Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: There is a classic demonstration, used to be common in high school physics labs: you boil water in a paper cup, over a flame, as I recall. A paper cup!? Please, folks, don't stick your hand in that invisible steam. It may only be at 100 degrees, but it's

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: No it didn't because it wasn't public and details weren't documented. Lost performative here. That's why Stephen and Jed are talking past each other. Jed means confirmed for Levi and Rossi, Stephen means didn't confirm for the rest of us. Basically, confirmed is

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: Lost performative here. That's why Stephen and Jed are talking past each other. Jed means confirmed for Levi and Rossi, . . . That's exactly what I meant. Obviously if you don't take Levi's word for it, this is not proof for you. I should have said: this is not CONFIRMATION for

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: ... Another factor is that I have some unpublished information about this test, and about some other private tests. I do not have a huge amount of information, but enough to give me more confidence in the results. Stephen Lawrence does not have this information so naturally he is

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: Can you elaborate a little more about such unpublished information. Nope. Sorry. Over the past year I mentioned several times that I heard about private tests of the eCats. Some worked, others did not. Some of the people doing these tests shared a few

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:59 PM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 11-06-19 04:38 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 11:57 AM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I won't argue this with you again, Jed, I had enough trouble getting you to admit that it's possible to have steam at higher than 100 C at 1

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:32 PM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Also think about how you find yourself responding to my comment. Do you find yourself imagining that I have a motive, You must have a motive but I can't imagine what it is. (It never, in a million years, would have occurred to me that you

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:52 AM 6/20/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: There is a classic demonstration, used to be common in high school physics labs: you boil water in a paper cup, over a flame, as I recall. A paper cup!? Yeah. I think one of my high school science teachers, the

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 02:19 PM 6/20/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: Another factor is that I have some unpublished information about this test, and about some other private tests. I do not have a huge amount of information, but enough to give me more confidence in the results. Stephen Lawrence does not have this

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:38 PM 6/20/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: The fact that Rossi has done what he claims is equally self-evident to me. The speculation about wet and dry steam is bunk. The second test proved that beyond any doubt. It is a waste of time even discussing it. Jed might be right. However, in the

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: The fact that Rossi has done what he claims is equally self-evident to me. The speculation about wet and dry steam is bunk. The second test proved that beyond any doubt. It is a waste of time even discussing it. Jed might be right. However,

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-20 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:06 PM 6/20/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax mailto:a...@lomaxdesign.coma...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: The fact that Rossi has done what he claims is equally self-evident to me. The speculation about wet and dry steam is bunk. The second test proved that beyond any doubt. It is

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Rock_nj
I think the fact that Levi was caught telling a white lie about a report that does not exist is certainly news since it brings into question Levi's trustworthiness. If he was caught lying about the existence of that Galantini report, what else is he lying about? If you read the comments section

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-18 10:57 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 11-06-18 09:21 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: I don't think Galantini is a thermodynamics expert. Jed is right about sparging the steam. Why do they insist on using phase change measurements anyway? There are a dozen

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: Coupled with the admission that the steam was wet (which has seemed pretty obvious to me for quite a while, though, as I've said before, I'm no expert) this makes Galantini's assertions about steam look pretty unreliable. 1. I do not see them

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder hlvee...@yahoo.com wrote: Why do they insist on using phase change measurements anyway? There are a dozen better ways to measure energy flow. I think Levi and Rossi did the private flow test in feburary to really convince themselves, and not to the arm chair skeptics,

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Ooops, overlooked something in your message. On 11-06-19 11:39 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: 3. The second test with liquid phase flow calorimetry confirmed that the first test was right No it didn't because it wasn't public and details weren't documented. It was viewed, in private, by exactly

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: 1. I do not see them admitting any such thing. 2. It cannot be obvious to you because you were not there and you have not used instruments or done tests to measure the enthalpy of the steam. It was obvious from the output temperature curves and

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: 3. The second test with liquid phase flow calorimetry confirmed that the first test was right No it didn't because it wasn't public and details weren't documented. I said that too. Only a few details were released. If you believe these details,

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-19 12:04 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com mailto:sa...@pobox.com wrote: 1. I do not see them admitting any such thing. 2. It cannot be obvious to you because you were not there and you have not used instruments or done tests to measure the

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-19 11:39 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com mailto:sa...@pobox.com wrote: Coupled with the admission that the steam was wet (which has seemed pretty obvious to me for quite a while, though, as I've said before, I'm no expert) this makes

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-06-19 02:37, Harry Veeder wrote: If I recall correctly someone wrote on the vortex list back in feburary or march that Galantini never wrote a report, so that fact is not news. Steven Kirvit managed to catch Levi uttering a 'white lie' to *him*. Is that fact news? Try read the

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:57 PM 6/18/2011, Harry Veeder wrote: If you were Rossi the businessman, and you knew your device has turned water into steam for short periods of time without any input power, wouldn't you treat the steam quality issue as a minor concern? Harry Sure, I might, but I would also understand

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-19 12:13 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com mailto:sa...@pobox.com wrote: That's like a poker game where nobody has to show their cards, they just state what they have and everyone believes them. In poker, you do not have to show your card if

RE: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Andrea Rossi: June 18th, 2011 at 4:02 AM ... By the way: in a statement he released further, he [Krivit] said that while Prof. Levi told him there was a report about this issue, I said in the interview that there was not a report about this issue. This is a translation

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:39 AM 6/19/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: He is a very frank.He said emphatically he wants no more tests before the 1 MW demonstration. I think that policy is ill-advised. I do not understand it. But it is his decision, and I suppose he has his reasons. Well, there are two possible reasons

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:37 PM 6/18/2011, you wrote: Why Levi is upset is more evident in this exchange between Steven Krivit and Luigi Versaggi P. https://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/cold-fusion-andrea-rossi-method/i-made-a-question-to-steven-krivit/235485236468276 If I recall correctly someone wrote on the

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:57 AM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I won't argue this with you again, Jed, I had enough trouble getting you to admit that it's possible to have steam at higher than 100 C at 1 atmosphere of pressure. Stephen, perhaps you are making the same mistake here, misunderstanding

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:03 PM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Ooops, overlooked something in your message. On 11-06-19 11:39 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: 3. The second test with liquid phase flow calorimetry confirmed that the first test was right No it didn't because it wasn't public and details weren't

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-19 04:38 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 11:57 AM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I won't argue this with you again, Jed, I had enough trouble getting you to admit that it's possible to have steam at higher than 100 C at 1 atmosphere of pressure. Stephen, perhaps you are

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:09 PM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I won't argue this with you again, Jed, I had enough trouble getting you to admit that it's possible to have steam at higher than 100 C at 1 atmosphere of pressure. Oh come now. Don't make false accusations. I admitted fully and frankly that

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-19 05:22 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 12:09 PM 6/19/2011, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I won't argue this with you again, Jed, I had enough trouble getting you to admit that it's possible to have steam at higher than 100 C at 1 atmosphere of pressure. Oh come now. Don't make

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, June 19, 2011 12:03:30 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset Ooops, overlooked something in your message. On 11-06-19 11:39 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: 3. The second test

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Harry Veeder
ahh... so it is nothing more than misunderstanding about the meaning of the word report. Harry - Original Message From: Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, June 19, 2011 1:32:02 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset On 2011-06-19 02:37

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-19 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, June 19, 2011 8:01:26 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset On 11-06-18 10:57 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 11-06-18 09:21 PM, Terry Blanton wrote

[Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-18 Thread Harry Veeder
Why Levi is upset is more evident in this exchange between Steven Krivit and Luigi Versaggi P. https://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/cold-fusion-andrea-rossi-method/i-made-a-question-to-steven-krivit/235485236468276 If I recall correctly someone wrote on the vortex list back in feburary or march

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-18 Thread Terry Blanton
I don't think Galantini is a thermodynamics expert. Jed is right about sparging the steam. Why do they insist on using phase change measurements anyway? There are a dozen better ways to measure energy flow. T

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-18 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, June 18, 2011 9:21:53 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset I don't think Galantini is a thermodynamics expert.  Jed is right about sparging the steam. Why do they insist on using

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-18 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-18 08:37 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: Why Levi is upset is more evident in this exchange between Steven Krivit and Luigi Versaggi P. https://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/cold-fusion-andrea-rossi-method/i-made-a-question-to-steven-krivit/235485236468276 If I recall correctly someone wrote

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-18 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-06-18 09:21 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: I don't think Galantini is a thermodynamics expert. Jed is right about sparging the steam. Why do they insist on using phase change measurements anyway? There are a dozen better ways to measure energy flow. OK, you asked for it, somebody should

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-18 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-06-19 04:06, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I can't be sure from Krivit's rather murky summary of events whether Levi was actually lying about it, or was confused, mistaken, or had been misled by Rossi, but whatever the underlying situation is, Levi comes across looking very bad here, IMHO.

Re: [Vo]:Why Levi is upset

2011-06-18 Thread Harry Veeder
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 11-06-18 09:21 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: I don't think Galantini is a thermodynamics expert.  Jed is right about sparging the steam. Why do they insist on using phase change measurements anyway?  There are a dozen better ways to measure energy flow.