OT - Mr Wizard

On Jun 14, 1:45 am, Dan wrote:
Scott wrote:
You old farts can't remember...ummm remember...aw hell, I forgot what it
is you can't remember!

Memory is the second thing to go. I forget what is first.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Hard drive, that's why they invented
Viagra.

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FF

On Jun 13, 10:52 pm, Rip wrote:
Dan wrote:

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The one demonstration he did that I wish I knew how he did it was when
he poured a pitcher of a clear liquid into another clear liquid and they
both suddenly went black in the middle of the pour.

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Google on "clock reaction".
Rip

Ah hah. That's it!

The reaction has been used since before
the Hellenistic Age. It was referred to by Aristotle
in his treaty on Physics, who may well have taught
the process to his most famous student, Alexander
of Macedon, who later used it to great advantage.

Alexander's father, Philip had amassed the largest
army the Mediterranean world had ever known
but had done little to advance the art of war in
terms of tactics. The standard formation was the
phalanx, several rows of spearmen who would
advance en masse usually against a similarly
arrayed enemy. As it was to be a thousand years
or so before the invention of ether the longbow
or the stirrup, neither was particularly effective and
Philip had eschewed both excepting for scouts
and couriers. And so whatever army had the
widest phalanx of sufficient depth could gain great
advantage over their enemy, by outflanking them.

The problem was that Philip's army was so large
that the phalanx was so wide that there was no
way to coordinate their advance. Alexander
solved this problem using what is now known
as the 'clock reaction.'

When the time neared for the attack to begin
Alexander would have the solution prepared
then cloth rags would be immersed in it and
several messengers, each with one of these
bands tied about their arm would leave to
take up positions at regular intervals along
the phalanx. As the armbands had all been
wetted with the same solution, they all
turned black simultaneously and that was
the signal used to coordinate the attack.

And now you know the story of
Alexander's Rag Time Band.

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FF

Oh, dear God, and I thought I told bad ones...

Nice.

Jim

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And now you know the story of
Alexander's Rag Time Band.

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On Jun 13, 2:53 am, cavelamb himself wrote:
TV's 'Mr.Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89 By LYNN ELBER, AP Television

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http://www.mrwizardstudios.com

BTW, there are DVDs of some of his shows available
on that site.

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("Dan" wrote)
Montblack
http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)

Oh man! What a blast from the past!

No "Land of The Giants?"


It was in my sig line.

McHale's Navy ............. (1962) ..... 3 seasons
Combat ........................ (1962) ...... 5 seasons

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) ...... 5 season
12 O'clock High ......... (1964) ...... 2 seasons

Hogan's Heroes .......... (1965) ...... 6 seasons
The Rat Patrol ............. (1966) ...... 2 seasons
Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season

F-Troop ....................... (1965) ...... 2 seasons ("We're the
Hekowi")

Star Trek ................... (1966) ........ It never went away!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...evision_series
Hmm. Guess I was an army brat! g


Paul-Mont
The World At War ......(26 episodes)
This documentary was aired in the Twin Cities sometime in the mid 70's,
after the 10 pm news (I think on Sunday nights). Dad and I would sit up late
and watch - every episode.

Dan wrote:

No "Land of The Giants?"

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)

Tony

"Anthony W" wrote in message
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Dan wrote:

No "Land of The Giants?"

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)

Tony

Yes and no.

I remember the TV show, which was really hokey in retrospect. I have heard
that there was a radio version prior to it, but never heard the show or even
a replay of it.

Peter

You KIDS don't know what you missed.


"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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"Anthony W" wrote in message
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Dan wrote:

No "Land of The Giants?"

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)

Tony

Yes and no.

I remember the TV show, which was really hokey in retrospect. I have
heard
that there was a radio version prior to it, but never heard the show or
even
a replay of it.

Peter

"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:51:04 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote:

("Dan" wrote)
Montblack
http://mysite.verizon.net/pokeys/
I was raised by Irwin Allen :-)

Oh man! What a blast from the past!

No "Land of The Giants?"


It was in my sig line.

McHale's Navy ............. (1962) ..... 3 seasons
Combat ........................ (1962) ...... 5 seasons

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) ...... 5 season
12 O'clock High ......... (1964) ...... 2 seasons

Hogan's Heroes .......... (1965) ...... 6 seasons
The Rat Patrol ............. (1966) ...... 2 seasons
Garrisons Gorillas ...... (1967) .......1 season

F-Troop ....................... (1965) ...... 2 seasons ("We're the
Hekowi")

Star Trek ................... (1966) ........ It never went away!

There's a local UHF station that's showing a lot of the old stuff.
KDOCTV.net.

Rat Patrol looks amazingly good. Wild Wild West - the early ones, in
B&W, are very good too. Combat hasn't held up as well. McHale's Navy
and Hogan's Heroes - uneven, but moments of goodness.

Interestingly, I heard a while back that someone had decided to run Hogan's
Heroes in Germany. I don't recall whether they dubbed in the conversations
or ran subtitles; but the show was not popular. (Duh!)

In any case, they changed the conversations and made Sergeant Schultz and
Colonel Klink much less competent; and the show became a smash hit.

Peter
(I swear that I did not make that up!)

Cy Galley wrote:
You KIDS don't know what you missed.


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Dan wrote:


No "Land of The Giants?"

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Anybody remember Sky King? I'm showing my age on this one. ;o)

Tony

Yes and no.

I remember the TV show, which was really hokey in retrospect. I have
heard
that there was a radio version prior to it, but never heard the show or
even
a replay of it.

Peter


As a KID I thought it was terriffic!
(Penny to Songbird!)

But I bought the DVDs and - uhm - it didn't age well.

Had the same experience with some others from Way-Back-Then (tm).

2001 didn't age as well as I expected.