Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Sarbajit Roy wrote circa 11-01-24 10:06 PM: 2) Such repeated usage of FRIAM to publicise this experiment, may affect the credibility of the group. I think Doug's infected me! I just passed on an urge to suggest the converse. -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread Douglas Roberts
Well, I wasn't going to mention it, but... :) On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:17 AM, glen e. p. ropella g...@tempusdictum.comwrote: Sarbajit Roy wrote circa 11-01-24 10:06 PM: 2) Such repeated usage of FRIAM to publicise this experiment, may affect the credibility of the group. I think

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread Steve Smith
Credibility? I didn't know we had any credibility? That is news to me! Although I agree that Rich's enthusiasm for this particular project is clearly not shared by all. Do we have some reasonable guidance for matters such as this which is not intrinsically over-restrictive, yet encourages

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Oh gosh! Do we HAVE credibility? With whom? What a wonderful thought! N From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:49 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM]

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Steve, I hear you edging out onto the slippery slope of censorship, here. Even if the cold fusion thing is completely unfounded, it has more interest as a cultural phenomenon than many of the topics in good standing on Friam. Don't go there, Steve. Don't listen to him, Rich. Nick

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-25 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Well, I'd say what Steve suggested is in a completely different category from anything like censorship. Awhile back, Owen mentioned thread hijacking. We've sporadically plugged our own work. We sometimes use the list to review products or services or to complain about some defector. We

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-24 Thread Rich Murray
5) poisons? deuterium, nitrogen, copper isotopes, oxygen, H2O, hydrocarbons, silicon, CO2 ? What makes them poisons? What concentrations are harmful? 6) size and mass of Ni nanoparticles? Surface vs volume characteristics? Smooth, cracked, fractal structure, disrupted structure, softened or

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-24 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Thanks, Rich. Nick -Original Message- From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Rich Murray Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:24 PM To: vorte...@eskimo.com; michael barron; lit...@earthtech.org; mari...@earthtech.org; puth...@earthtech.org Subject:

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Proposition to the Membership of Vortex List in Regards to Andrea Rossi

2011-01-24 Thread Sarbajit Roy
1) All this is fine, but does the device actually work ? The videos and on-line interview replies seem even less convincing than the magic tricks exposed on Magic's Biggest Secrets Revealed. 2) Such repeated usage of FRIAM to publicise this experiment, may affect the credibility of the group.