Re: gEDA-user: Question for DJ about his alarm clock

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 15, 2008, at 7:00 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>> It's still relative. Take an electrically neutral object, place it in
>> an electrostatic shield. Raise the shield potential to a billion
>> volts above your reference point.
>
> Replace underpants when the lightning bolt fires.
>

A billion volts isn't all that much. A few years ago I heard a talk  
by Roger Blandford in which he analyzed the rotating core of a  
gravitationally collapsing star as electrical machinery. Electric  
potentials generated were in the ZV range. Only time I've ever seen  
the SI prefix "Z" actually used.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@xxxxxxxxx




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