Re: [Vo]:OT: Space travel, moon colonization.

2010-01-26 Thread Michel Jullian
The elevator cable doesn't have to be electrically conductive. Michel 2010/1/25 Alexander Hollins alexander.holl...@gmail.com: best link ive found so far. http://www.data4science.net/essays.php?EssayID=850 hmm, i think its the same one you are talking about.  I THOUGHT there was another one

[Vo]:Spam has been eliminated? Robin posts considered spam (was Re: OFF TOPIC Davos predictions: predictably wrong?)

2010-01-26 Thread Michel Jullian
2010/1/25 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com: By the way, I think Bill Gates (2004) was right and spam has been largely eliminated. Jed, I see you use Gmail, have you checked the number of emails in your spam folder? (the spams you have received in the last month if you haven't deleted them

Re: [Vo]:Nuclear catalysis, effective LENR isotopes, etc.

2010-01-26 Thread Horace Heffner
Earlier I wrote: Once the hypothesis of one of more deflated electrons and a de-energized composite nucleus comes into play the situation with regard to spin and other constraints becomes more complex, especially if there are numerous deflated (negative energy) electrons in the nucleus

RE: [Vo]:Spam has been eliminated? Robin posts considered spam (was Re: OFF TOPIC Davos predictions: predictably wrong?)

2010-01-26 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Michel: Jed, I see you use Gmail, have you checked the number of emails in your spam folder? (the spams you have received in the last month if you haven't deleted them manually). Mine contains more than 1400 spams, so maybe it would be more accurate to say that spam is less problematic

Re: [Vo]:OT: Space travel, moon colonization.

2010-01-26 Thread Alexander Hollins
Even a non conductive material will, if the voltage difference is great enough, have surface effects that can cause plasma discharges (think making plasma balls in the microwave with burnt matches. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: The elevator cable

Re: [Vo]:Spam has been eliminated? Robin posts considered spam (was Re: OFF TOPIC Davos predictions: predictably wrong?)

2010-01-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: Jed, I see you use Gmail, have you checked the number of emails in your spam folder? Maybe 5 per day. I don't check often. I have only found real mail there are few times. I would say spam has gone from being Very Annoying to being a minor problem you have to deal with

[Vo]:Physics Complete

2010-01-26 Thread Terry Blanton
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY World's Physicists Complete Study Of Physics JANUARY 14, 2010 | ISSUE 46•02 HARIMA, JAPAN—Saying that there was no more knowledge to acquire about the physical nature of the universe, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics announced Monday that it had concluded

Re: [Vo]:Spam has been eliminated? Robin posts considered spam (was Re: OFF TOPIC Davos predictions: predictably wrong?)

2010-01-26 Thread Terry Blanton
Ironically, this was the only VO message in my spam folder of about 30 total in the past month. Hey Monteverde, the Food Network says Hawaiians love spam, like spam omelette's, etc. Terry On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:50 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: From

[Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-26 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.bolenreport.com/feature_articles/feature_article088.htm Wikipedia Doesn't Like Me ... Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 Wikipedia's General Counsel, Mike Godwin, is sending me nasty emails. Apparently he doesn't like me telling people how bad

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-26 Thread Gibson Elliot
Can't blame them when someone is spending their time teaching people how to sue Wikipedia. The afflicted need to realize that if they depend on soemthing like Wikipedia as anything other than just another resource, they will make mistakes. To sue someone over your own mistakes is a major cop

[Vo]:Army LENR workshop

2010-01-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steve Krivit posted the following: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/conferences/2010/ARL/ARL-Agenda.shtmlhttp://newenergytimes.com/v2/conferences/2010/ARL/ARL-Agenda.shtml This is good news. I have been hearing about other small seminars like this at various places, mainly in the military. -

RE: [Vo]:Spam has been eliminated? Robin posts considered spam (was Re: OFF TOPIC Davos predictions: predictably wrong?)

2010-01-26 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:50 AM 1/26/2010, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: http://blogs.msdn.com/tzink/archive/2010/01/25/spam-is-solved-we-can-all-go-home-now.aspx http://tinyurl.com/ylj42d5 I would love some comments on this article. Okay, here goes! The article describes an interesting

[Vo]:Army LENR workshop

2010-01-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steve Krivit posted the following: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/conferences/2010/ARL/ARL-Agenda.shtmlhttp://newenergytimes.com/v2/conferences/2010/ARL/ARL-Agenda.shtml This is good news. I have been hearing about other small seminars like this at various places, mainly in the military. -

Re: [Vo]:Spam has been eliminated? Robin posts considered spam (was Re: OFF TOPIC Davos predictions: predictably wrong?)

2010-01-26 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:05:35 -0500: Hi, [snip] Ironically, this was the only VO message in my spam folder of about 30 total in the past month. Hey Monteverde, the Food Network says Hawaiians love spam, like spam omelette's, etc. Terry SPAM - SPurious

Re: [Vo]:Spam has been eliminated? Robin posts considered spam (was Re: OFF TOPIC Davos predictions: predictably wrong?)

2010-01-26 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:13 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: SPAM - SPurious Advertising Material. Also SPiced hAM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE T

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
I agree with this guy Bolen that many Wikipedia articles are anti-intellectual, but filing suits against Wikipeida is WAY over the line. That is not how to respond! Just ignore it. Don't mess with free speech. In a few cases vandals at Wikipedia defamed people. I think they have put in place

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-26 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/26/2010 05:27 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: These people are extremists but so are the editors of the Scientific American, the Executive Director of the AIP and many others. Filing lawsuits would not improve this situation even if it were not a violation of free speech. They're not the

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: THAT is what Free Speech is about -- not about your right to get your message out on the Internet free of interference from private individuals who disagree with you. However, private individuals and corporations cannot interfere with web sites they do not own.

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-26 Thread Terry Blanton
As they say, You vote with your dollar. I used to be a regular contributor to Wikipedia; but, have reduced my contributions significantly because there seem to be people who spend their day full time defending their positions. I can only wonder who is paying them. It is no longer me. T

Re: [Vo]:Physics Complete

2010-01-26 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: HARIMA, JAPAN—Saying that there was no more knowledge to acquire about the physical nature of the universe, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics announced Monday that it had concluded the scientific study of

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-26 Thread Steven Krivit
At 02:27 PM 1/26/2010, you wrote: Just ignore it. Don't mess with free speech. I am editing papers for a REAL encyclopedia. Every once in a while authors will submit papers that include references to Wikipedia. I tell them all that such references are unacceptable. End of story. s