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Gizmo Quiz today at 20:00 UTC / 4 p.m. EST

A little late in the week.

         

jecasc

10:53 am on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Check your local time. [timeanddate.com]

jecasc

8:03 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Welcome to this weeks Gizmo Quiz. What is this Gizmo [travel-pin.com]

lawman

8:07 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Sidewalk light.

jecasc

8:09 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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No, not a side walk light.

treeline

8:10 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Powerline Insulator?

lawman

8:12 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Super-redundant umbrella for very small people.

jecasc

8:14 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Not an umbrella and no powerline insulator.

lawman

8:14 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Combination sound-disperser/light-reflector for a hip and trendy disco.

jecasc

8:16 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Nothing to do with discos. However the powerline insulator was not that far of track.

lawman

8:17 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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So I guess that means its not one Ma Bell and three Baby Bells. :)

lawman

8:18 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Newfangled device to manufacture lightning in Dr. Frankenstein's lab.

jecasc

8:18 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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No, they don't ring.

jecasc

8:19 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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"to manufacture lightning in Dr. Frankenstein's lab."

Not in Frankensteins Lab at least.

lawman

8:20 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Alright, I'll shut up and let the serious people play. :)

jecasc

8:21 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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@lawman.
Think about the "at least".

bunltd

8:21 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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but the serious people are enjoying your comments.

so it doesn't produce light?

LisaB

jecasc

8:22 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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No, it does not produce light. Lawman was getting warm however.

bobothecat

8:24 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)



Does it have something to do with a transformer?

lawman

8:25 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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New lightning rod prototype. Original failed when it required the developer to hold it up in a thunderstorm and was promptly incinerated.

jecasc

8:25 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I do not really now in detail how this thing works, so I cannot rule out that some kind of transformer is involved somewhere.

jecasc

8:26 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Not a lightning rod. However you are still on the right track.

lawman

8:28 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Used by Howard Stern for various acts, which shall remain unspoken as this is a family thread.

jecasc

8:29 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Who is Howard Stern?

lawman

8:31 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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The King of All Media.

bobothecat

8:31 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)



A type of antenna?

treeline

8:32 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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A voltage reducer?

jecasc

8:34 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Does not reduce voltage.

Antenna is thinking in the right direction. But for receiving what?

treeline

8:35 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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A very musical pogo stick.

jecasc

8:36 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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The Gizmo is part of a larger Gizmo.

Here a picture of the larger one:

[travel-pin.com...]

bunltd

8:38 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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weather station?

LisaB

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