Re: [Vo]:OT [WIsconsin Politics] you have been warned
Steven,
Love the Wisconsin cheese.
{For the uninformed, [OT] means off topic and was long ago agreed upon
that it would proceed off topic discussions so that you could
establish filters to operate accordingly.
Warm regards,}
T
RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human presence causes the bulb to be noticed, because without nearby human presence, the bulb isn't noticed. I had never heard of the term sliders, but based on the description given here I used to believe I had slider characteristics. I noticed that certain street lamps I passed, especially when I was driving in my car or walking past them at night would suddenly blink out. After several repeated encounters it seemed very obvious to me that my presence must have been responsible. However, what dissuaded me from a personal belief that I was the cause of the anomaly was the fact that I got curious and began to observe the same lamps more closely. After a more careful extended period of observations I noticed that the same street lamps which I thought my presence was somehow influencing were regularly turning off all on their own regardless of whether I was nearby or not. There was obviously something wrong with the streetlamp. I suspect they were overheating and something like an internal circuit breaker had been tripped. After they cooled down they would turn back on again. The curious anomaly had nothing to do with me. Grant me serenity over the street lamps I am unable to influence. The courage to influence the street lamps that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
Re: [Vo]:refrig question off topic
Refrigerators should last 15 or 20 years. They will last longer than that, but they have been improving rapidly in recent decades. After 20 years, the energy cost savings make it more cost efficient to buy a new one. Speaking of energy, yesterday Google featured some interesting info on their front page, which can be found here: http://www.google.com/green/efficiency/ They are running their data centers at 80°F, which surprised me. They use a lot of natural cooling, such as ocean water in data centers next to the ocean. - Jed
[Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics
Here is an article about the people who oppose wind: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/05/memo-group-wants-to-create-fake-grassroots-wind-subversion-campaign-that-should-appear-as-a-groundswell When I last heard about these people, their money was coming from big coal. Coal competes with wind more than oil does. Wind has taken roughly 4% of their business. If it ever becomes generally known that cold fusion is real, I expect that vested interests will oppose cold fusion with political tactics similar to this. Only the scale of the spending will be far larger. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
A characteristic of HID lights is that they begin to cycle on and off as they approach the end of life. Time to replace those Slider lamps. Dave -Original Message- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 8:59 am Subject: RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human presence causes the bulb to be noticed, because without nearby human presence, the bulb isn't noticed. I had never heard of the term sliders, but based on the description given ere I used to believe I had slider characteristics. I noticed that certain treet lamps I passed, especially when I was driving in my car or walking ast them at night would suddenly blink out. After several repeated ncounters it seemed very obvious to me that my presence must have been esponsible. However, what dissuaded me from a personal belief that I was he cause of the anomaly was the fact that I got curious and began to bserve the same lamps more closely. After a more careful extended period of bservations I noticed that the same street lamps which I thought my resence was somehow influencing were regularly turning off all on their own egardless of whether I was nearby or not. There was obviously something rong with the streetlamp. I suspect they were overheating and something ike an internal circuit breaker had been tripped. After they cooled down hey would turn back on again. The curious anomaly had nothing to do with e. Grant me serenity over the street lamps I am unable to influence. The ourage to influence the street lamps that I can, and the wisdom to know the ifference. Regards, teven Vincent Johnson ww.OrionWorks.com ww.zazzle.com/orionworks
Re: [Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics
Jed I am afraid that it will be easier for the vested interests to oppose cold fusion. They will scare the public by equating cold fusion devices with nuclear reactors emphasizing the radiation aspects. I hope that logic will prevail and that LENR units will become widespread despite the opposition. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 9:33 am Subject: [Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics Here is an article about the people who oppose wind: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/05/memo-group-wants-to-create-fake-grassroots-wind-subversion-campaign-that-should-appear-as-a-groundswell When I last heard about these people, their money was coming from big coal. Coal competes with wind more than oil does. Wind has taken roughly 4% of their business. If it ever becomes generally known that cold fusion is real, I expect that vested interests will oppose cold fusion with political tactics similar to this. Only the scale of the spending will be far larger. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics
David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Jed I am afraid that it will be easier for the vested interests to oppose cold fusion. They will scare the public by equating cold fusion devices with nuclear reactors emphasizing the radiation aspects. No doubt they will. It will easy for them to attack because the people who support cold fusion initially will have no money. Plus they will not be allowed to publish their views in the mass media, whereas the anti-cold fusion people such as Robert Park will be free to publish as many op ed articles as they want. The only way cold fusion will survive will be to get the support of the public, and the support of corporations that will profit from it. So far we have zero support from those two groups. Rossi is working vigorously to prevent public knowledge and support for his claims. He is no fool. I believe he has no patent, so he knows he will lose everything if it becomes generally known that his claims are real. It irks me though, because he pays lip service to high-flown altruistic goals. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
I think lights that are near death are prone to being influenced by the presence of people. So yes the light might turn on and off when you aren't near it, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that you had some infleunce at other times. Harry On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human presence causes the bulb to be noticed, because without nearby human presence, the bulb isn't noticed. I had never heard of the term sliders, but based on the description given here I used to believe I had slider characteristics. I noticed that certain street lamps I passed, especially when I was driving in my car or walking past them at night would suddenly blink out. After several repeated encounters it seemed very obvious to me that my presence must have been responsible. However, what dissuaded me from a personal belief that I was the cause of the anomaly was the fact that I got curious and began to observe the same lamps more closely. After a more careful extended period of observations I noticed that the same street lamps which I thought my presence was somehow influencing were regularly turning off all on their own regardless of whether I was nearby or not. There was obviously something wrong with the streetlamp. I suspect they were overheating and something like an internal circuit breaker had been tripped. After they cooled down they would turn back on again. The curious anomaly had nothing to do with me. Grant me serenity over the street lamps I am unable to influence. The courage to influence the street lamps that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
I used to have it happen relatively often when driving on the highway, especially when I was in a strong negative emotional state. I recall one time I was biking and was really upset about something I can't recall and pulled into a gas station for something and all the pumps crashed (they're electronic). Other things like that have happened from time to time. Of course, it could be coincidences ;) Jim D. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: I think lights that are near death are prone to being influenced by the presence of people. So yes the light might turn on and off when you aren't near it, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that you had some infleunce at other times. Harry On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human presence causes the bulb to be noticed, because without nearby human presence, the bulb isn't noticed. I had never heard of the term sliders, but based on the description given here I used to believe I had slider characteristics. I noticed that certain street lamps I passed, especially when I was driving in my car or walking past them at night would suddenly blink out. After several repeated encounters it seemed very obvious to me that my presence must have been responsible. However, what dissuaded me from a personal belief that I was the cause of the anomaly was the fact that I got curious and began to observe the same lamps more closely. After a more careful extended period of observations I noticed that the same street lamps which I thought my presence was somehow influencing were regularly turning off all on their own regardless of whether I was nearby or not. There was obviously something wrong with the streetlamp. I suspect they were overheating and something like an internal circuit breaker had been tripped. After they cooled down they would turn back on again. The curious anomaly had nothing to do with me. Grant me serenity over the street lamps I am unable to influence. The courage to influence the street lamps that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
The are probably sensitive the infrared emission from you body. Frank -Original Message- From: Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. I think lights that are near death are prone to being influenced by the presence of people. So yes the light might turn on and off when you aren't near it, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that you had some infleunce at other times. Harry On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human presence causes the bulb to be noticed, because without nearby human presence, the bulb isn't noticed. I had never heard of the term sliders, but based on the description given here I used to believe I had slider characteristics. I noticed that certain street lamps I passed, especially when I was driving in my car or walking past them at night would suddenly blink out. After several repeated encounters it seemed very obvious to me that my presence must have been responsible. However, what dissuaded me from a personal belief that I was the cause of the anomaly was the fact that I got curious and began to observe the same lamps more closely. After a more careful extended period of observations I noticed that the same street lamps which I thought my presence was somehow influencing were regularly turning off all on their own regardless of whether I was nearby or not. There was obviously something wrong with the streetlamp. I suspect they were overheating and something like an internal circuit breaker had been tripped. After they cooled down they would turn back on again. The curious anomaly had nothing to do with me. Grant me serenity over the street lamps I am unable to influence. The courage to influence the street lamps that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
Re: [Vo]:Another Blast from the Past
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Even if Mills does turn out to be America's Newton there can be little doubt that the paranoid and haughty approach he has employed over the past two decades - to leak out details, followed by unfulfilled promises - but then to back-off into silent isolation, makes for a tragic (bipolar) ending. That would make him all the more like Newton. Newton was a haughty, secretive jerk. Galileo was even worse. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:What was that?
I just wanted to say a few more words on That which has been up there since only *you know who* knows when. First, highly advanced civilizations spacecraft consist either of a highly reflective surface, while others are less so. Upon my doing some thorough research into this whole complete *other* matter over the many years (any all relative activity), and in-particular an actual daytime photo and/or video of an advanced spacecraft hovering motionless over a field at only about 2 hundred feet or so from the videocamera (forget hoax, as it could not be disproved),,, plus, a first-hand eyewitness account that described a craft that landed at night, in the very back of their property several hundred fet away,,, plus, what I would say is authentic video of this landed craft. The authenticity of this video could not be disproven, yet was regarded as such. At any rate, it had a bulb-like dome on it's underside that emitted a relatively bright light,,, thus, enabling me to conclude that some advanced spacecraft have some type of translucent obsidian material that can light up as bright as a sun (if you happen to be undeneath it. Some advanced spacecraft also consist of a highly reflective surface, while others do not, and/or consist more of a dulled-down metallic surface. So, over the many years of me not only observing the skies for countless hours w/ the unaided eye, seeing all those countless lights up in space doing all sorts of things, plus, a first-hand witness to a craft performing maneuvers in the daytime at about a mile or two distance, which had an eerily metallic-glow from the morning sun reflecting off of,,, as it went up and down around and back forth and up down again. As it maneuvered about in a 3 to 5 hundred foot range, it seem to emit a sort of swirling tail, which was obviously an optical effect, due to it's surface and angle to the sun. Now, I've done alot of homework over the years, and determined that many people have first-hand witnessed the direct effects and/or activities of a powerful energy-field being emitted from some of these highly advanced spaceraft. To sum it up , simply, the vegetation in this world and/or materials we produce have been structurally altered, such as soil dehydration or unable to absorb H2O, and/or conveted back into its base compound. Vegetation in the form of circles have been knocked down, trees magnetized, people subdued or knocked out, and/or their vehicle subdued while they were fully awake. All of these things are done w/o any physical contact and/or by an energyfield. Guages, instrumentation, electronic systems subdued or altered, radios jammed, or simply static. The list goes on on as to what has been happening over the years, but *not* on a level that affects the overall physche of the majority of people in our society, or on a mass scale... IOW's, most people now believe it's possible that other intelligent life could exist, however, there is no real proof. so, we'll have to search the stars for variations in their wobble, that can predict an earthsized planet (oh wel, it's better than nothing, I guess ). Now, I know this topic is OT (Obviously True), and besides, it's just too controversial, and is regarded by many level headed down to earth people (who have never actually looked up) who tend to be highly trained professionals, and obviously have a fear of being labeled spaced out however, it's all actually quite relative, and if you really wanted to, this whole complete other matter can be fully known by us, here now. For me, there no longer is any question about it, because Technological Heaven has been absolutely thoroughly accomplished, and it is *we* that have yet to develope that technology which will determine (beyond all doubt) fact from ficition, or reality from fantasy, or
[Vo]:I think some Japanese nuke plants may reopen
There is still tremendous controversy in Japan about whether to re-open any of the nuclear power plants. This summer, they are projecting a 20% power shortage in the Osaka area, and 10 to 15% shortages elsewhere. Last year they managed to cut consumption by 10% to 15% in some cities, but 20% seems unreasonable to me. It would cause severe economic dislocations and some deaths from elderly people. They are already stretched. Factories are doing emergency relocation of production to other parts of the country. Production lines are running at night and on weekends, and shutting down at peak hours. Commuting by electric trains and work hours have been staggered, although for some strange reason they refuse to implement daylight savings time. (They have discussed it.) It is difficult for parents with school-age children because the schools are on standard time. There is some talk of turning on the Osaka area reactors, which are located far from the city. The ones I have seen on the map are on the other side of Honshu. Some of the local people around the reactors are in favor of turning them on again, because they are losing jobs and population with the reactors off. Others are opposed. The mayor of Osaka, a popular young politician, is opposed. He thinks the city would be threatened by an accident. It would take an accident a lot worse than Fukushima to reach the city. It is complicated, but the overall message from the voters is clear: nuclear power is not acceptable. It must be abandoned completely now, or phased out quickly. I do not think any Japanese politician will stand against public opinion on this. It would be like an American politician saying: we should put a tax of $3 per gallon on gasoline to pay for the wars in the Middle East. If I were them, I would turn on most of the nukes now, especially the newer ones. Then I would phase them out in 10 to 20 years. I hate to think of all the coal they are burning. Their fossil fuel consumption has gone through the roof. There is risk in that, too. - Jed
RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
Just what not why. I had a housemate whilst at Cornell who manifested the reverse Midas touch. We did several experiments to verify the effects were real and they were! One was when we asked him to please turn the volume down on a radio, and an electrollytic capacitor failed emitting voluminous vapors into the room. Another was to turn on a light, and it burned out. He definitely should not go into a computer room. There were many more experiments like that, not all electrical in nature -- locking keys in car, flat tires at inappropriate times etc. It's interesting that no significant physical harm ever occurred, although the potential was there. In the movie Pure Luck they give this a scientific name Coincident Misfortune Syndrome. I recommend that movie ( starring Martin Short ). I really enjoyed it because I knew this syndrome is real. Hoyt Stearns Scottsdale, Arizona US -Original Message- From: fznidar...@aol.com [mailto:fznidar...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:19 AM From: Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. I think lights that are near death are prone to being influenced by the presence of people. So yes the light might turn on and off when you aren't near it, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that you had some infleunce at other times. Harry On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human presence causes the bulb to be noticed, because without nearby human presence, the bulb isn't noticed.
[Vo]:Starlite : another Secret Sauce saga
The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428641.700-the-power-of-cool-whatever-became-of-starlite.html?full=true (Free registration required ... access for a few days only). In 1990 Maurice Ward demonstrated on BBC's Tomorrow's World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4nnLP--uTI a coating which he painted onto an egg, which resisted a blowtorch ... after a few minutes the egg was still runny. Subsequent tests at various Government and University labs -- including lasers and arc lamps -- confirmed its efficiency. But Ward never revealed the secret sauce -- which he called gubbins -- and used confusing and ever-changing pseudo-scientific terms to describe it. During negotiations, Ward would ask for £1 million pounds one day, then £10 million the next, [corporate atty Greenberg] says. He was interviewed in 2009 by the UK The Daily Telegraph newspaper http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/5158972/Starlite-the-nuclear-blast-defying-plastic-that-could-change-the-world.html ** Lots of detail there ** Ward died in 2011 ... and it's not presently clear that the secret sauce recipe has been preserved. (lenr.qumbu.com -- analyzing the Rossi/Focardi eCat -- and the defkalion hyperion -- Hi, google!)
Re: [Vo]:I think some Japanese nuke plants may reopen
Japanese are importing massive amounts of LNG to compensate. The Asian LNG price has spiked to almost 4x US and 2x European price in last year based mostly on increased Japanese demand but it should come down over next couple of years as the market adapts (more LNG plants and Ships will be built). If the Japanese are truly done with Nuclear then they have to switch to more natural gas, they had 50GW of nuclear which for combined cycle GT replacements costs about $500/kW or $25Billion. But building combined cycle GT plants takes a couple of years (and there are long lead items like 100MW+ transformers that take several years to get delivered). In shorter term they can simply increase their LNG imports using existing infrastructure and run it through large IC engine natural gas generator sets (costing just $200/kW at 1MW level, or $10billion for 50GW). A 1MW genset can be bought and installed in a matter of days at neighbourhood level, and they are quite efficient - about 42% vs 58% for a combined cycle GT plant. At current Asian LNG prices these Gensets can produce electricity for about $0.20/kWh, which isn't cheap, but is survivable. Consider that at $0.20/kWh a $200k 1MW genset will generate almost $1.5 million in electricity every year and you can see that their capital cost isn't too worrying. On 17 May 2012 19:02, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: There is still tremendous controversy in Japan about whether to re-open any of the nuclear power plants. This summer, they are projecting a 20% power shortage in the Osaka area, and 10 to 15% shortages elsewhere. Last year they managed to cut consumption by 10% to 15% in some cities, but 20% seems unreasonable to me. It would cause severe economic dislocations and some deaths from elderly people. They are already stretched. Factories are doing emergency relocation of production to other parts of the country. Production lines are running at night and on weekends, and shutting down at peak hours. Commuting by electric trains and work hours have been staggered, although for some strange reason they refuse to implement daylight savings time. (They have discussed it.) It is difficult for parents with school-age children because the schools are on standard time. There is some talk of turning on the Osaka area reactors, which are located far from the city. The ones I have seen on the map are on the other side of Honshu. Some of the local people around the reactors are in favor of turning them on again, because they are losing jobs and population with the reactors off. Others are opposed. The mayor of Osaka, a popular young politician, is opposed. He thinks the city would be threatened by an accident. It would take an accident a lot worse than Fukushima to reach the city. It is complicated, but the overall message from the voters is clear: nuclear power is not acceptable. It must be abandoned completely now, or phased out quickly. I do not think any Japanese politician will stand against public opinion on this. It would be like an American politician saying: we should put a tax of $3 per gallon on gasoline to pay for the wars in the Middle East. If I were them, I would turn on most of the nukes now, especially the newer ones. Then I would phase them out in 10 to 20 years. I hate to think of all the coal they are burning. Their fossil fuel consumption has gone through the roof. There is risk in that, too. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Starlite : another Secret Sauce saga
Another demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxqFyDugqs4
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
In reply to William Beaty's message of Wed, 16 May 2012 22:06:58 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] In that case, the effect would follow certain streetlights (not reported,) ...or streetlight types as in your comment here below about strings... and wouldn't follow certain rare people (commonly reported.) ...those with holes in their soles...? ;) Control for very unusual height, rare types of shoe soles, etc. One of the common stories is that a person turns off *strings* of streetlights one at a time as they pass under them. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
Re: [Vo]:Starlite : another Secret Sauce saga
Meh, I think the real reason it was never sold is it just wasn't that special. There is a very low probability that it would have been a product that would have been commercially competitive with existing thermal protection materials (from either cost or performance point of view). For the high temp demos it was undoubtedly acting as an ablative. Ablatives have very limited applications as most high temp processes require long term durability. For the few applications needing ablatives (rockets) there are generally strength, durability and processing requirements as well as issues like vacuum outgassing or long term chemical stability that could marginalise the usefulness of whatever starlite was. There are also no shortage of well understood and very cheap ablatives alternatives like Oak or phenolic resin impregnated carbon (Pica). For other applications requiring durability we have access to very cheap and very low conductivity ceramic felts made out of Alumina, Silica, Mullites fibres that can withstand up to 1700°C as well as other low thermal conductivity materials with huge variety in different performance attributes (depending on what is important), even 3000°C is possible with graphite fiber insulation in inert atmospheres. On 17 May 2012 21:03, Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite? http://www.newscientist.com/**article/mg21428641.700-the-** power-of-cool-whatever-became-**of-starlite.html?full=truehttp://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428641.700-the-power-of-cool-whatever-became-of-starlite.html?full=true (Free registration required ... access for a few days only). In 1990 Maurice Ward demonstrated on BBC's Tomorrow's World http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=W4nnLP--uTIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4nnLP--uTI a coating which he painted onto an egg, which resisted a blowtorch ... after a few minutes the egg was still runny. Subsequent tests at various Government and University labs -- including lasers and arc lamps -- confirmed its efficiency. But Ward never revealed the secret sauce -- which he called gubbins -- and used confusing and ever-changing pseudo-scientific terms to describe it. During negotiations, Ward would ask for £1 million pounds one day, then £10 million the next, [corporate atty Greenberg] says. He was interviewed in 2009 by the UK The Daily Telegraph newspaper http://www.telegraph.co.uk/**technology/5158972/Starlite-** the-nuclear-blast-defying-**plastic-that-could-change-the-**world.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/5158972/Starlite-the-nuclear-blast-defying-plastic-that-could-change-the-world.html ** Lots of detail there ** Ward died in 2011 ... and it's not presently clear that the secret sauce recipe has been preserved. (lenr.qumbu.com -- analyzing the Rossi/Focardi eCat -- and the defkalion hyperion -- Hi, google!)
[Vo]:Open-Source-LENR-project
I haven't seen any discussions on this project in Vortex-L http://www.opensourcelenr.com/index.html Kevmo
[Vo]:Water as a Catalyst......hmmmmm
Greetings Vortex-L, Interesting concept water even in ppm as a catalyst: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htm Respectfully Ron Kita, Chiralex
Re: [Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:41 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Jed I am afraid that it will be easier for the vested interests to oppose cold fusion. They will scare the public by equating cold fusion devices with nuclear reactors emphasizing the radiation aspects. I hope that logic will prevail and that LENR units will become widespread despite the opposition. Agreed. I can only imagine that the gammas and X-rays are a major achilles heal for any plans to sell on the mass market. Perhaps those countries that best prevent vested interests from mounting a legal attack along these lines will advance the most quickly in developing a manufacturing base. A mitigating factor here is that the devices are something that you can get working in your garage, at least at a basic level. Manufacturing is as global as it gets, so you could design a device and then perhaps have it manufactured in the Seychelles, or in Brazil, possibly providing a way around legal campaigns that pay lip service to the public good but couldn't have it further from mind. Eric
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:36 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: A characteristic of HID lights is that they begin to cycle on and off as they approach the end of life. Time to replace those Slider lamps. Dave The human mind loves to find patterns, even when they don't exist. Certain industries appear to be predicated on identifying patterns that don't exist. Statistics is a tool we've developed to protect ourselves from our flourishing imaginations. It helps us to get beyond mere hunches about whether there is a pattern. Without it, we are left to our own devices when it comes to understanding a patchwork of sporadic observations, and our creative interpretation of events can easily gets the better of us; without our taking careful measurements and then determining whether a hypothesis is statistically significant, I'm sure we are altogether helpless to know whether something is real or not when the data are sparse. I will go out on a limb and suggest that it is largely a well-trained distrust of personal experience that characterizes the scientific approach to things (I'm no scientist, so I can only offer conjecture here!). The question: do some people influence street lamps? The answer: let's take a bunch of measurements and run a regression against them. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if scientists periodically throw out statistically significant patterns that don't accord with their own understanding of things -- perhaps ESP is one. Eric
