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This site is full of great experiments and well worth checking out. I'm so glad to see it's still online: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/ http://www.sparkbangbuz

by tdeck 2y ago

This site is full of great experiments and well worth checking out. I'm so glad to see it's still online: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/ http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/

MisterTea 2y ago
The CRT page is fun: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/crt/crt6.htm http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/crt/crt6.htm I found that page when I was experimenting with glow discharge electron guns.
xattt 2y ago
> POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!! This page welcomes all varieties of race, gender or anyone interested in its contents. If you are offended by anything that seems politically incorrect, don't write to me. I do not care to be annoyed by fanatic whiners who expect every printed line to pass correct political specifications. Gross. Between the “discovery” of free energy, this disclaimer, and the site style, this gives the creepy, crazy uncle vibes.
- tdeck 2y ago
  I didn't notice that and it is indeed gross. In terms of the site style, you've got to remember that this was self published in the early 2000s. Sites that look like that were very normal for technical content back then. As someone who grew up with these default styled web designs, I have a certain amount of appreciation for their simplicity. Here are some other old ham radio adjacent sites I happen to recall that look very "ugly" by modern standards but have interesting info: http://www.nbtv.wyenet.co.uk/ http://www.nbtv.wyenet.co.uk/ https://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/crystal1.html https://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/crystal1.html https://www.hpfriedrichs.com/index.htm https://www.hpfriedrichs.com/index.htm
- kilpikaarna 2y ago
  Personally I love these kinds of backshed science sites. The creepy crazy uncle vibe is the best part! Where does this person claim to have discovered free energy though? Personally I hold Sparkbangbuzz as quite different from the likes of RexResearch. Incidentally, or not, it strikes me that the free energy sites rarely contain any logs of practical experiments. Just endless lists of archived PDFs.
  - xattt 2y ago
    He makes a note that he observed “negative resistance”.
    - tdeck 2y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_resistance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_resistance > In electronics, negative resistance (NR) is a property of some electrical circuits and devices in which an increase in voltage across the device's terminals results in a decrease in electric current through it. It's not a "free energy" thing at all.
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- linksnapzz 2y ago
  Infinitely preferable to “woke Redditor” vibes, if one has the choice.

by tdeck 2y ago

This site is full of great experiments and well worth checking out. I'm so glad to see it's still online: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/ http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/

MisterTea 2y ago

The CRT page is fun: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/crt/crt6.htm http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/crt/crt6.htm I found that page when I was experimenting with glow discharge electron guns.

xattt 2y ago

> POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!! This page welcomes all varieties of race, gender or anyone interested in its contents. If you are offended by anything that seems politically incorrect, don't write to me. I do not care to be annoyed by fanatic whiners who expect every printed line to pass correct political specifications. Gross. Between the “discovery” of free energy, this disclaimer, and the site style, this gives the creepy, crazy uncle vibes.

tdeck 2y ago
I didn't notice that and it is indeed gross. In terms of the site style, you've got to remember that this was self published in the early 2000s. Sites that look like that were very normal for technical content back then. As someone who grew up with these default styled web designs, I have a certain amount of appreciation for their simplicity. Here are some other old ham radio adjacent sites I happen to recall that look very "ugly" by modern standards but have interesting info: http://www.nbtv.wyenet.co.uk/ http://www.nbtv.wyenet.co.uk/ https://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/crystal1.html https://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/crystal1.html https://www.hpfriedrichs.com/index.htm https://www.hpfriedrichs.com/index.htm
kilpikaarna 2y ago
Personally I love these kinds of backshed science sites. The creepy crazy uncle vibe is the best part! Where does this person claim to have discovered free energy though? Personally I hold Sparkbangbuzz as quite different from the likes of RexResearch. Incidentally, or not, it strikes me that the free energy sites rarely contain any logs of practical experiments. Just endless lists of archived PDFs.
- xattt 2y ago
  He makes a note that he observed “negative resistance”.
  - tdeck 2y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_resistance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_resistance > In electronics, negative resistance (NR) is a property of some electrical circuits and devices in which an increase in voltage across the device's terminals results in a decrease in electric current through it. It's not a "free energy" thing at all.
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linksnapzz 2y ago
Infinitely preferable to “woke Redditor” vibes, if one has the choice.