[Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jones Beene
A word of caution, thanks to Steve Krivit http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/01/15/rossi-discovery-what-to-say/ Since Krivit has come forward with this today, I guess it is OK for others to publish the same information that has been floating around Italy for a couple of days regarding Rossi's

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Gluck
All beginnings are messy, why should be the LENR era be an exception? I know that the merits belong, first of all to Prof Piantelli. However it had been a very long period when the process had not been reproducible and upscalable- till the critical know how elements have been discovered. It is

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
The allegations about Rossi reported by Krivit have been circulating for some time. I described Rossi as eccentric and I mentioned the havoc he has reportedly caused. This is what I had in mind. When evaluating a claim of this nature you should try to ignore the personality and history of person

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: I strongly suggest that nothing … absolutely NOTHING … seen so far, proves that he does have it. I think he does, but that is only based on things not in the record. Well, I do not speak Italian, but based on the blogger's comments and the caliber of the people who worked

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear Jones, I don't understand what you say exactly. What I know for sure is that Piantelli has a perfect reproducible Ni-H process and this one developed by Piantelli's former collaborator and an inventor is very similar to that. Why do you believe that I am speaking about Ni-H technology in

RE: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jones Beene
We are talking past each other. The operative word is proof. Since even Focardi himself admits that he is not permitted to see inside the reactor, and since chemical reactions could provide this level of excess for a few hours, or since an fairly safe alpha emitter could provide it for longer

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Gluck
No dear Jones, Focardi has looked inside the reactors starting 1994. It is an other professor who made the black box measurements. I like your mode of thinking re methods of crookery, but do not think they are realistic- in this case. Randy is a different subject. Peter On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: The operative word is “proof”. Since even Focardi himself admits that he is not permitted to see inside the reactor, and since chemical reactions could provide this level of excess for a few hours . . . I have heard from reliable sources that the thing

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Harry Veeder
hey...This is Italian science ...not WASP science. ;-) Harry

RE: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jones Beene
At the risk of appearing to 'beat a dead horse' let me make a couple of other comments relevant to the 'big picture' of nano-nickel technology. 1)Mills and BLP may try to distance themselves from Rossi due to one critical detail: *radioactivity*. Mills' entire patent protection is

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: 4)As I understand the personal situation, Piantelli is a bitter enemy of Focardi, going back to the early nineties They co-authored a paper in 1994, so I doubt they were bitter enemies then. See:

RE: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Mark Iverson
Might I provide some different points of view from real-world (i.e., personal) experiences... Sometimes decisions are not so clear-cut... I've come to a conclusion in my life that those who live by absolutes probably live in a box, or have not been involved in a sufficient number of

RE: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Mark Iverson
Jones wrote: Who says that rational science is immune from the soap opera effect of petty jealousy and multiple layers of intrigue and 'white lie' dishonesty? It most definitely is NOT, especially when big $ are at stake... -Mark _ From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net]

RE: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Jones Beene
You could be right, and my-bad for passing on rumor . unless, that is, this is one of the papers which caused a falling-out, which continues to the present. Was Piantelli present? For instance, it appears the Italians were in the habit of listing co-authors alphabetically, to wit: S.

Re: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Gluck
You can find a coauthored paper in 1998 too. FYI Piantelli is 77 years old and ill- asthma, he cannot travel. And is a very bright scientist. The other authors as Vera Montalbano have done the analytical chemistry, microscopy etc part. Peter On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Jones Beene

RE: [Vo]:A word of caution on Rossi

2011-01-15 Thread francis
WELL SAID! Jones Beene said [snip] Randell Mills, in contrast - chose a commonly available form of nickel early on - Raney nickel - which since the 1920s was made in such a way (leaching out aluminum from an alloy) that it was already nano in an inverse sense . and therefore Mills had a form