Talk:Disco ball
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Someone added text that i cop-ed-ed:
- With the appearance of infrared networks, disco balls have found a new application, as a method of dispersing the infrared signals.
But IMO having it rotate would serve no purpose except where the coverage is spotty, and the application is such as to make transforming spottiness in time more acceptable that in space. E.g., don't rotate it if you plan to use it for telephony. Experts, please? --Jerzy (t) 18:55, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
- Don't know about the rotating, but I think the mirrors aren't flat in disco balls used for infra red communications. // Liftarn
The names i added other than "Disco ball" reflect current marketing, but i note that Frank McCourt, in 'Tis, writing about his thoughts in the early or mid 1950s says, without further elaboration, "crystal ball" (where the context seems clear). Do we have any other evidence of pre-disco terminology?
--Jerzy·t 00:48, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
"producing a complicated and hard-to-anticipate display" - I wouldn't say so. If a single light is pointed at the ball, the usual pattern is of an array of spots that move steadily with the ball's rotation, and of course change apparent size with distance from the ball. Naturally multiple light sources will make things a little more complex, but the overall pattern remains fairly simple really. 128.232.250.254 22:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How to set up a disco ball?
I got a disco ball, but I have no idea what I need to get it to rotate? --212.200.210.133 12:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Who invented the disco ball?
When was the FIRST disco ball made and for what purpose?
I found an uncited source that suggested mirror balls had been used to repel witches in Europe. However, a "mirror ball" could have either a smooth surface (e.g., ceremonial south pole), or small square planes of mirrors (like a disco ball).
Snowgecko 19:27, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Could the disco ball also be called a bonspiel?
Back in the 70's I used to frequent a club called The Bonspiel Room. I was told that the name of the club reflected the proper name for the disco ball. I can't find any information to substantiate that information. I told a friend that it was the proper name for the disco ball, and now I'm wondering if that could be true.
BooCar159 04:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)BooCar159
im deleting the line "The world's largest rotating disco ball is situated in the ABC Nightclub in Glasgow, Scotland.[1]" and its cited source. this is an unsubstantiated comment that upon further inquiry proves to be false. in addition it appears this comment was added to be an advertisement for the club. however the club has no mirror balls in any of their pages on their homesite or in articles about them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.97.21.36 (talk) 02:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
