RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread William Beaty
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Jed Rothwell wrote: The battery is puzzling, but they do not hide it, so I do not see how it could be part of a scam. Buy lots of Magniwork kits. After all, they promise a refund, and that proves it cannot be a scam! :) But seriously, if scammers can find a way to make

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/15/2009 09:26 PM, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. wrote: As a Steorn Non Disclosure Agreement signatory and knowledgeable insider, I have a few comments: The energy in the battery does not go to the kinetic energy of the rotor, it is used as an easy way to modify some parameters of the device.

RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
William Beaty wrote: On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Jed Rothwell wrote: The battery is puzzling, but they do not hide it, so I do not see how it could be part of a scam. Buy lots of Magniwork kits. After all, they promise a refund, and that proves it cannot be a scam! :) But seriously, if

RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: . . . [T]his is a variation of the non-falsifiable claim that the more credible a claim appears to be, the more likely it is a scam. In that case, as a real claim and a scam approach perfection, it becomes impossible to tell them apart. That can't be! What I mean is, strictly

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 09:33 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 12/15/2009 09:26 PM, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. wrote: As a Steorn Non Disclosure Agreement signatory and knowledgeable insider, I have a few comments: The energy in the battery does not go to the kinetic energy of the rotor, it is used as an

RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:26 PM 12/15/2009, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. wrote: As a Steorn Non Disclosure Agreement signatory and knowledgeable insider, I have a few comments: The energy in the battery does not go to the kinetic energy of the rotor, it is used as an easy way to modify some parameters of the device.

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 10:09 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: I wrote: . . . [T]his is a variation of the non-falsifiable claim that the more credible a claim appears to be, the more likely it is a scam. In that case, as a real claim and a scam approach perfection, it becomes impossible to tell them apart.

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:16 PM 12/15/2009, Terry Blanton wrote: We built a Bedini motor, specifically, the bicycle wheel type known as the school girl motor and measured the efficiency with a torque meter. We found the efficiency to be around 30%. The truth is that pulse charging of a battery removes the

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Esa Ruoho
rick friedrich likens steorn to bedini on bedini_monopole_3. (im fairly sure its steorn being talked about, since the whole thing was launched yesterday) : : : Subject: Every so often someone copies Bedini at the right time Posted by: rickfriedrich rickfriedr...@yahoo.com rickfriedrich Wed Dec

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: If they are claiming to have working all-permanent-magnet motors, then either they're lying, or it's the Dawn of a New Era. You can't be confused about whether you have something or not, and a motor with *no* internal power source is not something you can sort of

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 10:45 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 08:16 PM 12/15/2009, Terry Blanton wrote: We built a Bedini motor, specifically, the bicycle wheel type known as the school girl motor and measured the efficiency with a torque meter. We found the efficiency to be around 30%. The truth is

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:21 PM 12/15/2009, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: [Jed Rothwell wrote]: If Steorn is a scam, it is an inept one. Sez who? They've got investors. Ergo it's good enough for them, whether or not you think it's inept. What's more, by the very crude bumbling naivete of their public

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 11:06 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: That's my conclusion as well. I've come to the conclusion that the weakness of the demo is part of their design. They will start taking the covers off, so to speak, having aroused a host of obvious objections. They will address these

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hoyt, Can you help us (me) out here... without violating the principals of the NDA. Can it be conclusively proven (at least beyond a reasonable amount of doubt) that the battery is in no way connected to the actual running of the ORBO device? This HAS to be dealt with. This HAS to be clarified.

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:00 AM 12/16/2009, Esa Ruoho wrote: I was running the system on smaller used batteries for days and they remained charged even though a good number of amps were constantly being drawn and the meter was showing 1/3rd of the amps going back into the secondary. Take a hint. Fine to set it up

RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Mark Iverson
Hoyt (the Insider) Stearns wrote, :-) The energy in the battery does not go to the kinetic energy of the rotor, it is used as an easy way to modify some parameters of the device. In watching the Launch 2009 video where some closeups and animations are shown, they show what looks like a small

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:08 AM 12/16/2009, Jed Rothwell wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: If they are claiming to have working all-permanent-magnet motors, then either they're lying, or it's the Dawn of a New Era. You can't be confused about whether you have something or not, and a motor with *no* internal

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 12:07 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 11:00 AM 12/16/2009, Esa Ruoho wrote: No he didn't. Esa Ruoho quoted rickfriedrich from the bedini_monopole_3 forum. It was Rick who was experimenting with the Bedini motor described here, not Esa, and AFAIK Rick isn't on Vortex.

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 12:35 PM, Mark Iverson wrote: Hoyt (the Insider) Stearns wrote, :-) The energy in the battery does not go to the kinetic energy of the rotor, it is used as an easy way to modify some parameters of the device. In watching the Launch 2009 video where some closeups and animations

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Regarding recent comments made by Hoyt Stearns: ... Their strategy is rather bizarre, but in a way I think it is ingenious for many reasons (speculative): They must prove that their techniques are not obvious to anyone skilled in the art for patentability, even though they are extremely

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: I hope Steorn has done their homework when it comes to running covert operations. ;-) Obviously not. They are swapping out units every few hours. The Village of the Banned are tracking the swap

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: Look, the demonstration device seems pretty simple. Many things seem simple but are not. They don't want to bother making a fully self-sustaining one after you have established they can do that, because by making partially self-sustaining prototypes they make

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 02:23 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: So, not only are the batteries running down (obvious from the slowing of the motors discussed in another thread) but the units seem to be failing. The cameras also go off line at convenient times. What in heck are they up to? Too much Irish

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 02:23 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: What in heck are they up to? Too much Irish whiskey? Does anyone here have any idea what Sean McCarthy's management style is like? Is it possible that he's an autocrat who won't take no for an answer, and only listens to people who (pretend

RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
I'm on thin ice with that question, so all I can say is it is connected, but not in the normal way. All the battery energy is dissipated as heat, not KE. Hoyt -Original Message- From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson [mailto:svj.orionwo...@gmail.com] Can it be conclusively proven (at

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: Didn't someone have a theory that they were doing all this just to show how good they are at running a PR campaign? Maybe that's it; otherwise, I can't figure them out. Why would they risk another failed demo after

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: Didn't someone have a theory that they were doing all this just to show how good they are at running a PR campaign? Maybe that's it; otherwise, I can't figure them out. Why would they risk another failed demo after 2007? I don't admit to having an answer, but I do know this

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 03:37 PM, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. wrote: I'm on thin ice with that question, so all I can say is it is connected, but not in the normal way. All the battery energy is dissipated as heat, not KE. Two things, neither one a question (I realize you're standing on thin ice with an

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steven V Johnson wrote: What's the payoff? ...That Steorn is really good at manipulating PR? No. On the contrary, they seem really, really bad at PR! ...That they they can pull a fast one on everyone? Heck, I would be surprised if they can pull a fast one on anyone, never mind everyone.

RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
Only Steorn's people know what the plans are, but many of us think that their activities are carefully orchestrated and they're keeping to the plan, as bizarre as it seems ( but I sure wish it had been a whole helluva lot faster ). Steorn is definitely keeping a low, sometimes misleading

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 04:30 PM, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. wrote: Only Steorn's people know what the plans are, but many of us think that their activities are carefully orchestrated and they're keeping to the plan, as bizarre as it seems ( but I sure wish it had been a whole helluva lot faster ). Steorn

Re: [Vo]:De Broglie wave wrapping

2009-12-16 Thread Mauro Lacy
mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:06:28 -0800: Hi Jones, [snip] -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com Matching lattice spacings may be at least one reason why CF is so temperamental One of the lattice

[Vo]:The discovery of Hydra-Jinn

2009-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
Forget snake-oil in Dublin, there is a major, major “reality” science news story brewing, with implications of biblical proportions … (catch-22: truth is stranger than fiction). Here is the story of the discovery of a large water planet, in Ophiuchus. It is the closest planet discovered to what

Re: [Vo]:The discovery of Hydra-Jinn

2009-12-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Forget snake-oil in Dublin, there is a major, major “reality” science news story brewing, with implications of biblical proportions … (catch-22: truth is stranger than fiction). How could something 40 l.y. away be

Re: [Vo]:The discovery of Hydra-Jinn

2009-12-16 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 12/16/2009 05:43 PM, Jones Beene wrote: Forget snake-oil in Dublin, there is a major, major “reality” science news story brewing, with implications of biblical proportions … (catch-22: truth is stranger than fiction). Here is the story of the discovery of a large water planet, in

RE: [Vo]:The discovery of Hydra-Jinn

2009-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Stephen A. Lawrence A *prophecy* in Gen 3:15 ?? That verse is in the *middle* of the curse God laid on the snake for having talked Eve into eating the apple, and on Eve for eating it, and on Adam for going along with the whole deal (that's 3:14 - 3:19). If

Re: [Vo]:Executive Director of the AIP says cold fusion is wrong and fraud

2009-12-16 Thread Steven Krivit
As long as the Executive Director of the AIP and people like him accuse you of fraud, you will make no progress. I do not think you will convince people that cold fusion is legitimate when the Director of the AIP goes around saying this sort of thing, and cites Wikipedia instead of your

RE: [Vo]:The discovery of Hydra-Jinn

2009-12-16 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Terry Blanton How could something 40 l.y. away be relative? ... I hear lingering lyrics from an old song - compared to what? Les is Moore?

Re: [Vo]:Executive Director of the AIP says cold fusion is wrong and fraud

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
You wrote: You do realize, of course, that your good buddy Kirk Shannahan is so obsessed with cold fusion that he reads this list? Yes! I saw once that he quoted a message I uploaded to Vortex. It is a laugh and a half. Did you see his comment at Dylla's article? He is losing it! Abd made an

Re: [Vo]:Executive Director of the AIP says cold fusion is wrong and fraud

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
You wrote: You do realize, of course, that your good buddy Kirk Shannahan is so obsessed with cold fusion that he reads this list? Yes! I saw once that he quoted a message I uploaded to Vortex. It is a laugh and a half. Did you see his comment at Dylla's article? He is losing it!!

Re: [Vo]:Executive Director of the AIP says cold fusion is wrong and fraud

2009-12-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
That was a partial message in response to a private e-mail. I meant to copy it to Vortex but it is supposed to include more text, as follows -- A friend wrote to me: You do realize, of course, that your good buddy Kirk Shannahan is so obsessed with cold fusion that he reads this list? Yes! I

Re: [Vo]:OT : Avatar trailers and clips

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Avatar trailers and clips (9 videos) http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809804784/video/17077180 Thanks for the link, Harry. While watching one of the trailers I saw images that reminded me of a painting I did back in 1979, when I was 27 years old. http://orionworks.com/artgal/svj/path_m.htm

RE: [Vo]:OT : Avatar trailers and clips

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Avatar trailers and clips (9 videos) http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809804784/video/17077180 Thanks for the link, Harry. While watching one of the trailers I saw images that reminded me of a painting I did back in 1979, when I was 27 years old.

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread William Beaty
The missing honesty phenomenon On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Jed Rothwell wrote: I would like to caution readers that this argument by Stephen A. Lawrence is logically invalid: Looking like a scammer is not good when you're trying to lure investors. Really talented con men show you everything,

RE: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Jed Rothwell wrote: If it can be shown conclusively that the battery is connected only to the control electronics, Why mess with such complexity? Just put a stupid frikn supercap in there, and measure the voltage. Here, I have five different kinds in a box here. Two

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: In fact they claimed this back before their earlier demo, which was supposed to show just such a motor, if I recall correctly; however, it didn't. We expected them to finally at long last prove in a simple manner that the device is real. We

[Vo]:Charging to get a look

2009-12-16 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: They are charging for getting a look at the technology, and, I'm sure, this comes with heavy NDAs, Hey. Is charging to get a look at technology a dead givaway for an FE con game? In other words, what other companies let individuals get a look

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Jed Rothwell wrote: It reminds me a little of the situation with airplanes from 1905 to 1908. Was flying machine plagued constantly by con artists taking money from enormous numbers of people? I.e. was it akin to lead-into-gold alchemist research, or known-shady used car

Re: [Vo]:Executive Director of the AIP says cold fusion is wrong and fraud

2009-12-16 Thread Steven Krivit
Jed, I'm sure Shanahan is finding immeasurable entertainment in these messages. Particularly your comment about certified fruitcake. It is the season, though, isn't it? Steve