Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years - Easter Island

2012-10-10 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Yes, I agree. I believe that work originated here: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/rethinking-the-fall-of-easter-island/1 Feature article, so apparently not paywalled - I'm not a subscriber, but I can see it. Jeff On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 2:27 PM, David L Babcock

Re: [Vo]:Replication of Chuck Sites Nickel/Boron Experiment

2012-10-10 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Here is an unrelated paper from ICCF that includes processing the electrode material with heat: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/conferences/2012/ICCF17/ICCF-17-Dash-Effect%20of%20Recrystallization-Paper.pdf Jeff On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Jack Cole jcol...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for all of

Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years - Easter Island

2012-10-10 Thread Nigel Dyer
After doing a bit more reading I am a little more convinced by the argument that a significant cause of the deforestation was to provide the wood to move the statues. Whether this was religious or not is unclear, although that is plausible. It may be in part this need for groups of people to

Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Haynie
Socialism is based on public ownership of means of production AND the price regulation. Regulating prices creates the problem of economic calculation, which leads to inherent inefficiencies in the market. There is a lot of information contained in prices. In mature markets, prices generally

Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years

2012-10-10 Thread Craig Haynie
On 10/10/2012 12:39 AM, Eric Walker wrote: On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com mailto:jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps if we force agriculture to skyscrapers and deserts, then there is enough room for humans to live comfortably in bungalows.

Re: [Vo]:Replication of Chuck Sites Nickel/Boron Experiment

2012-10-10 Thread Jack Cole
Thanks Jeff. That is encouraging that the heating has been shown to have a real effect on the production of excess heat (at least with palladium and titanium cathodes). One problem for me with those experiments is that the excess heat was in relationship to a control cell rather than excess heat

[Vo]:OT: Video: political parody based on les Miserables theme

2012-10-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Just so everyone knows, this is a blatant pro-democratic leaning political parody/add. Good music. NTL, I suspect the more conservative leaning republican branch of the Vort Collective might beg to differ with the message content. Enjoy! http://onetermmore.com/video_subtitles.html

Re: [Vo]:Replication of Chuck Sites Nickel/Boron Experiment

2012-10-10 Thread Teslaalset
I read some discussions on reversing polarity doing electrolysis with contantan coins. This is actually an interesting topic. Using alloys in oxidizing mode (coin = anode = +), whole surface of the coin will oxidize. Reversing polarity (coin = cathode = -) will have an interesting effect on the

Re: [Vo]:OT: Video: political parody based on les Miserables theme

2012-10-10 Thread fznidarsic
I like Romeny. As I am getting older I am turning away from the working class and into the investor class. Romeny's election will run the start market up 15% and help me out greatly. The reason I can't vote republican and its not Romney. Its the republicanism platform. Its not off

[Vo]:Spider and wasp in amber

2012-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
You may have seen this in the news. It is a spectacular fossil in amber: http://mynorthwest.com/764/1319676/Eatus-interruptus They even found strands of spider web. - Jed

[Vo]:Clarke describes a future with unlimited abundance

2012-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is a quote from Profiles of the Future, chapter 13, describing a world in which replicators supply all material goods in unlimited amounts. When material objects are all intrinsically worthless, perhaps only then will a real sense of values arise. Works of art would be cherished because

Re: [Vo]:OT: Mars Rover Spots Small Bright- Metallic Object

2012-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
False alarm. It was a piece of plastic that fell off the Rover. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Spider and wasp in amber

2012-10-10 Thread LORENHEYER
In a message dated 10/10/12 9:21:48 AM EST, jedrothw...@gmail.com writes: You may have seen this in the news. It is a spectacular fossil in amber: http://mynorthwest.com/764/1319676/Eatus-interruptus They even found strands of spider web. - Jed /HTML

Re: [Vo]:Spider and wasp in amber

2012-10-10 Thread LORENHEYER
I knew it!... proof of an early elementary stage in the technological development of mankind. An electronic device known as a computer was used to communicate via a Web, which had likely snared the Wasp as it was attempting to catch the Spider, to use as a host for food for it's young... How

Re: [Vo]:Evidence V1 Has Left the Sol System

2012-10-10 Thread LORENHEYER
Don't worry, in about 10 thousand years or so (if we act now) we will have developed UFO Technology that will enable us catch up with V1 and retrieve it before it reaches another Star System w/ intelligent life. That way we can spare our ourselves and/or our civilization the humiliating

Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years

2012-10-10 Thread James Bowery
Capitalism is no different from socialism in its threat of violence against those who do not agree to its terms. The best that civilization can do is adopt a system that allows assortative migration by people to territories occupied by mutually consenting adults to whatever system they strongly

Re: [Vo]:bad news

2012-10-10 Thread ken deboer
Dr. Gluck, maybe not all that bad of news. I agree, the idea of growing your own fuel is dead. Ecologically, even economically, impossible under our current world situation. Bioethanol as gasoline additives will become increasingly disastrous. For a few years I grew my own biodiesel for my

Re: [Vo]:Clarke describes a future with unlimited abundance

2012-10-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Quoting Clark: Works of art would be cherished because they were beautiful, not because they were rare. FWIW, here's a book cover illustration presenting one of my art works used for the front cover of the German translation of Clarke's Profiles of the Future.

Re: [Vo]:bad news

2012-10-10 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear Ken thank you for this real life story. I have learned from it Peter On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:09 PM, ken deboer barlaz...@gmail.com wrote: Dr. Gluck, maybe not all that bad of news. I agree, the idea of growing your own fuel is dead. Ecologically, even economically, impossible under

Re: [Vo]:OT: Video: political parody based on les Miserables theme

2012-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
As long as we are posting musical political satire: The Very Model of a Modern U.S. President: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y54FRMedT_s Mitt Romney Style (Gangnam Style Parody) http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6830834/mitt-romney-style-gangnam-style-parody Based on the improbable

Re: [Vo]:Replication of Chuck Sites Nickel/Boron Experiment

2012-10-10 Thread Jack Cole
I think I'll try both ways (AC and DC) to compare. I've been thinking about other materials too (such as tungsten/nickel wool or foam). See here: http://www.americanelements.com/tungsten-nickel-wool.html Here is some interesting info from the site on metal foam. *A metallic foam or ceramic

Re: [Vo]:OT: Video: political parody based on les Miserables theme

2012-10-10 Thread Terry Blanton
A parody of Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJnAp3YxCCw I think is well done. (Personally, I claim no party affiliation. My position, I find, varies from either party depending on the subject matter.)

Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years

2012-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 4:14, Craig Haynie cchayniepub...@gmail.com wrote: It's nice that you have a vision; but other people have other visions; and unfortunately, the only way for you to achieve your vision is to threaten other people with violence. Perhaps if we force

Re: [Vo]:Replication of Chuck Sites Nickel/Boron Experiment

2012-10-10 Thread Axil Axil
“Wouldn't a closed-cell nickel foam with hydrogen in the closed cells be intriguing?” I would suggest using a copper nickel foam to start out with. http://www.americanelements.com/nicufoam.html Then remove the copper from the foam with an acid bath to increase the porosity of the foam in the

Re: [Vo]:OT: Video: political parody based on les Miserables theme

2012-10-10 Thread Axil Axil
“Romeny's election will run the start market up 15% and help me out greatly.” This is a unsupported assumption. I predict that if Romeny wins the election, the DEMS will totally undercut him in congress in a similar way that the REPS have totally undercut Obama for the last two years. The US

Re: [Vo]:Compressed air?

2012-10-10 Thread ecat builder
Run away! He claims he can generate 50KW net gain in energy. but he wants to charge $100,000 for a demonstration--refundable if it doesn't work, less 5%! So, for $5000, you can watch it not work. For $100, I'll let you watch this video of 500 watts over-unity. (I'll refund 75% if it isn't

Re: [Vo]:Clarke describes a future with unlimited abundance

2012-10-10 Thread David Roberson
Quoting Clark: Works of art would be cherished because they were beautiful, not because they were rare. It is my opinion that works of art are mainly valuable because the purchasers believe that they will find someone else that will pay much more for the art piece in the future. In

Re: [Vo]:Compressed air?

2012-10-10 Thread David Roberson
I have invented a new over unity device. It is buried within the ground and all I will allow you to see are two pipes going underground to it. The secrecy is necessary to protect my invention until a patent is issued. I pump cold water into one of the pipes with a certain amount of energy

Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years - Easter Island

2012-10-10 Thread James Bowery
The problem of ecological dominance is inherent in the eusocial nature of civilized man. Eusociality results in ecological dominance. For a discussion of this read E. O. Wilson's laterst book The Social Conquest of Earth. There is only one solution to this: Civilization must leave the

RE: [Vo]:Compressed air?

2012-10-10 Thread Jones Beene
LOL! Someone is “pulling you leg” as they say… and it’s long past April 1. The inventor of the Hydro-Electric Reactor is Nigerian-born Scientist, Inventor and Divinity: Gabriel Ohiochioya Obadan. OMG - the first divine free-energy invention since the burning bush… and not only that - the latest

[Vo]:German VW factory

2012-10-10 Thread Mark Goldes
Vo, One type of factory of the future has arrived. http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0

RE: [Vo]:Clarke describes a future with unlimited abundance

2012-10-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From David: Quoting Clark: Works of art would be cherished because they were beautiful, not because they were rare. It is my opinion that works of art are mainly valuable because the purchasers believe that they will find someone else that will pay much more for the art piece

Re: [Vo]:October is here : Pordenone program

2012-10-10 Thread Alan Fletcher
Joseph Fine October 10th, 2012 at 2:58 PM Andrea Rossi, Does the power rating of a module (1 kW, 5 kW, 10 kW) affect the time of startup or shutdown? If smaller or lower power modules heat up faster than larger ones (or vice versa), it might be possible to ramp up or rampdown a startup or

Re: [Vo]:OT: Mars Rover Spots Small Bright- Metallic Object

2012-10-10 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I'm shocked, shocked I say. ;-) Thanks Jed. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: False alarm. It was a piece of plastic that fell off the Rover. - Jed