Russell, You are an alien. Or at least, you talk like one. :-) Mark Skeels Engineer Competition Electronics, Inc. TEL: 815-874-8001 FAX: 815-874-8181 www.competitionelectronics.com On 12/27/2010 10:14 PM, RussellMc wrote: >> Justin Richards wrote: >>> Agreed, I enjoyed reading about satin ions and coincidentally the >>> subject of hairdryers came up at work and home recently. > On 27 December 2010 03:36, Olin Lathrop wrote= : >> I prefer denim ions myself. > That *MAY*, perhaps, be OK for an expert like yourself, but a > beginner may well be mislead and not appreciate that the positive > connotations mentioned below have a negative effect in the > overwhelming majority of cases. > > If the user is consistently highly negative there may be some benefit > but this, as can clearly be seen, cannot be relied on. > > Denim is, as you, of course, know, a reference to Nimes (de Nime) > [aka 'Bleu Jeans de Nimes' in a related context]. > > Nimes is the coastal geographical focus of the justly famous Mistral > wind - (see attached annotated map) high velocity heavily positive ion > charged wind which descends from the mountains 'up country' and blows > out into the Mediterranean. Drives sane men mad and mad men madder. > Provokes duels and misc snarkiness and more. > > So - De'nime ions are certainly advisable for the uninitiated - or, > perhaps, Grand Masters [tm] either. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_(wind) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimes > > Mistral, Sirrocco, Foehn, more > > http://www.halexandria.org/dward079.htm > http://www.djclarke.co.uk/file02.html > > AND the cause of internet& TV addiction to boot > > http://www.causeof.org/positive.htm > > Possibly, they posit, infrasonics. > No doubt*. > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg21746.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg21749.html > > Mayhaps it's the waveses > > http://www.fullnesslife.com/informe-eg-4.htm > > Say what? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade > http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/pvrw2010_poster_kang.pdf > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop > http://www.aidic.it/nose2008/webpapers/28Guillot.pdf > http://www.dowcorning.com/content/publishedlit/Moisture_Permeabil= ity_of_Photovoltaic_Encapsulants.pdf > http://www2.apexelec.co.nz/htm/key_search.php?ckey=3D%25&skey=3D= e&csot=3D0&type=3Dup&page=3D1&search=3D1&rspage=3D0&islv=3D1 > > > > Ruzl > > * No doubt whatsoever. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .