Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-27 Thread William Beaty
On Tue, 22 May 2012, David Jonsson wrote: Thanks. I will try to build one. Will this transistor do? http://www.newark.com/nte-electronics/nte451/transistor-jfet-n-channel-4ma-i/dp/29C4598 Probably, but you'd have to try it. Or just use MPF-102:

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-22 Thread David Jonsson
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:19 PM, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: On Fri, 18 May 2012, David Jonsson wrote: What is happening when you turn off the LEDs? Where is that described? It looks like a possible explanation. Three-dollar e-field detectors, see the project page:

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-19 Thread Terry Blanton
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Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-18 Thread David Jonsson
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:57 AM, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2012, David Jonsson wrote: I am a SLIder myself. I can turn off some lights just by passing by foot or I'm not one myself. But I did get a chance to expound on my personal conventional-yet-crackpot

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-18 Thread William Beaty
On Fri, 18 May 2012, David Jonsson wrote: What is happening when you turn off the LEDs? Where is that described? It looks like a possible explanation. Three-dollar e-field detectors, see the project page: http://www.amasci.com/emotor/chargdet.html But if streetlights respond to DC

RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread David Roberson
, 2012 8:59 am Subject: RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Harry Veeder
I think lights that are near death are prone to being influenced by the presence of people. So yes the light might turn on and off when you aren't near it, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that you had some infleunce at other times. Harry On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 AM, OrionWorks -

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Jim Dickenson
I used to have it happen relatively often when driving on the highway, especially when I was in a strong negative emotional state. I recall one time I was biking and was really upset about something I can't recall and pulled into a gas station for something and all the pumps crashed (they're

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread fznidarsic
The are probably sensitive the infrared emission from you body. Frank -Original Message- From: Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. I think lights that are near death

RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
-Original Message- From: fznidar...@aol.com [mailto:fznidar...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:19 AM From: Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. I think

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread mixent
In reply to William Beaty's message of Wed, 16 May 2012 22:06:58 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] In that case, the effect would follow certain streetlights (not reported,) ...or streetlight types as in your comment here below about strings... and wouldn't follow certain rare people (commonly

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:36 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: A characteristic of HID lights is that they begin to cycle on and off as they approach the end of life. Time to replace those Slider lamps. Dave The human mind loves to find patterns, even when they don't exist.

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-16 Thread Harry Veeder
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:56 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to  Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 15 May 2012 21:33:02 -0400: Hi, [snip] Yeah it has happened to me with a few street lights, but I thought it was just some sort of subtle electrical/vibrational connection between my body

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-16 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 16 May 2012, David Jonsson wrote: I am a SLIder myself. I can turn off some lights just by passing by foot or I'm not one myself. But I did get a chance to expound on my personal conventional-yet-crackpot bio-electrostatics explanation of some examples of the phenomenon:

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-16 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 16 May 2012, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Perhaps it has to do with the fair weather current, or in this case field. By walking toward the lamp the top of your head brings the ground closer to the lamp (because your body is filled with salt water, which is a reasonable conductor), thus

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-16 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 16 May 2012, William Beaty wrote: Lung-powered human VandeGraaff disease? William Shatner's Weird or What http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neYxvtqH8QM Better link here: http://amasci.com/static/e-disease.html (( ( ( ( ((O)) ) ) )

[Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-15 Thread David Jonsson
Check the definition if you need to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference_phenomenon I am a SLIder myself. I can turn off some lights just by passing by foot or bicyce. I discovered this by chance. I don't affect the light in any directly conscious way. It just happens. I hope I

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-15 Thread Harry Veeder
Yeah it has happened to me with a few street lights, but I thought it was just some sort of subtle electrical/vibrational connection between my body and a light which was nearing the end of its life. However, one night about 20+ years ago, I found I was able to turn a particular light on and off

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 15 May 2012 21:33:02 -0400: Hi, [snip] Yeah it has happened to me with a few street lights, but I thought it was just some sort of subtle electrical/vibrational connection between my body and a light which was nearing the end of its life. However, one