Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Axil Axil
Humour is an act of aggression. A German academic sees humour as an act of aggression, and says that people who make others laugh think that they are higher up the social ladder than their audiences. Helga Kotthoff, of the Frieburg University of Education, claims that dominant people exploit the

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Susan Gipp
2011/12/16 Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com Following this line of reasoning, it is logical to assume that MY is more likely than not a male. I would guesstimate that the odds on this speculation are 70/30 that MY is a man. Are MY two people ? Mary - y (=and) - Ugo ?

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Peter Gluck
Humor is an sadly complex and intricate subject, I have studied is an amateur, starting with Bergson's La rire In my former newsletter Info Kappa I wrote two editorials, 358 and 359 about Humor. This theory is very important I think: http://www.pyrrhichouse.co.uk/book-info/alastair-clarke.php

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Man on Bridges
Hi, On 15-12-2011 19:13, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: I wonder if MY is taking lessons from Mr. Krivit. I wonder if MY is one and the same Mr. Krivit. Could that explain the secrecy in the identity game? B.t.w. for those who say I do the same thing, look at the characters in my

Re: [Vo]:Possible Proof of Peter's theory of gravity and New Matter Accrual

2011-12-16 Thread peter . heckert
- Original Nachricht Von: Wm. Scott Smith scott...@hotmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com, peter.heck...@arcor.de Datum: 16.12.2011 00:26 Betreff: [Vo]:Possible Proof of Peter's theory of gravity and New Matter Accrual Peter, your thoughts about matter sucking ZPE and

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Giovanni Santostasi gsantost...@gmail.comwrote: There is an example that is interesting. Gravitational wave detection. As a practical field was created more than 40 years ago and no detection has been done yet. Doesn't fit the question though, since the

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Charles Hope lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any examples of pathological science persisting 20 years without being properly debunked? Not to my knowledge. Unless you count things like water memory,

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Joshua Cude wrote: Contrary to popular argument, science actually celebrates novelty and revolution, and scientists are not afraid of disruptive experiments; they crave them. This is complete bullshit. Most

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: Geocentrism took over 1000 years to debunk. But considering it was accepted by the mainstream, it was not a pathological science.

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Following this line of reasoning, it is logical to assume that MY is more likely than not a male. I would guesstimate that the odds on this speculation are 70/30 that MY is a man. Who the hell cares?

Re: [Vo]:Was Technetium ever detected in LENR experiments?

2011-12-16 Thread Daniel Rocha
But, what about transmutation in general? Even without WL theory, there should be an explanation for that. 2011/12/16 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net On Dec 15, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Daniel Rocha wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium * Technetium* ([image: play]

[Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Peter Heckert
LENR - Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, is this possible? If we see physics as a statistical phenomenom, then energy is another word for probability. So, Low Energy reactions are low probability reactions - reactions that dont happen frequently ;-) It is therefore improbable to get energy out of

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-12-16 14:49, Peter Heckert wrote: LENR - Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, is this possible? What about LENR - Lattice Enabled Nuclear Reactions? Personally I Like it more than Low Energy. Cheers, S.A.

[Vo]:Brief Deflation Fusion Summary

2011-12-16 Thread Horace Heffner
On Dec 16, 2011, at 2:35 AM, Daniel Rocha wrote: But, what about transmutation in general? Even without WL theory, there should be an explanation for that. -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com I have my own take on that, my deflation fusion theory. If I had not spent so much

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Michele Comitini
I have noticed that McKubre often uses LANR: Lattice Assisted Nuclear Reactions. mic 2011/12/16 Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com: On 2011-12-16 14:49, Peter Heckert wrote: LENR - Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, is this possible? What about LENR - Lattice Enabled Nuclear Reactions?

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-15 11:46 PM, Mary Yugo wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com mailto:sa...@pobox.com wrote: Were those experiments done *before* or *after* onset of rigor mortis? Fresh cadavers-- and it was quite a while ago for the study I remember.

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-16 03:20 AM, Axil Axil wrote: Following this line of reasoning, it is logical to assume that MY is more likely than not a male. I would guesstimate that the odds on this speculation are 70/30 that MY is a man. I already pointed this out, but I did it in a jocular way, and she

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-16 04:29 AM, Man on Bridges wrote: Hi, On 15-12-2011 19:13, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: I wonder if MY is taking lessons from Mr. Krivit. I wonder if MY is one and the same Mr. Krivit. NO, no way. When it comes to science, Krivit's something approximating an idiot.

Re: [Vo]:Rossi T-Shirt for sale at Zazzle.com

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
That's hysterical. I would get one if he were not flipping the bird. I don't like vulgarity. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-16 06:07 AM, Joshua Cude wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com mailto:janap...@gmail.com wrote: Following this line of reasoning, it is logical to assume that MY is more likely than not a male. I would guesstimate that the odds on this

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mr. Lawrence: However, I do have an observation: When a woman (or apparent woman) shows up, she gets *far* more responses to her posts than a man (or apparent man) would by posting the same sort of material. So, being a woman on the fringe lists is enough to garner an awful lot of

Re: [Vo]:Bob Park is back!

2011-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Josh: My guess is that he knows it will irk the believers even more if he ignores Rossi, than if he dumps on him. It seems to be working. Keep guessing Joshua. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

[Vo]:e-cat replication by Celani

2011-12-16 Thread David ledin
from 22pssi Celani has news of a new experiment that has been going on for a couple of weeks (I hope it details in some detail as soon as possible) to him as a very interesting results, but still in its infancy, some of his reactions has exceeded 1400 watts per gram of nickel, which is higher

RE: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
Changing the acronym LENR to 'Lattice Enabled' is an improvement over 'Low Energy'- but CANR can also be altered be more relevant to the mechanics of Ni-H reactions, as best we can understand them: CANR = Casimir (or cavity) Assisted Nucleon Reactions. First, the common thread between deuterium

Re: [Vo]:e-cat replication by Celani

2011-12-16 Thread Robert Lynn
Good find. The Googleese is a bit hard to understand, was an extra bit at the end too where Celani says Dekaflion have now far surpassed Rossi. My minor edits to translation: According to Celani the reaction between Ni and H would be catalyzed by PHONONS http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonone .

Re: [Vo]:Rossi T-Shirt for sale at Zazzle.com

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
Uhhun. Reminds me of Steorn's T-shirts. Sean McCarthy wore them at demos. One read COE vs CEO. I found a cartoon showing the infamous shirt: http://i.imgur.com/zKDlK.jpg Once again, Rossi's story is like a well known scammer's. On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Jed Rothwell

[Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Robert Leguillon
Exciting times. If these Celani replications are accurate, and MIT has been witnessing Arata's excess heat, then expect a peer-reviewed paper from someone in the near future. If the patent work gets muddled due to decades of work by too many players, the courts may have their hands full for

RE: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
From: Susan Gipp Axil: I would guesstimate that the odds on this speculation are 70/30 that MY is a man. Are M.Y. two people ? Mary - y (=and) - Ugo ? Hmmm ... Out of curiosity - did Ugo Fano (RIP) have a son? - or are you just speculating about naming possibilities... Come to think of

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: It's very difficult in the case of acupuncture to do blank controls; you know when someone sticks a needle in you. Yes, which makes testing sticking needles in you very difficult to test. But traditional Chinese

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.comwrote: ** As it happens, once breast cancer has metastasized into the bones it's considered stage 4, incurable by conventional means, so she may not have missed much by failing to have it properly diagnosed... It used to

RE: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
Robert * Before the courts determine a victor, who will the people identify as the inventor? I believe that it may just come down to branding. So, if Nickel Hydrogen really takes off, who gets the credit? The first Ni-H device to achieve significant excess energy ( 10 watts continuous)

Re: [Vo]:e-cat replication by Celani

2011-12-16 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-12-16 16:43, David ledin wrote: some of his reactions has exceeded 1400 watts per gram of nickel, which is higher than that of uranium fission in the “cladding” Zirconium. Although Celani you hear talk about “technological reality”, as it has exceeded 200% yield for two weeks. Well,

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Arent there better words? I have addressed this question here before, from the point of view of linguistics. It does not matter what you call something. People will know what you mean. See Wittgenstein's discussion of meaning: Don’t ask for the

RE: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Robert Leguillon
My children can buy a new MP3 album from iTunes. If they missed something on TV, they can pause the DVR and rewind. The words may eventually be elimanated, but the next generation is adopting them without care of origin. Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:43:05 -0500 Subject: Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold

Re: [Vo]:e-cat replication by Celani

2011-12-16 Thread Daniel Rocha
That was report from a layman. Gamma rays are bad for most people. 2011/12/16 Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com On 2011-12-16 16:43, David ledin wrote: some of his reactions has exceeded 1400 watts per gram of nickel, which is higher than that of uranium fission in the “cladding”

Re: [Vo]:e-cat replication by Celani

2011-12-16 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 09:06 AM 12/16/2011, Robert Lynn wrote: Celani says that the Greeks of today have passed Defaklion Rossi, from the technological point of view. [Editor's note. others believe that Defkalion has put together a nice frame and a beautiful body ... but do not have the engine]. Celani's

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: As Stan Szpak says, scientists believe whatever you pay them to believe. Nice broad brush indictment which is mostly wrong. Consider Jonas Salk as an example -- he gave the world the Salk polio vaccine without royalties and without a patent. He is

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: Normally I encourage people keep reading when they encounter difficulties and are confused, but in your case perhaps it was best to stop. Robust and credible results would not require anyone to read long and

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: The first Ni-H device to achieve significant excess energy ( 10 watts continuous) and to run for a year in OU mode, and which was completely verified by NASA, and Haldeman at MIT - was the Thermacore reactor, based on Mills’ theory and invented by

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: ... Terminology is often inaccurate and usually a generation behind. We often pick a word for something new that describes the older object better than the new one. Because there isn't a word for the new thing. ... This is why many (myself included) have felt that recent attempts,

[Vo]:Celani report - Journalistic ERROR

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
WHOA ! Looks like the Celani report is in error. A reporter is in hot water. Essentially most of it is invented. There will be a retraction soon.

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Robert: The words may eventually be elimanated, but the next generation is adopting them without care of origin. But our generation is just as guilty of committing the same type of crimes. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Charles Hope
What happened to these men and their device? How can a functional generator fail to be mass produced all these years later? On Dec 16, 2011, at 13:15, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Robert Ø Before the courts determine a victor, who will the people identify as the inventor? I

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Robust and credible results would not require anyone to read long and convoluted papers numbering in the thousands. So you are looking for short, well-written, and highly convincing papers? Most people I know would say these two fit the bill:

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Charles Hope lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com wrote: What happened to these men and their device? I do not know what happened to those people. I lost track of them years ago. How can a functional generator fail to be mass produced all these years later? Well, those devices were far from

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Robust and credible results would not require anyone to read long and convoluted papers numbering in the thousands. So you are looking for short, well-written, and highly

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: Charles Hope lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com wrote: What happened to these men and their device? I do not know what happened to those people. I lost track of them years ago. Really? You found a genuine, proven,

RE: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
Simple, in the context of the time period. Old Hi-tech company (Thermacore) sells out to large International Conglomerate (Modine). New owner downsizes to pay for the acquisition. First thing to go is RD that is too far away from being a profit center. RD is consolidated at new owner’s

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Simple, in the context of the time period. SNIP ** ** It is a perfect storm of coincidence leading to the biggest missed opportunity in alternative energy. Isn't there a more likely reason that fits the

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
I regard efforts to change the name cold fusion as attempts to create a euphemism. Euphemisms never work. Whatever bothers people about the old word soon attaches to the new word, so you end up generating word after word. For example: toilet, bathroom, men's room, restroom, etc. Here is what I

[Vo]:Twenty-Year History of Lattice-Enabled Nuclear Reactions (LENR) - Hiding in Plain Sight

2011-12-16 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VymhJCcNBBc

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-16 03:13 PM, Mary Yugo wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com mailto:maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Robust and credible results would not require anyone to read

RE: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
No it is not more likely - this appears to be your bogosity quotient at work again - but it raises another issue. Why would anyone invent a bogus rationale unsupported by the record- especially under the guise of Occam - except to justify the continuing failure to do their homework in this

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there a more likely reason that fits the Occam's Razor principle? That they couldn't get a robust and reproducible result from the devices and gave up because they figured that it didn't really work? That is not a likely reason because it is

RE: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Robert Leguillon
Euphemisms never work. Whatever bothers people about the old word soon attaches to the new word, so you end up generating word after word. For example: toilet, bathroom, men's room, restroom, etc. There is a huge industry of focus-group research that would vehemently disagree. Changing

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jones, did you read that paper before citing it? It's not a successful replication. Quote from the abstract: The apparent excess heat can not be readily explained either in terms of nonlinearity of the cell's thermal conductance a low temperature differential or by thermoelectric heat

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Note, by the way, that the original (hard copy) paper came with a data disk in a pocket in the back cover, with all their raw data. Now THAT is the way to publish research! Unfortunately the PDF doesn't include the CD. On 11-12-16 04:02 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 11-12-16 03:13

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: If you're looking for interesting CF papers, and if you're looking for papers that show evidence that the researchers knew what they were doing, you might take a look at this honker . . . A direct link:

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: No it is not “more likely” - this appears to be your bogosity quotient at work again - but it raises another issue. ** ** Why would anyone invent a bogus rationale unsupported by the record– especially under the

RE: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
Stephen, Sorry, but you are quite mistaken. Here is the conclusion: Replication of experiments claiming to demonstrate excess heat production in light water-Ni-K2CO3 electrolytic cells was found to produce an apparent excess heat of 11 W maximum, for 60 W electrical power into the

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: Global warming to climate change? I believe that was a technical adjustment to make the term more accurate. Not a euphemism. CO2 causes both warming and cooling, and also droughts and other effects. It is not limited to warming. This

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Robert: There is a huge industry of focus-group research that would vehemently disagree.  Changing terminologies can entirely restructure a debate, and affect changes in perception: Global warming to climate change? Pro-choice to women's health? Gay marriage to marriage equality? In

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: Once again, Yugo has failed to avail herself of the information available on the LENR website. Sure. I am going to read 1000+ papers. Very reasonable. There is a remarkable internet utility available called Google. You will find a link to it at the top of the

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... (By the way, I did not love the challenge of making programs work in 4 kB, but I did meet it.) Back in the 70's I was hired by the State of Wisconsin to work on an IBM 360 Model 20, with 32k of memory. This was a mainframe computer. I was in charge of the edit check program that

RE: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Robert Leguillon
He who controls the language controls the argument. The examples I'd provided were all to demonstrate the utility of changing the terminology. You will not immediately remove stigma, but can restructure the entire nature of the dispute. The change in name can have the largest effect on those

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: In all three examples you cite I personally find it interesting that the politically correct replacement phrase being championed strikes me as being far less descriptive than the original phrase. I disagree about climate change.

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-16 04:48 PM, Jones Beene wrote: Stephen, Sorry, but you are quite mistaken. Here is the conclusion: *Replication of experiments claiming to demonstrate excess* *heat production in light water-Ni-K2CO3 electrolytic cells* *was found to produce an apparent excess heat of 11 W*

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: He who controls the language controls the argument. No one controls language. The French Academy wishes it did, but it does not. This is one of the fundamentals of linguistics. The examples I'd provided were all to demonstrate the utility

RE: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
One point worth reiterating on this thread (although someone will be sure to get in the last bit of negativism) is about the bogus argument of Lawrence and Yugo . that belittles an LENR experiment which was only successful one time in ten, or produced only 68% gain at most. GET REAL . these

Re: [Vo]:LENR and Cold Fusion from a critical logical point of view.

2011-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Robert sez: He who controls the language controls the argument. The examples I'd provided were all to demonstrate the utility of changing the terminology. You will not immediately remove stigma, but can restructure the entire nature of the dispute. The change in name can have the largest

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Year History of Lattice-Enabled Nuclear Reactions (LENR) - Hiding in Plain Sight

2011-12-16 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 16.12.2011 21:59, schrieb Aussie Guy E-Cat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VymhJCcNBBc It is interesting and looks very convincing. However, it is unclear to me how performant this is. For example they measure neutrons. So far I know the neutrons from cosmic rays are 20 neutrons /(cm^2*s)

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ** ** The Yugo-esque mentality of years past, firmly pronounced that quantum tunneling was either an observational error, or a freak exception of extremely low probability that will stay in the lab. Fast forward three

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Year History of Lattice-Enabled Nuclear Reactions (LENR) - Hiding in Plain Sight

2011-12-16 Thread Roarty, Francis X
They also spoke of the excess heat being caused by efficient recombination of hydrogen atoms. efficient doesn't get you over-unity and they should have been looking at the other end of the reversible reaction where the environment was actually lowering the disassociation threshold to the point

RE: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
From: Mary Yugo I think you're misreading my intent. I am only arguing against some people's apparent certainty regarding Rossi and Defkalion. Well, I completely agree that such certainty is both rampant - and misplaced (and sometimes silly). With one major caveat. Although Rossi has

Re: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-16 05:27 PM, Jones Beene wrote: One point worth reiterating on this thread (although someone will be sure to get in the last bit of negativism) is about the bogus argument of Lawrence and Yugo ... that belittles an LENR experiment which was only successful one time in ten, You

[Vo]:Thermacore reported heat well above recombination

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence has been fretting about the Thermacore NASA study, which said: However, the present data do admit efficient recombination of dissolved hydrogen-oxygen as an ordinary explanation. Stop worrying about it. They published a later study in which input was I*V and output exceeded it

[Vo]:Possible solution to the Rossi Ni + p byproduct riddle

2011-12-16 Thread Horace Heffner
Deflation fusion theory provides a potential solution to the riddle of why the radioactive byproducts 59CU29, 61Cu29 and 62Cu29 to the Ni + p reactions do not appear in Rossi's byproducts. This solution of the specific problem byproducts is manifest if the following rules are obeyed by

RE: [Vo]:Thermacore reported heat well above recombination

2011-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
I should make a comment on the MIT report, mentioned by Jed ... or lack of one. Haldeman was the head of Lincoln Labs at MIT for years, which was the premiere physics Lab in the World at the time. CERN may make the claim now, but I think they are comparative bumblers. Anyway, as I understand it,

Re: [Vo]:Thermacore reported heat well above recombination

2011-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Here is what Tom Stolper has to say about this episode in his fine book, which everyone interested in Ni-H should put at the top of their reading list. It is on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Inventor-controversy-historical-contemporary/dp

Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion and the Star Trek Economy

2011-12-16 Thread Harry Veeder
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 December 2011 21:24, Zell, Chris chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote: How much government spending goes to the richest 1%?  Very little, I think. This is the very problem of current socialist policy. However, if we

Re: [Vo]:E-cat impact

2011-12-16 Thread Harry Veeder
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: On 11-12-16 06:07 AM, Joshua Cude wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Following this line of reasoning, it is logical to assume that MY is more likely than not a male. I

[Vo]:Royal Dutch Shell will invest in lenr research

2011-12-16 Thread David ledin
Shell’s Interest Indicates Major Shift for LENR http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/12/16/shells-interest-indicates-major-shift-for-lenr/?utm_medium=twitterutm_source=NewEnergyTimesBlog

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Year History of Lattice-Enabled Nuclear Reactions (LENR) - Hiding in Plain Sight

2011-12-16 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
What amazed me was the total lack of audience response during question time. Talk about a tough opening night. No question after data that should have raised a LOT of questions. Almost as if asking questions could have been career ending. On 12/17/2011 9:44 AM, Roarty, Francis X wrote: They

Re: [Vo]:Acceleration Under Load

2011-12-16 Thread Harry Veeder
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: MY wrote: I know of no properly demonstrated violation of Lenz law.  Such a violation would also violate COE and Newton 3.  That's rather

[Vo]:Re: Possible solution to the Rossi Ni + p byproduct riddle

2011-12-16 Thread Horace Heffner
Deflation fusion theory provides a potential solution to the riddle of why the radioactive byproducts 59CU29, 61Cu29 and 62Cu29 to the Ni + p reactions do not appear in Rossi's byproducts. This solution of the specific problem byproducts is manifest if the following rules are obeyed by

Re: [Vo]:Royal Dutch Shell will invest in lenr research

2011-12-16 Thread Terry Blanton
It would seem that SR finds himself in a precarious position, eh? T On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:10 PM, David ledin mathematic.analy...@gmail.com wrote: Shell’s Interest Indicates Major Shift for LENR

Re: [Vo]:Royal Dutch Shell will invest in lenr research

2011-12-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: It would seem that SR finds himself in a precarious position, eh? T On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:10 PM, David ledin mathematic.analy...@gmail.com wrote: Shell’s Interest Indicates Major Shift for LENR

Re: [Vo]:Royal Dutch Shell will invest in lenr research

2011-12-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:: It would seem that SR finds himself in a precarious position, eh? That should have read SK. Fat fingered. T

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Year History of Lattice-Enabled Nuclear Reactions (LENR) - Hiding in Plain Sight

2011-12-16 Thread Horace Heffner
On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VymhJCcNBBc LENR stands for Low Energy Nuclear Reactions. The low energy part is the fact the reactions can occur with thermal or chemical inputs, energies well below even 1 eV. The outputs of course

RE: [Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
MY wrote: I can also determine if proper scientific method has most likely been followed. Rossi and Defkalion fail *miserably* in both categories I know about. You can't fail at something that you never agreed to achieve. Rossi has said from the out-set (i.e., January 2010) that he was

RE: [Vo]:Thermacore reported heat well above recombination

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Mary: Despite the fact that you have only been following CF/LENR for a year, whereas most of the regulars on Vortex have been following it since 1989, you should at least have a clue that there are 22 years of some very revealing HISTORY behind CF/LENR, and much of it does NOT reflect well on the

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Year History of Lattice-Enabled Nuclear Reactions (LENR) - Hiding in Plain Sight

2011-12-16 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Horace, I feel a LOT of LENR claims (both ways) are more about Testosterone levels in Alpha Males than physics. I guess we are not that far from the cave as we would like to believe. On 12/17/2011 4:44 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Thermacore reported heat well above recombination

2011-12-16 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Mark, as an old engineer who has seen a LOT of Jaw Dropping things and S**T, in the pit of my stomach, which I have learned to trust, LENR is very real as are the results of Leonardo. As for DGT, I await to read their publicly released test results. What is now being revealed is the high