"It is not a dream, it is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering, only expensive — blind, faint-hearted, doubting world! [...] Humanity is not yet sufficiently advanced to be willingly led by the discoverer's keen searching sense. But who knows? Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped and patted, be hampered and ill-treated in its adolescence — by want of means, by selfish interest, pedantry, stupidity and ignorance; that it be attacked and stifled; that it pass through bitter trials and tribulations, through the strife of commercial existence. So do we get our light. So all that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combatted, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle." – Nikola Tesla, "The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires as a Means for Furthering Peace," Electrical World and Engineer, January 7, 1905.
The Space Barnstar
Just wanted to let that your work on cleaning up the International Space Station article hasn't gone unnoticed. Good work on the article so far! :) SudoGhost™ 19:49, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Because people keep giving you indigestible cookies and the likes :P and we can't have our fellow 'pedians starving. Let me share this with you… OOPS, DINNERTIME, gotta GO! (i've got some little red gnomes on the fire) benzband (talk) 15:03, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
The Laughing Nutter
…you're one of the most stubborn people here on wiki (welcome to the club, /o\ :) and i actually enjoyed ← great monstruosity reading some of your *humorous* comments at WT:WPWPA. I thought of paying you in cupcakes but then your talkpage would have been littered ^^ so here's a nutty laughpoint. Strive!benzband (talk) 18:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
In honor of Fahd of Saudi Arabia ,President Anwar El Sadat and Mir Mahboob Ali khan of Hyderabad State
You have been presented the 1st Arabian Special Award for April 14 2012 for your respectable, notable and needed work in wikipedia in the Imaginary Venue of Cairo International Stadium, Cairo. Monareal (talk) 11:31, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
Your "Pesky Express" made me smile, which is pretty rare, as I'm disabled and often in pain. Thanks! INeverCry 03:06, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For the Commonwealth Barnstar(Award)...thanks a lot man!...StrikeEagle✈ 13:01, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Your post I saw you said you don't have a cat, so at first I felt bad and thought I'd present you with one TPS cat
But then I realised that obviously the reason you didn't was because it was Eaten by a bear. Thanks and much appreciation for my laugh of the day : ) - jc37 13:38, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
If one was being attacked by a gang of vicious barbarians, I'd be very happy to have you on my side.andreasegde (talk) 18:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
. I thought of paying you in cupcakes but then your talkpage would have been littered ^^ so here's a nutty laughpoint. Strive! benzband (talk) 18:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
StrikeEagle ✈ 13:01, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
