From: Joey Gibson Date: 2003-11-26T13:12:44+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] For science fiction fans... On 11/25/2003 10:47 PM, Hal Fulton wrote: > I don't know much either, but aside from the obvious fictional > elements, it's pretty factual. They did work together when Tesla > was young. The _Oregon_ incident is factual. Edison and Tesla > did have violent disagreements (where time has often proved > Edison to be wrong, e.g., favoring DC over AC). Tesla did leave > Edison after Edison cheated him (or so I've read). And on Laurie Anderson's first record, United States Live (actually _4_ records) she had a song called 'Dance of Electricity.' She introduced the song with some info about Tesla vs. Edison and about how Edison would travel around the country telling everyone about the evils of AC. He would take a dog with him, would connect two leads to the dog's ears and turn on the current to show how easily AC could kill. I don't know if that's true or not, but that's history according to Laurie Anderson. She goes on to say that the song's bean is derived from a dance, 'an involuntary dance' that you do when you finger goes into a light socket. The actual music is contained on the next track entitled 'Three Songs for Paper, Film and Video.' Not that this has anything to do with anything... -- Never trust a girl with your mother's cow never let your trousers go falling down in the green grass... http://www.joeygibson.com/blog http://www.joeygibson.com/blog/life/Wisdom.html