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On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:02:27 +0100 Martijn Grooten wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Julian Hall wrote: > > 'In 1905 the Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla built a huge 18-storey > > tower in Long Island. ÂHis aim was to create the world's first > > power station that would transmit wireless electricity around the > > globe' > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8618161.stm > > "A wireless keyboard uses four batteries. We made about 40 billion of > these in the world this year." > > I somehow doubt that number, as it would mean about six wireless > keyboards per person a year. I was somehow under the impression that they meant the manufacture of ~40bn batteries... Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html