 at 02:13 PM] __________________ no, it takes a lot of practice. __________________ And what of it? You can teach anyone to dance, it takes talent to think, write, and sing. - Roger __________________ Actually it doesn't take any talent to sing anymore. Many new singers only sound the way they do because of all the filters that are applied to their voices. Because of this they tend to lip-sync when they're live. __________________ That's exactly my point. 'N Sync is a PRODUCED group, they are only a group of media cash cows that exist only to feed on pubescent energy. As for me, I prefer to listen to groups and music artists that can actually write lyrics and can produce their sound without the aid of a Sony recording studio. - Roger __________________ All I have to say is that Britney looked hot __________________ Britney always looks hot __________________ The latter pic is my favorite of Miss Spears __________________ bastard!!! __________________ [Edited by hapoo on 09-10-2000 at 10:29 PM] __________________ GRRRR baby!! Very GRRRRR!!! __________________ All I can say is, I love America. - Roger __________________ I'll salute that flag any day!! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by chosenfool uh, it just changed...eek! but the one that used to be in it was from a song named Friends of P. - i forgot the name of the band who did it, but half were from Weezer. They used that cool Moog Synth... The Replacements. If you really really want, I'll put the old one back __________________ umm, i think you mean the rentals. the replacements are Paul Westerberg's old band and have been broken up for a long time. __________________ "Now that's a spicy meat-a-ball-a!" Ah, memories of the old alka-seltzer commercials! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by spicymeatball umm, i think you mean the rentals. the replacements are Paul Westerberg's old band and have been broken up for a long time. Ha, good lookin' out. Brainfart on my part. __________________ Brain farts galore this week at Got|Apex! spigidygak, myself, and now pennypinch... who's next? let me know so that I can hold mah nose!

Win Free Ninja Training!

This is one of the silliest contest prizes I've seen so far: http://www.dailyradar.com/contests/tenchu2stealth.html Yes, it's an intensive 3 days, 2 nights stay at Bushido University in "Northern California" __________________ That's almost as cool as winning free cheerleader training! __________________ i bet you own your own pompoms, dont you coleslaw __________________ Yes, and a megaphone... __________________ Hey I'm a cheerleader...I am sure you guys seen me in that move "Bring It On". I was that white guy who couldn't dance. ~NiceMann __________________ wow, you have some nice moves, no wonder they call you nicemann __________________ Yar, them maties think they can fight me ninja style?!?! __________________ [neo] Jujitsu? I'm going to learn jujitsu? [/neo] [neo] I know kung fu. [/neo] __________________ This is cool. Unfortunately by the time the contest ends, my school probably starts already. __________________ ok I think I need to sleep... I thought that said "Win Free Nija Training!" __________________ Quote: Originally posted by DoPeY5007 ok I think I need to sleep... I thought that said "Win Free Nija Training!" I'll second that! First I was like, "COOL! I always wanted to be like Nija..." then I realized what it reall said and i was heartbroken. __________________ Got|Nija? __________________ hehe no one has gotten me on this board... hehe shut the hell up.. bastiges... Got|ShutTheHellUp? thanks for the compliments tho.. glad to see that everyone wants to be like me.... *singing* Like Nija.... if I could be like Nija (i wannabe, wannabe like NNNNIIIIIJJJA) heh __________________ Quote: Originally posted by Nija *singing* Like Nija.... if I could be like Nija (i wannabe, wannabe like NNNNIIIIIJJJA) heh __________________ yur just mad, cause my song is cooler than u __________________ Quote: Originally posted by Nija yur........u