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The Last DC Power Grid Shut Down in NYC
cell-block-9 writes "Today the last section of the old Edison DC power grid will be shut down in Manhattan. 'The last snip of Con Ed's direct current system will take place at 10 East 40th Street, near the Mid-Manhattan Library. That building, like the thousands of other direct current users that have been transitioned over the last several years, now has a converter installed on the premises that can take alternating electricity from the Con Ed power grid and adapt it on premises.' I guess Tesla finally won the argument."
But Edison electrocuted an elephant, which quite frankly is just an awesome smear campaign.
it makes math pretty easy, and your computer is currently running on it.
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Depends if you are an elephant or not.
Do ATM machines (where we enter our PIN numbers) run on DC current?
I did it for Johnny.
Frankly, I'm shocked that there was still a DC power system in use in the US.
Can anyone tell me how to set my sig on Slashdot?
Even trolls need electricity.
I know who Tesla was. "Modern Day Cowboy" was an awesome song.
"Oh boy! Are we going to try something dangerous?"
It's kinda funny that the Tesla Roadster runs off of DC batteries :)
Tsunami -- You can't bring a good wave down!
You never, ever, have to say "correct me if I am wrong" on Slashdot. Someone will gleefully correct you if you are wrong.
I'm sure Tesla wrote it down somewhere.
It breaks my pluginses, my precious!
What's so funny about all the TLA acronyms?
Your courageous and selfless spelling corrections have made me a better person.
...and even if you are right...
"um the fact that we use AC for long distances means that it is in fact better..."
Ah, yes, the old "I've been doing it this way for twenty years" reasoning. I can't think of a more dumb way to prove something than to say the reason is because "we've been doing it this way".
and especially if you say direct current current
The sheer amount of High Voltage left the audience Thunderstruck, ready to Shoot to Thrill.
My grandmother used anecdotal evidence all the time, and she lived to be 120 years old.
That is one of the most shocking stories ever.
"I only speak the truth"
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I tend to agree. If I find something worthy of using a mod point for any reason, then I think it should be reflected in that user's karma. Why discriminate against humor? Because most of the "funny" posts aren't very funny at all (i.e. the quality of "funny" moderations is lower than the quality of other moderations)?
Because Slashdot is intended to generate informative and insightful discussion rather than humor?
Deliberately using the wrong category when moderating reduces the readers ability to filter the posts in the way that they want. Moderators are supposed to categorize posts. They are not supposed to care about the karma of the authors.
Hell yeah; Viva La Revolucion! The victorious Anonymous Cowards finally taught them beatnik Disingenuous Cowards a lesson they'll not soon forget!
Woohoo! Long live AC! Death to DC!
This political advertisement paid for by The AC's for Death to DC's Coalition of Southern France, founded in 1894 by the Supporters of Nikola Tesla.
Shot to the gonads perhaps?
Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now, and let us slay him... and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
I hope that the current HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray debate is resolved a bit quicker
Good to see Wikipedia hold up under the mad scramble of 10,000 Slashdotters racing to be the first to update that entry to reflect today's event.
I always wondered what Gonads were doing in the lightning..
Haven't these bureaucratic fools actually seen what alternating current does to animals?!
Go Safe, Go Direct!
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.
I think your humor subsystem needs to be rebooted.