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edison also used to refer to electrocution as "westinghousing people" Jeff Young [email protected] > Return-Path: [email protected] > Received: from merit.edu (merit.edu [35.1.1.42]) by postoffice.Reston.mci.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00808; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:52:54 -0400 (EDT) > Received: from localhost ([email protected]) by merit.edu (8.7.5/merit-2.0) with SMTP id WAA28765; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:50:36 -0400 (EDT) > Received: by merit.edu (bulk_mailer v1.5); Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:48:33 -0400 > Received: (from [email protected]) by merit.edu (8.7.5/merit-2.0) id WAA28705 for nanog-outgoing; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:48:33 -0400 (EDT) > Received: from saint.heaven.net (saint.heaven.net [198.69.28.4]) by merit.edu (8.7.5/merit-2.0) with SMTP id WAA28697 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:48:30 -0400 (EDT) > Received: (from [email protected]) by saint.heaven.net (8.6.13/8.6.12) id WAA16929; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:48:34 -0400 > Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:48:34 -0400 > From: "Dick St.Peters" <[email protected]> > Message-Id: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: MAE-East still no generator > In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> > References: <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Content-Type: text > Content-Length: 1102 > > > I don't think so. AC is not very good for distance. When you have a AC > > sine wave you also get reverse EMF that distorts the signal. AC is like > > VHS it was at the masses first. DC like BETA works better, though if you > > use DC you would have a lot more deaths because AC is a little easier to > > take if you touch the wire at high currents. > > Sometime around the beginning of the 1900s Edison and Westinghouse > were waging PR war over whether the country should adopt DC or AC. In > an early preview of negative campaigning Edison appealed to public > fear by noting that AC was used in electric chairs. Edison lost that > fight, of course, but got his revenge from GE winning the long-term > economic battle. > > Now that I can claim title to the most irrelevant NANOG posting in > history, (intended) I return you all to the current battle ... > > -- > Dick St.Peters, Gatekeeper, Pearly Gateway, Ballston Spa, NY > [email protected] Owner, NetHeaven 518-885-1295/800-910-6671 > Albany/Saratoga/Glens Falls/North Creek/Lake Placid/Blue Mountain Lake > First Internet service based in the 518 area code > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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