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This is the Conversation Forum for Nikola Tesla << Excellant Article Additional - SI Unit >> Subject: Radio Show Reference Posted Jan 3, 2001 by Fragilis - h2g2 Cured My Tabular Obsession   Posting 1 You can see references to Tesla in an American scifi radio show, Ruby: the Galactic Gumshoe. Tesla is portrayed as the wildly eccentric patron saint of a band of performance techs for the Digital Circus on a distant world. In Ruby 4, the characters seek special guidance from Saint Tesla. And/Or and Ruby do a Tesla-inspired chant, and Tesla's spirit rises from a set of Tesla coils. He gives bizarre bits of advice on self-realization and implants the blueprints for an unknown device in And/Or's head. And/Or later saves the day by creating the device from memory. Ruby: the Galactic Gumshoe is available for purchase from ZBS Productions at [URL removed by moderator] Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Radio Show Reference Posted Jan 5, 2001 by Norton II This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 thanks for the tip- I'll check it out. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Radio Show Reference Posted Sep 19, 2002 by St. tar-palantir (patron saint of left-handers) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 isn't it dreadful when a great mind like Tesla's is abused for such a rediculous premise. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Radio Show Reference Posted Sep 19, 2002 by Norton II This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 It is, but that's popular culture for you. It upsets me more that he doesn't have the recogition for what he did,though. I could handle the silly SF stuff if he had. Did you like the article? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Radio Show Reference Posted Sep 20, 2002 by St. tar-palantir (patron saint of left-handers) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 yes it wasn't bad. Conversation list Conversation list

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