Re: [Vo]:OT [WIsconsin Politics] you have been warned

2012-05-17 Thread Terry Blanton
Steven, Love the Wisconsin cheese. {For the uninformed, [OT] means off topic and was long ago agreed upon that it would proceed off topic discussions so that you could establish filters to operate accordingly. Warm regards,} T

RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Beaty, ... If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. Human

Re: [Vo]:refrig question off topic

2012-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Refrigerators should last 15 or 20 years. They will last longer than that, but they have been improving rapidly in recent decades. After 20 years, the energy cost savings make it more cost efficient to buy a new one. Speaking of energy, yesterday Google featured some interesting info on their

[Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics

2012-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is an article about the people who oppose wind: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/05/memo-group-wants-to-create-fake-grassroots-wind-subversion-campaign-that-should-appear-as-a-groundswell When I last heard about these people, their money was coming from big coal.

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread David Roberson
A characteristic of HID lights is that they begin to cycle on and off as they approach the end of life. Time to replace those Slider lamps. Dave -Original Message- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17,

Re: [Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics

2012-05-17 Thread David Roberson
Jed I am afraid that it will be easier for the vested interests to oppose cold fusion. They will scare the public by equating cold fusion devices with nuclear reactors emphasizing the radiation aspects. I hope that logic will prevail and that LENR units will become widespread despite the

Re: [Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics

2012-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Jed I am afraid that it will be easier for the vested interests to oppose cold fusion. They will scare the public by equating cold fusion devices with nuclear reactors emphasizing the radiation aspects. No doubt they will. It will easy for them to

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Harry Veeder
I think lights that are near death are prone to being influenced by the presence of people. So yes the light might turn on and off when you aren't near it, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that you had some infleunce at other times. Harry On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 AM, OrionWorks -

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Jim Dickenson
I used to have it happen relatively often when driving on the highway, especially when I was in a strong negative emotional state. I recall one time I was biking and was really upset about something I can't recall and pulled into a gas station for something and all the pumps crashed (they're

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread fznidarsic
The are probably sensitive the infrared emission from you body. Frank -Original Message- From: Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. I think lights that are near death

Re: [Vo]:Another Blast from the Past

2012-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Even if Mills does turn out to be America's Newton there can be little doubt that the paranoid and haughty approach he has employed over the past two decades - to leak out details, followed by unfulfilled promises - but then to back-off into silent

Re: [Vo]:What was that?

2012-05-17 Thread LORENHEYER
I just wanted to say a few more words on That which has been up there since only *you know who* knows when. First, highly advanced civilizations spacecraft consist either of a highly reflective surface, while others are less so.

[Vo]:I think some Japanese nuke plants may reopen

2012-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
There is still tremendous controversy in Japan about whether to re-open any of the nuclear power plants. This summer, they are projecting a 20% power shortage in the Osaka area, and 10 to 15% shortages elsewhere. Last year they managed to cut consumption by 10% to 15% in some cities, but 20% seems

RE: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
Just what not why. I had a housemate whilst at Cornell who manifested the reverse Midas touch. We did several experiments to verify the effects were real and they were! One was when we asked him to please turn the volume down on a radio, and an electrollytic capacitor failed emitting voluminous

[Vo]:Starlite : another Secret Sauce saga

2012-05-17 Thread Alan J Fletcher
The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428641.700-the-power-of-cool-whatever-became-of-starlite.html?full=true (Free registration required ... access for a few days only). In 1990 Maurice Ward demonstrated on BBC's Tomorrow's World

Re: [Vo]:I think some Japanese nuke plants may reopen

2012-05-17 Thread Robert Lynn
Japanese are importing massive amounts of LNG to compensate. The Asian LNG price has spiked to almost 4x US and 2x European price in last year based mostly on increased Japanese demand but it should come down over next couple of years as the market adapts (more LNG plants and Ships will be built).

Re: [Vo]:Starlite : another Secret Sauce saga

2012-05-17 Thread Terry Blanton
Another demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxqFyDugqs4

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread mixent
In reply to William Beaty's message of Wed, 16 May 2012 22:06:58 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] In that case, the effect would follow certain streetlights (not reported,) ...or streetlight types as in your comment here below about strings... and wouldn't follow certain rare people (commonly

Re: [Vo]:Starlite : another Secret Sauce saga

2012-05-17 Thread Robert Lynn
Meh, I think the real reason it was never sold is it just wasn't that special. There is a very low probability that it would have been a product that would have been commercially competitive with existing thermal protection materials (from either cost or performance point of view). For the high

[Vo]:Open-Source-LENR-project

2012-05-17 Thread hellokevin
I haven't seen any discussions on this project in Vortex-L    http://www.opensourcelenr.com/index.html     Kevmo    

[Vo]:Water as a Catalyst......hmmmmm

2012-05-17 Thread Ron Kita
Greetings Vortex-L, Interesting concept water even in ppm as a catalyst: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htm Respectfully Ron Kita, Chiralex

Re: [Vo]:Anti-wind energy tactics

2012-05-17 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:41 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Jed I am afraid that it will be easier for the vested interests to oppose cold fusion. They will scare the public by equating cold fusion devices with nuclear reactors emphasizing the radiation aspects. I hope that logic

Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.

2012-05-17 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:36 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: A characteristic of HID lights is that they begin to cycle on and off as they approach the end of life. Time to replace those Slider lamps. Dave The human mind loves to find patterns, even when they don't exist.