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2007-03-13 Thread john herman
Dear Vortex, I have not been following vortex for some time and now receive the vortex digest. The beginning of one is 'cut and pasted' below. I read well and rapidly, but type very slowly. AND at present my keyboard is a little "crunchy" and sometimes does not put the space

[Vo]: Aether Theory

2007-03-13 Thread thomas malloy
Paul and David posted >> Are you the guy with the Aether theory of everything? >> If so then when are you going to start on the list provided in >>another thread? > > Are you telling me what to do? Would you like me to tell you what to do? > Please take a look at what you replied to. Both

Re: [Vo]: Earthquake in NE Ohio

2007-03-13 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Harvey Norris's message of Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:45:46 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >Loud Explosion effect similar to hypothesized scalar >interferometry. Ravenna(Portage Co Ohio) Military >arsenal near epicenter; Folks near center not >experience shock wave but outwards from center shock >wa

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions now vladimir b ginzburg

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
Esa Ruoho wrote: > On 14/03/07, nothing of worth was said by two or twenty people fighting > amongst themselves > I think you are correct. Debates are good, but this thread with Dave is the only Vo thread I've seen that's useless. IMHO it's honestly like talking to an adolescent child. I'l

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
David Thomson wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> Can you understand the difference between my research focused on capturing > > usable ambient temperature energy and your extensive Aether theory? > > Yes, my theory is based upon real math, your "research" is based upon > dreams. That is not rhetoric, it is a

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions now vladimir b ginzburg

2007-03-13 Thread Esa Ruoho
hi so what do you lot think of vladimir b ginzburg? seems to be slightly touched in the head about vortices! its a shame his website helicola.com is offline - but he has published 3 books, 3 of which are on amazon. seems fun, he even has a thing called the 3 dimensional spiral super-string theory!

RE: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread David Thomson
Hi Paul, > Can you understand the difference between my research focused on capturing usable ambient temperature energy and your extensive Aether theory? Yes, my theory is based upon real math, your "research" is based upon dreams. That is not rhetoric, it is a fact. > Seriously, can you compr

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
David Thomson wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> No offense, but IMHO this conversation is silly and a waste of time. I > generally prefer to converse with people at Vo that are primarily interested > in research geared toward generating so-called "free energy." Are you are > working on such research? If i

Re: [VO]:Re: Modified Double-Slit Experiment

2007-03-13 Thread Harry Veeder
R.C.Macaulay wrote: Harry wrote.. >An article on the work titled "Paradox in Wave-Particle Duality" recently published in Foundations of Physics, a prestigious, refereed academic journal, supports Albert Einsteins long-debated belief that quantum physics is incomplete. For eight decades the scien

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Howdy David and Paul, Please don't throw things in the saloon in Dime Box Texas. Someone may break the mirror behind the bar with the picture of the "nekkid" woman and get a fight started. Richard

[Vo]: Earthquake in NE Ohio

2007-03-13 Thread Harvey Norris
Loud Explosion effect similar to hypothesized scalar interferometry. Ravenna(Portage Co Ohio) Military arsenal near epicenter; Folks near center not experience shock wave but outwards from center shock wave evident at 3.6 on Richter scale. Effects predominant ALONG OHIO TURNPIKE FROM EAST TO WEST a

RE: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread David Thomson
Hi Paul, > No offense, but IMHO this conversation is silly and a waste of time. I generally prefer to converse with people at Vo that are primarily interested in research geared toward generating so-called "free energy." Are you are working on such research? If it's fine with you, lets try and

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Nick Palmer wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote:- > < So I cam calling on them to TEST the claim. This is not engineering request. > It is a scientific request!>> > > This COP you are talking about is the ratio of input electrical power to > output heat. Jed was trying to explain to you that this figure

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
No offense, but IMHO this conversation is silly and a waste of time. I generally prefer to converse with people at Vo that are primarily interested in research geared toward generating so-called "free energy." Are you are working on such research? If it's fine with you, lets try and put an en

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Jed Rothwell wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote: > >>> point to bothering with them. We can improve the COP anytime, but >>> that proves nothing and contributes nothing to our understanding of >>> the phenomenon. >> >> It is hypothetical until you try it. It may be that the conditions >> which they thi

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Michel Jullian
Take your time, I'll go offline now. Talk to you tomorrow. Michel - Original Message - From: "Michel Jullian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer > I'll let you find the error yourself it's quite o

RE: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread David Thomson
Hi Paul, > No, my definition of thugs is people working for the cause to suppress technology considered dangerous in the hands of terrorists or rogue countries such as Iran or North Korea. You mean like machine guns, hand grenades, and nuclear bombs? It's a little late for that, don't you think

Re: [Vo]: Diodes capturing Ambient energy - BINGO!

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
R.C.Macaulay wrote: > Howdy Paul, > You may try contacting Leupold & Stevens Instrument Company in > Beaverton/Portland, Oregon. They do some work in this area with night > vision scopes. They are good people. > Richard Hi Richard, Thanks. I'll look them up. R.C.Macaulay wrote: > Howdy Paul,

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Michel Jullian
I'll let you find the error yourself it's quite obvious. Same error in the two quotes. Michel - Original Message - From: "Edmund Storms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer ... >> -> Ed >> The title

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Nick Palmer
Harry Veeder wrote:- <> This COP you are talking about is the ratio of input electrical power to output heat. Jed was trying to explain to you that this figure is only marginally relevant to improving the CF reaction. This topic was discussed right back at the beginning, almost 17 years ago. T

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Edmund Storms
Michel Jullian wrote: -> Jed I think you mean the ratio of chemical energy out (energy stored in electrolysis products H2 and O2, which you can recover as heat by recombining them) to electrical energy in. This ratio is close to but cannot exceed one, and not only won't it make any useful d

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Michel Jullian
-> Jed I think you mean the ratio of chemical energy out (energy stored in electrolysis products H2 and O2, which you can recover as heat by recombining them) to electrical energy in. This ratio is close to but cannot exceed one, and not only won't it make any useful difference to improve it, bu

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
David Thomson wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> No, the "thugs" are concerned about the release of advanced technology. >> You're thinking of the science community, > > There is technically no such thing as "advanced technology" that is not > defined as "science that works." Advanced technology is leading

RE: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread David Thomson
Hi Paul, > No, the "thugs" are concerned about the release of advanced technology. > You're thinking of the science community, There is technically no such thing as "advanced technology" that is not defined as "science that works." The imagined "thugs" are no more than scientists asking you t

Re: [Vo]: Definition of "Appeal to Authority" fallacy

2007-03-13 Thread John Berry
On 3/14/07, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Berry wrote: >You say they are experts of pancaking buildings and yet you don't >cite a single case where they have pulled a single floor (in an >otherwise unweakened building) and had it pancake at freefall speeds. This has happened hun

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Howdy Paul, I thought you may have picked up on my comment regarding light has "weight" and expand on it. Richard - Original Message - From: "Paul Lowrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions David Thomson wrote: > Hi P

Re: [Vo]: Diodes capturing Ambient energy - BINGO!

2007-03-13 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Howdy Paul, You may try contacting Leupold & Stevens Instrument Company in Beaverton/Portland, Oregon. They do some work in this area with night vision scopes. They are good people. Richard - Original Message - From: "Paul Lowrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 20

Re: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
David Thomson wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> What Freedomfuel doesn't want to accept is that my research is based on > old classical physics! Furthermore, as just one of many examples, modern > society is killing this planet from gas burning machines. > > Actually, they would be more interested in your r

RE: [Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread David Thomson
Hi Paul, > What Freedomfuel doesn't want to accept is that my research is based on old classical physics! Furthermore, as just one of many examples, modern society is killing this planet from gas burning machines. Actually, they would be more interested in your research if you could prove it is

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder wrote: > point to bothering with them. We can improve the COP anytime, but > that proves nothing and contributes nothing to our understanding of > the phenomenon. It is hypothetical until you try it. It may be that the conditions which they think will increase the COP actual decrea

Re: [Vo]: Diodes capturing Ambient energy - BINGO!

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
That's an idea. It could be difficult to verify what type of active material the FIR goggles use. I think public night vision goggles use InSb or similar material. The very expensive military night vision goggles use the expensive HgCdTe god material. Not sure, but perhaps the really cheap gog

Re: [Vo]: Diodes capturing Ambient energy - BINGO!

2007-03-13 Thread Gibson Elliot
Try buying surplus night vision goggles, or another component that has the device you want. You might be able to scavenge parts... Just a thought G --- Paul Lowrance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More discoveries. It appears a HgTe photodiode is > just about the ultimate > material for this res

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Jed Rothwell wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote: > >> So most reseachers claim they (implicitly) know enough about the phenomena >> to improve the COP, but it is beneath them to test this claim?? > > No, that is not what I mean. Please read the message more carefully > and stop putting words in my mout

[Vo]: MIB persuasions

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
Just curious if other people get periodic bothersome PM's from a user at overunity.com by the name Freedomfuel. He just sent me another PM --> Quote: --- Hi paul We have to face up to the fact that there are real national security and public safety issues with 'free energy' and that this is t

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder wrote: So most reseachers claim they (implicitly) know enough about the phenomena to improve the COP, but it is beneath them to test this claim?? No, that is not what I mean. Please read the message more carefully and stop putting words in my mouth. Anyone with knowledge of ele

Re: [Vo]: Modified Double-Slit Experiment

2007-03-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Paul, I don't know. The Afshar experiment is new to me. Harry Paul Lowrance wrote: > Hi Harry, > > I've been lightly following the Afshar experiment for some time at WikiPedia. > The article --> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afshar_experiment > > and the discussion --> > > http://en.wik

Re: [Vo]: Diodes capturing Ambient energy - BINGO!

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
More discoveries. It appears a HgTe photodiode is just about the ultimate material for this research. It has a band gap of zero eV! Various amounts of Cd (Hg[x-1]Cd[x]Te) increases the band gap to whatever value you want. Here are some interesting quotes --> Quote #1 from WikiPedia: --- Owin

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Jed Rothwell wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote: > >> What makes you sure that COP measurements are not vital to understanding >> the phenomena? > > I think this question is addressed to Ed Storms, but he is probably > sick of responding, so let me answer one last time. > > The required level input po

[Vo]: Diodes capturing Ambient energy

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
Hi, The following is an important consideration for those interested in the very real upcoming technology that will capture significant continuous energy day or night from ambient temperature (surrounding air and Earth). Silicon and Germanium are what is called *Indirect band gap* material. T

[Vo]: Wiki Entry - was "electron capture"

2007-03-13 Thread Jones Beene
Depending on which version (in time) of Wiki one happens to get hold-of, under the "cold fusion" entry - you may or may not find the Szpak et al. electron-capture model mentioned, and instead there will be this: "In 2005, Alan Widom and Lewis Larsen proposed a theory that could explain the expe

[Vo]: Re: New paper by Storms

2007-03-13 Thread Michel Jullian
A, thank you Edmund. Michel - Original Message - From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: [Vo]: New paper by Storms > This was discussed here yesterday: > > Storms, E., Anomalous Heat Produced by Electrolysis of Palladium > usin

Re: [Vo]: Definition of "Appeal to Authority" fallacy

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
John Berry wrote: You say they are experts of pancaking buildings and yet you don't cite a single case where they have pulled a single floor (in an otherwise unweakened building) and had it pancake at freefall speeds. This has happened hundreds of times. NIST and others have detailed records

Re: [Vo]: to Jed

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
John Berry wrote: "I think Biberian is still pursuing this. His biggest problem is that the anode and cathode heat up and lose contact. In other words, they do not touch, which causes a failure -- the opposite from liquid electrolysis. " Wow, you must have some creative reading ability to

Re: [Vo]: to Jed

2007-03-13 Thread John Berry
On 3/14/07, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: john herman wrote: >Either you you do not read what you write ...OR > You are reporting matters outof context > >[a] In an aqueous electrolytic system the anode and the cathode are not >supposed to touch. >[b] what the Bleet

Re: [Vo]: Definition of "Appeal to Authority" fallacy

2007-03-13 Thread John Berry
On 3/14/07, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Berry wrote: >A ha, so now who is an authority on pancaking skyscrapers? >No one. As noted previously, the people at Controlled Demolition are experts at pancaking skyscrapers. They have destroyed thousands of structures, some as large a

[Vo]: New paper by Storms

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
This was discussed here yesterday: Storms, E., Anomalous Heat Produced by Electrolysis of Palladium using a Heavy-Water Electrolyte. 2007, LENR-CANR.org. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/StormsEanomalousha.pdf - Jed

Re: [Vo]: Modified Double-Slit Experiment

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Lowrance
Hi Harry, I've been lightly following the Afshar experiment for some time at WikiPedia. The article --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afshar_experiment and the discussion --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Afshar_experiment Has there been a recent change in this debate? Last I checked th

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: Now, Edmund, could you please refrain your own humility and kindly recommend one of your F&P excess heat experimental papers? I am not familiar with F&P as you know. I am looking for good experimental papers on the subject, notably one of yours if you could advise me. F

Re: [Vo]: Cold Fusion skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harry Veeder wrote: What makes you sure that COP measurements are not vital to understanding the phenomena? I think this question is addressed to Ed Storms, but he is probably sick of responding, so let me answer one last time. The required level input power is governed by mundane electroch

Re: [Vo]: to Jed

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
john herman wrote: Either you you do not read what you write ...OR You are reporting matters outof context [a] In an aqueous electrolytic system the anode and the cathode are not supposed to touch. [b] what the Bleet Hawses are you trying to communicate...??? Just what I s

Re: [Vo]: Definition of "Appeal to Authority" fallacy

2007-03-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
John Berry wrote: A ha, so now who is an authority on pancaking skyscrapers? No one. As noted previously, the people at Controlled Demolition are experts at pancaking skyscrapers. They have destroyed thousands of structures, some as large as municipal stadiums. Also, the people at NIST are

Re: [Vo]: OT: Clairvoyant Talking Head

2007-03-13 Thread Taylor J. Smith
Jones Beene wrote: ... Last week an independent researcher, reviewing video archives of the BBC's 9/11 coverage, divulged the earth-shaking incongruence. A BBC reporter in Manhattan - the lady-talking-head at the center of this forming vortex - as she was reading the news to Brits - with the WTC

[VO]:Re: Modified Double-Slit Experiment

2007-03-13 Thread R.C.Macaulay
BlankHarry wrote.. >An article on the work titled "Paradox in Wave-Particle Duality" recently published in Foundations of Physics, a prestigious, refereed academic journal, supports Albert Einstein¹s long-debated belief that quantum physics is incomplete. For eight decades the scientific community

Re: [Vo]: Re: OT: Clairvoyant Talking Head

2007-03-13 Thread John Berry
Richard, did you hear the latest news? BBC reported 20 minutes before WTC7 collapsed that it had collapsed. But they didn't say WTC7, if they had you might have thought they got their numbers muddled, they called it by it's full name, the Solomon Brothers Building which they mentioned had after t

[Vo]: Podkletnov and more...

2007-03-13 Thread John Berry
John, I figured since you're active I might get your opinion on Podkletnov's more recent experiments (admittedly not that recent, just not the old ones you successfully replicated) accomplished by discharges from a high voltage source. Since that is a souped up replication of the Morton effect wh

[Vo]:

2007-03-13 Thread john herman
Dear Vortex and Jed, I post a 'cut-and-paste' from one of Jed's posts. NB..please see comment, below... No, because you'd never base everything on a an appeal to authority would you? No, I never do. I had excellent teachers and I learned to avoid all of the common logical errors