At 8:58 AM +0200 9/13/04, jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >I'd say that Doug is right. I remember long time ago a hobby >project (in a magazine) where a lamp was used to carry speech >over a distance, by modulating the filament current. While it >may take a long time for a filament to cool off completely, >initially the cooling goes very fast. It has to do with the >radiated power being proportional to the FOURTH power of the >temperature. Thin white hot metal will cool very quickly ! YUP. We are talking about the ability to perceive the modulation in intensity of the "flickering" light source. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.