[Vo]:And thanks for all the fish

2013-01-09 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Unfortunately, Abd was one of the list's most interesting contributors and commentators. So your decision, while nice on paper, effectively declares victory for the troll. It's your list. But I'm outta here. Jeff Berkowitz

[Vo]:Bummer

2013-01-01 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Select all, mark as read. Same as most other days lately. Jeff

Re: [Vo]:[OT]:Question About Event Horizon

2012-12-29 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: At 08:11 PM 12/28/2012, Jeff Berkowitz wrote: I think a lot of the reasoning about photons, above, is wrong. The red shift has nothing to do with gravity, only the relative velocity of the photon source relative to the observer. Eek

Re: [Vo]:[OT]:Question About Event Horizon

2012-12-28 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I think a lot of the reasoning about photons, above, is wrong. The red shift has nothing to do with gravity, only the relative velocity of the photon source relative to the observer. If an event just outside the event horizon of a black hole emits a photon, an observer at rest relative to the

Re: [Vo]:[OT]:Question About Event Horizon

2012-12-26 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I read all the relevant wikipedia pages. My conclusion is that this question is very difficult and that the process of answering it will involve rephrasing it in more precise terms. In particular the term event horizon is a catchall for multiple distinct horizons, each backed by a subtly different

Re: [Vo]:INFN/Stmicro paper: Modification of Pd-H2 and Pd-D2 thin films processed by He-Ne laser...

2012-12-19 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Thanks for posting the link. There has been work like this at Lecce for many years. I've posted this link before. http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Castellanonucleartra.pdf Jeff On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, On 22passi, Danielle Paserini

[Vo]:Request about off-topic threads.

2012-12-18 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Just please don't put anything about alternative energy in an off-topic thread. That was those of us interested in alternative energy can just ignore the off-topic threads. Jeff

Re: [Vo]:So what has been discovered is not a new source of energy....

2012-12-17 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
For what it's worth, Harry, there is a bit of early history that played out in a way similar to what you're describing. Back in 1994, Focardi, Habel and Piantelli published this: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/library/1994/1994Focardi-AnomalousHeatNi-H-NuovoCimento.pdf After which some folks at

Re: [Vo]:tunneling in chemical reactions, esp. involving H transfer

2012-12-16 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.ezra.chem.cornell.edu/cat_poem.pdf On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Researchers at the University of Georgia in the US have discovered a possible form of

Re: [Vo]:MFMP: Temperature of inner glass surface.

2012-12-14 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
In their 12/12/12 Progress Blog posting, MFMP stated that there was a dleliberate error in the data viewer, and challenged people to spot it. *We have a “deliberate mistake” in the data viewer, if you are sober enough at this time in the day, we challenge you to spot it. * Did anyone ever find

Re: [Vo]:MFMP: Temperature of inner glass surface.

2012-12-14 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Is everyone taking into account the fact that the graphs for T_Glassout are actually (T_Glassout - T_Ambient), while the graph for T_Glassin is the raw T_Glassin and is not corrected for ambient? Or at least so they are labeled. Jeff On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Harry Veeder

Re: [Vo]:MFMP: Temperature of inner glass surface.

2012-12-14 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
The difference between T_Mica and T_GlassIn seems to be about 5 degrees larger than it was during calibration. I put the details in the progress blog comments. Jeff On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Craig cchayniepub...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/14/2012 03:53 PM, Jeff Berkowitz wrote

Re: [Vo]:MFMP: Temperature of inner glass surface.

2012-12-14 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
, that is for sure. Just posting data. Jeff On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: The difference between T_Mica and T_GlassIn seems to be about 5 degrees larger than it was during calibration. I suppose . . . if all

Re: [Vo]:Direct heating of Celani's wire at EU cell of MFMP

2012-12-13 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
millivolts (27.99 - 28.01 volts) R/R0 varied by less than 0.005 ohm. I am looking at 1 minute averages. This is very solid. Jeff On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: I looked at the voltage, current, and R/R0 values over various periods and they all look

Re: [Vo]:Direct heating of Celani's wire at EU cell of MFMP

2012-12-13 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Here's a 33 minute period from this morning. To me they look kind of inverted - one goes up when the other goes down. At least in this sample. The 50-minute cycles may be there but have to be confirmed by the math ... the mind is sometimes too good at finding patterns. Jeff On Thu, Dec 13, 2012

Re: [Vo]:MFM Project

2012-12-13 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
The possible correlation with T_Ambient was being discussed in another thread. Eric and Arnaud (?) pointed it out, I argued against jumping to conclusions. Dunno. Jeff On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: I wrote: http://i50.tinypic.com/2e49mbd.jpg I

Re: [Vo]:Direct heating of Celani's wire at EU cell of MFMP

2012-12-13 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
at 12:04 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: At 03:07 AM 12/13/2012, Jeff Berkowitz wrote: I am looking at 1 minute averages. This is very solid. Okay. This would not detect invisible excess input power due to power supply high-frequency variations. At all. This is what SRI

Re: [Vo]:Direct heating of Celani's wire at EU cell of MFMP

2012-12-12 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I looked at the voltage, current, and R/R0 values over various periods and they all look completely flat to me. I don't see any evidence of erratic power supply behavior. I'm not so sure about the correlation with T_ambient either. If you zoom to the 14:00 - 14:50 period the ambient temp drops

Re: [Vo]:Direct heating of Celani's wire at EU cell of MFMP

2012-12-12 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Got from another LENR researcher: There are several reported values for the enthalpy of formation of nickel hydride with -8.8 kJ/mol being the lowest and -16.3 kJ/mol being the highest at standard temperature and pressure. He went on to show that given a wire containing 0.3g of Ni, enthalpy

Re: [Vo]:Celani's cell did NOT vary with pressure!

2012-12-09 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
As the comments on the posting suggest, it seems (in hindsight) a mistake that MFMP chose to accept Celani's recommendation of building the cell from quartz for safety reasons. The safety issues could have been addressed with additional shielding and the only consequence would have been modest

Re: [Vo]:Mitsubishi Reports Toyota LENR Replication

2012-12-07 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Despite the thinness of the evidence and the ever-present contamination concerns, my gut tells me the LENR community would benefit from more focus on transmutation results. For one simple reason: transmutation results are persistent, while excess heat is ephemeral and easier to wish away. And

Re: [Vo]:Unobtainium and Beryllium

2012-12-07 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Abd, I assume you're aware of the hazards of working with this stuff? That being said, its melting point is not absurdly high - under 2400F. Could you melt some under, say, an N2 or argon atmosphere, on perhaps a ceramic surface, so that it spread out into a thin layer, and then cool it? Jeff

Re: [Vo]:Unobtainium and Beryllium

2012-12-07 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: Abd, I assume you're aware of the hazards of working with this stuff? That being said, its melting point is not absurdly high - under 2400F. Could you melt some under, say, an N2 or argon atmosphere, on perhaps a ceramic surface, so that it spread out

Re: [Vo]:Unobtainium and Beryllium

2012-12-07 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
manner Abd. Take care my friend. Dave -Original Message- From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com; vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, Dec 8, 2012 12:31 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Unobtainium and Beryllium At 11:27 PM 12/7/2012, Jeff Berkowitz

Re: [Vo]:Mitsubishi Reports Toyota LENR Replication

2012-12-07 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
7, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: At 06:50 PM 12/7/2012, Jeff Berkowitz wrote: Despite the thinness of the evidence and the ever-present contamination concerns, my gut tells me the LENR community would benefit from more focus on transmutation results. For one

Re: [Vo]:Independent validation of thermal anomalies from Celani's constantan wires

2012-12-06 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: Now we have this new result showing ~1 watt of excess heat at some high operating power (not stated but sufficient to raise the cell temp to 350C). By implication, I am asked

Re: [Vo]:Independent validation of thermal anomalies from Celani's constantan wires

2012-12-05 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
MFMP have done very careful work and documented it well. Yet when they showed a watt or so of apparent excess heat around the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, they did not make a claim. Instead, they held it to be in the noise, not clearly separable from the variance between their calibration runs. Now

[Vo]:Important news from HUG team in Minnesota

2012-12-01 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
It's bad news, but it's important. In short, the contention now is that Celani did not account for effect of pressure changes within the cell. Reducing the gas pressure reduces the thermal conductivity of the gas. This reduces the temperature of cell components like the metal flanges that are

Re: [Vo]:Foreign Policy Journal article on cold fusion

2012-11-30 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Thanks Jed. Rossi, Rossi, Rossi. I'm afraid this current wave of interest is not going to end well. Jeff On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: I have never heard of the Foreign Policy Journal. Anyway, see:

[Vo]:Curiosity's historic discovery

2012-11-27 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Or not. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412567,00.asp Jeff

[Vo]:Apparently plausible (!?!?) FTL

2012-11-27 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-drive Has anyone competent to understand the arguments read the 1994 paper? Jeff

Re: [Vo]:Michio Kaku: One solar flare could bring many Fukushimas

2012-11-24 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: So a secondary power system that doesn't rely on the plant at all (batteries, diesel generators, etc.) is mandatory.

Re: [Vo]:Michio Kaku: One solar flare could bring many Fukushimas

2012-11-24 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Around two-thirds is right. Many online sources quote 32% and I recall 33% from a class I took eons ago. Two other things: 1. Controlling the reactivity of an operating reactor is extremely complex. See for example Section 3, Core Cell Improved Design, here:

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-23 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
No worries. Stuff happens. I probably shouldn't have sent the follow-up, made it seem like a bigger deal than it should be. Jeff On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:31 AM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: BTW: To put this bug in perspective, I've been using the calchemy Unicalc very frequently

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-23 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I can't resist jumping back in at this point. These full bridge devices are mostly used as motor controllers. In such applications you just need to turn it on and have it supply an appropriate AC signal while the motor is running and then turn it off. There's never any need for fine control or

Re: [Vo]:Michio Kaku: One solar flare could bring many Fukushimas

2012-11-23 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I suspect the reason plant designs don't attempt to harness the decay heat is that in one key accident scenario (massive LOCA) you aren't going to be able to generate any steam pressure from core heat. Being able to address this scenario is essential to getting licensed. So a secondary power

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-23 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: F626-12

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-23 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
hard to track down. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.comwrote: F626-12

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-22 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Axil, absolutely right, yet I agree with Jack about the implementation. When I did that LTSpice analysis of the simplified circuit, I was very clear about how big a simplification it was for me to leave out the isolation transformer and the loading current. The entire circuit as described in the

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-22 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Interesting. A U.S. nickel is 1.95mm thick. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:21 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: It's hard to know where to begin here but let me just say this that given the speed of sound in

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-22 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
However a U.S. nickel is 75/25 copper/nickel. It might be possible to figure out the speed of sound using information in this thread: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=277330 I'll look at it later. Jeff On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-22 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
://www.amazon.com/dp/B007T6XNCA/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_SC_dp_1 Jack On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting. A U.S. nickel is 1.95mm thick. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:21 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: It's hard to know where to begin here

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-22 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Correct. Sanity check: if we imagine a hypothetical material with v = 430e3, d = 1 (meter); if v = 43e3, d = 0.1m ; 4.3e3, 0.01m. So the answer for v = 5.63e3 must be slightly more than 0.01m. James, I should have checked your math! ;-) The 1.95mm comment is a nonstarter for two reasons, now.

Re: [Vo]:25 experiments completed with borax and nickels

2012-11-22 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
of sound in the material. And all this fussing is just to find out whether the phenomenon is real or not. If this stuff was easy everybody would be doing it. Jeff On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: However a U.S. nickel is 75/25 copper/nickel. It might

Re: [VO]: More support for variable radioactive decay rates...

2012-11-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.5783 http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.3318 http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4074 http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3156 Analysis: http://phys.org/news201795438.html Refutation: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4357 On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: New

Re: [VO]: More support for variable radioactive decay rates...

2012-11-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Refutation should have said Criticism. Jeff On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.5783 http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.3318 http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4074 http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3156 Analysis: http://phys.org/news201795438.html

Re: [Vo]:Steven Jones: Excess heat is real, but probably not nuclear

2012-11-19 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
It's a really weird article. It starts off with this title: Steven Jones replica: Pons Fleischmann XS Heat not from fusion Then the author (Allen) goes on to quote Jones as follows: ... there is a confirmed and published effect showing products of d-d [deuterium-deuterium] fusion at low levels.

Re: [Vo]:Steven Jones: Excess heat is real, but probably not nuclear

2012-11-19 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
emphasizing (3a). Eric On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: It's a really weird article. It starts off with this title: Steven Jones replica: Pons Fleischmann XS Heat not from fusion

Re: [Vo]:MFMP Power Out Curve Question

2012-11-18 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Sorry if this confuses matters, but I recall Celani stating somewhere in writing: believe me, this device is not a black-body radiator. It may have been on that Italian site with 22 in the name. No time to hunt it down just now ... Jeff On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:29 AM, David Roberson

Re: [Vo]:Uranium vs Thorium Nuclear Energy Generation

2012-11-18 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I've looked at this a little. It's been under study for over 30 years, so the pros and cons are pretty well understood. The wikipedia page (thorium fuel cycle) covers them. It's definitely feasible, probably an economic win for countries with a lot of thorium (e.g. India), and arguably a little

Re: [Vo]:Uranium vs Thorium Nuclear Energy Generation

2012-11-18 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
at 6:49 PM, Patrick Ellul ellulpatr...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Jeff. Can enriched Thorium also be used for nuclear weapons? On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: I've looked at this a little. It's been under study for over 30 years, so the pros and cons

Re: [Vo]:High energy protons emissions/Nov.1 Piantelli Patent

2012-11-14 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
There's actually a whole spectrum of these ideas, correct? For example Robin's concept of using an MCF device as a source of 14.1MeV neutrons to force fission in actinides (e.g. nuclear waste). Has anyone tried to summarize or assemble a list of these? It could span from the completely mainstream

Re: [Vo]:New Lattice Energy presentation on nuclear events in lightning

2012-11-12 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
LOL! I totally agree! Every time another set of those slides comes out, I cringe at the thought of attempting to read them. On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: He sure can fit a lot of words into one sentence... Also, his powerpoint slide density matches

[Vo]:Improving Neutron Detection

2012-11-12 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
A friend (Mike, one of our little group here in Portland) found a relatively low-cost way to rent a neutron detector: http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.817517/sc.7/category.13851/.f So I have a question. Is it possible that a lot of neutrons have gone undetected in LENR experiments over the

Re: [Vo]:Supersonic shockwave acceleration processes

2012-11-11 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Sorry, I cannot resist, though I'm sure it's appeared here before. *Buzz http://www.imdb.com/name/nm741/*: I need to repair my turbo boosters. Are you still using fossil fuels, or have you discovered crystallic fusion? *Woody http://www.imdb.com/name/nm158/*: Well, let's see, we got

Re: [Vo]:Supersonic shockwave acceleration processes

2012-11-11 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
to be a small IP holding company and keep chugging along. Help me out here. What am I missing. Jeff On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I cannot resist, though I'm sure it's appeared here before. *Buzz http://www.imdb.com/name/nm741/*: I need to repair

Re: [Vo]:Taylor Wilson

2012-11-10 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
drowningtro...@gmail.comwrote: Where is he? and why isn't he contributing to the Vortex collective? On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/11/taylor-wilson/309132/

[Vo]:Amusing analysis of CF/LENR in the world

2012-11-09 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I have a friend, very smart guy, who I've been working on over time with occasional CF/LENR tidbits and arguments. Lately he wrote this, and gave me permission to send it along. - - - So, let's identify all the groups involved here, from the seekers to the suckers. :-) We have the seekers,

Re: [Vo]:Transmutations

2012-11-09 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Heh. It's 23 years for some of the old timers on this alias (not me). I'm particularly fond of this older transmutation paper: http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Castellanonucleartra.pdf There are various reasons to criticize the paper (only EDX was used for analysis, other complaints) but I like

[Vo]:Taylor Wilson

2012-11-09 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/11/taylor-wilson/309132/

[Vo]:A claim that NRL bought an E-Cat

2012-11-07 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Can be found in here: http://www.e-catworld.com/2012/11/sven-kullander-on-the-e-cat/ Jeff

Re: [Vo]:A claim that NRL bought an E-Cat

2012-11-07 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
In side email, someone pointed out that NRL rumor is a year old. I misread the first part of the article and missed that. I wouldn't even have bothered forwarding the link. Jeff On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Daniel

Re: [Vo]:The Greenland High

2012-11-05 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Actually, I can attest that the National Weather Forecast Discussion for Hurricane Sandy did indeed describe this ridge of high pressure over Greenland. This was as it was moving north past Florida and the Carolinas, several days before it made (second) landfall in New Jersey. They called this

Re: [Vo]:lorenhe...@aol.com blocked from vortex: political hatred

2012-11-05 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I have been relaxed about off-topic postings because I'm relatively new to the group and was following the lead of others. If there's a desire to enforce that rule more strictly I will be happy to stop doing it. Jeff On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Jojo Jaro jth...@hotmail.com wrote: May I

Re: [Vo]:Whence Willard?

2012-11-03 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Off topic. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:21 PM, lorenhe...@aol.com wrote: This is for all the devoted Demo-rats, which can be confused with a small furry rodent that lives in subways sewers, and can spread diseases to the human population. The Rats used in many laboratories along with it's

Re: [Vo]:Home made data logging ammeter

2012-10-28 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
are only 3A … ** ** The protection will be effective only for non repetitive small spikes, but rather more to protect your phidgets. ** ** Arnaud -- *From:* Jeff Berkowitz [mailto:pdx...@gmail.com] *Sent:* dimanche 28 octobre 2012 02:42 *To:* vortex

Re: [Vo]:A Halloween scare for real

2012-10-28 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Yes. Leaving aside nightmare scenarios like nanobot infestations and genetically modified diseases and the rest, sticking strictly to the economic consequences of computer and mechanical technologies: there's some evidence we're seeing these effects right now, in the unemployment numbers. I came

Re: [Vo]:Home made data logging ammeter

2012-10-28 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
. ** ** Arnaud -- *From:* Jeff Berkowitz [mailto:pdx...@gmail.com] *Sent:* dimanche 28 octobre 2012 16:24 *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Home made data logging ammeter ** ** Thanks Arnaud. ** ** The goal of the diodes is to protect

Re: [Vo]:Home made data logging ammeter

2012-10-28 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I have wondered the same thing. I guess the Phidgets folks are somewhat in this space - if you look at the prices of the modules here, for example: http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?category=8 and scroll down to the green blocks, that's going to add up if you try to configure a system with a

Re: [Vo]:Superparamagnetism + DCE + magnons = Nanomagnetism

2012-10-27 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I'm glad you said it and I didn't. I keep coming back to the idea that there must be more than one physical phenomenon. Among other things, it would explain the difficulty in reproducing results. If you've ever been responsible for troubleshooting a complex system that just happens to have

[Vo]:Home made data logging ammeter

2012-10-27 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Hi all, I built this USB-connected ammeter so we could log current flow accurately and rapidly while doing electrolysis and also electroplating. http://pdxlenr.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-pretty-good-data-logging-ammeter.html Jeff

[Vo]:Hybrid Ni-H reproduction buried in the link forwarded by Alan -

2012-10-26 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Almost casually, buried in what appears to be a theoretical article, on p. 117 of the link forwarded by Alan Fletcher ( http://www.iscmns.org/CMNS/JCMNS-Vol9.pdf), Takahashi describes a reproduction of excess heat in a hybrid Ni-H system: Now we refer some typical experimental data of heat

Re: [Vo]:Hybrid Ni-H reproduction buried in the link forwarded by Alan

2012-10-26 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Following up on Eric's mail, I have gotten other feedback on the side suggesting the excess heating can all be accounted for chemically in this particular case. I cannot comment on your analysis, Jones, but it seems caution may be called for here. (Unfortunately what received was actual pdf's

Re: [Vo]:Hybrid Ni-H reproduction buried in the link forwarded by Alan

2012-10-26 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Jones and Jed, thanks. Very interesting. I found that the two possible refutation-type papers I received on the side are available, one on the archive, one on New Energy Times (and maybe also on the archive, I didn't check). Again, I recognize this was/is all probably well known to both of you,

Re: [Vo]:Mr. Rossi says something is up at Leonardo

2012-10-25 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
My own guess is that this comment will end up being another overwhelming promise followed by another underwhelming delivery. It just seems to be a pattern common to Mr. Rossi. I hope I'm wrong. Again, I'm trying to play the dispassionate commentator here. I have no position on whether he has

Re: [Vo]:Aliens Favour Romney

2012-10-23 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Krugman anticipate this. http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/interstellar.pdf Jeff On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:39 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Vorl Bek's message of Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:46:19 -0400: Hi, [snip] It looks like Aliens (interstellar types) favour Romney for

Re: [Vo]:Aliens Favour Romney

2012-10-23 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Sorry for not including this in the first mail, but I have to follow up because it gives the flavor of the thing: The remainder of this paper is, or will be, or has been, depending on the reader's inertial frame, divided into three sections. ;-) Jeff On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Jeff

Re: [Vo]:A123 systems goes bankrupt

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I haven't followed this story carefully, but a friend of mine (who has) wrote the following: Uh, you should look into A123 Systems, who started it and what they did before criticizing them. These guys developed and improved the Lithium Iron Phosphate battery chemistry while at MIT, then spun out

Re: [Vo]:A little more positive article on Cold Fusion from Gibbs

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Good question Peter. I've been wondering something similar, just slightly more specific. Ni-H has gotten a lot of attention lately. But what sequence of Pd-D experiments over the years was most significant to the ...slow erosion of the psuedoskeptic position... that Abd described in email to the

Re: [Vo]:A123 systems goes bankrupt

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
...@charter.netwrote: Some Chinese company bought a 49% stake in A123 very recently, so is that in addition to Johnson Controls??? -Mark ** ** ** ** *From:* Jeff Berkowitz [mailto:pdx...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:16 AM *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:A123

Re: [Vo]:A little more positive article on Cold Fusion from Gibbs

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
AM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: Good question Peter. I've been wondering something similar, just slightly more specific. Ni-H has gotten a lot of attention lately. But what sequence of Pd-D experiments over the years was most significant to the ...slow erosion of the psuedoskeptic

Re: [Vo]:A little more positive article on Cold Fusion from Gibbs

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I should add that I don't have the training or experience to take the lead on such an effort. I am just a basically competent writer with an interest in the subject matter. Jeff On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: For the technical reader, this has already

[Vo]:Godes / Brillouin patent thoughts, with Spice simulation

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Hi all, I finished writing up a few thoughts about the Godes / Brillouin patent application, and published them on our blog: http://pdxlenr.blogspot.com/2012/10/thoughts-about-godes-brillouin-patent.html In the posting I acknowledge Abd directly and the rest of vortex. Thanks again for helping

Re: [Vo]:Godes / Brillouin patent thoughts, with Spice simulation

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
to do it. Thanks, Jack On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I finished writing up a few thoughts about the Godes / Brillouin patent application, and published them on our blog: http://pdxlenr.blogspot.com/2012/10/thoughts-about-godes-brillouin

Re: [Vo]:Potential Rossi Patent Battle

2012-10-18 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
The Santilli patent claims an electric arc. It's entirely unclear whether that is the same invention or a different invention. If we're going afield, we can also include Godes, who focuses on quite a different design but claims a number of different embodiments. Godes first filed way back in 2005.

Re: [Vo]:Potential Rossi Patent Battle

2012-10-18 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
There is a history surrounding the apparent production of iron from arcs between carbon rod electrodes. Extremely high voltages are not required. You can find some material from obvious web searches. Jeff On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: See

Re: [Vo]:New Experiment Started

2012-10-17 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
It's possible that as the electrolyte evaporates, and there is not sufficient electrolyte to make a fully-immersed path from anode to cathode (you'll have to confirm that), there are moments when the liquid withdraws from point(s) on one of the electrodes - because of the tendency of water to form

[Vo]:How long?

2012-10-17 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Eventually, Mr. Rossi will have to show something that can be independently examined and verified completely outside of his control, or the inevitable media and marketplace counter-reaction will set in because of the very public nature of the claims. I'm sure even Mr. Rossi himself would agree

Re: [Vo]:New Experiment Started

2012-10-17 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
to himself as he experiences a short period of brain death due to his attempt to describe the indescribable.) Dave -Original Message- From: Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 12:24 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Experiment Started It's

Re: [Vo]:New Experiment Started

2012-10-16 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
As others have pointed out, the only safe answer is to treat all electrolysis experiments with respect, doing them with adequate ventilation, whether that means under a fume hood or outdoors or the like. Of course we may break these rules and get away with many things, up until the unfortunate

[Vo]:Cracks me up

2012-10-16 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
When I read vortex, Google is constantly trying to sell me a Ford Fusion. If only ... ;-)

Re: [Vo]:Designer of 3-D Printable Gun Has His 3-D Printer Seized

2012-10-16 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Sure it can. I make such a comparison right here. http://pdxjjb-econ-politics.blogspot.com/2012/05/parable-of-smart-frugal.html It's not that your arguments are incorrect, but they are not very strong arguments, either. Jeff On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Craig Haynie

Re: [Vo]:November Popular Science- not kind to Rossi

2012-10-15 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Mr. Krivit (New Energy Times) has also updated his critical comments about Mr. Rossi, and the result is not paywalled. FYI. http://newenergytimes.com/v2/sr/RossiECat/Andrea-Rossi-Energy-Catalyzer-Investigation-Index.shtml Jeff On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com

Re: [Vo]:New Experiment Started

2012-10-13 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
A couple of us tried electrolysis with nickels in Borax today. No excess heat was observed. There are details here: http://pdxlenr.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-heating-observed-while-electrolyzing.html Jeff On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: You might try to erode

Re: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years - Easter Island

2012-10-10 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Yes, I agree. I believe that work originated here: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/rethinking-the-fall-of-easter-island/1 Feature article, so apparently not paywalled - I'm not a subscriber, but I can see it. Jeff On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 2:27 PM, David L Babcock

Re: [Vo]:Replication of Chuck Sites Nickel/Boron Experiment

2012-10-10 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Here is an unrelated paper from ICCF that includes processing the electrode material with heat: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/conferences/2012/ICCF17/ICCF-17-Dash-Effect%20of%20Recrystallization-Paper.pdf Jeff On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Jack Cole jcol...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for all of

Re: [Vo]:OT: Mars Rover Spots Small Bright- Metallic Object

2012-10-10 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
I'm shocked, shocked I say. ;-) Thanks Jed. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: False alarm. It was a piece of plastic that fell off the Rover. - Jed

Re: [Vo]: Experimental Results with Nickel and Sodium Carbonate

2012-10-04 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
This morning I found a link that may be related to the borax and nickels thing: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/els/borax-el.htm I found it, believe it or not, here: http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-159040.html I had thought mods generally ban CF/LENR topics there, but I guess not

Re: [Vo]: Experimental Results with Nickel and Sodium Carbonate

2012-10-04 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
And, by golly, here's another interesting note: the energy required to split water molecules by electrolysis is dramatically reduced in the presence of ... nickel borate. http://phys.org/news193055742.html Jeff On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Vo]:nice cold fusion article

2012-10-04 Thread Jeff Berkowitz
Another patent application, also with pulse generator circuitry. Since we all know cold fusion can't be real, it must be something in the water. ;-) ;-) Jeff On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:19 AM, fznidar...@aol.com wrote: http://e-catsite.com/2011/12/07/ahern-cancels-citi5-appearance/

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