Thursday, January 12, 2006

Quote of the Day and Nikola Tesla

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
- Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was one cool guy. Did you know he once powered a light bulb by sticking it into the ground and transmitting electricity to it through the earth, no wires, just the earth. He was the father of AC current, his legacy can be seen whenever you plug something into the wall, but he died impoverished and forgotten. Down with Edison, long live Tesla.

4 comments:

Ben said...

I did not know there was a movie in the works, that is awesome.

Anonymous said...

I would like to point out that Tesla is not forgotten and if you knew anything about physics you would know that. One of the units of measure used for magnetic fields is the Tesla (T).
Here are some examples of different measurements using the Telsa
Earth's magnetic field- 5x10^(-5)T
MRI- 1.5-20T
Neutron Star- 10^11T

Sorry if that sounds a little harsh, but you did insult one of my cats

Ben said...

That was harsh. Ask a normal person who Tesla was and they will have no idea, but they will be able to tell you who Edison was. Yes I insulted Mazy but I praised Tesseract so it evens out.

Ben said...

David Bowie!!! What the hell? David Bowie?!?! That's just not right. Checked IMDB, sounds like it is about these other dudes and the Telsa character will be a co-star. Doesn't sound like it will be about Nikola Tesla. David Bowie?!?!?