RE: [Vo]:Sawyer's emdrive alive and kicking in China?

2012-07-26 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
Axil: What do you think 'quantum fluctuations' are? According to present-day understanding of what is called the vacuum state or the quantum vacuum, it is by no means a simple empty space, and again: it is a mistake to think of any physical vacuum as some absolutely empty void. According to

[Vo]:FYI: A New Model for Matter, Space and Energy

2012-07-26 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
A New Model for Matter, Space and Energy M.A.B.Garstin http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1875389211005840/1-s2.0-S1875389211005840-main.pdf?_t id=09140c0f61853b7ddf72a6b29eb042d9 http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1875389211005840/1-s2.0-S1875389211005840-main.pdf?_

[Vo]:future of academic publishing

2012-07-26 Thread Eric Walker
Some recent developments in academic publishing are encouraging. As people know, the UK is considering a bill that will require that journal articles reporting on government-funded research be provided to the public free of charge not long after they have been published. I think there are

Re: [Vo]:Sawyer's emdrive alive and kicking in China?

2012-07-26 Thread Axil Axil
Here is an alternate theory that http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0503158v1.pdf *The Casimir Effect and the Quantum Vacuum* * * *In discussions of the cosmological constant, the Casimir effect is often invoked as decisive evidence that the zero point energies of quantum fields are “real”. On

Re: [Vo]:future of academic publishing

2012-07-26 Thread Michele Comitini
Eric, To understand why what you say is fundamental for moving the World forward in these days, I suggest anyone to listen at the following speech. A long speech. Really inspiring. Eben Moglen keynote - Innovation under Austerity http://youtu.be/G2VHf5vpBy8 mic 2012/7/26 Eric Walker

Re: [Vo]:Sawyer\'s emdrive alive and kicking in China?

2012-07-26 Thread francis
Axil Axil Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:26:31 -0700 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.027202 The Casimir force arises because of quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field in the space between two conducting plates. The Drude model predicts that

Re: [Vo]:Assymetric Maxwell stress tensors

2012-07-26 Thread David Jonsson
OK, fine. I am primarily looking for theoretical support. Experimental proof is also valuable bu not for me at this moment. David On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Harvey Norris harv...@yahoo.com wrote: Will be posting videos soon. Pioneering the Applications of Interphasal Resonances

Re: [Vo]:Sagnac effect, optical gyroscope lock-in

2012-07-26 Thread David Jonsson
The MM device does rotate sitting on a rotating Earth globe. It is not a translational movement. It can be seen as part of a Sagnac interferometer going around the globe. David On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: The MM device does not rotate, right? T

Re: [Vo]:FYI: Polarizable vacuum analysis of electric and magnetic fields

2012-07-26 Thread David Jonsson
How could the velocity distribution of those virtual particles be determined? David On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 10:58 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.netwrote: Polarizable vacuum analysis of electric and magnetic fields http://arxiv.org/pdf/0902.1305.pdf ** **

Re: [Vo]:future of academic publishing

2012-07-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Some recent developments in academic publishing are encouraging. As people know, the UK is considering a bill that will require that journal articles reporting on government-funded research be provided to the public free of charge not long after they

RE: [Vo]:FYI: Polarizable vacuum analysis of electric and magnetic fields

2012-07-26 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
Good question… How can ANY properties of the vacuum/ether/ZPF be measured? Until we have instrumentation which is capable of detecting and measuring one or more properties of the vacuum, it will remain an enigma; an unknown. It was MEMS and nanotech that allowed us to test for the

RE: [Vo]:FYI: Polarizable vacuum analysis of electric and magnetic fields

2012-07-26 Thread Jones Beene
Mark, I think you are correct about the instrumentation for quantifying zero point – “on the way”… and in fact, it would not surprise me if there is already supporting data out there, having been accumulated using advanced instruments designed for other purposes, and being held back for the

RE: [Vo]:FYI: Polarizable vacuum analysis of electric and magnetic fields

2012-07-26 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
Hi Jones, You said… “and in fact, it would not surprise me if there is already supporting data out there, having been accumulated using advanced instruments designed for other purposes, and being held back for the proper timing/context. This can include the LHC.” Agreed, and I’ll go

Re: [Vo]:future of academic publishing

2012-07-26 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
Eric, having an old friend who is/was editor of two respected scientific journals, I have always had my quibbles with her. That the peer-reviewing process is a thing of the past, and the profit journals make out of that, are just obscene. If You are an editor, and are paid some sum for it, it

[Vo]:Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

2012-07-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Scroll down on this page: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/22/1112509/-The-Gentleperson-s-Guide-to-Forum-Spies I think the first article is kind of silly, but I like the Twenty-Five Rules . . . - Jed

Re: [Vo]:future of academic publishing

2012-07-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Guenter Wildgruber gwildgru...@ymail.com mailto:gwildgru...@ymail.com wrote: (The editors are, ofcourse, the reviewers not) It is basically the editor and the advisory board, which determine who is the competent decider (reviewer) wrt what is valuable in the field. In ordinary life

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

2012-07-26 Thread Mauro Lacy
Scroll down on this page: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/22/1112509/-The-Gentleperson-s-Guide-to-Forum-Spies I think the first article is kind of silly, but I like the Twenty-Five Rules . . . Indeed. They are a fine classic, author anonymous, from the Usenet times. The original version

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

2012-07-26 Thread Mauro Lacy
Scroll down on this page: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/22/1112509/-The-Gentleperson-s-Guide-to-Forum-Spies I think the first article is kind of silly, but I like the Twenty-Five Rules . . . Indeed. They are a fine classic, author anonymous, from the Usenet times. The original

Re: [Vo]:future of academic publishing

2012-07-26 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
well, the basic idea to keep the reviewers secret is to avoid embarrassment between colleagues. The editor at timmes gets some strange comments from the reviewers, which he has to keep confidential like a catholic priest the confessions of sinners, but ist is the other way round: It is the

Re: [Vo]:intellectual property protection

2012-07-26 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
Axil, interesting, but I did not read that. Why? Interesting question. Because I do not believe that he 'rule of law' does apply on any important issue nowadays. Just argue away the clause  'peacetime', and here You are. Habeas corpus? Should I laugh? Wrt to legal issues we fell behind the

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

2012-07-26 Thread pagnucco
Excellent article, Jed These are the tried and proven tactics the enforcers of conformity use to discourage dissent. I would love to see someone write a piece citing specific political dialogues which illustrate these 25 ploys - there are lots of examples. -- Lou Pagnucco Scroll down on this

Re: [Vo]:FYI: THz pulses can drive lattice vibrations directly...

2012-07-26 Thread pagnucco
According to this news item, THz radiation also induces ballistic current flow in some semiconductors. I am curious if this can occur in semiconductors containing, or in contact with, hydrides. The author has a number of papers in arxiv.org. -- Lou Pagnucco Mark Iverson wrote: Terahertz

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

2012-07-26 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
So whom do  YOU accuse?  Please exactly posit point, which is nicely numbered,  and its corresponding syndrome here, as to the dkos-article. I feel sort of  'accused', because I try to keep a critical mind. As a starter: I do not feel to be associated to any hive-mind of consenters or

Re: [Vo]:FYI: THz pulses can drive lattice vibrations directly...

2012-07-26 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
guys, whatever that is, do You really think that Rossi put something like that into real world commercial operation? THz pulses with significant energy? on a partial cost basis of say $100 of his ecat-3. Sorry to say: You must be completely deluded and have not idea what technology is all

Re: [Vo]:Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation

2012-07-26 Thread Cédric Mannu
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Re: [Vo]:FYI: THz pulses can drive lattice vibrations directly...

2012-07-26 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Guenter Wildgruber gwildgru...@ymail.comwrote: guys, whatever that is, do You really think that Rossi put something like that into real world commercial operation? THz pulses with significant energy? From my reading I've concluded that THz is basically