>From:         Wagner Lipnharski <wagner@USTR.NET>

>open the gap wide (no spark happens), then insert fire in the
> middle, it should complete the jump path, but no, it does
> not.  A simple toothpick in the middle favors the jump, but
> not bare plasma fire.
>
>Wagner.
>

How about a burning toothpick in an oxygen poor environment, hence lots
of black carbon rich smoke. The burning match in a microwave experiment
comes to mind with all this talk of sparks. It never did cook the same af=
terwards......

Ben

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