Hey-- what happened to the magical free energy tube thing from a couple months back?

[NoodleBoy]

I seem to remember some posts by some of the more gullible DUers about some tube that some quacks swore could provide an eternal energy source.

I know you guys jumped in quickly to help kill their dreams-- do you all remember it?

Also, I guess now is a good time for a fire the grid update. Was the grid firing incorrectly when that airliner in Africa crashed?

[salvorhardin]

1. I don't remember that

Can you elaborate?

[NoodleBoy]

2. it was either an aluminum or ceramic tube that some woos were claiming held

the key to getting us off oil.

[WoodrowFan]

3. you didn't get yours?

You didn't get yours yet? It's great! It powers my car, my AC, heats my home, runs my water heater, walks my dog, and even makes juliane fries!

[realisticphish]

4. Suppressed by the mainstream scientific Hivemind (tm)

Of which Big Yak is a founding member

[Orrex]

5. I have one of those hanging in my bathroom

Cleverly concealed within a spiral-wrap of TP.

[Q3JR4]

6. Pffft... You scientist types and

your violations of the laws of thermodynamics.

Next you'll be telling us that the earth is not at the center of the universe, that humans evolved from a lower form of animal, and that one day you'll be able to release megatons of destructive energy in what you would have me believe is some kind of "fission"/"fusion" process.

:sarcasm:
Just so there's no ambiguity.

Q3JR4.
“Scientists are peeping Toms at the keyhole of eternity”-Arthur Koestler

[jberryhill]

7. It was neutralized....

...by Kinoki foot pads - they suck the energy right out of the damned things from across the room.

I was using it to re-charge my Q-Ray bracelet too, dammit.