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From: James Holsenback
Subject: Manna Machine
Date: 15 Aug 2013 18:46:44
Message: <520d5a54@news.povray.org>
One or two more things to add to the "machine" ... textures next!


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From: Samuel Benge
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 19 Aug 2013 16:10:02
Message: <web.52127b5f370ffe57052cdec0@news.povray.org>
James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> One or two more things to add to the "machine" ... textures next!

Well I like it, James. I'm looking forward to subsequent versions. Are you going
to keep the black & white retro look?

Has anyone ever built one of these in RL?

Sam


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From: Samuel Benge
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 19 Aug 2013 16:30:01
Message: <web.52127f99370ffe57052cdec0@news.povray.org>
"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Has anyone ever built one of these in RL?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_Machine
"It is said by Sassoon and Dale that a nuclear reactor used to power the manna
machine was stored in the Ark of the Covenant."

It sounds dangerous to be playing with radiactive materials... like piling them
up to get a larger reaction. It was said that Moses' face was tanned (highly
bronzed) after speaking to God... I hope that thing was made out of a very dense
metal, like lead, or gold....


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 20 Aug 2013 04:15:30
Message: <521325a2$1@news.povray.org>
On 16-8-2013 0:46, James Holsenback wrote:
> One or two more things to add to the "machine" ... textures next!

Awesome!

Thomas


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 20 Aug 2013 04:17:51
Message: <5213262f$1@news.povray.org>
On 19-8-2013 22:27, Samuel Benge wrote:
> "Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Has anyone ever built one of these in RL?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_Machine
> "It is said by Sassoon and Dale that a nuclear reactor used to power the manna
> machine was stored in the Ark of the Covenant."
>
> It sounds dangerous to be playing with radiactive materials... like piling them
> up to get a larger reaction. It was said that Moses' face was tanned (highly
> bronzed) after speaking to God... I hope that thing was made out of a very dense
> metal, like lead, or gold....
>

Now I begin to wonder what they are doing in Iran...

Thomas


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From: James Holsenback
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 20 Aug 2013 06:37:20
Message: <521346e0$1@news.povray.org>
On 08/19/2013 04:27 PM, Samuel Benge wrote:
> "Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Has anyone ever built one of these in RL?

not that I know of ... supposedly that's what the Jews used to produce 
food for the journey across the desert. legend of course as far as I'm 
concerned.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_Machine
> "It is said by Sassoon and Dale that a nuclear reactor used to power the manna
> machine was stored in the Ark of the Covenant."

yes and we all know what happened to that soldier when he opened the lid 
... good thing dr jones closed his eye's

>
> It sounds dangerous to be playing with radiactive materials... like piling them
> up to get a larger reaction. It was said that Moses' face was tanned (highly
> bronzed) after speaking to God... I hope that thing was made out of a very dense
> metal, like lead, or gold....
>

the recovered device has been moved to the lab and cleaned up ... still 
can't find the on/off switch ;-)


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From: James Holsenback
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 20 Aug 2013 06:38:59
Message: <52134743$1@news.povray.org>
On 08/20/2013 04:15 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 16-8-2013 0:46, James Holsenback wrote:
>> One or two more things to add to the "machine" ... textures next!
>
> Awesome!
>
> Thomas

thanks ... lol looks a bit like something that you'd expect see on dr 
who ... eh!


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 20 Aug 2013 16:37:24
Message: <5213d384$1@news.povray.org>

> "Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Has anyone ever built one of these in RL?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna_Machine
> "It is said by Sassoon and Dale that a nuclear reactor used to power the manna
> machine was stored in the Ark of the Covenant."
>
> It sounds dangerous to be playing with radiactive materials... like piling them
> up to get a larger reaction. It was said that Moses' face was tanned (highly
> bronzed) after speaking to God... I hope that thing was made out of a very dense
> metal, like lead, or gold....
>

About 20 to 30 years ago, it seems that some students started to build a 
scaled down reproduction of the Ark by following the description from 
the bible.

BEFORE it was finished, they where forced to stop. It apparently 
accumulated/generated some rather dangerous electric potential.


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From: Nekar Xenos
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 20 Aug 2013 18:05:36
Message: <op.w14ybif2ufxv4h@xena>
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:46:30 +0200, James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom>  
wrote:

> One or two more things to add to the "machine" ... textures next!

This would look great with steam-punk textures :)
-- 
-Nekar Xenos-


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Manna Machine
Date: 21 Aug 2013 03:31:38
Message: <52146cda$1@news.povray.org>
On 20-8-2013 22:37, Alain wrote:
>
> About 20 to 30 years ago, it seems that some students started to build a
> scaled down reproduction of the Ark by following the description from
> the bible.
>
> BEFORE it was finished, they where forced to stop. It apparently
> accumulated/generated some rather dangerous electric potential.

Now, that is what I would call an /Urban Legend/ ;-)

Thomas


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