Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-15 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.comwrote: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: They weighed it before the warm-up period. But heating a brick eCat into 100°C takes about 20 MJ energy. And as there was additional heat loss due to poor insulation

RE: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Hear, hear! Jed: 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. We hear, hear what we want to believe in. It would appear that

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Rich Murray
I am impressed that so many Vorts support Mary Yugo's participation... that's proof of balanced, fairly civil discussion... diarrhea or constipation of thought, that is the question... ? On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:56 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: Hear,

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Rich Murray
http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/11/10/nasa-engineer-explains-why-rossi-demos-failed/ ...Brian Ahern, a researcher with expertise in LENR, wrote to *New Energy Times* with a concise summary of the recent Oct. 28 Rossi demo: “Rossi has been clever enough to change the trick on each successive

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
This thread is full of strawman arguments. No one is defending Rossi's behavior, least of all me. We are saying: His claims can be evaluated independently of his behavior, based strictly on the laws of physics. This is true even though his experimental techniques are sloppy. His business

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Charles Hope
Granted that Rossi is producing anomalous heat, nevertheless absolutely everything else about this story stinks to high heaven. The conundrum which nobody can decipher is why someone with a real effect, or a scammer, would operate in such a bizarre manner. The only conclusion left is that the

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Charles Hope lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com wrote: Granted that Rossi is producing anomalous heat, nevertheless absolutely everything else about this story stinks to high heaven. Except the fundamental physics, and the fact that a 30 L poorly insulated vessel of water cannot stay at boiling

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 14, 2011, at 20:12, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Charles Hope lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com wrote: Rossi can be devious, but I have not seen any evidence that he lies about engineering data. Except that you wrote Mind you, the list of his statements we compiled

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Except the fundamental physics, and the fact that a 30 L poorly insulated vessel of water cannot stay at boiling temperature for 4 hours. It most certainly can, if it weighs 100 kg, and consists in part of fire brick,

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Charles Hope lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com wrote: Rossi can be devious, but I have not seen *any* evidence that he lies about engineering data. Except that you wrote Mind you, the list of his statements we compiled includes some diametrically opposite assertions:

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Except the fundamental physics, and the fact that a 30 L poorly insulated vessel of water cannot stay at boiling temperature for 4 hours. It most certainly can, if it weighs 100 kg, and consists in part of fire brick, or something similar, and

[Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
This may be a double posting . . . Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Except the fundamental physics, and the fact that a 30 L poorly insulated vessel of water cannot stay at boiling temperature for 4 hours. It most certainly can, if it weighs 100 kg, and consists in part of fire

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Mary Yugo
Granted that Rossi is producing anomalous heat, nevertheless absolutely everything else about this story stinks to high heaven. The conundrum which nobody can decipher is why someone with a real effect, or a scammer, would operate in such a bizarre manner. The only conclusion left is that the

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Mary Yugo
Except the fundamental physics, and the fact that a 30 L poorly insulated vessel of water cannot stay at boiling temperature for 4 hours. I disagree that the large E-cat module was ever properly inspected. For sure, nobody saw what was inside the finned rectangular portion in the interior.

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Except the fundamental physics, and the fact that a 30 L poorly insulated vessel of water cannot stay at boiling temperature for 4 hours. It most certainly can, if it weighs

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: They weighed it before the warm-up period. But heating a brick eCat into 100°C takes about 20 MJ energy. And as there was additional heat loss due to poor insulation some 300-700 watts and also substantial water leak. These basic heat losses that never

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Robert Leguillon
I believe that the water leaks were at the top seal, and would only have come into play when the E-Cat was effectively overflowing. They would not contribute to net energy loss during the proposed heat storage Also, the only measured primary flow before the rate was increased (for quenching)

[Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-13 Thread Vorl Bek
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. Rossi seems like a scammer to me. Of course, I hope he really has come up with a

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-13 Thread Peter Gluck
I perfectly agree with you and consider that what Mary Yugo says is a necessary and useful part of the broad spectrum of opinions re Rossi. Being a convinced feminist, I think ladies can be rational and very smart and good scientists technologists so I will abstain from asking her unpolitely if

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-13 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 13.11.2011 19:15, schrieb Vorl Bek: 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. Rossi seems like a scammer to me. Of course, I hope

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-13 Thread mixent
In reply to Peter Heckert's message of Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:51:08 +0100: Hi, [snip] Andrea Rossi * November 13th, 2011 at 9:34 AM http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=510cpage=32#comment-117942 Dear Bernie Koppenhofer: Yes, we are working on this issue with

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]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-13 Thread Rich Murray
Hear, hear! On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Kyle Mcallister kyle_mcallis...@yahoo.comwrote: On 11/13/2011 1:15 PM, Vorl Bek wrote: Jed: 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