RE: [Vo]:Is there an echo in here?

2014-03-07 Thread Arnaud Kodeck
This has been refuted by the real Satoshi Nakamoto himself. We didn't hear anything from him since ages and comes back to say that the Newsweek article isn't the truth. The message from the real Satoshi Nakamoto has been authenticated to be his real signature by the Bitcoin foundation.

Re: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
AlanG a...@magicsound.us wrote: With an on-line time of 10 hours per day, that's 39% of nameplate rating. Averaged over 24 hours, it's 16%. That is interesting. Thanks for the info. This site says that overall efficiency for residential installations varies from 13% to 18%, which is in line

RE: [Vo]:Battery system for wind farm

2014-03-07 Thread Chris Zell
Find a local cavern, seal it off and do compressed air storage.

Re: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is a table with the actual numbers for 2003 to 2013: http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1 Click on the Graph at the top right for an interesting look at the data. Then on the box on the top right, View a pre-generated report see 1.1.A Net Generation by

RE: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Jones Beene
BTW - does anyone have more info on Quantum Boost than is on their website? http://ultrasolar.com/files/QuantumBoost%20Summary.pdf This could be a significant breakthrough in solar. It is an add-on which increases the output of exiting cells by 20%. Thus 2.5 kW existing system becomes

Re: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: BTW - does anyone have more info on Quantum Boost than is on their website? Is this the quantum dots that absorb heat? http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jz200166y

Re: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: BTW - does anyone have more info on Quantum Boost than is on their website? Is this the quantum dots that absorb heat?

RE: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Jones Beene
That QD thing is similar but probably not the same. I get the feeling that Quantum Boost is being deliberately coy and deceptive with their disclosure - which is why I was curious to get more information. However, it does seem quite significant since it permits old installations to be upgraded.

[Vo]:hydrobetatron

2014-03-07 Thread a.ashfield
Can anyone here understand Italian well enough to give us some idea of what this is and what it does? See http://www.hydrobetatron.org/index.html

Re: [Vo]:hydrobetatron

2014-03-07 Thread Foks0904 .
You can google translate it. It's a site put together by a couple Italian university professors who are basically doing an Open Source project on cold fusion. Some of their work involves high school students as well. It's aims are similar to MFMP, but not quite as lofty. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at

[Vo]:Evidence of SR Length Contraction

2014-03-07 Thread David Roberson
There has been a continuous discussion on the list about the reality of SR time dilation and length contraction. Most of the commenters accept the time dilation concept since it is relatively easy to measure. Some among the group point out the paradox that they perceive as existing, but for

RE: [Vo]:hydrobetatron

2014-03-07 Thread Jones Beene
We've discussed this one for about a year. This is the one which is also known as Athanor/Hydrobetatron LENR Cell of the Pirelli Industrial High School in Rome, headed by Ugo Abundo. They have held conferences and posted replications and improvements in the field. The latest seems to be direct

[Vo]:High Energy Radiation Due to Magnetic Interaction

2014-03-07 Thread David Roberson
I have found an x-ray laser device to be an interesting subject. In the Free-electron laser system a relativistic velocity electron stream interacts with a magnetic structure that contains fixed magnets to produce x-ray frequency radiation. It does not take too much imagination to visualize

[Vo]:Big Newsday in alternative energy?

2014-03-07 Thread Jones Beene
Friday is shaping up to be a big Newsday for alternative energy. At least the glitz and hyperbole are unrestrained, even if the inventor/developer looks like an Elvis impersonator. http://www.gizmag.com/900-hp-supercar-flow-battery/31091/ Quote: One of the wildest cars at the Geneva Motor Show,

[Vo]:plasmonics with an inkjet printer!

2014-03-07 Thread Roarty, Francis X
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140307083701.htm A recently discovered technology called plasmonics marries the best aspects of optical and electronic data transfer. By crowding light into metal structures with dimensions far smaller than its wavelength, data can be transmitted at

RE: [Vo]:Big Newsday in alternative energy?

2014-03-07 Thread Chris Zell
http://www.cryptogon.com/?p=43252 Liquid metal batteries at $500 a kwhr? I would also point out an area of enthusiasm for electric cars : dragstrip racing. These enthusiasts want ever more energy dense batteries to win on the quarter mile. Some have

Re: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread AlanG
I called Ultra Solar since they're only 30 miles from me and I have a PV system in place. The phone number on their web site goes to an anonymous voice mail box that seems to be full. They're probably defunct. I don't see how it could work as claimed anyway. It sits in the DC path between the

[Vo]:Re: Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Mark Jurich
Terry wrote: | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jz200166y FYI (via GOOGLE Scholar): http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~ostroveo/COURSES/ph673/Notes/JPCL2011_MEG.pdf - Mark Jurich

RE: [Vo]:Solar PV installations in 2013 were 4.78 GW

2014-03-07 Thread Jones Beene
Alan, It is suspicious. Glad you called. However, as for the circuit - extrapolating from the info on their site seems to indicate that pyroelectric pulses occur in the modules and these are fed back to the cell for some kind of a positive feedback loop. Perhaps a sharp HV pulse, fed

Re: [Vo]:plasmonics with an inkjet printer!

2014-03-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
I love stories like this! I knew a biology professor in college who was trying to blind guppies without killing the poor things. He came up with a simple technique, at a time when other people were trying to make custom-fitting contact lenses for guppies, or something like that. I may be

Re: [Vo]:Battery system for wind farm

2014-03-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:43:43 -0800: Hi, [snip] Lithium really is brain-dead for Wind farm application ... maybe that pathology goes with the territory. Advanced flywheel storage probably makes the most sense. Below is one company that has done well with them.

RE: [Vo]:plasmonics with an inkjet printer!

2014-03-07 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jed Rothwell I love stories like this! ... After the superconducting supercollider was abandoned... Then you will probably love this sequel. In 2006, trucking magnate JB Hunt, one of the most hated men in

Re: [Vo]:plasmonics with an inkjet printer!

2014-03-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: The complex had cost the taxpayers $2 billion to that stage, when it was cancelled. Then, in December of that year, less than six months after investing, zillionaire Hunt slipped on a patch of ice, broke his skull and died - to the

RE: [Vo]:plasmonics with an inkjet printer!

2014-03-07 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
I had heard that it had become a successful mushroom farm ( perfect for keeping the crop in the dark feeding bulls**t, just like the gov't does to me.). Sorry, I don't recall the source. From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 3:14 PM To:

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:a length contraction paradox

2014-03-07 Thread H Veeder
Ok so there is a point of first contact after which the object begins growing into the stationary frame. What happens after the point of first contact doesn't shift the point of first contact. Harry On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Roarty, Francis X francis.x.roa...@lmco.com wrote: The word