[Vo]:How cheap must electricity be in order to make desalinization cost effective?

2011-03-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Here's a question that I hope some resident Vort experts might be able to answer. Assuming, in due course, that Rossi's E-Cat, or some new and improved CF version eventually drops the price of electricity down to just under a penny a KwH... But, then, for the sake of argument, let's assume that

Re: [Vo]:The ZPED theory of quasi-nuclear gain (long post)

2011-03-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones: ... 9) The gain per metastable atom is at least ~100,000 times chemical but far less than fission or fusion - and the only ash seen is in a change isotope ratio of the tellurium (or other metastable fuel) with occasionally nuclear transmutations due to the small proportion of

[Vo]:PESN: Welcome Worry-Free Nuclear Power: Rossi's Energy Catalyzer

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Title: Welcome Worry-Free Nuclear Power: Rossi's Energy Catalyzer March 17, 2011. http://pesn.com/2011/03/17/9501791_Welcome_Worry-Free_Nuclear_Power--Rossis_Energy_Catalyzer/ http://tinyurl.com/63tavuv I love the E-Cat mock-up (conceptual interpretation). Looks like a tiny fridge. Regards

Re: [Vo]:Bismuth telluride as a topological insulator

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones, I did my best to comprehend the gist of your post. It was a complicated read for me. Perhaps you can distill portions of it down to my comprehension level. ;-) Are you implying that the so-called Rossi effect does not actually involve any kind transmutation what-so-ever? I'm a little

[Vo]:Defkalion Green Technologies plans to install a 1MW E-Cat in a Factory in Xanthi, Greece

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Free Energy Times: Translated from Greek (I believe): Defkalion Green Technologies Preparing Factory in Xanthi, Greece to Build Rossi/Focardi Energy Catalyzers

Re: [Vo]:Bismuth telluride as a topological insulator

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Thank you Jones, I was actually able to wrap my brain around most of that. I especially like the falsifiable conclusion. The sooner the better. An afterthought: If Rossi (and probably Mills as well) don't currently possess an accurate understanding of what's actually happening on the atomic and

Re: [Vo]:Washington Times comments on Rossi

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/17/nuclear-future-beyond-japan/ This is the first I have seen in a major U.S. mass media general newspaper. QUOTE: Just as Japan’s earthquake raises fears of catastrophe from a nuclear meltdown and Mideast turmoil jeopardizes the

Re: [Vo]:Washington Times comments on Rossi

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Harry, I don't wish to sound negative, but that is the Washington Times and not the Washington Post. It is owned by reverend Sun Myung Moon who heads the Unification Church. Sigh... For more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Times Excerpt: RECENT CHANGES: In January 2008,

Re: [Vo]:Rossi to answer questions on Ny Teknik

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Alan, http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3126617.ece And here are 36 more questions – with Rossi's answers Thanks, Alan, Last QA caught my eye: Q: Karl-Henrik Malmqvist: In the reactor there might be a flow of electrons. Is it possible to directly take care of

Re: [Vo]:Krivit stays on the ball with Rossi Portal

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: ... Conventional nuclear power is now a great deal more vulnerable than fossil fuels, because of the crisis in Fukushima. It's recent industrial accidents (as coined by ACC in Profiles of the Future) that can occasionally cause one wonder if Someone Above might be pulling a few

Re: [Vo]:The story/development of the E-cat continues in Greece

2011-03-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Peter I know it is not in English, I am using Google Translate What language is the source written in? Doesn't appear to be Italian or Russian. Can you help me out here? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Energy Catalyzer on Wikipedia

2011-03-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Esa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Catalyzer Succinct, and to the point. I wonder how long it will take before the anti-CF police take notice and proceed to correct it. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Number 2 reactor core fully exposed

2011-03-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Japan's nuclear tragedy will of course bring into question the wisdom of constructing new nuclear power plants in the U.S., and just when it was beginning to experience another renaissance. There has been a push to develop Thorium based reactors, a technology that can't produce nuclear bombs. It

Re: [Vo]:Prediction of a winner

2011-03-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones The only winner in Japan from this tragedy will be Toshiba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_4S Excerpt: The technical specifications of the 4S reactor are unique in the nuclear industry.[2] The actual reactor would be located in a sealed, cylindrical vault 30 m (98 ft)

[Vo]:JAPAN

2011-03-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed, My heart goes out to you and any family, extended family, friends and associates you might know living in Japan. When you can please let us know the status of Japan from your unique perspective and knowledge base. It's my understanding certain nuclear plants have been shut down... mostly

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on-line QA posted

2011-03-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Just another excellent opinion being express here... (MINE, of course!) There seems to be much discussion about tactics and MOs... and, sigh..., I think we miss the most important point of all. Much of Rossi's predilections, warts and all, strike me as highly altruistic in nature. Altruism is a

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on-line QA posted

2011-03-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... As the VISA commercial goes: Priceless. MasterCard! People like you are the bane of public relations departments. Here the MasterCard company spends millions to promote their brand, and you confuse their ads with the competition's. (That happens all the time.) Aw shucks,

[Vo]:CNN.COM: The race to make the world's strongest magnet

2011-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Worth reading: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/03/09/rare.earth.magnet.race/index.html?hpt=Sbin Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

[Vo]:Off Topic: Wisconsin Republican Senators create an unprecedented outrage, history being made

2011-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/user/OrionworksVideos?feature=mhum#p/u In the dark of the night, without notice to the public, without any debate, without even printing copies of the bill, 18 Republicans used procedural trickery to strip hundreds of thousands of workers in Wisconsin of their collective

Re: [Vo]:Off Topic: Wisconsin Republican Senators create an unprecedented outrage, history being made

2011-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
This is the more interesting footage: http://www.youtube.com/user/OrionworksVideos?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/UJBbdVJ9G0U http://www.youtube.com/user/OrionworksVideos?feature=mhum#p/u In the dark of the night, without notice to the public, without any debate, without even printing copies of the

Re: [Vo]:Latest Rossi news at PESN

2011-03-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: Note: Rossi told me he would demonstrate the unit in Florida. I wouldn't.  It could be confiscated on the basis that is poses a radiation threat to people in the US.  I'd just ship it and test it there. From Noone Noone That would be a huge win. If they confiscate it then

Re: [Vo]:Latest Rossi news at PESN

2011-03-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: Terry Blanton wrote: I don't trust our government. I trust the government most of the time, in most situations. It is no worse than General Motors or Toyota, and much better than most Wall Street investment firms. ...except in Wisconsin. We are currently experiencing technical

Re: [Vo]:Anticipating skeptical objections to a 1 MW demonstration

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones ... Others apparently feel as I do, that a device that cannot be safely unplugged makes me nervous. Yes. Nuclear reactors (fission type) make me nervous. I wouldn't want to live near one. Indeed, the current lack of a clear understanding of the engineering (and theory) involved

Re: [Vo]:Anticipating skeptical objections to a 1 MW demonstration

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones ... Others apparently feel as I do, that a device that cannot be safely unplugged makes me nervous. Yes. Nuclear reactors (fission type) make me nervous. I wouldn't want to live near one. Indeed, the current lack of a clear understanding of the engineering (and theory) involved

Re: [Vo]:Anticipating skeptical objections to a 1 MW demonstration

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: From Jones: Yes. Your fear would be shared by the majority in the USA, and that is likely to be the major reason that Rossi is not doing it here. He knows he would not see this device sold here during his lifetime, due to the NRC. I think you are exaggerating the power of the

[Vo]:OT: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hey, Jed and all, Have you all seen the following commentary: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/04/amazon.free.kindle/index.html?hpt=C2 http://tinyurl.com/4catda6 Excerpt: Last year, nearly $1 billion in e-books were sold, according to

Re: [Vo]:OT: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/04/amazon.free.kindle/index.html?hpt=C2 http://tinyurl.com/4catda6 Additional excerpt: According to Kelly, Bezos merely smiled and said, 'Oh, you noticed that!' And then smiled again. ... Make it

Re: [Vo]:OT: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: ... If they were to give away the Kindle hardware gadget at this stage, I imagine the government anti-trust people would look askance. Amazon would be giving away the gadgets at a substantial loss, and I suppose regulators would see that as an unfair way to squelch competing

Re: [Vo]:Yes, cold fusion is a fringe subject by the standards of Wikipedia

2011-03-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Abd sez: ... It means nothing about the science itself. As Jed has pointed out, there is a definition of mainstream that's different. Judging mainstream has to do with publication by independent publishers who are dedicated to general science or to some particular science (or engineering.)

Re: [Vo]:Aviso Ponders Open Sourcing his Self-Running Electric Car Technology

2011-03-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Robin sez: ...sounds to me as though he is tapping into the Van Allen belt energy. This is the resonant transfer concept. Oh dear! If this takes off I bet one can wager their suntan lotion that in another hundred years or so or we'll experience a Van Allen shortage and increases in skin

Re: [Vo]:Joshua Cude does not believe in the scientific method

2011-02-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Abd: ... Younger scientists are becoming educated in what actually happened in 1989-1990. ... The skepticism is most entrenched among physicists, who seem to be unwilling to acknowledge that there might be something happening that they don't understand. The irony here is that

Re: [Vo]:Russian Oilies Invest in LENR

2011-02-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
As Terry pointed out in: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/cold-fusion-predicted-10-yrs-183 Excerpt: Igor Goryachev, a scientist from Research Institute of Nuclear Instrumentation, Russia, said there has been considerable interest in LENR projects in his country. “Interestingly, oil

Re: [Vo]:Russian Oilies Invest in LENR

2011-02-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: Yes, but you are discounting the fact that the Russian oil tycoons are nouveau riche.  Russia's Siberian Khatru has been a long time in development and they many not have the mindset that exists in Western Oilers. Hmmm... Should we welcome the mindset of Russia's Siberian

Re: [Vo]:Joshua Cude does not believe in the scientific method

2011-02-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Just a comment to Jed and Abd, and a few other patient participants. I've enjoyed being a spectator to this thread. I guess that makes me somewhat of a sadist. By all means continue clarifying all the misconceptions being spewed out from this particular thread. Many of you have harder skulls

[Vo]:Rossi and the micromanaging bug

2011-02-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed recently pondered: He [Rossi] would gain much more credibility if he would only allow the NRL to test his machine, but I doubt that will happen. I do not understand why, but he does not want more independent tests of his machine. It sure makes him look bad, doesn't it? I am, of course,

Re: [Vo]:an unofficial Rossi E-cat test

2011-02-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Peter Gluck: As I wrote in my Ego-Out blog 2011 is a very bad year for skeptics. By the way Bob Park is ignoring the subject with great enthusiasm. Yes indeed. More than a month has passed by and Park's conspicuous silence on this matter strikes me personally almost as if it is a kind of

Re: [Vo]:Experts have concerns about an upcoming Wiley physics textbook

2011-02-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... By the way, I am just Mr. Rothwell. No PhD. My background is linguistics, programming, and translating Japanese technical articles into English. Methinks Jed is shilling a unique proposal of his own: How to Read Japanese for Dummies I bet you'd be good at it too. ;-) Regards

Re: [Vo]:The Wicked Problem

2011-02-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Robin: ... Note that as Hydrino molecules shrink, the protons get closer together, so their magnetic fields get stronger. If the magnetic field increases with the inverse cube of the distance, and the distance itself goes with the inverse square of the primary quantum number, then that

Re: [Vo]:Irish times reports on Rossi

2011-02-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Harry: Why haven't they invented... cold fusion? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bang/2011/0216/1224289927976.html H This from the Irish Times. Doesn't another Alternate Energy firm come to mind??? In psychological terms, it's called displacement. The mind is often very

Re: [Vo]:Where's Dr. Park?

2011-02-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Peter ... As regarding Rossi's bad PR he is just following Pitigrilli's Do not give me advices, I can err myself The lack of a theory is disturbing, his method of scale-up is strange, but he answers patiently to hundreds of questions of diverse levels of IQ and good/ill-will. Put

[Vo]:Where's Dr. Park?

2011-02-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
A month has gone by since the Rossi-Focardi event transpired, and Dr. Park continues to remain silent. Nothing pertinent has been mentioned in his What's New weekly rant. I find it impossible to believe that Dr. Park has not heard of the proceedings. Therefore, it seems to me that his continued

Re: [Vo]:Where's Dr. Park?

2011-02-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
svj sez: A month has gone by since the Rossi-Focardi event transpired, and Dr. Park continues to remain silent. Nothing pertinent has been mentioned in his What's New weekly rant. I find it impossible to believe that Dr. Park has not heard of the proceedings. Therefore, it seems to me that

Re: [Vo]:BLP Presentation

2011-02-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: Brian Ahern says it seem Rossi has put the fear of God into Mills. Mills put out a me too! paper with dozens of viewgraphs mainly ones showing that if he would, he could build a a big energy generating system too, and by golly it might be as good -- or maybe lots better! -- than

Re: [Vo]:OT: another damned test

2011-02-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry Sez: Probably not since you sent the unsubscribe message to Vortex-l. You must send it to vortex-l-request for it to work. I immediately realized my mistake and resubmitted it to vortex-l-request. But of course nobody will see that! I just look dumb! So, what else is new. ;-) I think

Re: [Vo]:Mubarak steps down: This is actually on-topic.

2011-02-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Yes, Mr. Lawrence, Indeed, this is very on-topic. The news is spreading like wildfire through out the internet. I think you and Jones have pretty much nailed the pertinent issues. We stand here wondering if Rossi and/or Mills will put out in short order. Or maybe someone else will suddenly be

Re: [Vo]:Here Comes Skynet

2011-02-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647 Robots to get their own internet By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News European scientists have embarked on a project to let robots share and store what they discover about the world. Called RoboEarth it will be a place

Re: [Vo]:Krivit praises Miles while dismissing his results

2011-02-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones ... This field cannot be simplified into an either/or situation. Ockham has no place in this field – LENR it is inherently complex. Krivit and his sponsors are half-right (but half-wrong), as is anyone who says that LENR is pure fusion and nothing else. There are clearly

Re: [Vo]:Re: Levi's interpretation of the two Rossi demos does not hold water, decisive critique by Joshua Cude: Rich Murray 2011.02.08

2011-02-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Let me second and third some of the counter claims raised about the steam temperature issue. From Mr. Lawrence, ... If the water flow rate is fixed, and the power level is allowed to vary, then, if steam is coming out, its temperature will vary, and will be determined at any moment by how

Re: [Vo]:Re: Levi's interpretation of the two Rossi demos does not hold water, decisive critique by Joshua Cude: Rich Murray 2011.02.08

2011-02-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mr. Lawrence: ... You are making an unconscious assumption here, which is that water is being added just exactly fast enough to replenish the water which is boiled away. That's not what's happening! The water is being added at a constant rate, with no feedback from the reactor! And

[Vo]:Another Indian article: Call for inter-disciplinary studies in ‘cold fusion'

2011-02-07 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From: The Hindu - Science and Technology section Call for inter-disciplinary studies in ‘cold fusion' See: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article1165494.ece Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:group seeks to discredit Rossi

2011-02-07 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
SUBJECT: Group seeks to discredit Rossi From Abd: ... But I will note a generic way to fake Rossi's work, others have proposed other possibilities, and, if it's fake, the truth might even be a hybrid. I have no doubt but that it could be done, that even more convincing demonstrations

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Energy has no knowledge of Rossi, and Leonardo Company is defunct

2011-02-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Please keep in mind that the following quotes have been extracted from individuals whose opinions may have changed (or moderated) in subtle ways later on in the on-going thread. From Mr. Lawrence: I would bet a dollar to a doughnut that Levi doesn't believe it's for real, no matter what he

Re: [Vo]:http://leonardocorp.com/ does not exist

2011-02-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mark Iverson: ... Just assume for one second that the demo was real, and that you are Rossi and have been pouring in your financial livelihood into making those first 100 reactors... Would you publish the location for all the world to see... Hell NO!!! That would be the most idiotic

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Energy has no knowledge of Rossi, and Leonardo Company is defunct

2011-02-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Much of the on-going speculation, of which I, too, am guilty of having propagated, reminds me of a poignant and all-too-brief scene I recall from the recent apocalyptic film titled, 2012, - which by the way was a really awful film. 100% special effects - 0% plot. Out in the wild snow-capped

Re: [Vo]:ICCF16 Rossi section

2011-02-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: From a PDF file just received: ... 12.30 F . C elani M.Melich : Brief Report on Rossi-Focardi 10 KW Demo : Additional Remarks on Rossi-Focardi Experiment For me this truly begs a nagging question. Of what importance, if any, could actually be discussed at such a meeting

Re: [Vo]:ICCF16 Rossi section

2011-02-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: Some follow-up comments. For me this truly begs a nagging question. Of what importance, if any, could actually be discussed at such a meeting conducted by Melich. A great deal. Melich has a lot of technical info on this. He has read the papers published by Rossi and understands

Re: [Vo]:ICCF16 Rossi section

2011-02-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Mr Lawrence sez: What's a BoD? In this case: Board of Directors But right now, I could use a doughnut. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:ICCF16 Rossi section

2011-02-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
It would seem advantageous to all participating ICCF-16 participants to track down a legitimate witness to the December/January Italian demonstration, hopefully a physics professor. Make an offer he can't refuse. Personally fly him to ICCF-16, promise to pay his hotel room, and all his meals...

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Energy has no knowledge of Rossi, and Leonardo Company is defunct

2011-02-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From: S. Krivit's NET Installment #31 http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2011/36/3616ideologies.shtml 16. Cold Fusion Versus LENR: Competing Ideologies Paragraph excerpt: In January 2010, Melich and his second wife, Marianne Macy, who writes for Infinite Energy magazine, began producing

Re: [Vo]:Rossi describe how they flushed the steam

2011-01-31 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Good detective work, Jed. I hope they hook it up to a generator. In the fickle PR world, it seems to me that the device generating 1 megawatts of electricity would be the most convincing demo of all, especially if it can be clearly proved that there cannot possibly exist the equivalent of a one

[Vo]:Russian perspective on Rossi-Focardi - aka From Russia with Love

2011-01-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/01/28/41688958.html Excerpt: [sed: president of the Kurchatov Institute and Academician at the Russian Academy of Sciences] There is not a single study indicating that cold fusion is essentially impossible. There is a notion called muonic catalysis, in the course

Re: [Vo]:Three interesting messages from Rossi blog

2011-01-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I think it would behoove us to acquire some familiarity with this Greek based company called: DEFKALION Energy Group. My initial Google searches haven't brought up anything of significance, though my searches are still preliminary. The email address for making inquiries is,

[Vo]:Where is Dr. Park?

2011-01-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Another Friday has come around. I wunder if the honorable Dr. Park will continue his distinctive silence on the Rossi-Focardi matter in his What's New column. Dr. Park has GOT to be aware of it. Inquiring minds what to know. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com

Re: [Vo]:Where is Dr. Park?

2011-01-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Peter: too small a subject for such a Great, Omniscient, Man Not likely. ;-) In all seriousness, Dr. Park's silence strikes me as unusual. The following is pure speculation on my part, so take it FWIW. With that disclaimer in place - lemme say this about that... As Dirty Harry once

Re: [Vo]:Where is Dr. Park?

2011-01-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mr. Lawrence: ... (The only possible spoke in the wheel at this point would be if it's not for real.  That, of course, would be an insurmountable problem.) LOL Very deadpan of you, Mr. Lawrence. ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Name of Rossi's blog says it is a blog

2011-01-26 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Does anyone recall if the subtitle: Nuclear experiments blog was there all along, or is it a recent addition. I don't remember. Actually, I don't care either way. Actually, I kinda hope it is a recent addition. From my POV it would suggest that perhaps Rossi does actually give a hoot what people

Re: [Vo]: Where have all the neutrons gone...

2011-01-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mark Now sing along with me... from that ol' folk song... Where have all the neutrons gone... I did start singing. ;-) ' ...perhaps into heavy fermions?  ;-) This from the comment section of the Knol page on CF... Consider heavy fermion superconductors The August 2009 issue of

Re: [Vo]:Times of India reports on ICCF16 and Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: See: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Cold-fusion-turns-hot-city-to-host-meet-/articleshow/7357005.cms Excerpt: According to Dr M Srinivasan, chairman of the organizing committee, the conference will deal with the recent breakthrough in cold fusion theory

Re: [Vo]:Times of India reports on ICCF16 and Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... See? This is an example of wild guessing and unfounded speculation. This is what I was complaining about before, in the thread, Your suspicion is not proof there is a problem. BUT, it would only be a problem if I were to make this back-of-the-envelope calculation, then jump to

Re: [Vo]:EETIMES publishes report

2011-01-24 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones sez: ... … maybe there should be martinis all around – which drink – BTW could be called the rossi … if you want to get into a trivia contest g Bottom’s up !  and put it all on Park’s tab. Regarding the honorable Dr. Park: Latest weekly issue, Friday, January 21, 2011: What's New

Re: [Vo]:Levi report uploaded

2011-01-24 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: I uploaded a version of the report with some corrections to the English grammar and spelling, here: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/LeviGreportonhe.pdf I have not cleared it with them yet, but I'm sure it is okay. It is night there. Is this the report we've been waiting for? I could

Re: [Vo]:Levi report uploaded

2011-01-24 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Wait a minute: My eyeballs scanned the following paragraph: Page 6: Conclusions The amount of power and energy produce during both tests is indeed impressive and, TOGETHER WITH THE SELF SUSTAINING STATE REACH DURING [caps mine] [TEST 1] could be an indication that the system is working as a

Re: [Vo]:Levi report uploaded

2011-01-24 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
My eyeballs then scanned the following paragraph: On page 4: --- Before ending [Test 1] all the power was reduced and then switched off from the resistors and also the hydrogen supply was closed. No pressure decrease was noted in the H2 bottle. EVEN IN THIS CONDITIONS THE SYSTEM KEPT

Re: [Vo]: The tides have changed... The genie is out of the bottle.

2011-01-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mark Iverson: Good or bad, the genie is out of the bottle and there's no way anyone can stuff it back in... I sincerely hope, pray, that the human species has matured enough to accept the responsibility that comes with this kind of discovery. I agree, Mark. Sunday Sermon Potential

Re: [Vo]: The tides have changed... The genie is out of the bottle.

2011-01-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: Personally, I hope that 2012 will usher in a new sun.  Not a supernova of Betelgeuse; but, a slow, cold fusion which will render the petrodollar obsolete.  May the end of the Mayan calender on the winter solstice be the day that megawatt H-Ni steam engine goes online. In which

Re: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode

2011-01-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... We have about 1,000 readers a week normally. I do not know how many are repeat visitors. Word is getting out, gradually, but the population of the world is large, and people like Robert Park have access to the mass media, which reaches a far larger audience than LENR-CANR.org

Re: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode

2011-01-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
About an hour ago I sed: Shouldn't we have expected commentary from the doctor [Dr. Park] by now? I wonder what's going on in that department. Does he have a cold or something? Well, the doctor has finally spoken http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/index.html ... and he has decided not to mention

Re: [Vo]:Removing All Doubt

2011-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Here's a handy-dandy Table of Nuclides http://atom.kaeri.re.kr/ Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Announcements from Rossi about paper, next demo, ICCF16

2011-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: WARNING TO ALL OUR READERS: THE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA WILL BE DELIVERED MONDAY , JAN 24, ANYTIME. YOU WILL FIND IT ON THE JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND WE ALREADY GIVE TO EVERYBODY TO REPRODUCE IT EVERYWHERE, FOR ANY PURPOSE, FREE. WARM REGARDS, THE BOARD OF

Re: [Vo]:Discovery News Article

2011-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Harry, Article uses Robert Park as an authority on the subject. http://news.discovery.com/tech/cold-fusion-claims-resurface.html As predicted by Mr. Rothwell, it would appear that the majority of popular news organizations willing to stick their necks out and file a brief report on the

Re: [Vo]:Krivit relents

2011-01-20 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Playing devil's advocate in situations like this serve a useful purpose. Honoring our skeptical bones hopefully help keep our feet firmly planted on the ground, particularly when our wings would love to start flapping right now! ...to soar into the stratosphere is everyone's dream.

[Vo]:Popular Science as weighed in on Focardi and Rossi: Dubious

2011-01-20 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
See: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/italian-scientists-claim-dubious-cold-fusion-breakthrough http://tinyurl.com/4c768rx After casting dispersions they had the following to say: But the duo does have something going for them in the fact that they’ve demonstrated their device

Re: [Vo]:Miles Mathis

2011-01-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hi Mauro, I'm glad your follow-up on Miles Mathis was not lost because of the recent Italian Brouhaha. Your initial introduction to Mathis to the Vort Collective got my attention. I started reading his papers. The article that has interested me the most was the one in regards to: Explaining the

[Vo]:Dr. Mills responds to query about possible CIHT demo in 2011

2011-01-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
See: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocietyforClassicalPhysics/message/866 We are working on an electrical demonstration for 2011. As reported we have and continue to have experts independently run the systems with full disclosure of the chemistry and full characterization of the

[Vo]:Wikipedia's entry on Cold Fusion, unchanged.

2011-01-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
As best as I can tell, Wikipedia's entry on Cold Fusion has remained blissfully unaware of the recent weekend events in Italy. I wonder if Mr. Lomax might like to comment. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Richard C Macaulay

2011-01-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Horace, Many of you I am sure fondly remember the many fun postings here from the Dime Box Saloon by Richard C Macaulay.  I was surprised recently to find this obituary for him: http://obit.memorialoakschapel.com/obitdisplay.html?task=Printid=757483 He died Feb. 19, 2010. He had

Re: [Vo]:Richard C Macaulay

2011-01-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Speaking of another old warrior, we have not heard from Mike Carrell in a spell. Actually, for quite some time now. Considering recent events I would have expected something akin to a rebuttal from Mike, particularly in regards to his position, (or defense), of BLP. Mike is up there in years.

Re: [Vo]:My inquiry to Society for Classical Physics Yahoo group rejected

2011-01-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:26 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Late in December of last year I sent an inquiry to the officially recognized Society for Classical Physics Yahoo group. I asked Dr. Mills if BLP was planning on assembling kind of a demonstration

[Vo]:Rossi posts message out in New Energy Times: Rossi Discovery – What to Say? section

2011-01-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Not sure if the following tidbit has already been posted here or not, but it seemed relevant considering some of the controversy surrounding Rossi. See: http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/01/15/rossi-discovery-what-to-say/#comment-67 *

[Vo]:PesWiki's report on Focardi and Rossi

2011-01-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
In addition to Jed's recent, and highly appreciated, report on the Energy Catalyzer), I noticed that one of my latest Google news feeds keyed to Blacklight Power directed me to the pesn.com Pure Energy Systems (PesWiki) web site where a verbose (and HIGHLY optimistic and probably unrealistic)

[Vo]:My inquiry to Society for Classical Physics Yahoo group rejected

2011-01-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Late in December of last year I sent an inquiry to the officially recognized Society for Classical Physics Yahoo group. I asked Dr. Mills if BLP was planning on assembling kind of a demonstration since certain news feeds I'd received earlier in the month seemed to imply that something would be

Re: [Vo]:A report on the Focardi Rossi press conference, which apparently already took place

2011-01-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... I was thinking for a moment that Italy is not just 8 hours ahead of us, it is 2 days ahead. If they develop this technology -- and we don't -- they can set their clocks 50 years ahead of us. IOW, reports of the fall of the Roman Empire have been greatly exaggerated. Regards

Re: [Vo]:A report on the Focardi Rossi press conference, which apparently already took place

2011-01-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones, Underwhelming, so far. One detail skeptics will likely hit on is seen in the Google translation

Re: [Vo]:There will be an on line version of the Focardi press conference

2011-01-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed, ... If this is true, and the mass media believes it, it may well be the biggest sensation in cold fusion since 1989. To put it another way, if this is true, I guess it is Game Over and We Won. I have difficulty taking that possibility seriously. It could happen though. There is

Re: [Vo]:Entanglement as a topological manifestation

2011-01-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mauro: We've have talked in the past about entanglement understood as an hyperdimensional connection. According to this paper on Efimov states, Topologist Predicts New Form of Matter (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26144/) The deep and unworldly link between particles in

Re: [Vo]:Solid State Orbo Fails OU Test

2011-01-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry, From Clanzer's site: http://www.overunity.org.uk/showthread.php?774-STEORN-update-Phil sigh Excerpt: Unfortunately we were unable to replicate Over Unity (OU). Using Steorn’s measurement technique we did get results that appeared to demonstrate OU. However, we cannot agree

Re: [Vo]:More on Ni-H LENR

2011-01-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=338 Interesting speculation. What is the atomic number belonging to a Hypole. Is it stable? 1? If it is 1, how and why would such an atomic species be considered different than Mills' hydrino? Robin, what's an IC electron? Regards Steven Vincent

Re: [Vo]:More on Ni-H LENR

2011-01-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Reading the blog, I gaather a hypole can also be called virtual neutron in the Hydrogen Nickel system. I wonder how such a species might be different from muons. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

[Vo]:Re: Energy and the Value Society

2011-01-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Harry, I scanned and uploaded this document to scribd.com It was written in the late seventies so the statistics are dated but the subject matter is still relevant given the current discussion about values, economics and the endless discussions about energy on vortex ;-)

Re: [Vo]:Re: Energy and the Value Society

2011-01-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: I tried some methods of OCRing this document, but the text is too small. The errors make the results unreadable. There is no point to uploading this kind of document. It is a darn shame. http://www.scribd.com/full/46090006?access_key=key-gsc2g9c2bkbszd52bum If the physical source

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