On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Vorticians, > > My bad. I came under a fair amount of criticism for reporting a rumor that > lead to both of the twin comedic episodes here last week - of 1) the outing > of Greg Watson, masquerading as AussiGuy, and 2) the BBB not leaving > Bologna > (the big lie). > Unfair critique-- it was an excellent job! > > My prediction is that AR will finally understand the sorry state > that his reputation has sunk to, from the high in October to the pits in > January, and that he will be forced to do the real test, with real > independent scientists. > If he does not, will you raise your estimate of the probability that it's all a scam? And how long are you willing to wait for anything new and persuasive or compelling from Rossi? Or Defkalion? Or Jed Rothwell, LOL? > My second prediction is that he will pass the real test, almost with flying > colors but only for 8-12 hours, and then the E-Cat will go into quiescence > mode, as always happens. But the scientists observing this will be > absolutely blown away by hours of infinite COP. > I hope you're right but I really doubt it. If it turns out that way, it will probably be only an engineering and development issue requiring some research. But I am predicting the test will never happen for obvious reasons. Maybe Rossi will do another contrived and deceptive test under his total control or another anonymous test but I doubt that he will try those silly gambits again.