Re: To be right or to be wrong

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Christopher,

I share your sentiments as well. Although I have been on this list for
almost 6 years now, I still find myself learning new things as I pour
through the postings each day and really start getting "antsy" when
for what ever reason, the server goes down and I'm not receiving
my "daily dose" of new Tesla info. Yea, some subjects tend to get
overdone and boring before our moderator decides to "kill" it and
some of the resident geniuses talk  well above my head with their
discussions in heavy theory, but overall, I have learned very much
beyond what I could have hoped to have learned without it. So
many Tesla coil myths have been gloriously "shot down" in flames
by the "truth" proclaimed from this list, too ;^))

Keep up the good work, Terry and Chip,
David Rieben

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Subject: RE: To be right or to be wrong


> Original poster: "Hooper, Christopher AZ" <christopher.az.hooper@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Good day great coiler's out there! (Just a little note on helping each
> other on technical input of Tesla Coils). I have been building coils
> since 1969 (before the intranet) and an EE at Intel for 22 years (just a
> little background) and the only way for me to get information back then
> on coils was to go to the library and try to dig up anything I could
> find on Tesla and his coils and designs. After many years and over 30
> coils, I think I am starting to understand these creatures. Steve Ward
> (great person indeed) suggested I join this Tesla list to stir interest
> in the Teslathon in the West in Jan 2006 after attending my first Thon
> at the great Cheesehead in Sept.. So where is this going; I have only
> been on the list for a little time now (less than a month) and I look
> forward to each input from everyone and must say I have learned so much
> from all in the last month and so many questions have been answered for
> me by all sharing their problems, ideas, accomplishment and inputs.
> Thank you so much for sharing with me and I look forward to learning
> much more each day. I log on each day excited to read more, learn more,
> and share more! Keep this up and maybe one day I can take all this
> information and build a really nice super coil....... Great job and keep
> sharing with me!
>
>
> Rgs,
> christopher (Dr. Spark @ http://users.cableaz.com/~chooper/)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:49 AM
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> Subject: To be right or to be wrong
>
> Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
>
> This is a post mostly of philosophy.  I believe this group has two
> purposes: one is to help those that are new to the science of tesla
> coils and the other is to advance the science of coiling.  To this
> end, I have no problems with being "wrong".  My quest is in the
> pursuit of "truth and understanding".  I have been wrong in the past
> and this can have positive effects if the "truth" is the result.  I
> believe the best way to seek the "truth" is thru respect and trying
> to understand the others point of view.  Every one of us has
> something to contribute and if we listen with respect and seek the
> others perspective, we in turn can be enriched.  It is with this
> belief that I hope each one of us conducts themself with.
>
> Gerry R.