Re: [Vo]:Many years later...

2021-02-28 Thread Kyle Mcallister
for that.   A bit like Scrooge, I guess it's never too late.   KRM   Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 at 7:11 PM From: "Jed Rothwell" To: "Vortex" Subject: Re: [Vo]:Many years later... Don't fret about it. We have thick skin in this business. Welcome back!   On Mon, Feb 22, 2

[Vo]:"Ash" analysis options for the amateur

2021-02-26 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Vortexians, Having worked in the automotive industry for a long time, I've encountered various things that can be of use to the amateur scientist. A lot of them are not applicable here, but one that came back to mind the other day I thought I should put out there, and maybe you guys can offer

[Vo]:Many years later...

2021-02-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Hello again, Vortexians. It's been a long time, perhaps 10 years or so since I've been here. I can't recall exactly, but that was another life. You'd be surprised how much can change in that time, and how much you look back on with regret and sorrow. I'll start off by saying, if there are

Re: [Vo]:A huge Rossi (bad) thing to be revealed soon. (Daniele Passerini)

2012-01-28 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 1/28/12, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: By the way, I'm disappointed by all the Mary Yugo bashing. I did not find MY's skepticism to be severe or particularly extreme, compared to plenty I've seen. Well, as a semi-interested outsider who'd love a cheap

RE: [Vo]:A huge Rossi (bad) thing to be revealed soon. (Daniele Passerini)

2012-01-28 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 1/28/12, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: As the one who 'rode her ass' a number of times, I have said that her (his) technical criticisms were WELCOME... but to lay off the focus on the personalities. Good idea. Discussing the science and analysis of the

Re: [Vo]:The Garbage Collection of a Fool's Imagination

2012-01-23 Thread Kyle Mcallister
There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

Re: [Vo]:Lenard tube... Rossi style

2011-12-01 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Whatever side of the aisle you fall on with regards to Rossi, you got to admit, given his slap-it-together plumbing style, a Lenard ray tube built from a booze bottle, kitchen foil, and hardware store crap is right up their alley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FYVBsGCUVg Gotta admit,

Re: [Vo]:MIT light diode on Si allows photonic computers -- many streams of wavelengths at once -- female scientist: Michael: Rich 2011.11.23

2011-11-23 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 11/23/11, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Most interesting!  Garnet is desirable because it inherently transmits light differently in one direction than in another: It has a different index of refraction — the bending of light as it enters the material — depending on

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
On 11/13/2011 1:15 PM, Vorl Bek wrote: I have had it with Mary Yugo. I think Mary Yugo is a good addition to this list. Mary Yugo's skepticism is better than excusing Rossi's odd behaviour on the grounds that he must be an eccentric genius. I have no idea if Rossi is a scammer or if he

Re: [Vo]:Neutrinos, FTL, and scientific textus receptus

2011-09-25 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 9/24/11, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: Jouni, I am not certain I follow quite what you're suggesting. Are you suggesting that, possibly, the absolute frame of reference may have differing velocities based on the velocity of the local object? I.E, some planet,

Re: [Vo]:Neutrinos, FTL, and scientific textus receptus

2011-09-25 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 9/24/11, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: Yeah.  Bien sur.  The whole issue isn't that some religious law might be broken; it's that you can get contradictions if we allow stuff like this to go on without careful controls on it, and short cuts, improbability physics,

Re: [Vo]:Neutrinos, FTL, and scientific textus receptus

2011-09-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 9/24/11, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: In the CERN OPERA results, neutrinos arrived about 2.48x10^-5 the travel time sooner than expected. For a 168,000 ly trip the expected photon arrival delay time Dt should be    Dt = (2.48x10^-5)*(168,000 yr) = 1521 days =

Re: [Vo]:Neutrinos, FTL, and scientific textus receptus

2011-09-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 9/24/11, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com I believe I alluded to something like this earlier. In reading back over previous emails, yes, you're right. In a universe which adheres in general to the SR model, you can, none the

[Vo]:Neutrinos, FTL, and scientific textus receptus

2011-09-23 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 9/23/11, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: This measurement conflicts with early arrival time data for neutrinos from supernova. The New Scientist article quotes Marc Sher of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, It's not reasonable. ... If

Re: [Vo]:Rossi bets the farm on Ni62?

2011-05-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Thu, 5/12/11, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, well... that's what I would have done. But who listens to me! ;-) Hey, at least you get replies! I do the math showing that Rossi's (erroneous, due to mysterious typo?) claim of 58g Nickel 30,000

Re: [Vo]:This may be the entire patent

2011-05-09 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Mon, 5/9/11, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: He then claims that 58 g of Ni provides the equivalent energy of 30,000 tons of oil with the strangest calculation that begins with 10 MeV of energy per reaction.  This is converted to mass equivalent, multiplied by Avogadro's

Re: [Vo]:This may be the entire patent

2011-05-09 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Double checked my math after thinking about it. Unless I am missing something, that is the way it is. No one has anything to say on this? You can't even get this kind of energy by fusing up the chain all the way from hydrogen to nickel-56 as happens in massive stars, as far as I know,

Re: [Vo]:Did Mars Self-Nuke?

2011-04-01 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 4/1/11, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm. A quick search reveals discussions about this back on Mar. 11, so it doesn't look like April Fools shenanigans. http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/03/11/a-nuclear-explosion-on-mars/ And paper here:

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC: A special public announcement: from Madison, Wisconsin

2011-03-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 3/12/11, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: snip Vortex-L's resident curmudgeon awakens... WHO DISTURBS MY SLUMBER? But seriously... what are you thinking? Things were relatively peaceful until you began posting this stuff. Maybe you missed Bill

Re: [Vo]:Before and after photos of Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, This is one of the most sobering things I have seen in a long time. God only knows what the effect of it all will be in the end. 10,000+ dead in a virtual blink of the eye. Radiation. Mass destruction. Lives destroyed or forever altered. My wife has a friend who is Japanese. We aren't sure

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC: A special public announcement: from Madison, Wisconsin

2011-03-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 3/13/11, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: Kyle,  OFF-TOPIC Sunday Sermon  I have posted this particular OFF TOPIC commentary in vortex-l because I have perceived the fact that there are individuals on this list that have shown interest in what's

Re: [Vo]:Reactor #3 just blew up, and another tsunami coming

2011-03-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 3/13/11, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Subject: [Vo]:Reactor #3 just blew up, and another tsunami coming To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 9:26 PM Reactor #3 just exploded. Also there are aftershocks and 

Re: [Vo]:The Big Picture

2011-01-29 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 1/29/11, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Big Picture To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 4:57 PM This is an unknown nuclear reaction for crying out loud! A NUCLEAR REACTION. It is not a

RE: [Vo]:Richard C Macaulay

2011-01-18 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 1/18/11, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ... a true character ... but I'm not so sure the Dime Box was fictitious ? The romantic in me likes to think it was real. Maybe not in this plane of reality, whatever it is, but *somewhere*. I liked R.C. We talked quite a bit

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC Merchants of Doubt

2010-07-20 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: If it was an interstellar communication and it happened to impinge on earth, it would have stayed pointed in our direction for a long time. Ditto for a deliberate signal to attract our attention and announce the existence of

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC Merchants of Doubt

2010-07-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 7/17/10, mix...@bigpond.com mix...@bigpond.com wrote: At a distance of 1 light year, a dish with a radius of 100 m would pick up grand total of 3E-22 W from a 10 MW transmitter on Earth. I don't think there are any 10 MW transmitters, and even if there were, a signal that small

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC Merchants of Doubt

2010-07-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 7/17/10, mix...@bigpond.com mix...@bigpond.com wrote: To put this in perspective, in order to pick up 1 micro-Watt in total from our 10 MW transmitter, the dish would have to have a radius of 6 million km. BTW the *closest* star to Sol is 4 ly away, not one. 1uW is a lot of

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC Merchants of Doubt

2010-07-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 7/18/10, mix...@bigpond.com mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I seem to recall that measurements on some supernova indicated that the neutrino burst and the x-rays arrived at the same time. IOW neutrinos don't travel faster than light. (Only tachyons do that ;^) On the one hand... In my

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC Merchants of Doubt

2010-07-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Mon, 7/19/10, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm . . . What about up-links to geosynchronous TV and telcom satellites. Or, if a civilization expands beyond one planet (but not interstellar), what about interplanetary communications? I don't have any data on hand about

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC Merchants of Doubt

2010-07-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, From http://www.faqs.org/faqs/astronomy/faq/part6/section-12.html I did some calculations (assumes I did the arithmetic right) for a dish with an aperture of 10,000 meters. Such a structure could be conceivably constructed in space, using either one massive construct, or arrays of smaller

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC Merchants of Doubt

2010-07-17 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 7/16/10, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jed, and all: Another I'd add to the list is, we assume they would use radio waves or optical (laser) communication (ala COSETI). Some other medium may exist, which we either cannot use effectively at the moment (neutrinos) or

Re: [Vo]:More about Mallove murder

2010-05-30 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Unspeakable . . . I can't bring myself to read this. See: Witness: Mallove asked for help before he died I read it, unfortunately. This is awful. I cannot imagine the mindset of a person who would not do as he asked.

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-30 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 5/21/10, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Sorry for the long delay in replying, it was a... rough week. I used that same substance, different mixture. More sugar, I think, and I used it for smoke bombs, it burned slowly with copious white smoke, basically harmless.

RE: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: All good points, Kyle. The only individual I can think of that is trying to reverse this trend is Dean Kamen, inventor of Segway. Segway is also not practical but it's still an impressive product that has

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMQEiRWoiJw Is it practical? No. Was it fun? Oh yes. Better page: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/flame-amp/flameamp.htm I know Nyle's pages are better than mine, that's why I linked to

RE: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: From: Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net Subject: RE: [Vo]:Just for fun... To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 10:22 AM In the (non-ecclesiastical) category of 'nothing new under the sun' Here is an article that

[Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-18 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, With some spare time over the weekend, and little to do (a rarity), I decided to make a crystal-less crystal radio. Inspired by Nyle Steiner's work (google him, he is a god among amateur scientists), I conducted a couple hour's worth of experimenting with using flames as a detection method

Re: [Vo]:I recovered

2010-05-18 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Frank, I'm late in replying, as I usually am, what with how my life generally is... Don't give up. I may not say much these days, but I read your messages. Keep at your work. --Kyle

Re: [Vo]:TEST

2010-02-21 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 2/21/10, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:TEST To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 10:34 AM Another test. I have not been able to post messages. - Jed Came through OK here, Jed. I've

[Vo]:TEST

2010-02-20 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Test...

Re: [Vo]:Census Community Survay..what is the remedy if I fail to produce?

2010-02-20 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 2/20/10, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Census Community Survay..what is the remedy if I fail to produce? To: vortex-l@eskimo.com First, I'm pretty sure that it's a misdemeanor at worst, and there isn't

Re: [Vo]:Physics Complete

2010-01-26 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: HARIMA, JAPAN—Saying that there was no more knowledge to acquire about the physical nature of the universe, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics announced Monday that it had concluded the scientific study of

RE: [Vo]:Pycno-pockets?

2010-01-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 1/22/10, Rick Monteverde r...@highsurf.com wrote: Of course there are a few right here in our own neighborhood that are decent candidates for deep bio activity. And aside from that one where we are to attempt no landing..., we wouldn't have to fight off those annoying blue

[Vo]:OT: Happy new year?

2010-01-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, It is more a sad one, I think, so far. Up here where I live, a lesbian woman was assaulted two girls and a group of four men, apparently simply because the woman was a lesbian. Among other things, she was stabbed in the eye, and will most likely (if she has not already) lose that eye. I

Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-05 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 12/5/09, Alexander Hollins alexander.holl...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alexander Hollins alexander.holl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up) To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:24 AM Its a comedy bit by

RE: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-04 Thread Kyle Mcallister
See comments below... --- On Fri, 12/4/09, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up) To: vortex-l@eskimo.com, vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 3:02

Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-04 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 12/4/09, Alexander Hollins alexander.holl...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alexander Hollins alexander.holl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up) To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 9:53 PM     * Happens to be. He

[Vo]:Just for fun, something lighter.........

2009-12-04 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, If you can watch this with a straight face, well, I'm rather impressed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0bKq3x74UE I don't know if Koji Kondo would be amused or horrified. But, if that made your ears bleed, then THIS is freaking cool, and straight from the man himself:

Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-04 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 12/4/09, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up) To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 10:55 PM It wasn't; I was mostly thinking in

[Vo]:Reactionless propulsion

2009-11-04 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, I'll try this again. In my previous post in the other thread, I made a few points relating to some things being argued, but as is usual, there was no response to what I said whatsoever, save one private message effectively calling me a racist for posting a link to the (I thought) humorous

Re: [Vo]:Reactionless drive claim: Emdrive

2009-10-30 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 10/30/09, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jed and all, There's more than a few unanswered questions about this whatsit. 1. Previous models have produced modest thrust. What is modest thrust? The best we have seen to date is an apparatus of indeterminate weight very

Re: [Vo]:Large Hadron Collider may be reaching back in time to sabotage itself

2009-10-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 10/13/09, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson, which physicists hope to produce with the collider, might be so abhorrent to nature that its creation would ripple backward through

Re: [Vo]:Rare earths

2009-09-27 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Late reply... sorry. Had to repair a family member's car. Unbelievably simple problem, a real bear to track down. The only reason we stopped is because the Chinese do it so cheaply. This is also why the U.S. stopped manufacturing

Re: [Vo]:Jed/BettyBarneyHill:MoAbductions

2009-09-07 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 9/6/09, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: One problem with their story is that the home system of the aliens was identified as Zeta Reticuli, a binary star system.  It is believed that binary systems likely would not contain planets, much less those which could sustain

Re: [Vo]:BB motor -- explanation (maybe not!)

2009-09-02 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Mon, 8/31/09, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: Unfortunately, this experiment would be a pain in the neck to perform, and if I can judge by the silence, both Horace and Kyle have given up on this particular time sink.  No. Things are just... things are hard. Life. As for

Re: [Vo]:BB motor -- explanation (maybe not!)

2009-09-02 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, and Stephen and Horace in particular... Okay. The following experiment was performed. Took my two trusty bearings from the working BB motor. Left the U bolts attached to the outer races. Fine. Took a length of 5/8 smooth steel shaft, cut two pieces 2 long from that. One piece was clamped

Re: [Vo]:BB motor -- explanation (maybe not!)

2009-09-02 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: Good? No? Indifferent? Good?  Great, really. Thanks, appreciate that. The experiment, I mean.  The result I'm not so happy with -- trouble is it didn't produce the result I expected!  Arrgh, experiment wins again! Now,

Re: [Vo]:Roswell Confession

2009-08-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com Subject: [Vo]:Roswell Confession To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 8:58 AM http://ufocon.blogspot.com/2009/08/scientist-admits-to-study-of-roswell.html Sunday, August

Re: [Vo]:AC ball bearing motor tests

2009-08-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Hey kids, what time is it? Howdy Doody time! No, actually, it's ball-bearing motor time again. The old motor was disassembled and remade into a more nimble form. The spacing between the bearings was halved, thus reducing resistance. Also, the wobbly allthread shaft was replaced with a

[Vo]:The ultimate in biopower

2009-08-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Behold: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO8Pyi3UpY --Kyle Postscript: Maybe if the water was D2O?

Re: [Vo]:AC ball bearing motor tests

2009-08-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: I would recommend holding off on the graphite until you get a chance to take some measurements first. The graphite messed up my motor to some degree as far as measurements are concerned.  Alright, will hold off on that then.

[Vo]:AC ball bearing motor tests

2009-08-17 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, and Horace of course, Got out the original ball bearing motor which works, and connected a high current transformer of indeterminate turns ratio (made it myself years ago, do not remember). Technical details of the transformer are below: Core: several spools worth of iron rebar tie wire

Re: [Vo]:Experiment report, conical roller bearing motor

2009-08-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 8/14/09, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Well, Kyle, the ball bearing motor may just have some anomalies left up its sleeves.  Looks like the back emf possibly doesn't increase with rpms, at least in some range. How strange is that? Do you want me to rig that

Re: [Vo]:Experiment report, conical roller bearing motor

2009-08-09 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: This is a bit of a surprise.  I would have thought with that much current it would have had at least some sign of working.  I guess there is probably more inherent friction.  It could be. Didn't feel like there was any more

[Vo]:Experiment report, conical roller bearing motor

2009-08-08 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Or lack thereof. Tests using various cage-to-race tightnesses showed no motoring effect whatsoever, even with enough current applied to cause heavy automotive jumper cables to become uncomfortably hot. Identical shaft and flywheel setup was used as in the ball bearing motor which works

Re: [Vo]:Marinov BB motor test problems

2009-08-05 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Horace, Just for the hell of it, I am making a new bearing motor out of automotive bearings, the old conical roller type used in the front wheels of rear-wheel-drive cars. It's almost done, but I unfortunately ran out of 5/16 nuts tonight, so cannot continue until tomorrow evening. Two

Re: [Vo]:OT: The Abduction Paradigm

2009-08-02 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 8/1/09, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: state of mind. If you're going to use English to communicate with others, please use the words to mean what we all agree that they mean. snip time is not a state of mind. snip A country mile is not an hour. snip And

Re: [Vo]:Marinov BB motor test problems

2009-07-30 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Some of the youtube experiment videos show motors that seem to run well with low current. I would not have expected the contact to be so poor.  Maybe it *is* indeed poor and that is key to getting enough torque.  The fact

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Cost of Japanese car inspection

2009-07-11 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jed, New York state is never to be outdone in the stupidity department. You should read the inspection manual for here; it is a three-ring circus. 1. If a car has a 1mm hole in a rear taillight lens, it fails. Because, you know,

[Vo]:Status report

2009-07-02 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, This is a catch-all message for a couple different things in different threads. 1. John Berry: did finish the HV supply to charge the tube/capacitor. But due to the current consumption of the tube in 'keep alive' mode and the desire to have everything isolated from ground, I am going to

Re: [Vo]:Marinov's ball-bearing motor

2009-06-27 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Today, went out and got a nice power supply for a Marinov bearing motor. 1200 ampere jump starter box. Two high quality RBI ball bearings, 5/8 shaft size, were purchased. Mated them to a shaft with an aluminum flywheel on the end, used a couple U bolts to hold the bearings to a wooden

Re: [Vo]:Marinov's ball-bearing motor

2009-06-25 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Built a quick and dirty one tonight. Does work, not well, but it does at least take far longer than it should to spin down. The bearings were basically cheap crap from Valu Hardware. Need to get something better. Power source was a moderately charged 12V Autocraft lawnmower battery,

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: From: William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 3:28 PM On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: If something interests you, then test it. 

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: Or it could be that in both cases the capacitance remains constant (defined by the dielectric material, area and thickness), and the decrease in frequency is due to the increase in resistance of the resistor + plasma series

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V and John, 1.2kVDC and 4kV, eh? No problem. Did find: old microwave oven. Transformer still works, lower wattage oven so safer output. 120VAC to 2kVAC transformer. Plan to send this to a 2 stage multiplier, as I have about a hundred 6kV diodes on hand and nice capacitors rated for this

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-23 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: Kyle, nice work as always. Couldn't the plate (the support of the net charge) be simply the inside surface of the glass tube, and the plasma be just the conducting wire leading to that plate? In this case, suppressing the

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-22 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Hmm. Very little to say, re: my plasma capacitor relaxation oscillator. I'll do a few more quick tests and let you know what I find. John, now that we've established, despite the static, that one can make a cap with one plate a plasma, what specifically would you like me to do with it

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-20 Thread Kyle Mcallister
John, and all interested, In an experiment to determine whether or not a lit fluorescent tube can act as a capacitor when surrounded with a conductive material, I did the following experiment. A relaxation oscillator was constructed; +V of about 110VDC from a 'bandolier' of 9V batteries put

Re: [Vo]:Enough Already

2009-06-17 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, John Berry aethe...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, though  Gray has air and hence no inner tube between the plasma and the metal terminal. What is he using as plasma? Corona? The outside of the envelope is metal foil. That should work however everything indicates that the

[Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-17 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, and John Berry in particular, Figured I should make a more aptly titled thread for this, as Enough Already doesn't make much sense in light of what we're talking about. :) Made a mistake in my last post, UV blacklights DO have a phosphor, one that prefers the blue end of the spectrum. Not

Re: [Vo]:Enough Already

2009-06-16 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, John Berry aethe...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Berry aethe...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Enough Already To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 6:43 PM Hopefully though it is the end of this whole affair as it is about finding a resolution. It is

Re: [Vo]:Enough Already

2009-06-16 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, John Berry aethe...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Berry aethe...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Enough Already To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 8:41 PM Too bad about the helium ;)The charecteristic we want is for the plasma to be very exact about when

Re: [Vo]:Th e SNIP of Jed.

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 6/14/09, Mike Carrell mi...@medleas.com wrote: Kyle sees snapshots of Jed as a cruel and arrogant person -- in fact he drives a cheap car. Prius is not cheap. $1000 Buick is cheap. What Kyle does not see is Jed's acute and passionate awareness of the millions in developing

Re: [Vo]:Jed's temporary ban...

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Mon, 6/15/09, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Jed's temporary ban... To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 8:22 AM Interesting page.  Here are some comments (yes, they're just theory, I don't

Re: [Vo]:On Topic

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Mon, 6/15/09, John Berry aethe...@gmail.com wrote: Personally my interest is in the aether and I have much evidence for a model I have developed which explains most everything and roughly how to do almost anything, but I can not imagine trying to wade into that subject here. I've had

Re: [Vo]:Th e SNIP of Jed.

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Mon, 6/15/09, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Kyle, in the absence of Jed, I feel it's my duty to educate about cold fusion. If you want to know what has been learned up to 2007, I suggest you read my book The Science of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction. If you want to learn

Re: [Vo]:On Topic

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Mon, 6/15/09, Chris Zell chrisrz...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Chris Zell chrisrz...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:On Topic To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 7:15 PM OK, I'm interested in the anomalies you mentioned, particularly the conditioning of space. The whole

[Vo]:My own apology

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Vortex, I have apologized to Jed. I don't know if he will accept it, but nevertheless, I post it here as well, to make a public statement of it. Jed and I do not agree on many things. But unfortunately, I took advantage of that, and lashed out in anger. I feel anger first, when I perceive a

Re: [Vo]:Jed's temporary ban...

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 6/13/09, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Really? That's your impression of Jed? Yes. I would suggest you might want to consider looking in the mirror when you say that. I wish for people to be free to choose their own paths. Read what he has written, and I have

Re: [Vo]:Public apology to Kyle Mcallister, and a rephrasing of my original comment

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 6/14/09, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: I wish to express a public apology to Kyle MCallister. My previous comment was impulsive, and it shows so. Let me rephrase my prior thoughts into something less impulsive, and hopefully more thoughtful. I appreciate

Re: [Vo]:Public apology to Kyle Mcallister, and a rephrasing of my original comment

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sun, 6/14/09, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: From: OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Public apology to Kyle Mcallister, and a rephrasing of my original comment To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 6:15 PM Kyle, Thanks for taking

Re: [Vo]:Jed's temporary ban...

2009-06-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Sat, 6/13/09, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: From: Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net Subject: [Vo]:Jed's temporary ban... To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 1:23 AM Hey Jed, time to go take a vacation and get some RR... Go climb a mountain with your

[Vo]:WHOA--Not my vids! Mylow, etc.

2009-05-27 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Been away from the computer for a while, but now that I'm back, I need to clarify something. The video I posted a link to pertaining to the fishing line being used to run the Mylow motor is NOT my video. It was posted by someone calling himself TinselKoala...which while an

Re: [Vo]:WHOA--Not my vids! Mylow, etc.

2009-05-27 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Credit to TinselKoala. Which is an anagram for Nikola Tesla.  Whatcha you wanna bet it is Alsetalokin of Whipmag fame?  ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIvZJ9xGutI Same person. Voices are a clear match. This guy's been

Re: [Vo]:OT: Manhunt in progress in Madison

2009-05-20 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/20/09, OrionWorks svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: I hope I was able to answer Kyle's concerns. Sounds like Buffalo, NY, has a few issues of it's own as well! ;-) I am very glad to hear that all is well with you and yours. It is a terror beyond imagining when one feels that

Re: [Vo]:OT: Manhunt in progress in Madison

2009-05-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
Steven, I hope everything goes well, and safely, for you and yours. I've dealt with similar things before, albeit with a machine in my hands that would be far more effective than any modern donut-monster. Thankfully, I never had to use it. One thing I am not entirely clear on, why did the cop

[Vo]:Mylow motor -- the final cut

2009-05-17 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, Have had and done with this. I don't know if it is possible or not. Maybe. But whatever the case, this thing is getting very stupid, very fast. Mylow, posting to Youtube.com as magnetmotor1 took everything down today, posted a reply to a comment by TinselKoala on this video:

Re: [Vo]:Apparent replication of Mylow's magnetic motor

2009-05-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Harry Veeder hvee...@ncf.ca wrote: - Mylow (and his twin brother) demonstrate the motor with six bar magnets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_KQ8tldXnY Watching this with my wife now. Something about the video seems odd. I cannot put my finger on it,

RE: [Vo]:Hey Kyle: power generating shocks

2009-05-12 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Jeff Fink rev...@ptd.net wrote: Kyle, Pardon my ignorant, irrational excursion into green shock technology. What you are saying here makes perfect practical sense, even though the PS article played it up so nicely. I am a retired designer of large scale power generating

Re: [Vo]:Latest from Mylow

2009-05-12 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Harry Veeder hvee...@ncf.ca wrote: Kyle, I have a construction suggestion. If you haven't already thought of this, try using double sided tape to position the rotor magnets instead of glue. Have to remember that for future. On Saturday, I spent a while hot gluing them down to the

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