Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods &

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sun Jun 20 15:25:49 2004

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
> A fellow technician once asked me : " If I wire 2 x 9v batteries in
> parallel , will I get 4.5v or 18v ? "

... "but it's the current, not the voltage, that matters"


> Who was it said that ,to earlier civilisations, high technology would appear
> to be magic ?
> Not that much earlier , it would appear.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
     -- Arthur C. Clark
". . . or a rigged demonstration"
     -- George Morrow

OB_plea: Does ANYBODY have (even if you won't part with it) a copy of
"Quotations of Chairman Morrow"?
Received on Sun Jun 20 2004 - 15:25:49 BST