> 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...
Many of them
made a dead short across the battery, and then touched one of
the bulb contacts to that. etc.
Wow, comedy for nerds. I have to see that.
Well, I don't know whether to laugh or cry...
-tony