Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-16 Thread Axil Axil
I would like to introduce an alternate mental model of the process that you offer in is post. Currently, it is universally accepted as physics gospel that quarks are bound so tightly by the strong force that they can never exist in isolation or recombine in a low energy environment. What LENR doe

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-16 Thread Bob Higgins
Thank you Mark for this article. It is good to keep "Cold Fusion" in the minds of the financial community. If Cold Fusion pans out, it could be the single largest business on the planet 10 years after the introduction of the first practical product. It could be $5T-10T/year - so what if the prob

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Ruby wrote: I call it whatever name needs be, for whatever audience I have. > Spoken like a true politician. You go, girl!

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Ruby
Names are important. They have power, and, they flip like fashion. But no matter what you'd like to call it, when the technology descends, you will not decide the name, the company will not decide the name, the public will. The users of any technology will generate their own language to des

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Edmund Storms wrote: I make the distinction between the Fleischmann-Pons Effect, The Arata > Effect, and the Stringham Effect. > Yes -- F&P effect tends to refer to D2O electrolysis with palladium (or maybe titanium). In more general contexts, I personally like "

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Edmund Storms
I make the distinction between the Fleischmann-Pons Effect, The Arata Effect, and the Stringham Effect. All are cold fusion, but the names identify different methods and give credit. As for the name, everyone knows about cold fusion. Changing the name only invites a charge of trying to hide

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread blaze spinnaker
FPP is good! On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:56 PM, James Bowery wrote: > Yes if it were an experimental error it would be a phenomenon for the > reason I stated: Physics authorities view it as a sociological phenomenon > in which case Fleischmann Pons Phenomenon would still be appropriate as it > na

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread James Bowery
Yes if it were an experimental error it would be a phenomenon for the reason I stated: Physics authorities view it as a sociological phenomenon in which case Fleischmann Pons Phenomenon would still be appropriate as it named the original perpetrators of this "incompetence and delusion" that went o

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
James Bowery wrote: > > A more neutral, and useful, name would be “Fleischmann Pons Phenomenon” > I think "Fleischmann-Pons effect" is more in line with the names of similar discoveries. Some people do call it this. It would not be a real effect if it turns out to be an experimental error, but

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread James Bowery
My response at the Mark Gibbs blog: A more neutral, and useful, name would be “Fleischmann Pons Phenomenon” since, at this point, it is interpreted by physics authorities to be merely a sociological phenomenon that originated with the two named perpetrators, and, by those skeptical of the physics

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Dorr wrote: > Personally I think the phrase "Cold Fusion" describes itself fairly well. > I think so too. I get why it upsets the plasma fusion people. I do not understand why it bothers other people, such as the people who hang out at Wikipedia, or Steve Krivit. They do not have a dog

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Rob Dingemans
Hi, On 15-7-2013 21:06, H Veeder wrote: X-Rated Fusion XXX Fusion Only to be applied after 10:00 PM ;-) Kind regards, Rob

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread H Veeder
X-Rated physics. Not for prudes. Harry On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:06 PM, H Veeder wrote: > X-Rated Fusion > > XXX Fusion > Harry > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > >> Adrian Ashfield posted an apt comment at Forbes: >> >> "I don’t see that calling it 'Anomalous Energ

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread H Veeder
X-Rated Fusion XXX Fusion Harry On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Adrian Ashfield posted an apt comment at Forbes: > > "I don’t see that calling it 'Anomalous Energy System (AES)' gets us much > further as it won’t be anomalous once it’s understood." > > Yes! It is a bit l

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Robert Dorr
Personally I think the phrase "Cold Fusion" describes itself fairly well. When it comes to the way fusion was initially obtained, which is very hot indeed, this alternate, new method of creating fusion is pretty damned cold, no matter which way you go about it. Maybe we should call it "New Fu

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread David Roberson
When I discuss my interests with people that do not follow LENR progress I find that the best way to get them to understand which subject I am referring to is to use the term "Cold Fusion". That always works! There has been at least one main movie that many typical people has watched where th

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Edmund Storms
Why not call cold fusion: "This is no threat to hot fusion" (TINTTHF) and count on every one being as easily fooled as this discussion assumes? Ed On Jul 15, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Rob Dingemans wrote: Hi, On 15-7-2013 16:11, Jones Beene wrote: 3) PCRPF or polariton catalyzed reversible

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Axil Axil
Nanoplasmonic Induced Transmutation (NIT). The name needs to be generalized to describe all know anomalous nuclear reactions which are outside the purview of orthodox nuclear physics. This should cover lightning reactions, nebular, solar, and the many forms of cavatation. At this early stage, it

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Peter Gluck
the > understanding that hydrogen includes all isotopes of H. > > :) > > D2 > > -- > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:53:10 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die > From: jedrothw...@gmail.com > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > &g

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Rob Dingemans
Hi, On 15-7-2013 16:11, Jones Beene wrote: 3) PCRPF or polariton catalyzed reversible proton fusion The thing is you need some kind of catchy Acronym. The above could be abbreviated to Polca Repro fusion; which can again be abbreviated to PoRe fusion ;-) And "pore fusion" could in essenc

RE: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread DJ Cravens
I still label mine- HOPE , hydrogen or proton effect. With the understanding that hydrogen includes all isotopes of H. :) D2 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:53:10 -0400 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die From: jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Adrian Ashfield

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Adrian Ashfield posted an apt comment at Forbes: "I don’t see that calling it 'Anomalous Energy System (AES)' gets us much further as it won’t be anomalous once it’s understood." Yes! It is a bit like calling them "x-rays" where "x" means "unknown." There are countless words with origins based

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Axil Axil
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1306/1306.0830.pdf *Laser-induced synthesis and decay of Tritium under exposure of solid targets in heavy water * There is an area a science where orthodox science gradually descends into pseudoscience as the power that activates the induced nuclear react

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Vorl Bek
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:46:46 -0400 Jed Rothwell wrote: > Vorl Bek wrote: > > > > And when 'spam' had its meaning changed from 'unsolicited > > commercial email' to 'any email you do not want to receive', I > > figured scoundrels were trying to pull the wool over our eyes > > to somehow make sp

RE: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
ous, and SCIENCE is about understanding ANOMALIES! Their pitiful excuse is just that. pitiful, and unbecoming a scientist. -Mark Iverson From: mark.gi...@gmail.com [mailto:mark.gi...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Mark Gibbs Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:53 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Why

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChemE Stewart wrote: Plus, Jed would have to change the name of his book :) Not gonna happen. People who use technology from its earliest stages tend to stick to original words for things. To the end of his life Orville Wright spelled his invention "aeroplane." That is more technically accurate

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Vorl Bek wrote: On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:27:51 +0200 > Moab Moab wrote: > > > That article doesn't make sense to me. > > > > You are proposing that a "name change" will make non-listeners into > > listeners, I don't think that's gonna work at all. > > > > I think that any non-listening scientists

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread ChemE Stewart
Plus, Jed would have to change the name of his book :) On Monday, July 15, 2013, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Moab Moab 'moab2...@googlemail.com');>> wrote: > > >> You are proposing that a "name change" will make non-listeners into >> listeners, I don't think that's gonna work at all. >> >> I think tha

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Moab Moab wrote: > You are proposing that a "name change" will make non-listeners into > listeners, I don't think that's gonna work at all. > > I think that any non-listening scientists that would read the a paper > published with the new name will immediately figure out that "it's plain > old c

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
My response posted at the Forbes site: With the palladium deuterium system there is good evidence that cold fusion is, in fact, fusion. It produces helium in the same ratio to the heat as plasma fusion does. No one has looked for nuclear products in the nickel systems yet. (This is a very expensi

RE: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jones Beene
Since Mark's suggestion will prompt a flurry of thought, and possibly a few more suggestions which are influenced by the present agenda of interested observers, here are a few alternatives from the far-fringe (with a rationale) - pending future evidence for accuracy. Obviously, there is a slant, on

RE: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread DJ Cravens
]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2013/07/15/why-cold-fusion-has-to-die/ [mg]

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Edmund Storms
Mark, you are correct about many theories being proposed but you are wrong about there being no theory that explains the effect. I have described such a theory in print and will give a major talk about the model at ICCF-18. This model can explain all the observed behavior as well as how the

RE: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Jones Beene
While AES is a preferable name to either LENR or cold fusion, renaming now is probably premature ... ...under the circumstances, it seems to me that we are within a year or two of finding the precise cause for the anomaly - so, why not wait a bit longer? From: mark.gi...@gmail.co

RE: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
>From Mark Gibbs: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2013/07/15/why-cold-fusion-has-to-die/ Hi Mark, I suspect your latest FORBES article will generate plenty of discussion here. Obviously, you suspect something interesting is happening. something that warrants further research. I ge

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Vorl Bek
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:27:51 +0200 Moab Moab wrote: > That article doesn't make sense to me. > > You are proposing that a "name change" will make non-listeners into > listeners, I don't think that's gonna work at all. > > I think that any non-listening scientists that would read the a paper > p

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread fznidarsic
Wait a minute! Did not Widom, Larson, and Krivit not figure this out? Frank Z -Original Message- From: Moab Moab To: vortex-l Sent: Mon, Jul 15, 2013 8:27 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die That article doesn't make sense to me. You are proposi

Re: [Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Moab Moab
That article doesn't make sense to me. You are proposing that a "name change" will make non-listeners into listeners, I don't think that's gonna work at all. I think that any non-listening scientists that would read the a paper published with the new name will immediately figure out that "it's pl

[Vo]:Why "Cold Fusion" Has to Die

2013-07-15 Thread Mark Gibbs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2013/07/15/why-cold-fusion-has-to-die/ [mg]