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There is, naturally, a Wikipedia page entitled List of Ghostbusters Equipment. There we learn — and this is but one example — that an ecto-containment unit...

...was developed after Dr. Spengler and Dr. Stantz made their first actual contact with a ghost in the basement of the New York Public Library. According to data from that experience, they theorize that since a ghost's ionization rate is constant, they could capture and hold it indefinitely.
I'm not sure whether it's more noteworthy that this information is readily available, or that I have a legitimate, work-related need for it.

Posted on Jan 12, 2007

Comments

Well, it is pretty much pulled verbatim from the movie...

Posted by Jer | Saturday, 13 Jan 2007 at 11:45 AM

Sure, but the fact that such verbatim bits have been pulled into the article from such a variety of Ghostbusters-related sources, and then re-organized and re-written into a legit-sounding encyclopedia entry, is kind of remarkable.

Posted by Jeff | Monday, 15 Jan 2007 at 8:27 AM




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