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

2011-02-12 Thread Michel Jullian
Dear Jones, While trying to do some catching up in my huge Vortex backlog, I noticed you were kind enough to mention my sphincter effect. Thanks for making it remain forever in the annals. Michel 2011/1/23 Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net: ... Well, it’s almost humorous - but one of the ways to

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

2011-02-12 Thread Jones Beene
Michel - Ha - one can detect a hint of cynical humor there - i.e. a sincere desire for posterity to remember you mainly for said effect :) BTW - we are awaiting your take on the Rossi demo. You must have some inside info on this to share? -Original Message- From: Michel Jullian Dear

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

2011-02-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From : Jones Beene ... [In reference to Michael Jullian] BTW - we are awaiting your take on the Rossi demo. You must have some inside info on this to share? Yes, Fess up, Michel! Where else can you expect to be both lauded and skewered at the same time! ;-) Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson

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

2011-01-24 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/22/2011 10:11 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: This is important! Rossi is saying that on Monday, they will upload a report by Levi et al. describing a self-sustaining run. This is the Holy Grail of cold fusion: a self-sustaining device that produces commercially useful levels of power. It's

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
Dear Mr Brian Robertson: I again want to return on your comment, because it is very important, and I forgot to say a thing that I deem important too. The same Professors of the University of Bologna who made the test of the 14th of January, had made a preliminar test, closed doors, on the

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
: noone noone thesteornpa...@yahoo.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 9:09:28 AM Subject: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode Dear Mr Brian Robertson: I again want to return on your comment, because it is very important, and I forgot to say a thing

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is important! Rossi is saying that on Monday, they will upload a report by Levi et al. describing a self-sustaining run. This is the Holy Grail of cold fusion: a self-sustaining device that produces commercially useful levels of power. People may have some doubts about Rossi's credibility,

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

2011-01-22 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Please indicate when you are quoting and when you are writing original material. The style you have been using indicates that /all/ that you post is original material, which is false. On 01/22/2011 09:09 AM, noone noone wrote: Dear Mr Brian Robertson: I again want to return on your comment,

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: Please indicate when you are quoting and when you are writing original material. Yes, that is a good idea. I sometimes insert the word QUOTE to make it clear where the dividing line is. Also, when you copy text from a web site, please copy the URL

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
So if this turns out to be legit (I'm 99.9% convinced it is) what is the global significance? From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 10:15:11 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jones Beene
Jed, all Yes, this development is important, but not exactly for the reason specified. In fact, IMO - it makes the device far riskier in the eyes of authorities. (and more subject to eventual political interference by Oil interests). Not to nitpick, but going from 20:1 P-out/P-in is

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

2011-01-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Otherwise a runaway is more likely. In fact as far as the ‘grail’ metaphor goes, I think most engineers would STRONGLY prefer to control the reaction via P-in. If N quenches the reaction, tweeking by nitrogen injection

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
:00:10 AM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode Jed, all Yes, this development is important, but not exactly for the reason specified. In fact, IMO - it makes the device far riskier in the eyes of “authorities.” (and more subject to eventual political

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jones Beene
Let me expand the following thought a bit: The fact that the Rossi reaction will self-sustain without external input energy is a strong negative. Why, you ask? In two words - chain reaction. This ability to self-sustain is a very clear indication of at least a limited chain reaction. I

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
noone noone thesteornpa...@yahoo.com wrote: Safety is NOT the big issue here. The biggest issue is if this works. On the contrary, some of Rossi's messages indicate that safety is a big issue, and it is not assured. If the NRC has a problem with this technology I think that Rossi should

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
On the contrary, some of Rossi's messages indicate that safety is a big issue, and it is not assured. Safety is an issue, but it is not the big issue. The big issue is proving to the world this technology works. If it is proven this technology works then it will be implemented around the

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
...@pacbell.net To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 11:46:38 AM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode Let me expand the following thought a bit: “The fact that the Rossi reaction will self-sustain without external input energy is a strong negative

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

2011-01-22 Thread Terry Blanton
My opinion is that the time for conspiracies by oilies to halt new energy sources has passed. Evidence indicates that we achieved the Hubble Peak in 2006. Saudi oil fields are in decline (seawater injection is killing them faster due to greed). Venezuela now has greater reserves than the

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
noone noone thesteornpa...@yahoo.com wrote: I am sure they [NRC] know it exists. They might not be taking it seriously. Why are you sure they know it exists? Have you been in contact with someone in the NRC who says it exists? (You need not reveal the name of your contact.) I disagree. I

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 12:26:07 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode My opinion is that the time for conspiracies by oilies to halt new energy sources has passed. Evidence indicates that we achieved

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: I say this because they contact me from time to time expressing great surprise, asking rather uniformed question . . . That is suppose to be uninformed questions. Naive questions that reveal they know nothing about the subject. Usually, the first thing they say is: I thought this

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
, but for industrial uses in which they would be monitored by professionals I do not see an issue. From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 12:34:53 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information

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

2011-01-22 Thread Nick Palmer
noone wrote: So if this turns out to be legit (I'm 99.9% convinced it is) what is the global significance? Big. Very big. As Douglas Adams, describing space, said: Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindboggingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way

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

2011-01-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:35 PM, noone noone thesteornpa...@yahoo.com wrote I also think we are in peak oil. Others disagree: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/is-peak-oil-behind-us/?src=twttwt=nytimesgreen The Hubbard peak actually occurred in 2008, not 2006. T

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

2011-01-22 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/22/2011 10:11 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: This is important! Rossi is saying that on Monday, they will upload a report by Levi et al. describing a self-sustaining run. This is the Holy Grail of cold fusion: a self-sustaining device that produces commercially useful levels of power. It

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

2011-01-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:09 AM, noone noone thesteornpa...@yahoo.com wrote:  Dear Mr Brian Robertson: I again want to return on your comment, because it is very important, and I forgot to say a thing that I deem important too. Oh, and I think Rossi's response was to Nobel laureate Brian D.

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

2011-01-22 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/22/2011 11:11 AM, noone noone wrote: I think it is a very good development. It is even more evidence that the reaction is real and robust. Safety is NOT the big issue here. The biggest issue is if this works. If the NRC has a problem with this technology I think that Rossi should

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: What a beautifully ironic possibility! We could quickly go from assertions from powerful experts that CF doesn't exist, CF is ludicrous, to assertions it is dangerous! Well, in all seriousness: Mizuno's cell and at least 5 others exploded; Rossi

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jones Beene
Yes, It is so bizarre to imagine that I am rendered speechless. However not keyboard-less . adjust your spam filter accordingly :-) From: Horace Heffner What a beautifully ironic possibility! We could quickly go from assertions from powerful experts that CF doesn't exist, CF

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]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode

2011-01-22 Thread Mark Iverson
: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 8:47 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode Let me expand the following thought a bit: The fact that the Rossi reaction will self-sustain without

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

2011-01-22 Thread mixent
In reply to noone noone's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:45:09 -0800 (PST): Hi, [snip] So if this turns out to be legit (I'm 99.9% convinced it is) what is the global significance? The Golden Age of Man. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html

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

2011-01-22 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:08:03 -0500: Hi, [snip] On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Otherwise a runaway is more likely. In fact as far as the ‘grail’ metaphor goes, I think most engineers would STRONGLY prefer to control

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

2011-01-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:53 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I doubt Nitrogen can be used as a regulatory mechanism. It probably poisons the whole lattice, so I suspect that the reactor wouldn't work again until you got rid of it. IOW it was a good idea to shut down a run-away (like dumping

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

2011-01-22 Thread Harry Veeder
I hope monday's update includes some isotopic and elemental analysis of the nickel. Harry From: noone noone thesteornpa...@yahoo.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 10:45:09 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self

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

2011-01-22 Thread noone noone
PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Monday Update to Release Information on Self Sustain Mode Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: What a beautifully ironic possibility! We could quickly go from assertions from powerful experts that CF doesn't exist, CF is ludicrous, to assertions it is dangerous

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

2011-01-22 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:10:17 -0500: Hi, [snip] On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:53 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I doubt Nitrogen can be used as a regulatory mechanism. It probably poisons the whole lattice, so I suspect that the reactor wouldn't work again

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

2011-01-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote I think it could be purged by a *net* flow of H *through* the reactor, but AFAIK Rossi only uses pressure swings superimposed on a net flow *into* the reactor. IOW there is no H stream exiting the reactor to carry the N away, so it

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

2011-01-22 Thread Jones Beene
From: Mark Iverson Jones wrote: Why, you ask? In two words - chain reaction. This ability to self-sustain is a very clear indication of at least a limited chain reaction. I will define the limited part in another post. It may be a chain reaction, but most likely NOT the kind that escalates as

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

2011-01-22 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:01:37 -0800: Hi, [snip] At this juncture, giving the inventor benefit of doubt, and since Rossi seems convinced that the main reaction involves a proton and a nickel nucleus, then we would have to conclude the relatively cold hydrogen

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

2011-01-22 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 22, 2011, at 4:53 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:08:03 -0500: Hi, [snip] On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Otherwise a runaway is more likely. In fact as far as the ‘grail’ metaphor