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Re: Perpetuum Mobile invented !

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From: Kevin D. Quitt
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 00:00
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On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 15:28:11 GMT, tweek@netcom.com (Reverend Tweek) wrote:

>BossJock  <bossjock@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>>But enough to drive an entire house??
>
>Here, I do agree with you...  it is insane to think that one can
>power an entire house from a radio station's signal... surely the
>station engineers would notice the drastic change in their coverage
>contour as you turned on the dishwasher.

The story I had heard involved a beamed signal and a house on a rise.  Yes,
the station figured out what happened (particularly when their signal didn't
make it to LA), and couldn't force the guy to cease and desist, and ended up
going out of business.  Again, this is purely a story - no documentation.


>>It's gotta be urban legend.
>
>Depends what *it* is.

The idea that (something very much like this) has happened (next door).

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From: kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin D. Quitt)
Subject: Re: Perpetuum Mobile invented !
Date: 1996/06/06
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