Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-24 Thread Alain Sepeda
seems good description, but I would add a 5th category of target, probably not targeted because scientist talk naturally to scientists. -5 industrialists and their engineers, looking for opportunities It is the only useful target in my opinion. mainstream scientists will never accept newly

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-24 Thread James Bowery
So to continue this line of arithmetic, we have a factor of 10 gain to explain. First of all let's get rid of the Stefan Boltzmann amplification of error by taking the fourth root of 10: 10^(1/4) = 1.7782794 That means if we're looking for error as the source of the gain, we have to plausibly

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-24 Thread James Bowery
Erratum: luminosity should read photon flux On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:16 AM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: So to continue this line of arithmetic, we have a factor of 10 gain to explain. First of all let's get rid of the Stefan Boltzmann amplification of error by taking the

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-24 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:16 AM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: So if we're looking for errors in power measurement, we need to be most concerned about frequencies below the IR. The problem for those of us who want to find error in the measure is that the peak is in the camera's

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-24 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: I believe Lubos Motl proposed somewhere that the E-Cat HT surface is not well-approximated by a blackbody and that the true emissivity is likely to be T^(4+d), where 0 d 1; i.e., that in the worst case scenario there will be ~T^5 relationship between temperature and power rather

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-24 Thread James Bowery
Here's what Motl says about it: The emissivity is set to one i.e. they assume the reactor to be a black body. This choice is labeled conservative. Except that the truth seems to be going exactly in the opposite direction. The actual emissivity is lower than one and it's the coefficient

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Robert Lynn robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com wrote: Point is that it looks like it might be possible to hide additional electrical power supply within what the testers looked at, and we don't have enough information from the testers to check on all of these

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: ** Since the experimenters walked up to the experiment *after* it had been turned on, we don't know for sure whether the existing cabling was used to impart the RF, or a separate kickstart cable. There were three runs. The

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Lubos Motl does not appear to be drawing a distinction between TeX and LaTeX; he is drawing a distinction between TeX/LaTeX, on one hand, and a simple PDF typed up in a normal word processor, on the other. Presumably the former would be the expected form of submission to a mainstream

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:00:43 PM Alan (or someone) made the point that everything, laptop and all, were plugged into the same power supply. Would hidden DC or AC above or below the range of the meter hurt the laptop? That was me -- and only a

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:16:55 AM I wrote: Lubos Motl does not appear to be drawing a distinction between TeX and LaTeX; he is drawing a distinction between TeX/LaTeX, on one hand, and a simple PDF typed up in a normal word processor, on the

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Duncan Cumming
Original Message Subject:Fwd: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 10:20:27 -0700 From: Duncan Cumming spacedr...@cumming.info To: vortex-l-requ...@eskimo.com I am acting as devils advocate here for a minute. Had the demo been

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Robert Lynn
Have a bit more of a think about it Jed, IR laser beams wouldn't need to be any more intense than the heat being radiated by the E-cat. In fact by shining in from multiple directions they could be less intense than the emitted heat from the E-cat (like concentrating relatively diffuse sunlight to

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Duncan Cumming spacedr...@cumming.info wrote: Power measurement was done using a wide band 3 phase power meter, a notoriously difficult instrument to use. A slight slackening of one of the current sensing clamps . . . This would be detected during the calibration with a resistor, and again

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: Another reason to think they do not intend to submit for publication in a reputable scientific journal -- they cite Wikipedia (ref. 8, at the end). Lordy, lordy -- it's firgin diagram -- a compilation of generally

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-23 Thread James Bowery
I found the major error: The peak wavelength is in the infrared -- as it is with the sun -- and I intuitively thought that the fact that much of the surface was bright red thru yellow meant my picking dull red (700nm) was conservative. This then fed via Wien's law proportionately into the fourth

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Lynn robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com wrote: As for the other; are you seriously disputing that 2kW of AC electrical power could be sent through those wires to the Ecat? 2 kW is not a problem, although modern US safety standards limit power to 1.5 kW. What they cannot do is send enough

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-23 Thread Michele Comitini
Rossi writes on his blog about Arxiv, peer reviewing, why that report is not going to be published on a magazine [not a journal], but something derived from it could/will. May 22nd, 2013 at 4:30 PM Dear Paolo, I read the article on Repubblica, is sincere and honest, but contains some

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Daniel Rocha
Actually, this is something I noticed in arxiv, pre prints of people outside theoretical physics, have the appearance of being done in word processors. They are later edited to the final form in journals. 2013/5/22 Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Michele

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Alan Fletcher
So in a sense the elimination of fakes is cumulative. Bear in mind that when Rossi says he has something he tends to follow up on it. (Maybe not exactly as promised, but close to it). Let's accept for the moment the OUTPUT analysis : it DOES produce the documented COP. Electrical INPUT is a

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Arnaud Kodeck
and how ? Arnaud -Original Message- From: Alan Fletcher [mailto:a...@well.com] Sent: mercredi 22 mai 2013 09:00 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem So in a sense the elimination of fakes is cumulative. Bear in mind that when Rossi says he has

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Patrick Ellul
] Sent: mercredi 22 mai 2013 09:00 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem So in a sense the elimination of fakes is cumulative. Bear in mind that when Rossi says he has something he tends to follow up on it. (Maybe not exactly as promised, but close

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew
. They are not looking very good at the moment, are they? The fly in the ointment is that the calibration run worked. Andrew - Original Message - From: Patrick Ellul To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:06 AM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Just

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Jouni Valkonen
I think that there is plenty enough benefit that Rossi has a good paying job. He does not need to make millions out of it, but it is plenty enough that he receives enough capital for adequate living standards. There are plenty other similar hoaxes such as BLP, Steorn and Inteligentry who are

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:58 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: The ECAT is made of metal if I recall correctly I thought the first test used a ceramic. Darn, gotta read it again.

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew
It's steel (with different steel end caps), inside corundum ceramic, inside silicon nitride ceramic, with a coat of paint. Andrew - Original Message - From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:57 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jouni Valkonen wrote: I think that there is plenty enough benefit that Rossi has a good paying job. He does not need to make millions out of it, but it is plenty enough that he receives enough capital for adequate living standards. This would be the world's worst way to make a living! Rossi has

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jed Rothwell Jouni Valkonen wrote: I think that there is plenty enough benefit that Rossi has a good paying job. He does not need to make millions out of it, but it is plenty enough that he receives enough capital for adequate living standards. This would be the world's worst way

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Plus, AR sold his biofuel company EON for about one million Euro and could have retired comfortably to Miami on that income. This is a matter of public record. ** ** Instead - he reinvests the proceeds of the EON sale into his project ! Does that

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread David Roberson
Mr. Cude? Perhaps he should give us his point of view as it will be enlightening. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 12:53 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Jones Beene jone

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Plus, AR sold his biofuel company EON for about one million Euro and could have retired comfortably to Miami on that income. You can retire on $1.3M? Can you show me how? I think I need about $3M.

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread David Roberson
Depends upon your retirement age. :-) $100k will work if you are 90. Dave -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 1:10 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Jones

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Edmund Storms
Excellent analysis, Jones. You have nailed the essential reason why this is not a scam. Jed has done the same. Instead, Rossi is doing what other people do all the time in all aspects of science and commerce, but he is doing it under a microscope. Most similar efforts are just as filled

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread David Roberson
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 1:13 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Excellent analysis, Jones. You have nailed the essential reason why this is not a scam. Jed has done the same. Instead, Rossi is doing what other people do

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: They use Martin Fleischmann's favorite method of looking at the heat decay curves when the power cycles off. Plot 5 clearly shows that the heat does not decay according to Newton's law of cooling. There must be a heat

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:41:33 AM p18 The electrical power to the dummy was handled by the same control box, but without the ON/OFF cycle of the resistor coils. Thus, the power applied to the dummy was continuous That would be fine if the

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread David Roberson
in a pulse width modulation mode just as Rossi demonstrates. His waveforms shown in the third party test are entirely consistent. Dave -Original Message- From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 1:47 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Alan Fletcher
I sketched a tentative RC mesh model. It has at LEAST 30 resistors (more than half non-linear) and 10 Capacitors. I can do a zero'th order model with 2 linear resistors, a capacitor and a non-linear resistor. (I'd have to figure out how to do a T^4 model. Maybe a lookup table) But I still

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Alan Fletcher
Electrical INPUT is a two-edged sword. It can be measured to 6 decimal places .. IF you do it correctly, but if you don't cover ALL bases you might miss something. (eg an AC-only meter might not notice DC, or HF AC beyond its spec). I've come to the conclusion that the only way to overcome

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: I've come to the conclusion that the only way to overcome the power-side fake is to put a power conditioner between Rossi's power plug (maybe miswired per Bryce etc, or with a DC component) and his control box. That would do it. But the fact is, any $20 watt

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Arnaud Kodeck
-Original Message- From: Alan Fletcher [mailto:a...@well.com] Sent: mercredi 22 mai 2013 22:19 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed Electrical INPUT is a two-edged sword. It can be measured to 6 decimal places .. IF you

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread David Roberson
It can be done. Give it a try and you might become convinced. Dave -Original Message- From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 2:21 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem I sketched a tentative RC mesh model. It has

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew
with the Swedes from someone who understands the issues. Andrew - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: There's a whole lot of detail about the input side that would benefit from the light of day. What's required is an interview with the Swedes from someone who understands the issues. And who understands Swedish. Any volunteers? - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew
Talar ni Svenska. Not much, anyway. - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: There's a whole lot

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: ** I doubt that Rossi would allow a power conditioner, because he himself states that there is some initial RF powering going on to kickstart the device. You misunderstand: The power conditioner would be placed between the

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: ... I suggest you should stop fantasizing about this. Rossi did not take apart the wall and install secret equipment that he turned on and then turned off during the calibration. He did not find a way to send so much

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: There is value in pursuing reductio ad absurda when they engage one of the strongest arguments that the demonstration is valid: That the power input could not conceivably have produced the radiation wavelengths observed. You have mentioned that

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: That the power input could not conceivably have produced the radiation wavelengths observed. You have mentioned that several times. Can you please post a more detailed discussion of that, with equations and examples? I realize you challenged Mary Yugo and other skeptics to do this

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Brad Lowe
Did anyone scope the the power in for 50Hz? Or allow the researchers to choose any outlet? I imagine anything on the same heater circuit would fry if someone tried to insert an extra 500 watts. A light bulb added to the circuit would have detected additional power... or any decent UPS will include

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Robert Lynn
more relevant, and I suspect that they can be set aside with the proper scrutiny. Dave -Original Message- From: Andrew andrew...@att.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 9:27 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Hey, I admit that's a bit far

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Daniel Rocha
Realistic speaking, to get a respectable scientists or engineers doing formal peer review for a magazine is an impossible task right now. So, this is a catch 22 problem to begin with. 2013/5/22 Brad Lowe ecatbuil...@gmail.com Besides a circuit diagram showing all of the inputs, outputs, and

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Lynn robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com wrote: An IR laser wouldn't need to be intense, it/they could be spread out over a wide beam/spot, not eye dangerous, and not particularly noticeable if you weren't looking at it . . . You are joking! I have seen lasers strike objects, such as the

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: You are joking! I have seen lasers strike objects, such as the items in a cash register checkout line. You can't miss that. It is obvious. We have all seen it. Oops. You said infrared lasers. My mistake. My other points hold. People would be burned and blinded. It just isn't

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Axil Axil
Rossi would have had to design a world class electric fraud plan to anticipate what equipment was going to be used in the test. He did not know what the test plan was and could not know if this fraud plan would cover every case and equipment configuration. As a test plan developer myself, I

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-22 Thread Axil Axil
@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 9:27 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Hey, I admit that's a bit far out. But lasers can be straightforwardly coerced into producing something that's not a spot, you know. If there's foul play, my money is on the input side, frankly. Andrew

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
q=eps*s*(Th^4-Tc^4)*A q=eps*(2*pi*r^2+2*l*pi*r)*s*(Th^4-Tc^4) ; subst(2*pi*r^2+2*l*pi*r, A) q=5.6703*10^-8*eps*(2*pi*r^2+2*l*pi*r)*(Th^4-Tc^4) ; subst(5.6703e-8, s) q=5.6703*10^-8*eps*(0.11*l*pi+0.00605*pi)*(Th^4-Tc^4) ; subst(.055, r) q=2.40137205*10^-9*eps*pi*(Th^4-Tc^4) ; subst(.33, l)

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
Erratum: Strike the So, what... On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 5:53 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: q=eps*s*(Th^4-Tc^4)*A q=eps*(2*pi*r^2+2*l*pi*r)*s*(Th^4-Tc^4) ; subst(2*pi*r^2+2*l*pi*r, A) q=5.6703*10^-8*eps*(2*pi*r^2+2*l*pi*r)*(Th^4-Tc^4) ; subst(5.6703e-8, s)

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
Erratum: I also left out the substitution step for room temperature: 360=2.40137205*10^-9*pi*(Th^4-6975757441) ; subst(289) On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 5:53 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: Erratum: Strike the So, what... On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 5:53 PM, James Bowery

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread Axil Axil
peak emission wavelength (λmax) = 5.9920696955297E-6 meter or 6 micrometers That is about the diameter of the Rossi micro-powder, could there be a dipole blackbody resonant condition at work here? Of course there is! On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:59 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
One final erratum (hopefully): In the November run when the device overheated to visible wavelengths, the input power was 1kW (p2), not 360W. Therefore: 360=2.40137205*10^-9*pi*(Th^4-6975757441) 1000=2.40137205*10^-9*pi*(Th^4-6975757441) ; subst(1000, 360)

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem : power conditioner needed

2013-05-22 Thread James Bowery
I can't resist: What power level is required to get that device to barely enter the visible wavelengths (700nm), again, assuming no losses other than black body? again using http://www.ajdesigner.com/phpwien/wien_equation_t.php at 700nm: blackbody temperature (T) = 4139.6692857143 kelvin

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Peter Gluck
the heating resistance is un powered. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, May 20, 2013 10:10 pm Subject: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem I just read this paper for the third time. This is a gem

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Peter: ... (only Mary Yugo has surfaced till now, ... Where? A link? What did she say? Someone should start a thread pointing to what the Rossi skeptics, like Cude, Yugo, or S. Krivit have decided to say about these latest developments. I haven't been able to find anything. so far.

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Peter Gluck
Comment on my blog to this most recent paper. My answers to Mary I wrote to Steve Krivit signalling this Report, no answer. I sincerely fear this very talented journalist is depresed obsessed, who knows... Peter On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:38 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Patrick Ellul
This is Krivit's reaction on the Forbes article: Steven B. Krivit http://blogs.forbes.com/people/stevenbkrivit/9 hours ago This is a partially independent measurement, performed on a device that was built by and controlled by Rossi, and located in Rossi’s facility. The measurement was performed

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Peter Gluck
According to this they had to build a new E-cat from scratch and test it on a continent where Rossi has no access (Antarctica for example) Hatred poisons the intellect, Krivit is really obsessed. Peter On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Patrick Ellul ellulpatr...@gmail.comwrote: This is Krivit's

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Chris Zell
Gasp! Why this Cold Fusion thing is clearly some sort of conspiracy !!!

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Peter Gluck
Chris, some 4 years ago you wrote something about Paul Feyerabend. What would this philosopher say about the slogan of ICCF-18? I need your help for a blog paper. if you want to help please write me in private. Peter On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Chris Zell chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote: **

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Chris Zell
If there is an afterlife, Feyerabend might be laughing at anything that suggests 'method' ! If I had the time and skills, I'd write a blog/book on what I call Atheist Theology - a deliberate oxymoron. If science is wholly based on reductionism and materialism, then it is functionally

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2013-05-21 04:09, Jed Rothwell wrote: I just read this paper for the third time. This is a gem. [...] Luboš Motl seems to think otherwise, but I think he's adopted an excessively negative view probably due to personal bias against CF/LENR in general:

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Daniel Rocha
It seems that by the table provided concerning the emissivity of metals, dark materials are within .85 - .95% even at 1000C. So, the 10% error, claimed by the paper, is accurate. 2013/5/21 Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com On 2013-05-21 04:09, Jed Rothwell wrote: I just read this

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Michele Comitini
2013/5/21 Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com http://motls.blogspot.com/**2013/05/tommaso-dorigo-** impressed-by-cold-fusion.htmlhttp://motls.blogspot.com/2013/05/tommaso-dorigo-impressed-by-cold-fusion.html Tommaso Dorigo is another apparently highly regarded skeptic who isn't

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Michele Comitini
2013/5/21 Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com http://motls.blogspot.com/**2013/05/tommaso-dorigo-** impressed-by-cold-fusion.htmlhttp://motls.blogspot.com/2013/05/tommaso-dorigo-impressed-by-cold-fusion.html Tommaso Dorigo is another apparently highly regarded skeptic who isn't

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Harry Veeder
I would shorten the title from “Applying the Scientific Method to Understanding Anomalous Heat Effects: Opportunities and Challenges.” to “Understanding Anomalous Heat Effects: Opportunities and Challenges.” Harry On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Harry Veeder
The original German title of Feyerabend's book is Wider den Methodenzwang. Skizzen einer anarchistischen Erkenntnistheorie. The standard English translation is Against Method. Outline Of An Anarchist Theory of Knowledge I have been told by someone who speaks German that a better translation is

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Jouni Valkonen
On May 21, 2013, at 5:09 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: This is a gem. Indeed. This paper proves that Mr. Krivit's criticism on bad calorimetry was utterly false but Rossi has a method to import excess electricity into device that does not register on measurements. I.e. he has

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Eric Walker
On May 21, 2013, at 8:41, Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: I see they are starting to call themselves out as being not competent in the field. Like saying they do not know. That's a good sign. Someone should write a manual for walking back an extreme position. This move

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Eric Walker
On May 21, 2013, at 11:39, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: Rossi just keeps getting COP 6 with all his devices. There were two main test runs. One achieved a COP of ~6 and the other, slightly longer one, of ~3. Eric

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2013-05-21 Thread David L Babcock
I dispute your COP 6 point. Dave Roberson has pointed out in a series of posts that /in a thermally controlled heat generating reaction/ the COP of 6 is about the best you can reliably aim for. Values above that are too near thermal runaway, and of course lower COP is less efficient.//A telling

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2013-05-21 Thread Andrew
http://motls.blogspot.com/2013/05/tommaso-dorigo-impressed-by-cold-fusion.htmlMotl's critique seems to hinge on the actual output power being far less than the estimate.He asserts that the actual emissivity is far less than unity, and so it's reasonable to supposethat the actual output power is

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2013-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: *Doesn't he have this backwards?* At constant output power, as the emissivity reduces, output power will apparently reduce, meaning that what is measured is progressively less than what's actually output. Yes, he has it backwards. Emissivity of 1 means the

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2013-05-21 Thread Giovanni Santostasi
Motl is a pretty racist guy saying all the Italians are part of the mafia family. Very offended. Giovanni On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: *Doesn't he have this backwards?* At constant output power, as the emissivity

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2013-05-21 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Andrew andrew...@att.net Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:16:45 PM http://motls.blogspot.com/2013/05/tommaso-dorigo-impressed-by-cold-fusion.html He also makes a big fuss about the convection being different between December and March. They ran at different temperatures, and were

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Andrew
this in quantitatively? Andrew - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: Doesn't he have this backwards? At constant output power, as the emissivity

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2013-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: Since the supply powering the E-cat is off-limits, they measure only wall power. That means that one could secrete a discrete power source inside the supply box, and its power output would evade measurement. That's the input hoax. Mary Yugu suggested this,

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2013-05-21 Thread Andrew
-cold-fusion-reactor-independently-verified-has-1-times-the-energy-density-of-gas Andrew - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote

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2013-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: ** You're missing my point. A power meter looking at wall power is blind to any internal power source in the box that directly supplies the device with additional power. What sort of internal power source? A generator? That would noisy and obvious. A

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2013-05-21 Thread DJ Cravens
is fairly convensing. I have only had one thing glow like that before and it did not last but 2 hours. Oh would I love to know what is in that cylinder and what kind of frequencies, etc were used. Dennis Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:20 -0400 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

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2013-05-21 Thread Andrew
. Andrew - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: You're missing my point. A power meter looking at wall power is blind to any

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2013-05-21 Thread James Bowery
The strongest technical argument for the veracity of this report is that the power measured going into the device is 360W and that the way it was measured was from the wall socket through an industry standard power analyzer (PCE-830 Power and Harmonics Analyzer by PCE Instruments). Detractors

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2013-05-21 Thread Giovanni Santostasi
My argument against what Motl claims (what I wrote on his post): I think Lumo you are wrong on this issue of epsilon. The camera doesn't know about temperatures but can measure power. If you use a higher epsilon (1 being the highest) than the real one you are actually underestimating the

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2013-05-21 Thread Arnaud Kodeck
]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem The strongest technical argument for the veracity of this report is that the power measured going into the device is 360W and that the way it was measured was from the wall socket through an industry standard power analyzer (PCE-830 Power and Harmonics Analyzer by PCE

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2013-05-21 Thread Giovanni Santostasi
Motl is deleting my comment, lol. Funny Giovanni On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Giovanni Santostasi gsantost...@gmail.comwrote: My argument against what Motl claims (what I wrote on his post): I think Lumo you are wrong on this issue of epsilon. The camera doesn't know about

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2013-05-21 Thread Andrew
further that, according to Randi, scientists are the most easily-fooled audience of all. Just ask Geller and Taylor. Andrew - Original Message - From: Andrew To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem A hidden

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2013-05-21 Thread Andrew
- Original Message - From: Giovanni Santostasi To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Motl is deleting my comment, lol. Funny Giovanni On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Giovanni Santostasi gsantost...@gmail.com

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2013-05-21 Thread Giovanni Santostasi
: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Motl is deleting my comment, lol. Funny Giovanni On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Giovanni Santostasi gsantost...@gmail.com wrote: My argument against what Motl claims (what I wrote on his post): I think Lumo you are wrong on this issue of epsilon

RE: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
[mailto:gsantost...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:49 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Motl is deleting my comment, lol. Funny Giovanni On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Giovanni Santostasi gsantost...@gmail.com wrote: My argument

Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem

2013-05-21 Thread Giovanni Santostasi
talented physicist. Andrew - Original Message - *From:* Giovanni Santostasi gsantost...@gmail.com *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:48 PM *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem Motl is deleting my comment, lol. Funny Giovanni On Tue, May 21, 2013

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2013-05-21 Thread Giovanni Santostasi
: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem ** ** Motl is deleting my comment, lol. Funny Giovanni ** ** ** ** On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Giovanni Santostasi gsantost...@gmail.com wrote: My argument against what Motl claims (what I wrote on his post

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