Re: [Vo]:unsubscribe

2014-08-26 Thread Mark Gibbs
Thanks to all who noticed and kindly commented on my leaving the Vortex-L list (apparently actually getting off the list takes rather longer than I expected …). Since you ask, I’m quitting because I simply don’t have the time to keep up with all of the posts to the list most of which are

[Vo]:unsubscribe

2014-08-25 Thread Mark Gibbs

Re: [Vo]:Hot fusion OU milestone reported

2014-02-12 Thread Mark Gibbs
Correct me if I'm wrong but they didn't really achieve OU because the target only got 10% of the incident energy so the actual energy gain was in a subsystem rather than in the whole system. [m] On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at

Re: [Vo]:: RAR gravity engine

2014-02-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
Is there an explanation somewhere of how this machine is supposed to work? Who's funding the projects? [m] On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:29 PM, a.ashfield a.ashfi...@verizon.net wrote: RAR are progressing with the construction of their second gravity engine and posted four new photos today.

[Vo]:General Fusion Founder to Speak at TED Conference

2014-01-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
January 31, 2014 General Fusion Founder to Speak at TED Conference Chief Scientist to highlight progress on much-anticipated fusion energy VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan. 31, 2014) - When TED, the world's primary idea exchange, moves to its new home in Vancouver this year, the

Re: [Vo]:General Fusion Founder to Speak at TED Conference

2014-01-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
fusion. At what point does rational thinking take over from the bad habits of the past? Ed Storms On Jan 31, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Mark Gibbs wrote: January 31, 2014 General Fusion Founder to Speak at TED Conference Chief Scientist to highlight progress on much-anticipated fusion energy

[Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:What the Japanese Government Isn’t Saying About F**ushima

2013-12-26 Thread Mark Gibbs
Follow-up to the sailors affected by radiation poisoning on the USS Ronald Reagan: US Sailors’ Lawsuit Dismissed in Fukushima Radiation Exposure Case ... http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/12/us-sailors-lawsuit-dismissed-in-fukushima-radiation-exposure-case/ [m] On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 5:10 PM,

Re: [Vo]:Oxyntix

2013-12-05 Thread Mark Gibbs
Oxyntix just got a 1M UKP venture capital investment ... it looks like there are deep pockets that believe the company has got something. [m] On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: The reference patent states: The development of fusion power has been an area of

Re: [Vo]:What LeClair really said.

2013-11-09 Thread Mark Gibbs
Which aspects of the 'results' do you think are true and why? [m] On Saturday, November 9, 2013, Nigel Dyer wrote: I am not sure that a translation would be of much help. With LeClair I think you need to try and separate out the hypothesies as to the mechanism from the observations of

Re: [Vo]:Face-Palm moment: Essen et al did it again! [Abd's open letter]

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
last inch. When life gives you lemons, make some lemonade, man. On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Why does the MFMP produce such execrable writing? That article reads that it was translated from Urdu into English. [m] On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Kevin

Re: [Vo]:Face-Palm moment: Essen et al did it again! [Abd's open letter]

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
Vortex [m] On Thursday, November 7, 2013, Jed Rothwell wrote: Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'mgi...@gibbs.com'); wrote: So, from other threads on this list it sounds like it's possible that the detected radiation might not be extraordinary? What do you mean

Re: [Vo]:MFMP detects GAMMA rays in LENR experiment!

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
Really? Is LeClair's experiment that easily replicated? If it can be done for $250 why has no one else done it? [m] On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: If these experimenters wanted to produce gammas, they only need to replicate the LeClair cavitation

Re: [Vo]:Face-Palm moment: Essen et al did it again! [Abd's open letter]

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
and others. Gamma rays have been sporadic and unpredictable. I do not know of any that appear on demand. I hope these come from the vasty deep when you do call for them. (When you invoke them, as we say in the programming biz.) Mark Gibbs may have the impression that it is not extraordinary

Re: [Vo]:MFMP detects GAMMA rays in LENR experiment!

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
if this statement holds water. He says that replication is extremely dangerous and he does not want to see anybody go through what he when through.. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Really? Is LeClair's experiment that easily replicated? If it can be done

Re: [Vo]:Face-Palm moment: Essen et al did it again! [Abd's open letter]

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
people monitor for magnetic fields? [m] On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Yes, I meant not significant ... that was what I took away from Bob Higgins' comment: On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Bob Higgins rj.bob.higg

Re: [Vo]:MFMP detects GAMMA rays in LENR experiment!

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
as beneficial use and must, therefore, be licensed by the patent owner. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: But that doesn't answer the question: If it only costs $250 to replicate LeClair's experiment why hasn't it been done? [m] On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:31 PM

Re: [Vo]:MFMP detects GAMMA rays in LENR experiment!

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: That's the logical implication of what Axil's saying. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: So, in reality, the LeClair effect can't be duplicated either because LeClair won't permit it or because it doesn't actually exist. [m

Re: [Vo]:Face-Palm moment: Essen et al did it again! [Abd's open letter]

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
think he was referring to no radiation leakage outside of his reactor vessel. I believe his reaction is well optimized and produces prodigious gamma photons whose energy is below 20keV and almost all of it is thermalized in his reactor shell. Bob On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Mark Gibbs

Re: [Vo]:MFMP detects GAMMA rays in LENR experiment!

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
experimenter might find a way to overcome LeClair’s controls. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: I was querying Axil's original claim: If these experimenters wanted to produce gammas, they only need to replicate the LeClair cavitation reactor. $250 dollars will do

Re: [Vo]:MFMP detects GAMMA rays in LENR experiment!

2013-11-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
anything let alone cnoid de Broglie Matter wave soliton wave packages ... if anyone has any links or explanations of what this means (or is supposed to mean) I'd love to hear it. [m] On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Mark Gibbs

Re: [Vo]:Face-Palm moment: Essen et al did it again! [Abd's open letter]

2013-11-06 Thread Mark Gibbs
Why does the MFMP produce such execrable writing? That article reads that it was translated from Urdu into English. [m] On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The pundit writes an

Re: [Vo]:Thanks to Mark Gibbs

2013-10-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: Good to see you back in the vortex! Thanks ... actually, I never left ... just lurking and waiting for the world to change. [m]

[Vo]:Fwd: [Technobabble] Comment: Defkalion Demonstrates LENR Live, Right Now

2013-10-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
Comment: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory this month achieved a positive net energy yield from hot fusion. See: https://lasers.llnl.gov/newsroom/project_status/index.php National Ignition Facility. They still have much work to do to make it an economic power source.

Re: [Vo]:Thanks to Mark Gibbs

2013-10-18 Thread Mark Gibbs
Alain, Thanks, very kind of you to say so. [mg] On Friday, October 18, 2013, Alain Sepeda wrote: Just a thanks for his honest work of reasonable skeptic, thus treasonable convinced bu evidences... It allows that article to exist:

Re: [Vo]:(Video) Catastrophic solar flare narrowly misses Earth

2013-08-01 Thread Mark Gibbs
See http://spaceweather.com/ ... it's bogus. [mg] On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:31 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: David, You probably did not listen to the video - the scenarios they discuss are not as upbeat as yours. There are a number of additional videos/articles on the subject. Quite

[Vo]:Forbes LENR Coverage

2013-07-23 Thread Mark Gibbs
/blog/96) but the focus there is considerably different so unless it has a significant bearing on IT the topic won't get covered. Thanks for all your plaudits, criticisms, and comments in my Forbes postings over the last couple of years. Regards, Mark Gibbs.

Re: [Vo]:Preparing for the Defkalion demos of 22 and 23 July

2013-07-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
What do people expect these demos will show? What could make them convincing or unconvincing? If you reply either publicly or privately, please let me know if I may cite your name if I quote you. [mg] On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote: My dear friends.

Re: [Vo]:Rossi: it is shared now and does not anymore depend only on me

2013-07-18 Thread Mark Gibbs
How do you know this? [mg] On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: Defkalion has a much superior technology. You can just ignore Rossi. 2013/7/18 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com This puts to rest Guglinski's worry that Rossi might drop dead, and the

[Vo]:Why Cold Fusion Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Mark Gibbs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2013/07/15/why-cold-fusion-has-to-die/ [mg]

Re: [Vo]:Bold attempt at OverUnity via gravity

2013-07-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
Can anyone explain how this machine is supposed to work? [mg] On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Sterling says they are building one in Illinois: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:RAR_Energia_Ltda_Gravity_Motor We've got a page full of gravity

Re: [Vo]:Atmospheric Vortex vs (and?) LENR

2013-07-04 Thread Mark Gibbs
Everything you're talking about equates intelligence with problem solving which is essentially a very narrow view of what intelligence involves and that's fine if problem solving is the only measure of intelligence you care about. The problem with this perspective is that it excludes other aspects

Re: [Vo]:Waterspouts can't lift water?

2013-07-02 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:20 PM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: *Curious what others think about that water moving up in the spout as it crosses onto land. I don't think the humidity changes that much so I do not think it is due to a change in condensing (which would be vacuum

[Vo]:E-Cat Offer and Swedish District Heating

2013-07-01 Thread Mark Gibbs
I've seen some buzz that implies Swedish District Heating may take up Hydro Fusion's E-Cat offer but when I chased it down everything pointed to just one article self-published by Russ George [1] that actually only suggests SDH as a suitable candidate. Anyone know anything more? [mg] [1]

Re: [Vo]:Could Rossi add DC Power to AC Lines?

2013-06-29 Thread Mark Gibbs
While this whole argument has become somewhat ridiculous the assertion that ... to idly discuss these claims without proper verification is very careless because of some theoretical economic impact has got to be the most ridiculous so far. If this were a real concern then science fiction should be

Re: [Vo]:MFMP cells in Europe and US now showing signs of excess heat

2013-06-26 Thread Mark Gibbs
Am I missing something here? Surely if the control cell is producing some small amount of energy from an LENR process due to contamination but it's less than that being produced by the experimental cell then while a baseline might be hard or even impossible to establish wouldn't a significant

Re: [Vo]:MFMP cells in Europe and US now showing signs of excess heat

2013-06-26 Thread Mark Gibbs
was not a reasonable explanation for the excess. -Mark I ** ** *From:* mark.gi...@gmail.com [mailto:mark.gi...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Mark Gibbs *Sent:* Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:31 PM *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:MFMP cells in Europe and US now showing signs of excess heat

Re: [Vo]: About the March test

2013-06-23 Thread Mark Gibbs
If it can be agreed that the IR measurements were, to within some reasonable margin of error, accurately measuring output power then the only issue in dispute is how much input power was provided. If, and this obviously may not happen, Rossi were to allow another test and the only point at which

Re: [Vo]: About the March test

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
I've been following the endless arguments about how the tests could have been rigged and it seems like every theory has been repeated over and over again but no one who claims it's a fraud seems to be willing to admit they just don't know even though they have no actual evidence of fraud and can't

Re: [Vo]:A partial list of skeptical objections to Levi et al. in Forbes

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
[mg] On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: I've been following the endless arguments about how the tests could have been rigged and it seems like every theory has been repeated over and over again . . . I have

Re: [Vo]: About the March test

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
I don't know if you ever looked at my fakes document (the lost post which never DID show up ...) Did you post that on Technobabble? I never saw anything like that ... only the two posts we discussed. [m]

Re: [Vo]:OT: Way out there! Simon Parks government officieal UFO /Alien encounters

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
The mere appearance of being normal doesn't mean someone is normal. [mg] On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: It’s the weekend! Time for a brief break! ** ** For all those Vorts who might be interested in some OT far out

Re: [Vo]:Molecular Impact Steam Technology

2013-06-11 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ... Richard Aho … or “Smokie” CEO or MIST - tries to defend his device to skeptics. It is not easy to do. There are many red flags and the so-called testing stinks. Now where have we heard that before ... ? He may or

[Vo]:Reifenschweiler effect rediscovered in Japan

2013-06-09 Thread Mark Gibbs
Are there any indications the Reifenschweiler effect produces excess heat along with the decrease in radioactivity? [m] On Sunday, June 9, 2013, Jed Rothwell wrote: I do not see where I can add a comment to that article in ColdFusionNow but anyway, here are three papers from Otto:

[Vo]:Why are pseudoskeptics so relentless in their mission to debunk?

2013-06-05 Thread Mark Gibbs
: On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Might I suggest using a smaller point size and any typeface other than Comic Sans (it's a typeface that give us type nerds bad dreams). I think Comic Sans is a perfect typeface for this list, since it scares away anyone who

Re: [Vo]:Why are pseudoskeptics so relentless in their mission to debunk?

2013-06-04 Thread Mark Gibbs
Might I suggest using a smaller point size and any typeface other than Comic Sans (it's a typeface that give us type nerds bad dreams). [mg] On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Roger B rogerbi...@hotmail.com wrote: But, seriously, that was an excellent description. Can you supply a link to it?

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-03 Thread Mark Gibbs
Even though I'm still wearing my skeptic's hat (that's the one with the propeller on top) isn't the argument about the need for calorimetry made irrelevant the amount of energy observed to have been generated? In other words, even with more precise measurements the exact energy output couldn't

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-03 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:22 PM, DJ Cravens djcrav...@hotmail.com wrote: yes, calorimetry is not needed IF you believe the claims, methods, and the effect. The claims are that the device produces significantly over unity, the methods have been alluded to but Rossi is definitely not public with

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-03 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Ah, now we have it ... it's the questions of reproducability and controlability, But these questions have no bearing on whether the effect is real or not. We're talking about

Re: [Vo]:Of NAEs and nothingness...

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
What is a Hydroton? I googled the term and all I could find were references to a clay-based plant growing medium much prized by marijuana growers ... [mg] On Thursday, May 30, 2013, Harry Veeder wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.comjavascript:_e({},

Re: [Vo]:On deception

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Cude has waved his hands and said there might be a method of deception that he has not thought of yet. As I have often pointed out, such assertions cannot be tested or falsified. There might be an error in Ohm's law we

Re: [Vo]:Rossi is suing Wikipedia for libel

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
Daniel, The link you gave (May 31st, 2013 at 2:53 PMhttp://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=806cpage=10#comment-708958) doesn't have a posting with the text you quoted and I can't find that text on the site. Can you send a link to the letter from Rossi you quoted? Thanks. [mg] On Fri, May

Re: [Vo]:Rossi is suing Wikipedia for libel

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
Rossi is infuriating. And his caps lock key is stuck. [mg] On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: No, that's all I had. Probably he deleted. Well, I hope someone else printed the screen... 2013/5/31 Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com Daniel, The link you

Re: [Vo]:Gibbs: Rossi's A Fraud! No, He's Not! Yes, He Is! No, He Isn't!

2013-05-30 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect hand waving began as a derisive reference to occult activities since these might involve the waving of hands and/or a wand. . You would be completely wrong. In fact, that is perhaps the most ridiculous

Re: [Vo]:More delusional scientists, and over 60,000 publications!

2013-05-28 Thread Mark Gibbs
Mark, If I get a chance may I quote you? [mg] On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Mark Iverson markiver...@charter.netwrote: There have been more than 60,000 papers published on high-temperature superconductive material since its discovery in 1986, said Jak Chakhalian, professor of physics at

Re: [Vo]:Hartman's not a vet...

2013-05-24 Thread Mark Gibbs
Sunil, May I quote you in a Forbes posting? If I may, may I cite your name? Thanks in advance. Yours, Mark Gibbs. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:20 AM, Sunil Shah s.u.n@hotmail.com wrote: Hi All, My first post, after a couple of year's hiding in the shadows.. Just want to settle a couple

Re: [Vo]:Hartman's not a vet...

2013-05-24 Thread Mark Gibbs
...@gibbs.com Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Hartman's not a vet... To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sunil, May I quote you in a Forbes posting? If I may, may I cite your name? Thanks in advance. Yours, Mark Gibbs. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:20 AM, Sunil Shah s.u.n

[Vo]:E-Cat Tester's Bios

2013-05-23 Thread Mark Gibbs
Does anone have any more in-depth bios of the group that tested the E-Cat. This is what I have so far: Giuseppe Levi Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy Bologna University Bologna, Italy Bio:

Re: [Vo]:Secret wiring hypothesis [second copy?]

2013-05-23 Thread Mark Gibbs
Which author is a vet? I didn't find any such thing ... [mg] On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: Rossi has stated that the testers brought their own cables. A poster here asserts that they were Rossi's cables. As usual, this issue is not addressed by the paper.

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Gibbs
on the hit list. Wrong. I don't have time to educate you but you are simply wrong. [mg] On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: ** I am with Mark. Kevin needs to grow some ethics. Andrew - Original Message - *From:* Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com

Re: [Vo]:Gibbs' article featured on major Italian newspaper

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Gibbs
We both thank you. [mg] On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote: That's pretty good! Bravo for Mark Giggs . . . And for Mark Gibbs. Him too. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Gibbs
a different address. Please standby until he has a chance to respond. This list has benefited you in the past. I suspect your gain exceeds your loss. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Kevin, Publishing a summary or abstract of my piece would have been

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Gibbs
...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Terry, Thanks. The issue has become a moot point and Bill needn't bother. I really don't care what you do to the offender; but, injuring this list is not in your best interest. After all, didn't you get

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
, this is the Internet ... you can cite a link as Alan Fletcher did so people can get directly to the original article (which, BTW, has been updated). Copying the entire piece to hundreds of people just wastes bits. William, please delete Kevin's post from the archive. Yours, Mark Gibbs. On Tue, May

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: There's another way to perpetrate the output hoax, and that's to secrete infrared lasers in the ceiling and heat the device up remotely. Lasers?! Don't you think that seems just a little farfetched? And it raises, once again, as

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: CMNS: Rossi's 3rd party test released:

2013-05-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
reputation. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Kevin, Publishing a summary or abstract of my piece would have been fine (under the concept of Fair Use) but posting my article in full to a list (and a public list at that) is a breach of both my copyright and Forbes

Re: [Vo]: ECAT Time Domain Response

2013-05-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Arnaud Kodeck arnaud.kod...@lakoco.bewrote: Rossi has recently stated in JONP that local hot spots in its reactor were the main issue. If a spot come to a certain upper threshold, the reactor goes out of control. Does anyone know what happens when Rossi's

Re: [Vo]: ECAT Time Domain Response

2013-05-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
So, in run away mode the reactor can do/always does emit radiation (of what type? X-rays and/or gamma?) is it possible that the casing of the reactor and the other components would not become radioactive? Is there any information as to what type of detector Celani used? If the spectators at the

Re: [Vo]: ECAT Time Domain Response

2013-05-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
Consider yourself asked ... oh, and what type of radiation was/would be involved? [mg] On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: If you require the theory behind this overview, just ask.

Re: [Vo]:Why you should believe the Toyota Roulette data

2013-05-12 Thread Mark Gibbs
Are the fine details of the Toyota experimental set up known? Has anyone tried to replicate that configuration? On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: Others said that the Toyota research and the NEDO program were stopped because progress was too slow (I

Re: [Vo]:Novam Research comments on eCat

2013-04-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
Interesting lack of objectivity: During the congress I met Andrea Rossi for the first time. In my estimation he is kind, competent and reputable. [mg] On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Further to the thread about gammas, here are these money quotes

Re: [Vo]:Novam Research comments on eCat

2013-04-07 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Interesting lack of objectivity: During the congress I met Andrea Rossi for the first time. In my estimation he is kind, competent and reputable. Why do you say this reflects

[Vo]:Nanotubes generate huge electric currents from osmotic flow

2013-03-04 Thread Mark Gibbs
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/nanotubes-generate-huge-electric-currents-osmotic-flow

[Vo]:13 things that do not make sense - space - 19 March 2005 - New Scientist

2013-03-04 Thread Mark Gibbs
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524911.600-13-things-that-do-not-make-sense.html?full=true And #13 is ... [m] 13 Cold fusion AFTER 16 years, it's back. In fact, cold fusion never really went away. Over a 10-year period from 1989, US navy labs ran more than 200 experiments to

Re: [Vo]:13 things that do not make sense - space - 19 March 2005 - New Scientist

2013-03-04 Thread Mark Gibbs
Bugger. Missed that. I assumed that they'd link from a current article [1] to a current article, not to history and now I find that that original article, which was linked to a current article wasn't any such thing ... it was also from 2005! I am now very suspicious of New Scientist but welcome

[Vo]:Is a Comet on a Collision Course with Mars?

2013-02-27 Thread Mark Gibbs
http://www.universetoday.com/100298/is-a-comet-on-a-collision-course-with-mars/ There is an outside chance that a newly discovered comet might be on a collision course with Mars. Astronomers are still determining the trajectory of the comet, named C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring), but at the very least,

[Vo]:Is a Comet on a Collision Course with Mars?

2013-02-27 Thread Mark Gibbs
(Sing to the tune As Time Goes By) And so, it's come to this A miss is just a miss When a comet's passing by The fundamental laws apply Across the sky ... [mg] On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'jedrothw...@gmail.com'); wrote: So, a

[Vo]:Fwd: NASA Does Cold Fusion

2013-02-26 Thread Mark Gibbs
I don't think this link has been posted to this list yet: http://futureinnovation.larc.nasa.gov/view/articles/futurism/bushnell/low-energy-nuclear-reactions.html ** ** [m]

[Vo]:Light particles illuminate the vacuum

2013-02-26 Thread Mark Gibbs
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/02/light-particles-illuminate-vacuum In an article published in the PNAS scientific journal, researchers from Aalto University and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland showed experimentally that vacuum has properties not previously observed. According to the

[Vo]:Rethinking wind power

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Gibbs
“People have often thought there’s no upper bound for wind power—that it’s one of the most scalable power sources,” says Harvard University applied physicist David Keith. After all, gusts and breezes don’t seem likely to “run out” on a global scale in the way oil wells might run dry. Yet the

Re: [Vo]:Violante and others are trying the engineering approach

2013-02-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
A question for Ed: On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The definition of success rate in these experiments is fuzzy. Ed stated with 90 cathodes. He tested them and identified 4 that met all of his criteria. These 4 worked robustly, and repeatedly. So,

Re: [Vo]:Violante and others are trying the engineering approach

2013-02-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
looking for the critical feature, but I believe they have not yet looked at small enough scale to see the active sites, which I believe are in the 1-5 nm range. Ed On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Mark Gibbs wrote: A question for Ed: On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw

[Vo]:Gizmag: NASA's basement reactor

2013-02-21 Thread Mark Gibbs
BTW, did everyone see the Gizmag article NASA's basement reactor ( http://m.gizmag.com/article/26309). It's a bit fluffy and hand-waving but I was intrigued by this section: According to Zawodny, LENR isn’t what was thought of as cold fusion and it doesn't involve strong nuclear forces. Instead,

Re: [Vo]:Re: CMNS: explaining LENR - II

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
When I recently suggested in response to Peter Gluck's question [1] that a testable theory was a necessity for LENR to be recognized as a great invention [2], it sure seemed like you all disagreed. It sure sounds like you now think a theory is required ... [m] [1]

Re: [Vo]:Re: CMNS: explaining LENR - II

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: It makes no sense to demand a testable theory or a demonstrably practical device. Science does not work that way. It usually starts with discovery and then progresses to theory, to practical device. (On rare occasions

Re: [Vo]:Re: CMNS: explaining LENR - II

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.comwrote: They did not need to put first-principles theories of flight in their patent. Gibbs seems to think this has been a requirement all along. O'Malley is making unfounded assumptions. Gibbs never wrote or implied any such

Re: [Vo]:Violante and others are trying the engineering approach

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.comwrote: They did not need to put first-principles theories of flight in their patent. Gibbs seems to think

Re: [Vo]:Violante and others are trying the engineering approach

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Gibbs didn't say anything about the Wright Brothers ... that was Ed Storms: Wrong person! Ed was speaking loosely. Ah, so if Ed speaks loosely it's OK and forgivable but if I do

Re: [Vo]:Deadly insect drones of the future

2013-02-19 Thread Mark Gibbs
Too late: http://www.indiegogo.com/robotdragonfly/x/1658702 ... basic version to be priced at $250 without camera and a camera-less silent version at $280 (perfect for stealth toxic chemical delivery). Surveillance version with two cameras (one HD) with an on-board computer that may be powerful

Re: [Vo]:Science Set Free

2013-02-15 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.comwrote: Yes, but more exactly a trial-and-errorist. Which is hardly god-like ... it seems to me that the Catholic god (omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent) is what a true god should be ... the alpha and omega ... all other

Re: [Vo]:Science Set Free

2013-02-15 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Chris Zell chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote: However, that still allows for a transcendent impersonal God who operates as a system - and might even answer prayers. A true god would not answer prayers as he would have created the conditions that required your

Re: [Vo]:Tech Predictions

2013-02-13 Thread Mark Gibbs
How about throwing in some predictions on world resource use, nuclear power, wind power, robots, the erosion of funding for HF, or the zombie apocalypse? [mg] On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The IT predictions are interesting! I have sworn off

[Vo]:Tech Predictions

2013-02-12 Thread Mark Gibbs
http://www.polratings.com/predictions Currently they're all IT predictions but anyone care to predict what will happen in CF in 2013? If you have an insight, fire away: http://www.polratings.com/predictions/prediction-submission/ [mg]

[Vo]:Nanor

2013-01-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
Does anyone know what the status is of the Nanor device at MIT? Has it been kept running? Has anyone duplicated the device and successfully run it? Thanks in advance. [mg]

Re: [Vo]:Nanor

2013-01-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Swartz has been very secretive. His web site: http://world.std.com/~mica/jettech.html Yep, that's a lot of ... er, stuff. Probably the

Re: [Vo]:Nanor

2013-01-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: And the video is AWOL. Sigh. Damn. Well the .pdf is there: http://coldfusionnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/HagelsteinPdemonstra.pdf

Re: [Vo]:Nanor

2013-01-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
here and there for support, but there is no NANOR video included (I didn't get through it to the end though!) From the release on his website, it seems that there may be some video from the Swartz portion of the course soon. On 1/31/13 7:28 PM, Mark Gibbs wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7

Re: [Vo]:Nanor

2013-01-31 Thread Mark Gibbs
is magnificent, technology works for us. Peter On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'mgi...@gibbs.com'); wrote: I must be behind the curve ... and what might KILOR and MEGAR be? [m] On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Peter Gluck peter.gl

Re: [Vo]:Suppose Watson tells people cancer treatment does not work?

2013-01-17 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ** What if the entire corpus of physics is loaded, and Watson concludes that LENR is the superior energy solution for the future of humanity, far more so than hot fusion or fission ? ** What if Watson concludes

Re: [Vo]:Suppose Watson tells people cancer treatment does not work?

2013-01-17 Thread Mark Gibbs
not be surprised, so it's kind of boring. 2013/1/17 Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ** What if the entire corpus of physics is loaded, and Watson concludes that LENR is the superior energy solution for the future of humanity, far

Re: [Vo]:(OT) epidemic and endemic

2012-12-29 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Friday, December 28, 2012, Peter Gluck wrote: but it raises the question if/when will enter LENR such lists? When there is a testable theory or a demonstrably practical device. So far, LENR is, to be perhaps somewhat poetic, no more than a willow-the-wisp ... [mg]

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