Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Simple to fix. Just paint a big E-CAT logo on the side of the container and on each module. ;) AG On 11/11/2011 5:56 PM, peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: http://www.ni.com/legal/trademarks/ Rules for usage, excerpt: # Do not display any NI Trademark more prominently than your own trademarks,

RE: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Regarding: The Big Lie Technique of Scammers, Courtesy of Adolf Hitler http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/11/10/the-big-lie-technique-of-scammers- courtesy-of-adolf-hitler/ In regards to the pursuit of scientific investigation, personally I think the late author Jacob Bronowski said it

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Michele Comitini
Rossi can write Ni powdered and NI powered whichever he prefers. ;-) Now seriously unless the statement below is fake, which is unlikely, the article must be taken for what it says: NI and Rossi have made a deal. On November 10, 2011 4:39 PM [MST], regarding the above story, I received the

[Vo]:Trisha McDonell Corporate PR Manager of National Instruments confirm contract with rossi.

2011-11-11 Thread David ledin
On November 10, 2011 4:39 PM [MST], regarding the above story, I received the following from Trisha McDonell | Corporate PR Manager | National Instruments. Subject: Re: final Re: contact info for E-Cat / NI contract Thank you Sterling for allowing us to review. We approve the text, especially

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Andrea Selva
2011/11/11 Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com Rossi can write Ni powdered and NI powered whichever he prefers. ;-) Now seriously unless the statement below is fake, which is unlikely, the article must be taken for what it says: NI and Rossi have made a deal. Or better: Rossi

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread peter . heckert
Probably they know Rossi from earlier projects. National Instruments is an US company, operating worldwide and have without doubt italian filiales. Their Name starts with N. They need a lot of hot water in semiconductor and PCB board production. Without doubt they employ engineers in Italia,

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-11-11 00:53, Akira Shirakawa wrote: Today, Leonardo Corporation, led by Andrea Rossi, inventor and developer of the one-megawatt cold fusion E-Cat plant, signed an agreement with National Instruments (NI) By the way, Daniele Passerini (22passi) knew about this partnership since last

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Daniel Rocha
Do you know whether or Daniele knows who is the secret customer? In case you don't know, can you ask him? 2011/11/11 Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com On 2011-11-11 00:53, Akira Shirakawa wrote: Today, Leonardo Corporation, led by Andrea Rossi, inventor and developer of the

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-11-11 10:59, Daniel Rocha wrote: Do you know whether or Daniele knows who is the secret customer? In case you don't know, can you ask him? I think Daniele knows (quotes about a customer that cannot be fooled were from him) but he is definitely not going to reveal who it is before

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Vorl Bek
Higgins Bob-CBH003 bob.higg...@motorolasolutions.com wrote: One of the reasons that Rossi may not wish to run a very long test is that I suspect that HE is the control mechanism. When it is run in self-sustaining mode, after some period it will need to be briefly reheated to stabilize

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Rossi has stated each E-Cat module has it own control system. There are 2 wires / cables connected to each module in addition to a earth wire plus the 2 heater power wires. I doubt the 2 non heater power wires are there for show. Additionally it has been disclosed that Rossi and NI have been

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: Statement only slightly more ridiculous: The most energetic thing that they could put inside is a fission reactor. No, the most energetic thing you could put inside is a fusion reactor. Oh, wait! They

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Roberson wrote: You answer is clearly indicated by the temperature readings at T2. This was very constant. Yes, of course. It has to be very constant. The pressure did not change, so the steam temperature did not change. When heat increased, more steam was generated, but the

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Roberson wrote: Jed, I am waiting for Mary to give an example. It is not your question. Just in case someone were to scam your experiment, you have to realize that there are no limits on what is acceptable. You would not be able to set up the final experiment since that is part of the

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: This means, if Rossi has no trademark, he cannot use the NI Trademark. He must get an own Trademark first. That is easy. Anyone can get a trademark for around $300 in the U.S. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Robert Leguillon
/snip/ Additionally it has been disclosed that Rossi and NI have been working together for some time as well as the fact that Rossi had 107 modules working in parallel for 5.5 hours and maintained a very good regulation on the heat output. /snip/ Statements from NI do not indicate that they

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Michele Comitini
About N.I. involment this is what Daniele reports on 22passi: Questa primavera National Instrument aveva chiesto silenzio sulla sua disponibilità a sponsorizzare l'E-Cat di Rossi, ritenendo ancora troppo controversa la sua invenzione. Ergo, se National Instrument è uscita allo scoperto adesso,

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Vorl Bek wrote: This is what Rossi has said on many occasions. He says he cannot leave the thing, especially in self-sustaining mode. The idea that Rossi would do an unconvincing demo because he needed to empty his bladder or get some sleep, and could not delegate control for a while, makes

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: Ergo, se National Instrument è uscita allo scoperto adesso, significa che anche loro hanno escluso l'ipotesi (campata in aria) della bufala. Ergo, if Nat. Instr. came out now, it means that they too excluded the (too far fetched) hoax

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Frank Acland
Jed, there is a point when it is good for a company to be seen to be at the forefront of a new technological movement. Maybe they have reached a comfort level about the E-Cat now.where they can publicly say they are on board with Rossi. If and when widespread validation comes NI will be in a good

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Robert Leguillon
In the PESN postscript, it is quite obvious that NI is distancing itself from any conclusions on authenticity. I added emphasis with the below: PESN Postscript On November 10, 2011 4:39 PM [MST], regarding the above story, I received the following from Trisha McDonell | Corporate PR Manager |

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Vorl Bek
Vorl Bek wrote: This is what Rossi has said on many occasions. He says he cannot leave the thing, especially in self-sustaining mode. The idea that Rossi would do an unconvincing demo because he needed to empty his bladder or get some sleep, and could not delegate control for a

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Heckert
I already have seen Labview on his Laptop. This is a very efficient control system (made by NI) Am 11.11.2011 01:18, schrieb David Roberson: This is excellent news, and the ECAT will improve rapidly as a result of this association. The lack of an adequate control system has hampered every

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 11.11.2011 16:06, schrieb Michele Comitini: About N.I. involment this is what Daniele reports on 22passi: Questa primavera National Instrument aveva chiesto silenzio sulla sua disponibilità a sponsorizzare l'E-Cat di Rossi, ritenendo ancora troppo controversa la sua invenzione. Ergo, se

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Any scam must obey the laws of physics. Oh yes. But you don't necessarily know which laws are used to deceive you. All propositions and assertions in a scientific debate must be subject to testing and must be falsifiable, at least in principle. Asserting that somewhere, someone might

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: About N.I. involment this is what Daniele reports on 22passi: Questa primavera National Instrument aveva chiesto silenzio sulla sua disponibilità a sponsorizzare l'E-Cat di Rossi, ritenendo ancora troppo

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Mary, you seem to love to find ways to scam scientific tests or do magic tricks or whatever. Let me ask you a question. Can you name one scientific experiment that is impossible to scam from the past? I tried and can not come up with one, so give it a try. There are many ways to suggest a

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Heckert
If NI is the secret confidential customer, then it would be a bad violation of confidentiality to spread these rumors. So in any case this are bad news, true, or not true. Only believe what NI says. It was visible in earlier videos that Rossi has NI Labview on his computer. This doesnt mean too

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Daniel Rocha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Scale

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
You are making excellent points Jed. By the way, has anyone heard any peeps out of Mr. Parks lately? I bet he and a lot of his cohorts are keeping a low profile. ;-) Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Nov

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
I think there is a consensus that Rossi was the control mechanism for his earlier devices. If this is the situation, he will not be able to leave for any extended length of time. The self sustaining mode, if that is what they witnessed, will require careful control if operated for very long.

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
By the way, has anyone heard any peeps out of Mr. Parks lately? I bet he and a lot of his cohorts are keeping a low profile. ;-) Why would anyone keep a low profile because of Rossi?

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Rich Murray
Yeah, they're bored and jaded, resting while the contagion of delusion runs its feverish course -- myself, I find it all most interesting, like a pyramid or Ponzi scheme or a financial bubble... Rich Murray On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:22 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: You are

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Axil Axil
/snip/ Additionally it has been disclosed that Rossi and NI have been working together for some time as well as the fact that Rossi had 107 modules working in parallel for 5.5 hours and maintained a very good regulation on the heat output. /snip/ The reactivity of Rossi's reactor is directly

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 08:54 AM 11/11/2011, Mary Yugo wrote: To sum up, the problem with Rossi's story is that there are too many things that don't hang together. The short runs, Lewan called the end of the first self-sustaining experiment. Oct 6 was also done to a timetable, allowing for weighing at the

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
OK Mary, you are correct in realizing that Rossi could be attempting a fake. Many of his supporters have reviewed the sparse data supplied during his demonstrations and have convinced ourselves that it is real. I am confident that we are seeing a real LENR device. Rossi succeeded in

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
Well, if I had been so confident that cold fusion or LENR or what ever you want to call it is impossible, I would feel quite foolish at the moment. He spent many years of his career making fun of the serious researchers operating within the field. I suspect that the damage to the world

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
Stay tuned for act two. Dave -Original Message- From: Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com; Rich Murray rmfor...@gmail.com; Rich Murray rmfor...@comcast.net Sent: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 12:32 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Both Levi and Lewan were given a second-shot at testing. Do you mean Levi was given a chance to repeat and record properly his long high power experiment and refused? If so, WHY?!?! | With the possible exception of the Oct 6 run, all of the investigators (not Krivit -- that was a

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
OK Mary, you are correct in realizing that Rossi could be attempting a fake. Many of his supporters have reviewed the sparse data supplied during his demonstrations and have convinced ourselves that it is real. I am confident that we are seeing a real LENR device. I'm happy for you, David,

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-11-11 09:07 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: David Roberson wrote: You answer is clearly indicated by the temperature readings at T2. This was very constant. Yes, of course. It has to be very constant. The pressure did not change, so the steam temperature did not change. This again! For

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
You can't have it both ways. Either the steam is dry (complete vaporization), in which case the temperature and pressure of the effluent are independent, or it's not. Your assertion that the output temperature depends directly on the pressure is a tacit statement that it's not producing dry

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Well, if I had been so confident that cold fusion or LENR or what ever you want to call it is impossible, I would feel quite foolish at the moment. He spent many years of his career making fun of the serious researchers operating within the field. I'm not sure who will end up looking foolish

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Rich Murray
Hey, guys and gals, listen to Steven A. Lawrence...

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Axil Axil
“Many of his supporters have reviewed the sparse data supplied during his demonstrations and have convinced ourselves that it is real.” There are different levels of SCAM that Rossi can be perpetrating. The one level that I think currently applies to Rossi is the ability of his reactor to

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
Faking experiments is beginning to become boring so let's call it a day. That is the game I made reference to. Dave -Original Message- From: Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 1:16 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: If there is no way you or any of us can know anything at all about this method that you imagine might exist somewhere in the universe, how can you expect us to evaluate it? The way I said many times. You can falsify the premise that Rossi is scamming easily

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Scale An interesting example. This was a conventional explosion that simulated a 4.8 kt nuclear explosion. A person observing this from a distance might have difficulty determining whether it is nuclear or chemical. Of course if you

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Roberson wrote: The output check valve operates by opening further as the pressure increases across it. It will not open any additional amount unless there is a finite pressure applied. There are several reasons for the ECAT internal pressure to rise. Yes, I realize that reactor

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Jeff Sutton
oh oh. This is not the proof we wanted :) http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mystery-radiation-detected-europe/story?id=14932064#.Tr1zdcNFunA On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel Rocha wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: In case anybody hasn't gotten it, let me repeat it: The rate of mass flow *out* of the device is fixed by the *pump* *rate*, not by the power level. Only if the vessel is full to overflowing. If the water level is below the top, then it acts like a pot on the

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
This is a completely different subject. Please do not mix up unrelated topics. I asked how a person can test or falsify *your* assertion about stage magic. I did not ask how Rossi can falsify his claims. If you will not cite a specific stage magic technique, there is no way anyone can

[Vo]:Input power is the one questionable aspect of the October 6 demo

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Call this a CYA memo if you will, but I would like to grant that there is one part of the October 6 test that could allow fraud. The 2 power meters might be fake. I do not know where they came from. It is conceivable that Rossi took 2 genuine power meters and changed out the electronics. I do not

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
Humor us a little longer. You need us to keep from getting bored. Dave On 11-11-11 09:07 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: David Roberson wrote: You answer is clearly indicated by the temperature readings at T2. This was very constant. Yes, of course. It has to be very constant. The pressure did

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Sean True
Mary raised the interesting point that NI will sell to anyone (even Iran or Qadaffi, when legal). But NI is less likely to negotiate a contract apparently _requiring_ that the NI name appear on the control panel with just anyone. As a scientist in a former life, I bought NI hardware and software

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Faking experiments is beginning to become boring so let's call it a day. That is the game I made reference to. Sorry if it bores you. The possibility that everything Rossi has shown is fake and that all the people who have endorsed it are being flummoxed is fascinating to me. So much of life,

Re: [Vo]:New diagram of Rossi reactor -- Reactor Volume ?

2011-11-11 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 07:16 AM 11/10/2011, Jed Rothwell wrote: http://lenr-canr.org/RossiData/Higgins%20Oct%206%2027kWreactorDiagram4.png Do we have any agreement on the volume of the REACTOR (excluding fins). Lewan gives the total volume as 50 x 60 x 35 Lewan says the reactor is 30 x 30 x 30 -- Including fins

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
The total heat contained within the mixture of water and vapor entered the heat exchanger. The output of the exchanger was plain old fashioned cool water. The heat was extracted to the cooling water flow. The issue of vapor versus liquid did not remain. Unfortunately, some of us disagree

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
The deal with Rossi sounds much more like an OEM contract, and they are very likely to have done some diligence on it. Just the risk of adverse PR (which they are already experiencing, I suspect) would require a reasonable return on the cost of the perceived risk. What due diligence do you

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread David Roberson
Well, if I had been so confident that cold fusion or LENR or what ever you want to call it is impossible, I would feel quite foolish at the moment. He spent many years of his career making fun of the serious researchers operating within the field. I'm not sure who will end up looking

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: Claim: Rossi may be faking this -- I don't know how. Falsification: Someone independent and credible tested the device and determined by this method (yadadada) it's real and not fake. Right. Exactly. And in my opinion Rossi did this on Oct. 6. I think he provided

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
The total heat contained within the mixture of water and vapor entered the heat exchanger. The output of the exchanger was plain old fashioned cool water. The heat was extracted to the cooling water flow. The issue of vapor versus liquid did not remain. Yup-- that was true October 6 but on

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
To prevent federal funds from being spent on research is going to slow down the research. Do you not agree? Yes. That's a pity. But it's sort of circular. If the evidence was convincing, the funds would be there. You have to start somewhere. And before we start on it, I don't know

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Manifold Thermocouple Placement.

2011-11-11 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-11-11 02:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: In case anybody hasn't gotten it, let me repeat it: The rate of mass flow *out* of the device is fixed by the *pump* *rate*, not by the power level. Only if the vessel is full to overflowing. The correct statement

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: If they suspected it is fraud they would be crazy to allow that press release. They would issue a strong denial instead. Most people who have not followed the progress of this story carefully from the start have no reason to suspect a fraud. I think NI

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-11-10 09:49 PM, Mary Yugo wrote: Does anyone seriously doubt that if Fioravanti is telling the truth, there can be any doubt the 1 MW reactor is real? Are you seriously suggesting that a measurement using standard industrial techniques, performed by an expert, showing 66 kWh input and

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Here is my point. if you do not know how he might be cheating, then it is not logical for you to propose this as a hypothesis to be debated here. You can say it is your gut feeling he is cheating. That's fine. That's an informal judgment. We welcome that here. But let us not confuse a gut

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
I doubt that. In my experience, large corporations do not authorize press releases without checking things out carefully. Anyone can do a Google search and find out in a few seconds that Rossi is very controversial. I do not think it is likely that the public relations department at National

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
I like that expression jumping the shark. Does it mean the same as screwing the pooch? It means the voice entry system has added its own improvement to the original statement. An obvious guess is that the shark was supposed to be something a train rides on. Too bad. It was fun the

[Vo]:The U.S. Patent Office's formal policy to reject all cold fusion applications

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: I am not aware of a formal policy to not patent any cold fusion related technology and I strongly suspect it doesn't exist. It does exist. It has been in force since June 5, 1989. Everyone who works in cold fusion knows this. When you apply for any cold

RE: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jeff Sutton This is not the proof we wanted :) http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mystery-radiation-detected-europe/story?id=149 32064#.Tr1zdcNFunA http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mystery-radiation-detected-europe/story?id=14 932064 This story involves the release of iodine-131, apparently

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: I do not think it is likely that the public relations department at National Instruments has not even bothered to do a Google search and they have no idea whether Rossi's machines do what he says they do. So exactly what do you think NI did and why? A

Re: [Vo]:Oct 6 Heat Exchanger Coulda/Shoulda Results

2011-11-11 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 05:36 PM 11/10/2011, Alan J Fletcher wrote: I've updated http://lenr.qumbu.com/rossi_ecat_oct11_spice.php to reflect a 20% possible error in Delta-T. I don't know why Rossi ran with such a small delta-T (6 C). I re-ran the simulation assuming 1/8 the flow, and the Secondary Output

Re: [Vo]:The U.S. Patent Office's formal policy to reject all cold fusion applications

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: When you apply for any cold fusion related patent, they automatically reject it with a form letter. . . . Let me upload a copy: http://lenr-canr.org/Collections/PatentOfficeMemo.jpg That is a copy of their policy, not the form letter. Sorry for the confusion. I tossed out my

Re: [Vo]:New diagram of Rossi reactor -- Reactor Volume ?

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan J Fletcher wrote: http://lenr-canr.org/RossiData/Higgins%20Oct%206%2027kWreactorDiagram4.png Do we have any agreement on the volume of the REACTOR (excluding fins). You mean the cell. Or core as they say in the fission biz. The thing with the three cold fusion cells in it. I would

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 11.11.2011 21:05, schrieb Jed Rothwell: At any corporation, the public relations department will strive to avoid any association with fraud, criminality or controversy. They will not allow a press release which might harm the company image. To put it bluntly, if Trisha McDonell, Corporate

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Mary, your requirement for blank test run is unreasonable, but you are misunderstanding the reason why blank tests are used in science. Blank runs are used when we are measuring effects that may consist on multiple unknown variables and with controls we try to eliminate those variables that we are

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Sean True
Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls Mary Yugo Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:44:09 -0800 The deal with Rossi sounds much more like an OEM contract, and they are very likely to have done some diligence on it. Just the risk of adverse PR (which they are already experiencing, I

Re: [Vo]:The U.S. Patent Office's formal policy to reject all cold fusion applications

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
When you apply for any cold fusion related patent, they automatically reject it with a form letter. . . . Let me upload a copy: http://lenr-canr.org/Collections/PatentOfficeMemo.jpg That is a copy of their policy, not the form letter. Sorry for the confusion. I tossed out my copy

Re: [Vo]:Physorg comments : new Krivit Crusade

2011-11-11 Thread Jeff Sutton
I wrote This is not the proof we wanted :) It was intended to be humorousRossi does major 1MW test at the end of October and in November there is a radioactive pollution across Europe from an unknown source. The skeptics would be proven wrong and the optimists would be wishing the skeptics

Re: [Vo]:The U.S. Patent Office's formal policy to reject all cold fusion applications

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: That jpg of a memo says only that applications about cold fusion should be stamped cold fusion for identification. Nowhere I can see does it say they should reject them. Ah, but they did, in fact, summarily reject them. So that memo was telling P.O. staff how to identify

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Mary, your requirement for blank test run is unreasonable, but you are misunderstanding the reason why blank tests are used in science. Blank runs are used when we are measuring effects that may consist on multiple unknown variables and with controls we try to eliminate those variables that we

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Thank you Sterling for allowing us to review. We approve the text, especially the National Instruments portion of the story that includes Stefano’s quote and information. Oops. I see that memo is written to Allan. I guess he circulated it. I though it was to David Ledin. If it is forged,

Re: [Vo]:The U.S. Patent Office's formal policy to reject all cold fusion applications

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
-FP, 1989. Nothing was done about about any of the rejections. What could be done? I don't know. I do suspect that you can sue if a worthy patent is denied. Maybe someone who is a patent attorney can comment? That's out of my area and I don't want to discuss it as I already said. My

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: I never alleged or even implied that it's forged (talk about straw men!). You didn't, but I did. It was not a straw man because it was my own supposition. I said it's probably meaningless and has no value in determining whether or not Rossi's claims are real. True and I

Re: [Vo]:The U.S. Patent Office's formal policy to reject all cold fusion applications

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: And it (emphatically) does NOT follow that if FP are right, Rossi is right, as some people have irresponsibly and foolishly claimed in several forums. Fleischmann and I think it does follow. So do most cold fusion researchers I know. We think it is extremely unlikely there

Re: [Vo]:The U.S. Patent Office's formal policy to reject all cold fusion applications

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Mary Yugo wrote: And it (emphatically) does NOT follow that if FP are right, Rossi is right, as some people have irresponsibly and foolishly claimed in several forums. Fleischmann and I think it does follow. So do

[Vo]:U of Bologna denies any involvement with Rossi

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Data: 05 novembre 2011 10.01.45 GMT+01.00 A: Ufficio Stampa Alma Mater ufficiosta...@unibo.it mailto:ufficiosta...@unibo.ithttp://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ufficiosta...@unibo.it Oggetto: PRESS RELEASE - E-CAT: UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA IS NOT INVOLVED E-CAT: UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA IS NOT

Re: [Vo]:National Instruments signs to do E-Cat controls

2011-11-11 Thread Harry Veeder
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Well, if I had been so confident that cold fusion or LENR or what ever you want to call it is impossible, I would feel quite foolish at the moment.  He spent many years of his career making fun of the serious researchers

[Vo]:Forbes article on NI and Rossi

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2011/11/11/national-instruments-and-cold-fusion/ QUOTE: Update#1: A statement from John Pasquarette, Vice President of Corporate Marketing and eBusiness, National Instruments: There are thousands of researchers and engineers in the world trying to

[Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
http://www.leonardo-ecat.com

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-11-12 00:39, Jouni Valkonen wrote: For me this looks like a bad joke. It is not nice to do a fan page that superficially looks like authentic page. It turns out it's really an official website: * * * http://peswiki.com/index.php/Main_Page Leonardo-ECat.com Official Website Launched

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat aussieguy.e...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.leonardo-ecat.com Gee. I looked all over for an order form, a price list and a PayPal Logo and darn... no luck. Oh and: Page posted by Sterling Allan http://sterlingdallan.com/, PES Network, Inc.

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Michele Comitini
Auch! sorry Akira you already noticed! 2011/11/12 Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com: Look down on the pages: Page by Hank Mills and Sterling Allan, PES Network, Inc. Just like PESN: an old fashioned, '90s looking site... mic 2011/11/12 Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com: Major

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.comwrote: For me this looks like a bad joke. It is not nice to do a fan page that superficially looks like authentic page. It does look like a bad joke but look at this from there: Welcome to the homepage of Andrea Rossi,

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Major kewl! Yah. Looks like a camp stove.

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
I find this very interesting. Where is there a scam here? http://www.leonardo-ecat.com/fp/Products/1MW_Plant/index.html *Purchase Terms* * Price: 2,000 Euros per kilowatt. * 1 MW plant. Only under approved circumstances will smaller sizes be considered, but no less than 100 kW. * Full

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Uhho... this is going to cause a lot of trouble for sure. Wait until the universities hear about it! Now I really do wonder if Rossi ever saw it before it went live. Ah well... we'll know soon. Leonardo Corp Personnel Ing. Andrea A.

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat aussieguy.e...@gmail.comwrote: I find this very interesting. Where is there a scam here? Oh ok. Let's order one. How do I do that exactly? (medium to small please, one each)

Re: [Vo]:Rossi E-Cat web site up

2011-11-11 Thread Michele Comitini
Digging in to the html code, the headers tell it all about quality... made with FrontPage software that was discontinued in 2003! head meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=windows-1252 meta name=GENERATOR content=Microsoft FrontPage 4.0 meta name=ProgId

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