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In article <wayned.9720@wddami.spoami.com> wayned@wddami.spoami.com (Wayne Diener) writes:
>>In article <1883@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> chroma@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (C. Elliot Friday UMN ) writes:
>>In article <1089700002@cdp> nec@cdp.UUCP writes:
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>> /                          "UFO CENTRAL"
>> /                         The Forbidden City
>> /                             AREA# 51
>>I >secretly< know eminate from the Planet Gullible. Does anyone know 
>>what is >really< in these devices? I know lots of people will guess
>>(maybe correctly) that they are just circuits that blink lights or
>>go on at random or somesuch.  But I want to know if anyone has ever
>>acquired any of these devices (preferably at a flea market, as in the
>>mags the cost is often as outlandish as the claims) and looked inside,
>>and is it interesting ? Is it worth building one just for fun?  There
>
>My step-father was somewhat gullible along these lines and let himself
>get talked into purchasing a device that was supposed to be able to 
>project your thoughts to get crops to grow, cure diseases, bring rain
>or halt floods (your choice :-)), etc.  (He had the money, so what the
>heck.  We didn't even try very hard to talk him out of it.)  The company
>gave the box a five year warranty (don't ask what it warranted) that 
>would be null and void if the seals (and there were plenty) on the box
>were broken.  My stepfather wouldn't let me break the seals, but I did
>manage to "pry" open one side enough to get a look inside at the circuit
>board.  There were a couple of 40 pin dips, 3 or 4 28 pin dips and 
>probably about 20 of the 20, 16, 14 pin variety.  All the markings
>on the chips had been painted over so you couldn't tell what the parts
>were.  I have no idea what was going on in there (they could have been
>non-functional parts for all I know) but it was actually pretty good
>workmanship (neatly dressed cables to the switches and meters, etc).
>If I ever make it back home again (and remember) I think I'll see if 
>I can find it and tear it apart.
>
>Uh, no.  To my knowledge it cured no diseases, didn't bring/halt rain
>and didn't noticeably improve any crops.
>
>(;-))
>
 In the absence of a control experiment, how can you be sure it had no effect ?
Bad science,Wayne. ( Please find enclosed , :) x 10**2)








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