RE: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-06 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
has also contributed to discussions on the science of LENR, so treat him in a civil manner… is that too much to ask? -Mark Iverson From: Kevin O'Malley [mailto:kevmol...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:09 PM To: vortex-l Subject: Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-06 Thread Peter Gluck
, 2014 8:09 PM *To:* vortex-l *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:22 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: All Vorts: Have any of you lost money to Blaze, or even took him up on a bet??? ***Yes. I did. I took him up on his

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-06 Thread Kevin O'Malley
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:12 AM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Kevin: Think about these clues: ***Mark, go down the street to the corner store and purchase a clue. 1) At this time, noone has indicated that Blaze has taken any of their $. ***First of all, that's because

RE: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
: Kevin O'Malley [mailto:kevmol...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 10:17 PM To: vortex-l Subject: Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:45 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Kevin, Lighten up. ***NO. Ever since Blaze first showed up

RE: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Steve High
Well put, and I feel constrained to point out that once the name of Bill B is invoked it's a lot like speaking the name JHWH. In short order the avenging angel will arise and impose His terrible swift justice. Not a pretty sight, leaves one shuddering in one's boots. One time He even shut the

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Carl High
:* Kevin O'Malley [mailto:kevmol...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 04, 2014 10:17 PM *To:* vortex-l *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:45 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Kevin, Lighten up. ***NO. Ever since Blaze first

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Carl High
Aw Shucks this was supposed to be in response to the ZeroPoint message posted above, so I resent it. On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Steve High diamondweb...@gmail.com wrote: Well put, and I feel constrained to point out that once the name of Bill B is invoked it's a lot like speaking the

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Kevin O'Malley
simple. -Mark *From:* Kevin O'Malley [mailto:kevmol...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 04, 2014 10:17 PM *To:* vortex-l *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:45 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Kevin, Lighten up

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Lennart Thornros
To Jed, I agree with you all entrepreneurs are not the same. In a way that describes an entrepreneur - if all entrepreneurs were alike they would not be entrepreneurs. I happen to like change. I try to avoid being caught repeating myself and I like personal freedom to change as I want. I do drive

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: Have you considered putting together a historical account of the Saga of Cold Fusion? . . . It seems to me that should it become a generally accepted fact that CF (or whatever the popular culture end up calling it) is a

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: If you don't like the implication that Blaze has his head in dark places, go ahead and defend him Or her.

RE: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
the personal attacks… its really pretty simple. -Mark From: Kevin O'Malley [mailto:kevmol...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 10:17 PM To: vortex-l Subject: Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:45 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote

RE: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
from Jed: ... Well, it hasn't happened yet. If it happens I guess I can write about it. ... I watched the video and read your Lessons from cold fusion archives and from history. Thanks. IMHO, your professed self-doubt is precisely one of the principle reasons I continue to

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Kevin O'Malley
? *From:* Kevin O'Malley [mailto:kevmol...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:51 AM *To:* vortex-l *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit If Bill wants to beg to differ, let him. It's his sandbox. In the meantime your free advice is worth what I paid

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Kevin O'Malley
Be careful, Terry. Mark might key up on you with the ultimate YHWH reference post to put you on the defensive... even then, would such a thing contribute to Blaze pulling his head out of a dark place??? On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 5,

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread Kevin O'Malley
Several groups which tested the Rossi device found no heat, so they stopped the tests ahead of schedule. ***When you write your book, you'll hopefully explain which groups these are. And that eventuality of writing your book will be coming VERY soon in your perspective. Ya might as well get

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-05 Thread James Bowery
If, as Carver Mead believes, the magnetic vector potential turns out to be not only physical but essential for coherent thinking about the physical, Oliver Heaviside's contribution will be thrown into question as it was he, more than anyone else, that discounted Maxwell's insistence that it was

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Alain Sepeda
One reason for the scientist, like for Elforsk boss, is not taking risk to be wrong but very probably they already know what they are (right or wrong), and that they did not take the opportunity to flee the debate is an information. If the test was a flop, the boss of Elforsk would have said : I

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Daniel Rocha
The oddest thing about this new affair it is that ecat's report should be released soon... So, it's almost like this scam calling was done on purpose, right before its release. -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
Yeah, crazy stuff. I'm increasing the % here of Rossi being real to 40% though on the account of the scientists speaking out. They sound confident. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: The oddest thing about this new affair it is that ecat's report

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: I sincerely doubt that a journal will pick it up, so it will most likely be self-published (again) and generally ignored (again). I think there is no chance any journal will publish this. Self-publication is fine. It will be ignored, but that does not

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, crazy stuff. I'm increasing the % here of Rossi being real to 40% though on the account of the scientists speaking out. They sound confident. They are confident, but we cannot be sure they have a positive result this time. Even assuming

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
A reasonable point. They may report high, uncontrollable COP. The isotopic analysis should stlll be be interesting though, if they actually did it. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, crazy stuff.

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Steve High
I agree with having an interested public. I also think that having a highly interested stakeholder could prove useful in the political realm. To that end I have been trying to get the trade association for the drought ravaged central California growers interested. If the coastal cities had

[Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Ian Walker
Hi all On the matter of scepticism: No one is denying people the right to be scientifically sceptical of LENR but to be a sceptical scientist you must conform to the Galileo Test and put your eye to the telescope. For the radio reporter to speak out against a report that has not been published,

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Axil Axil
The Galileo Test cannot be one on the Ni/H reactor. Its design and operating principles are top secret. We are at the religion stage currently and the builders of the Ni/H reactors want to keep it that way for as long as possible. When asked :how does it work the builders will then ask you tell

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Ian Walker
Hi all In reply to Axil Axil The point I was making was clearly about the the lack of scientific basis of the Radio Reporter critique of a third party report that has not yet been published, so hence no basis on which to make their critique and about the use of ad homonym attacks rather than

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread James Bowery
We're at the magic stage. Science, anyone skilled in the art can reproduce it. Magic, only some skilled in the art can reproduce it. Religion, no one can reproduce it. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: The Galileo Test cannot be one on the Ni/H reactor.

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread ChemE Stewart
I like that On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: We're at the magic stage. Science, anyone skilled in the art can reproduce it. Magic, only some skilled in the art can reproduce it. Religion, no one can reproduce it. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Axil

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread David Roberson
That is a good description of the status! Dave -Original Message- From: James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Jun 4, 2014 12:00 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit We're at the magic stage. Science, anyone skilled

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear James I think this list is not complete: *Technology*- anybody paying for it and respecting some simple instructions can, use it. Unfortunately skilled in the art has to be defined in each case. Technology is much more than applied science. Peter On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 7:00 PM, James

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread James Bowery
Peter, I agree with what you said with two exceptions: 1) Technology does not necessarily imply money. There are huge amounts of open free technology -- particularly in software. 2) skilled in the art has a legal definition as a consequence of patent law's definition of disclosure. Although it

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear James, your definition is perfect, thanks 1) is irrelevant THIS technology implies money, a lot, in and out. 2) re patents, know-how I am speaking from practice. Rarely patents are sold without know how. Peter On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 7:35 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Alan Fletcher
At 08:40 AM 6/4/2014, you wrote: The Galileo Test cannot be one on the Ni/H reactor. Its design and operating principles are top secret. We are at the religion stage currently and the builders of the Ni/H reactors want to keep it that way for as long as possible. You can put your eye to the

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Alain Sepeda
about the problem some people have with the unknown is fascinating. Am I a genius in understanding what is a black box test ? in assuming that if some heat above any known chemical process, above the theoretical chemistry limit, thus there is something ... interesting to look further ? It is the

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.com wrote: about the problem some people have with the unknown is fascinating. I think that is the core problem. Fear of novelty is common in many animals. It is a healthy evolved response, but it gets in the way of science. Am I a genius in understanding

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Lennart Thornros
To Alain and Jed, I think you guys are on to what I call the difference between an entrepreneur (a very misused word) and not an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are fearless about new things. However to be a successful entrepreneur you need to be logical and the hardest - You have to accept the simple

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Lennart Thornros lenn...@thornros.com wrote: I think you guys are on to what I call the difference between an entrepreneur (a very misused word) and not an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are fearless about new things. However to be a successful entrepreneur you need to be logical and the

RE: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Jed, I've just read your modus operandi, and again I find myself wanting to say: Have you considered putting together a historical account of the Saga of Cold Fusion? You've already written a book 10 years ago on how Cold Fusion has the potential to transform the world for the better.

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Kevin O'Malley
But you don't increase the % on the thread where you introduced that practice. So I'm constrained to decrease my ASSessment of an ASSurance that Blaze will pull his head out of his ASinine hind quarters down to 7.61%, taking into account the Coriolis effect on this year's election cycle. At

RE: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:05 PM To: vortex-l Subject: Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit But you don't increase the % on the thread where you introduced that practice. So I'm constrained to decrease my ASSessment of an ASSurance that Blaze will pull his head

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-04 Thread Kevin O'Malley
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:45 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Kevin, Lighten up. ***NO. Ever since Blaze first showed up, he's been trying to steal money from your pocket and every other vortician's pocket. http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg83682.html

[Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-03 Thread Steve High
The folks up north are apparently a bit peeved over being slimed by their local media: http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/06/03/swedish-e-cat-testers-issue-statement/ I can imagine that it's a bit unpleasant to find your reputation being trashed in this manner by your government-sponsored

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is a good statement. Yes, I do get a sense this wording means the results are probably positive. If the results were negative, I suppose they would say something like: although our initial results were positive, we could not confirm them. Why say that now? Because it would get them off the

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: Another reason to think the results are positive is that it is taking all this time. The researchers would have cut short the tests long ago and published. I meant that if there were no excess heat, they would have cut short the tests after a few weeks. I suppose. Several groups

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-03 Thread Lennart Thornros
Comment on Steve High, You know I am one of the folks up north although in California since many years. Like many others you think that a government owned radio network is different than one owned by advertisement. Well, they both have their advantages. Unfortunately the freedom of speech in my

Re: [Vo]:Swedish Professors Chomping at the Bit

2014-06-03 Thread Alan Fletcher
I don't know why they replied. Since (as Jed pointed out) they ran the test for the full duration it was most likely positive. The only reason I can think of is that the Swedish coverage might influence journal editors, but I think a solid paper and a cover letter would serve the same