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Re: Science Experiment- need help!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic
Date: 
Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:35:11 GMT
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That's wierd. If you notice on the higway though car hubcaps do the
samething. It's  cool illusion though.

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Bradley Dale <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:G2Hyx3.Fu6@lugnet.com...
To answer: Is my computer emitting abnormal magnetic fields?

Materials needed: 8504 Jet Throwbot (or LEGO toy with similar propellor), • your
computer

Directions:
1. Stand away from the computer.
2. Spin the propellor by tapping on one side
3. Note the direction of spinning.
4. Now hold the propellor up against the monitor.
5. Spin in a similar manner
6. Observe.
7. Reply to this message.

I was playing with Jet near the computer, and when I spun his propellor it
changed direction and acted weird.  It doesn't do this when its not near • the
computer.  Is this normal (safe?), or do I need a new monitor?  This isn't
exactly LEGO-related, but I just want to see if this happens to other
people.



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  Re: Science Experiment- need help!
 
Hubcabs (or helicopter or airplane props) do that - they spin one way-slow down-reverse-speed up-slow down etc when you see them on TV, because the frame rate of the video camera is "interfering" with the rate of wheel motion; for example, suppose (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic)

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  Science Experiment- need help!
 
To answer: Is my computer emitting abnormal magnetic fields? Materials needed: 8504 Jet Throwbot (or LEGO toy with similar propellor), your computer Directions: 1. Stand away from the computer. 2. Spin the propellor by tapping on one side 3. Note (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic)

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