Tony Duell wrote:
  >How many
people saw that Nova? PBS session where they handed ENGINEERING
>undergrads a battery a bulb and a handful of wires?  Many of the students
>were adament that it was impossible to light the bulb without a socket. 
 It's worrying that I could do this before I even went to primary school... 
 
My father was a Radio Shack fan and always kept me supplied with "Lil'
Electricity Kit" stuff, so same here.
Was the Nova staged or something?  Surely engineering undergrads would know
how to make a light bulb light up.  I call bullshit.
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