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Post by bob1389 on Jul 10, 2009 9:16:25 GMT -5
An idea to have an entire week to celebrate the man that is Nikola Tesla - the founder of the 20th century.
Although he is a man to be celebrated throughout the year, whenever we use an electrical appliance and so forth - a week devoted to celebrating his birth (born July 10th), his life and his work.
It is something the governments of Serbia and RS would be happy to committ but I also think it would be popular with governments around the world.
What do you think ?
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Post by bob1389 on Jul 10, 2009 9:19:58 GMT -5
I've voted yes! An entire week devoted to Tesla and nothing else. A big party celebration to honour his life.
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Post by karabin on Jul 10, 2009 9:22:56 GMT -5
Bring it on. Thanks to him people today, all over the world enjoy mobile radio communication
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Post by bob1389 on Jul 10, 2009 9:33:10 GMT -5
Whoever voted (and intends to vote) no - can you please turn off your computer, tv and go back to your cave.
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Post by karabin on Jul 10, 2009 9:41:25 GMT -5
That must have been some siptar. Given the fact that they only got out of their cave about 10 years ago (when america gave scum an identity) I am sure theyll have no difficulties going back where they crawled out from.
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Post by bob1389 on Jul 10, 2009 9:49:24 GMT -5
I've read before that in Tirana when they found out about Tesla (being Serb) and his role in helping develop electrical infrastructure around the world, they decided to cut off all electricity in protest. Hence why they are a couple decades behind everyone else
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Post by Lib-Fier on Jul 10, 2009 10:23:46 GMT -5
yeah, you keep on thinking that everyone around you is 2 decades behind, keep clinging on to that, its gonna come in handy when you start sucking the juice out of a patato
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Post by leshte on Jul 10, 2009 23:14:34 GMT -5
I hear Gracanica has no electricity.
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Post by bob1389 on Jul 11, 2009 20:56:19 GMT -5
Nikola Tesla’s Musical Legacy newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/10/nikola-tesla-music/This morning, Wake-Up Video tipped its hat to the swearing in of Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States who took office on this day in 1850. But there’s another historical note today that bears mentioning: Today is Nikola Tesla’s birthday. Since his death in 1943, Tesla has gained the reputation as being a woefully underrated contributor to the world of science. His experiments with conducting alternating electrical current were the most important in the history of energy, but even though Tesla’s AC ultimately beat out rival Thomas Edison’s DC, Edison’s offensives against Tesla left him as a historical footnote for decades. But Tesla also had a great effect on music — and not just because he created technology that made wireless transmission (like radio waves) possible. A handful of musicians have gained inspiration from Tesla’s reputation as a genius, a troublemaker and an underdog. The most famous, of course, is the band Tesla, the hard rock band who had hits at the end of the ’80s with albums like Mechanical Resonance and Five Man Acoustical Jam. Tesla took their namesake very seriously, even going as far as creating a concept album around Tesla’s rivalry with Guglielmo Marconi over the creation of radio (The Great Radio Controversy). One of the band’s biggest hits, “Edison’s Medicine,” revolved around Thomas Edison’s quest to destroy his rival Tesla. All told, pretty brainy stuff for a metal band. But Tesla’s influence over musicians doesn’t stop there. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had a minor hit in 1984 with a track called “Tesla Girls,” though it doesn’t seem to have any lyrical connection to Tesla (except for the lyric about “testing out theories”). A more convincing tribute came in the 2006 movie “The Prestige,” which saw David Bowie star as Nikola Tesla. Bowie played the scientist as part genius, part madman — not unlike Bowie himself. But by far the best tribute to Tesla that involved rock stars was in the 2003 Jim Jarmusch film “Coffee and Cigarettes,” which saw Jack and Meg White discuss a Tesla Coil. The White Stripes are no strangers to Tesla — they also offered him a lyrical shout-out on their song “Astro.”
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