[Vo]:New here-- some general statements

2012-01-24 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
hello guys, --first post here--   after watching the scene for a couple of months now -with increasing intensity- I would dare to say that Rossi is a tragic figure. His personal idiosyncrasies just don't match the size of the problem.   Just three examples: a) Spending 500k€ for an evaluation at U

Re: [Vo]:New here-- some general statements

2012-01-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
(Guenter: Your e-mail is set so that responses here go to you.) Guenter Wildgruber gwildgru...@ymail.com mailto:gwildgru...@ymail.com wrote: I would dare to say that Rossi is a tragic figure. I sometimes feel that way . . . But it remains to be seen, doesn't it? He has not failed yet.

Re: [Vo]:New here-- some general statements

2012-01-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: c) seemingly constantly changing his design. See his recent cost-estimates for 10kW units. Ridiculous. I regard these constant changes as a mark of genius. This is essential part of inventing. Inventing -- as opposed to scientific research. Come to think of it, Martin

Re: [Vo]:New here-- some general statements

2012-01-24 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Very few of us are destined to make a colossal financial killing in the world, particularly on the order of raking in billions of Dollars/Euros. It remains to be seen whether Rossi's name will be added to that rarified list. If Rossi does eventually succeed I would speculate that the history

Re: [Vo]:New here-- some general statements

2012-01-24 Thread Guenter Wildgruber
Von:Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Rossi does that better than anyone I know. He is astounding in that respect. He also takes whatever good ideas he finds, from Arata and others. As Steve Jobs said: Good artists copy, great artists steal.  We have always been shameless about stealing