Re: [Vo]:Beaudette book uploaded

2008-08-03 Thread R C Macaulay
There is a great deal of interest in this conference by both distractors and supporters. The international component is obvious but yet to be fully defined. Richard The ICCF-14 abstracts are still secret and/or incomplete. Conference starts in 8 days. Got to be the most incompetent/idiotic

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Edmund Storms
Steve, I suggest you consider that the visa problems as well as other issues might be a factor in not having a final agenda. A draft agenda has been sent to the speakers for their input. Would you rather have an agenda that is incomplete or has to be seriously changed, as was the case with the

Re: [Vo]:Beaudette book uploaded

2008-08-03 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 3, 2008, at 4:27 AM, R C Macaulay wrote: There is a great deal of interest in this conference by both distractors and supporters. The international component is obvious but yet to be fully defined. Richard The international component was just defined by Ed as difficulty getting

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 3, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Edmund Storms wrote: Steve, I suggest you consider that the visa problems as well as other issues might be a factor in not having a final agenda. A draft agenda has been sent to the speakers for their input. Would you rather have an agenda that is incomplete or

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Edmund Storms
Good point, Horace. Most people preregester before the details of the talks are available in any case. Nevertheless, although I also would like the information sooner, it is very difficult these days to have foreigners attend any conference in the US. The delay that this problem produces

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steven Krivit wrote: The ICCF-14 abstracts are still secret and/or incomplete. Conference starts in 8 days. Got to be the most incompetent/idiotic way of running a conference I've ever seen. You're welcome. It is regrettable that the abstracts are not fully complete, but it is not

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: You are blaming this delay on the participants? Are you out of your mind? No is to blame for the delay. Let me amend that. While for the most part the delay is unavoidable . . . Many authors submitted just at the deadline or right after it, and that delayed things. Several

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Steven Krivit
Jed, You are an eloquent, entertaining and colorful writer. Steve At 01:29 PM 8/3/2008 -0400, you wrote: I wrote: You are blaming this delay on the participants? Are you out of your mind? No is to blame for the delay. Let me amend that. While for the most part the delay is unavoidable

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread Steven Krivit
The delay has nothing to do with the subject of the conference. All academic visitors from Russia are delayed these days. - Jed Jed, A nonphysicist academic has reported to me that they had no problem getting their visa. Steve

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread R C Macaulay
- Original Message - From: Steven Krivit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now The delay has nothing to do with the subject of the conference. All academic visitors from

Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now

2008-08-03 Thread R C Macaulay
Perhaps Purdue University would volunteer some academians to fill the slots. Richard - Original Message - From: Steven Krivit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:ICCF-14 agenda will be uploaded real soon now The delay

[Vo]:Negre Graneau

2008-08-03 Thread Jones Beene
What happens if/when the compressed-air for the Negre-Tata MiniCat purposely has a high initial moisture content, and also incorporates an enhanced sparking system - which is applied to the wet-air in the engine (as if it were fuel)? Nothing of any consequence you say? One of these days, someone

Re: [Vo]:Negre Graneau

2008-08-03 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:32:00 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlMELbK8zDQ [snip] Initially the air in the spark gap in non-conducting, and the spark gap is a very large resistance. So the voltage over the spark gap follows the voltage on the