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Message #00591



To: "'Justin'" jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:12:11 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: SOLAR FLYTRAP


Hello fellow beamers

Lest there is any misunderstanding about xxxx(c)wilf rigter, the copyright
is a bit of a joke to Mark T.
whom I greatly admire! In fact I have no commercial interests in BEAM
technology and participate only from a sense of intelectual challenge and
satisfaction.

Aside from the humour, (c) is my way of protecting ideas which I contribute
to the BEAM community from the remote possibility that some may claim them
for themselves, then copyright and exploit these ideas commercially to the
exclusion of everyone else. As far as I am concerned, although other may
not agree and will tell you so, stuff like the Solar Flytrap or Mounted
Walkers should be in the public domain.

enjoy

Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
tel: (604)590-7493
fax: (604)590-3411

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin [SMTP:jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 10:47 PM
> To: beam@corp.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: SOLAR FLYTRAP
>
> Wilf Rigter wrote:
> > The Solar Flytrap (c) wilf rigter 1999
> >
> > Take your standard BiCore powered SunFlower (solar panel orienting) -
> and
> > tucked away in the center of the flower:
> >
> > DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE
> >
> > ---> 20kVdc <---
>
> High voltage was indeed my plan for the actual removal part of the
> insect hunter. (I wanted to use those disposable camera flash units.
> They're only 350V, but judging by the bang and spark they make when they
> short, they should be more than sufficient to take out an insect... :-)

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