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Post #290,635 by Andrew Grygus 8/11/07 12:09:27 PM Reply	Crystals have their secrets too. I read that during WWII, due to shortage of quartz, fluorite was used for oscillator control crystals. Sometime after the war a lab, I think in Germany, wasn't able to get these crystals to work. Samples were sent from lab to lab and soon nobody could get fluorite to work any more. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #290,636 by pwhysall 8/11/07 1:40:02 PM Reply	Link? Sounds like utter bollocks to me, but I like a good ghost story. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #290,639 by Andrew Grygus 8/11/07 2:12:21 PM Reply	Re: Link? I read that in a science article probably about 1964. Hardly anything from that era is on the Internet yet (at least nothing I've ever tried to find). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #290,648 by Another Scott 8/11/07 7:29:11 PM Reply	A related history is here. Like you, I find it frustrating that so much pre-1990s information isn't at our fingertips. :-) Just to add a little more to the story: [link\|http://www.ieee-uffc.org/fc_history/bottom.html\|A HISTORY OF THE QUARTZ CRYSTAL INDUSTRY IN THE USA], from 1981. It mentions shortages of natural quartz, and German efforts in artificial quartz. It's a good article, but doesn't mention efforts in other materials in any detail. The author closes with the hope that someone will fill in the details in areas he touches on. Cheers, Scott.

Two words: Bad plastic - (Ashton) - (45) - Aug. 2, 2007, 08:59:12 PM EDT

That was a hell of a leap - (crazy) - (44) - Aug. 3, 2007, 07:21:28 PM EDT

I noticed that too. - (Andrew Grygus) - (43) - Aug. 3, 2007, 08:01:49 PM EDT

If an inverse relationship is already established - - (Ashton) - (42) - Aug. 4, 2007, 06:37:34 AM EDT

Why should it? Would you expect it to mention Voodoo? - (CRConrad) - (41) - Aug. 7, 2007, 08:51:52 AM EDT

Here, have some red meat - - (Ashton) - (40) - Aug. 9, 2007, 05:27:14 AM EDT

Recommended Reading - (pwhysall) - (39) - Aug. 9, 2007, 07:05:07 AM EDT

why are you forced to vaccinate yer kids then? - (boxley) - (3) - Aug. 9, 2007, 12:22:45 PM EDT

Completely different, Bill. - (pwhysall) - (2) - Aug. 9, 2007, 01:35:47 PM EDT

gwan ya think? By the by chicken blood by a voodoo priestess - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 10, 2007, 09:12:23 PM EDT

Your scepticism is refreshing - (pwhysall) - Aug. 11, 2007, 02:09:54 AM EDT

I have a response prepared - (Lily) - (34) - Aug. 10, 2007, 08:21:29 PM EDT

I can save you time! - (pwhysall) - (26) - Aug. 11, 2007, 02:09:10 AM EDT

Oohh___I Loves didactic Certainty.. - (Ashton) - (25) - Aug. 11, 2007, 06:16:38 AM EDT

he is a brit who drives a beemer - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2007, 09:07:50 AM EDT

What's your point? - (pwhysall) - Aug. 11, 2007, 10:23:08 AM EDT

Whatever. - (pwhysall) - (22) - Aug. 11, 2007, 10:25:53 AM EDT

Wait a minute - (Lily) - (21) - Aug. 11, 2007, 08:06:48 PM EDT

Leading edges and off the edge - (rcareaga) - (8) - Aug. 11, 2007, 09:24:45 PM EDT

'to the extent we desire Nature to yield reliable results' - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Aug. 11, 2007, 09:42:17 PM EDT

WHAT??? - (rcareaga) - (4) - Aug. 11, 2007, 09:52:57 PM EDT

You go to whoever's appropriate to your problem. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 11, 2007, 10:08:36 PM EDT

OK, sure - (rcareaga) - (2) - Aug. 11, 2007, 10:20:24 PM EDT

Well, say you had some emotional issues or. . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2007, 11:16:09 PM EDT

As to Astrologers, Homeo - swan song, for here (new thread) - (Ashton) - Aug. 12, 2007, 07:49:16 AM EDT

Western medicine. (new thread) - (Lily) - Aug. 12, 2007, 12:41:37 PM EDT

Blood thirsty HMOs (new thread) - (Lily) - Aug. 12, 2007, 01:10:54 PM EDT

Re: Wait a minute - (pwhysall) - (11) - Aug. 12, 2007, 12:47:02 AM EDT

But the impetus behind all these things was illogical. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Aug. 12, 2007, 12:51:46 AM EDT

So what? - (pwhysall) - (8) - Aug. 12, 2007, 01:02:16 AM EDT

So what? With just logic you get nowhere. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Aug. 12, 2007, 01:07:28 AM EDT

Demonstrably wrong. - (pwhysall) - (6) - Aug. 12, 2007, 01:39:27 AM EDT

You're pointing to the how - not the why. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Aug. 12, 2007, 02:14:42 AM EDT

Indeed I am. -NT - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 12, 2007, 02:59:39 AM EDT

Hows can be exicuted with complete logic . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2007, 03:27:10 AM EDT

I never argued otherwise. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Aug. 12, 2007, 03:28:14 AM EDT

And carefully kept your argument shallow . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2007, 04:06:04 AM EDT

What contradiction? - (pwhysall) - Aug. 12, 2007, 04:34:27 AM EDT

You know- - (Lily) - Aug. 12, 2007, 03:27:05 PM EDT

Crystals aren't mysterous. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Aug. 11, 2007, 10:54:14 AM EDT

Crystals have their secrets too. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 11, 2007, 12:09:27 PM EDT

Link? - (pwhysall) - (2) - Aug. 11, 2007, 01:40:02 PM EDT

Re: Link? - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2007, 02:12:21 PM EDT

A related history is here. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 11, 2007, 07:29:11 PM EDT

Tao of Physics? - (warmachine) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2007, 02:39:14 PM EDT

Re: Tao of Physics? - (Lily) - Aug. 11, 2007, 07:57:42 PM EDT

Well, as long as you can bottle it up I'm sure that's perfectly healthy.
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