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Re: Jelly Beans ????
> And then smile knowingly.
>
> I'm convinced that the neon sign tube positive column striations, "jelly
> beans," are created by a flow of electrons moving through non-flowing
> gas.
> The electron "fluid" moves faster and faster until it reaches a
> particular
> velocity where it hits gas molecules so hard that it causes ionization
> and
> light output. But this slows the electron stream, and might slow it
> down
> so much that the gas goes dark. Which then lets the electrons speed up
> again. But rather than creating a fast on/off flashing, the repulsion
> fields between electrons are also involved, and this lets the "electric
> fluid" talk among its various parts, and arrive at an "agreement" with
> the
> gas where it breaks into orderly rows of fast electrons, glowing gas,
> slow
> electrons, and dark gas. Since this is alot like water waves and sand
> ripples, the glowing beads of lit gas might crawl along, or they might
> sit
> still, or they might tear forwards at half the speed of light. They
> might
> flow along in the same direction as electrons, or they might go the
> opposite way. And their behavior would depend on all kinds of differing
> microscopic characteristics of the gas molecules, pressure, nonlinear
> behaviours, gas impurities, temperature, mental radiation from nearby
> human brains, nonlocal connection with the atoms in nearby galaxies, god
> knows what else. [Possibly literally? ;) ]
Dear Bill,
Nice philospohy, but please can you tell me why the jelly beans,
when created by this process, didn't appear in a DC discharge?
This effect stems from plasmodial oscillations interfering with the frequency
of the external electric field.
Marcus Thielen
> If you want me to pass on anything to my friend Bill, I will be glad to
> act as messenger.
>
> until then,
>
> Seattle Dan and Bill B.
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