From: Rasputin Date: 2003-11-26T21:59:49+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] For science fiction fans... * Joey Gibson [1114 04:14]: > 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. Edison was also responsible for electric chairs running on A/C, according to 'Man Out Of Time'. Now *that's* FUD. Top story, Hal! -- To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated but not be able to say it. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns