>
>>>>
>>>Kurt Eisenhoff wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>>> Li>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:43:24 +1000, Lionel
Gave
>>>>>>>>>>>> us:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:23:20 +1000, Lionel
Gave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> us:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SuperM
wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:02:38 +0000 (UTC), blu
Gave us:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If it were, we'd be in the dark, clubbing raccoons for
dinner and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sending off carrier pigeons.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you knew anything about circuitry, you wouldn't have
been asking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> questions about your crt and dust, so you better be diggin'
out your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> club, hon.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, you are *so* right, Prong..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll just go right out and get an engineering degree, a
masters in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> electronics and a minor in physics just so I know where the
dust on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> telly screen comes from.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How could I ever have been so thoughtless as to ask such a
silly question?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I never saw the original question, but I'm guessing that it was
asking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> why TV & monitor screens get so dusty. The reason is that the
very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> acceleration voltage (20KV or more) that slams the electrons
into the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> phosphor coating at the front, making them glow, also builds up
on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> outside of the picture tube, giving it an electrostatic charge
that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attracts dust & other gunk - most especially cigarette smoke.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wrong. The voltage INSIDE is INSIDE. The electrons that gather
on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the outside come from air molecules, and since glass is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> non-conductor, they have no place to go until WIPED by a
conducting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> element or another charge accumulator (swiffer).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're wrong, Prong.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, you claim the electrons that accumulate on the outside surface
of
>>>>>>>>>>>> the TV screen come from the 20+kV that is applied INSIDE the TV
>>>>>>>>>>>>> screen?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're an idiot. They come from ionized air.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't lie either, BOY. That is what you claimed. It now appears
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that you are STILL claiming such.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wooo! - Better wipe that froth off your mouth, Prongie!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You couldn't be more wrong. What? You think they migrate through
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the glass?
>>>>>>>>>>>> How do you imagine that electrons get from one plate of a capacitor
to
>>>>>>>>>>> the other? Are you really so stupid that you don't know that glass
>>>>>>>>>>>> makes an excellent dialectric for capacitors? Do you even know what
a
>>>>>>>>>>> capacitor is, DimBulb?
>>>>>>>>>>> He prolly calls them condensers
>>>>>>>>>> ...and thinks they're useful for making moonshine.
>>>>>>>>> Prongboi tackling an electronics design problem
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Progress report on Prongy's advanced airframe:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's coming along nicely then
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That SuperM eureka moment!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Prongy picks up his date for the Prom:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>> He dug up yer momma?
>>>>
>>>> Haven't you been told about crossposting to soc.men before?
>>>>
>>>> If you value your Internet connection you will confine your
>>>> foul obscenities to alt.electronics.design where they belong!
>>>>
>>>
>>>Bring it on!
>>
>>If you don't alter your attitude you will be reported to Google
>>Groups!
>
>I hace reproted all of you for usernet abuse and will own all your
>property.
I have reported you to Osama bin Ladin, & will own all your camels!