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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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic)

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