Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Next let’s say the bulb presented is frosted, and you are naïve and do not know that it contains a hot filament - but I use the camera to focus on an area of the bulb’s exterior, where from prior experience, I know that the

RE: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-11 Thread Jones Beene
From: Eric Walker This is a helpful analogy. I was wondering why the emissivity of alumina was an issue. I take it this sort of issue is resolved by coating the thing device being measured in a black refractory coating. Exactamundo. Any undergrad engineering student could see

RE: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jones Beene
From: Blaze Spinnaker Michael Nelson, Alternate Discipline Leader for SLS Propulsion at NASA’s Propulsion Research and Development Laboratory, notes, “I was impressed with the work that was done to insure the measurements claiming a 3.2 to 3.6 COP

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Craig Haynie
On 10/10/2014 09:49 AM, Jones Beene wrote: There is no joy in Mudville for this fan. This is because it is now apparent that there is no real proof of energy gain in the Levi report. There is slight evidence, but no proof. Most of that evidence comes from transmutation, but as we know,

RE: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Craig Haynie Any type of transmutation is totally astonishing, and will change the world as we know it, if people follow up on it and verify it. Well - you are correct on that, assuming this is verified - but it goes without saying that we were expecting to

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: In short, the IR being picked up by the camera and then being raised to 4th power by the calculations was a bogus reading, which was essentially the glow of the resistance wires. Then why did it agree with the thermocouple, and why did it register

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: . . . why did it register similar high temperatures in places that were not incandescent? I refer to Fig. 7. - Jed

RE: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jed The calibration was done at 486 W and and then the cell was run at 790 W for two days. That seems reasonably close to me. The temperature should have been about the same. I cannot imagine any mechanism that would make it go so much higher, other than anomalous excess heat.

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Geeze you are sounding almost as bad as Levi - in not seeing the obvious ... “about the same” is absurd, given what happens later. The difference between 486 and 790 is enormous when the delta-T is being raised by a formula which includes a fourth power

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Geeze you are sounding almost as bad as Levi - in not seeing the obvious ... “about the same” is absurd, given what happens later. The difference between 486 and 790 is enormous when the delta-T is being raised by a formula which includes a

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Stefan Israelsson Tampe
Jed was talking in watts, W ~ T^4, T is the fourth root of W so it is logarithmic not exponential in your jargon. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: *From:* Jed The calibration was done at 486 W and and then the cell was run at 790 W for two days.

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Foks0904 .
The Isotopic shift is interesting, but that's actually what I'm least impressed with from what I've read so far. It certainly hints at a nuclear reaction, but it's a bizarre finding. The excess heat is pretty obvious/irrefutable, but these isotopic measurements are very far from a sure-thing. If

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
Transmutation is a huge part of lenr. Spawar has published patents all over it. I'm sure it's why the Nasa scientist is excited about it, because he's seen it before and know it's likely true to a point. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Foks0904 . foks0...@gmail.com wrote: The Isotopic

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Foks0904 .
*Transmutation is a huge part of lenr.* It's a part of lenr for sure. I don't know if I'd say huge because we've never, ever, measured transmutation products that are commensurate with excess heat. This is Widom-Larsen logic based on wishful thinking and very little empirical evidence. *Spawar

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
http://coldfusionnow.org/transmutation-of-nuclear-waste-lenr-spawar-navy-patent/ On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Foks0904 . foks0...@gmail.com wrote: *Transmutation is a huge part of lenr.* It's a part of lenr for sure. I don't know if I'd say huge because we've never, ever, measured

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.htmlr=1f=Gl=50d=PALLRefSrch=yesQuery=PN/8419919 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The embodiments of the invention relate generally to the field of electrochemistry. Generated particles may be captured by

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Foks0904 .
Thanks for the link, but again, I'm not really arguing over the patent, that's beside the point. I'm just saying where their *most extensive* work has focused over the years. The patent doesn't really suggest anything about a possible LENR mechanism, just that it's part of the cold fusion

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
I generally agree with your sentiment, and about the obfuscation. Though I'm feeling more optimistic now that Darden has personally put his credibility on the line. Clearly he is excited. And given the 1mw install they've been doing he must have a pretty good idea of what's going on.I

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Foks0904 .
* generally agree with your sentiment, and about the obfuscation. Though I'm feeling more optimistic now that Darden has personally put his credibility on the line. Clearly he is excited. And given the 1mw install they've been doing he must have a pretty good idea of what's going on.I

RE: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jones Beene
Here is a reduction ad absurdum example of why this experiment was unbelievably poorly designed. NOTE: The experiment could still be gainful, but the Levi’s results do not prove anything, as presented. The thermocouple does not help – it is admitted by Levi that it was accurate only on the two

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Foks0904 .
Jones -- I can't say your objections to Rossi being present when it was open are unfounded. I think that was a rather stupid move/agreement between the parties. Creates all kind of innuendo which they could/should have avoided. With that said I'm not so sure it really presented him with much

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Foks0904 . foks0...@gmail.com wrote: Jones -- I can't say your objections to Rossi being present when it was open are unfounded. I think that was a rather stupid move/agreement between the parties. Creates all kind of innuendo which they could/should have avoided. As far as I know, the

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Foks0904 .
*As far as I know, the people doing these tests do not care about innuendos or the opinions of Jones Beene, or anyone else. I believe they have good reasons for imposing restrictions (as Lewan put it). These reasons override any concerns about public relations or public opinion.* *I am glad they

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Brad Lowe
Does anyone know if there will be a press release or QA where the experimenters can answer questions? It would be extreme negligence to allow Levi or Rossi to open the reactor or handle the ash. Two things that lends credence to Jones' fear-- Rossi's constant may be positive or may be negative

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Alain Sepeda
I think you exagerrate to the point of non sense. even if goatguy make a real point it is just changing the values of the temperature and the power. not the fact that COP1, and even 1 one reactor with less energy in, get more bright than one with more power getting in. maybe COP is not 3.2 but

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
Brad, I think part of the problem was control. When you use the hot cat to actually heat something I suspect it messes with the ability to control the reaction. The best they can do is let it radiate, which is why the thermal cameras. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Brad Lowe

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Axil Axil
The continued use of these two remote IR temperature sensors leads me to suspect a large output of IR radiation witch would have interfered with directly wired instrumentation On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Brad Lowe ecatbuil...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if there will be a press

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Axil Axil
Very perceptive and a great insight into why the test was setup the way that it was. Rossi has not solved his control issues yet. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com wrote: Brad, I think part of the problem was control. When you use the hot cat to

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Brad Lowe ecatbuil...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if there will be a press release or QA where the experimenters can answer questions? It would be extreme negligence to allow Levi or Rossi to open the reactor or handle the ash. Extreme negligence toward who, under what law or what set

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Stefan Israelsson Tampe
If there is a real transparancy issue as GoatGuy suggest then the inner must be of much higher temperature then the surface. To get a feeling of this issue I tried to look at the published picture of the cat and see if there was a region of lower temperature at the upper part of the ecat in the

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread H Veeder
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I am glad they published this report. They were under no obligation to do so. We are beggars and beggars cannot be choosers. ​This is another reason why most scientists will ignore this report because they see

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread James Bowery
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:48 PM, H Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I am glad they published this report. They were under no obligation to do so. We are beggars and beggars cannot be choosers. ​This is another

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: ​This is another reason why most scientists will ignore this report because they see themselves as a community of equals. The community that ignores experimental falsification of their theories is, indeed, a community of equals. Yes! And a

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Alain Sepeda
what impact does it have about the question whether the blank when powered with more energy, is brighting much less than the one with one gram more of magic powder ? to the point that the things inside the reactor bright more than the resistors ... if the skeptics are really skeptic, they have

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread H Veeder
It is worth noting that some FP cells got hot enough to boil off the electrolytic solution and then remained hot for a while. Harry On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Very perceptive and a great insight into why the test was setup the way that it was. Rossi

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: $64 question: Was Rossi present at the time the reactor was opened? Yes, the reports says he was. If so, and this has been reported on E-Cat World, then that means the sample which Bianchini tested was not independently obtained – and could have

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread David Roberson
, then the test is suspect. Does anyone on the list have the materials and time available to perform such a test? Dave -Original Message- From: Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Oct 10, 2014 12:35 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Brad Lowe ecatbuil...@gmail.com wrote: If it were a clear COP of 3, it should be pretty easy to heat a tub of water or do some kind of obvious work. This is the most frustrating part of following the E-Cat story. In several years of watching, I have yet to