Re: [Vo]:Oldschool VORTEX-L topics, Xmas present

2021-12-27 Thread MSF
Nice. Thanks, Bill! ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, December 27th, 2021 at 9:19 AM, William Beaty wrote: > Go grab a copy of this from archive.org... > > NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY magazine, 2001-2005 (25 issues) > > 300meg ZIP of pdf collection > >

Re: [Vo]:Information transfer

2021-12-29 Thread MSF
On the other hand, you could go totally old school and use a coherer. The mail deliverer might object to the long antenna on the mail box, but it could work. Check out my favorite coherer link: http://sparkbangbuzz.com/els/coherer-el.htm ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday,

Re: [Vo]:Information transfer

2021-12-29 Thread MSF
The solution to your problem has likely already been built. It's the remote motion detector. You can buy these on ebay for around 20 dollars US. Just drop the motion detector in the mailbox and it triggers a really loud alarm on the receiving unit inside your house. I have used these in my back

Re: [Vo]:Information transfer

2021-12-29 Thread MSF
the cost --- without China ... > > MSF wrote: > > The solution to your problem has likely already been built. It's the remote > motion detector. You can buy these on ebay for around 20 dollars US. Just > drop the motion detector in the mailbox and it triggers a really loud alarm >

Re: [Vo]:OT: steam locomotive

2022-01-03 Thread MSF
I take it I'm the only Vort with first-hand experience with these old beasts. My grandfather was a brakeman on the Union Pacific railroad when I was a little boy. Back then, while all the passenger trains were diesel-electric, a lot of the freight haulers were still steam. Old Gramps would take

Re: [Vo]:OT Michael Shellenberger opposes California's gas car phase out

2022-01-03 Thread MSF
I'm all for electric cars, except those aspects of them that are controlled by entities other than the driver. As has been demonstrated more than once, even gasoline powered cars of recent manufacture are connected to the internet and can be disabled or modified remotely. I have disconnected

Re: [Vo]:Information transfer

2021-12-29 Thread MSF
What's your goal? Is it to demonstrate how simple or clever such a thing could be or do you have a practical result in mind? Do you want this to operate as a remote switch or merely to show a record of the bit transfer on the receiving end? ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday,

Re: [Vo]:The "hero" LENR experiment ?

2021-11-23 Thread MSF
Jones, is there a link where we could access your monel metal experiments? Years ago, I did a lot of CF experiments using cupronickel in an unusual form. These were successful, but the results were inconsistent for reasons that are obvious when you know my procedure. I am not a scientist, so I

[Vo]:Thanksgiving

2021-11-25 Thread MSF
A happy and peaceful Thanksgiving to all you Vorts.

Re: [Vo]:[OT]Omicron

2021-12-09 Thread MSF
You are probably right about this, Robin. It's the natural sequence of events with new viruses. They eventually weaken as new strains emerge and herd immunity becomes stronger. Are you in NSW? That can't be a pleasant experience. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message

Re: [Vo]:Using the cold universe as a renewable and sustainable energy source

2022-01-13 Thread MSF
This is indeed great stuff. Jed, do you have a reference to the Lowland India method? I can only find the Persian ice making structures. Or are they the same? ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, January 13th, 2022 at 7:18 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > This is great stuff. > > This

Re: [Vo]:Using the cold universe as a renewable and sustainable energy source

2022-01-13 Thread MSF
I found this article interesting for several reasons. I specialize in manufacturing large quantities of micro/nano-structured surfaces, mostly for decorative purposes. I made a sample run of that structure pictured about half way down the article, labeled "E". The customer wouldn't tell me what

Re: [Vo]:Bizarre implications

2022-01-11 Thread MSF
So it looks as if Edgar Rice Burroughs was right. We should rename the place Barsoom and see if we can find John Carter's tomb :-) ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 at 3:35 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > Ancient history of Mars? > >

Re: [Vo]:Bizarre implications

2022-01-11 Thread MSF
). ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 at 6:06 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > ... not to mention PKD's fabulous story: "Total Recall" which has the further > subplot of implanted memory > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_(1990_film)#Reality_or_fantasy

Re: [Vo]:Bizarre implications

2022-01-11 Thread MSF
I liked PKD's original titles better. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, and so on.

Re: [Vo]:Macedonio Melloni's 1846 Moonlight Experiment

2022-01-17 Thread MSF
One wonders what Melloni's detector was. Very sensitive was Edison's tasimeter, which from what I've read could detect radiation from individual stars at the prime focus of a telescope. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, January 17th, 2022 at 2:47 PM, H LV wrote: > The first person

Re: [Vo]:Steve dishes on ITER once again

2022-02-16 Thread MSF
I've been saying this for years. It's not just ITER that's a waste of R effort, it's most of the human enterprise of "science". "Scientists" have just become politicians with science diplomas. So many are proud of their contributions of "debunking" cold fusion, for example. When I read peer

Re: [Vo]:$2 million prize for simple/reproducible LENR experiment

2022-02-28 Thread MSF
protection. --- Original Message --- On Monday, February 28th, 2022 at 9:31 PM, MSF wrote: > I suspect this prize is a unicorn. Big splash page announcing said prize. > Nowhere to submit your entry. Or am I missing something? I wouldn't mind > sending in what I just posted here

Re: [Vo]:$2 million prize for simple/reproducible LENR experiment

2022-02-28 Thread MSF
I suspect this prize is a unicorn. Big splash page announcing said prize. Nowhere to submit your entry. Or am I missing something? I wouldn't mind sending in what I just posted here on Vortex just to see what happens. Just a matter of copy and paste after all. --- Original Message ---

Re: [Vo]:$2 million prize for simple/reproducible LENR experiment

2022-02-28 Thread MSF
I forgot to add that I originally did these experiments in glass tubing simply to see what was going on. After the initial success of the glass tube experiments, I had planned on going to carbon steel or stainless steel tubing with actual measurements of the amounts of nickel and copper and a

Re: [Vo]:$2 million prize for simple/reproducible LENR experiment

2022-02-27 Thread MSF
Well OK, folks, here it is. I've been planning to post this discovery for years, but have just been putting it off. This method has worked for me, but was done clear back in 1992 and 1993. No doubt you're asking that Strangelovian question, "Zo vy didn't you tell ze vorld, eh?" The other

Re: [Vo]:$2 million prize for simple/reproducible LENR experiment

2022-02-27 Thread MSF
As I stated before, I have no expectations. It would take more than $2 million to divert me from my present research which, although relatively trivial in the scheme of things is worth far more on an annual basis. If anyone wants to send me big bucks to abandon whatever IP claims I might have,

Re: [Vo]:This smells like an April 1 joke

2022-04-02 Thread MSF
I believe your olfactory skills are not required to determine this is an April Fools prank. It fairly screams its silly nature, especially the hydrogen rocket boost. If any doubt remains, the idea that you must pay in Dogecoin drives the nail into it. --- Original Message --- On

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-20 Thread MSF
When transporting or storing dry ice, styrofoam is your friend. A Dewar flask would be preferable, but only thermos bottles are commonly available, and a lot of them are no longer Dewars. A styrofoam cooler would probably make your dry ice last the 2 1/2 hour trip as long as it's full. Large

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread MSF
How to make dry ice with a fire extinguisher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLNHDxd6nDc How to make dry ice with a paintball tank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7U2CbxfMMk ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, January 21st, 2022 at 8:08 PM, MSF wrote: > It seems as if

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread MSF
ime. They also > > describe their recreation of the experiment using liquid nitrogen, a > > brass ball and parabolic reflectors made of mylar and cardboard: > > http://webspace.pugetsound.edu/facultypages/jcevans/Pictet's experiment.pdf > > Harry > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 4:41 P

Re: [Vo]:A simpler test

2022-01-24 Thread MSF
Now that we have learned about all there is to learn about the acquisition and preservation of dry ice, I think you're right about this test. The double parabola test you initially proposed would not have proved or disproved cooling radiation. The dry ice at the focus would have been a

Re: [Vo]:A simpler test

2022-01-24 Thread MSF
Don't forget to give us the result of your experiment if you do it. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, January 24th, 2022 at 9:06 PM, MSF wrote: > Now that we have learned about all there is to learn about the acquisition > and preservation of dry ice, I think you're right

Re: [Vo]:Colours with a twist

2023-09-21 Thread MSF
I can't even begin to express how conceptually and experimentally wrong this demonstration is. The first thing is the perpetuation of the mistaken idea that photons are wiggling in a sinusiodal fashion. When you see that sine wave, it's a graph of the varying field as the wave propagates. It's

Re: [Vo]:Colours with a twist

2023-09-21 Thread MSF
Message --- On Thursday, September 21st, 2023 at 9:05 PM, MSF wrote: > I can't even begin to express how conceptually and experimentally wrong this > demonstration is. The first thing is the perpetuation of the mistaken idea > that photons are wiggling in a sinusiodal fashion. Whe

Re: [Vo]:Colours

2023-08-16 Thread MSF
ust made up by > the brain. On the contrary if magenta were just made up by the brain then > _every_ instance of magenta in the above video should show signs of red and > blue around its perimeter which is not the case. > > Harry > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 5:16 PM MSF wro

Re: [Vo]:Colours

2023-08-27 Thread MSF
The delay? I don't think we're in a hurry. And clearly no one else on the list has an interest in our discussion. Spectral colors and their perception are my business. I've made literally billions of square meters of diffraction gratings, mostly decorative patterns. Yellow and magenta have

Re: [Vo]:Stimulated emission and Pre-Quantum Physics

2022-04-28 Thread MSF
Harry wrote: > I had to look up those references. :-) > > Susquehanna Hat Co > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZV5g1CNZM > The Three Stooges - Slowly I Turned > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYP1OBZfFK0 > >> Clearly you have been too enveloped in your flaming youth to appreciate the finer

Re: [Vo]:2023 -- An ominous New Year

2023-01-05 Thread MSF
This is sort of a digression. But doesn't the phenomenon of epi-genetics mean that Lysenko was at least partially right? In any case, the mrna treatments, regardless of the theory of spike protein behavior, appear to be a horrid and dangerous fraud perpetrated on an unsuspecting

Re: [Vo]:Solar cell lifetime in space

2022-12-20 Thread MSF
I guess this is getting off into the weeds a bit, but is the quartz layer doped with cerium in the mass? Or is the cerium diffused into the surface by immersion in a molten cerium compound? --- Original Message --- On Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 at 2:26 AM, Andrew Meulenberg wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Solar cell lifetime in space

2022-12-20 Thread MSF
ICv5hlwEB0RulQA-SecuDg=scholarr > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 4:59 PM MSF wrote: > >> I was working with this method of surface treatment of glass more decades >> ago than I care to remember. You simply immerse ordinary glass into a bath >> of molten potassium nitrat

Re: [Vo]:Solar cell lifetime in space

2022-12-20 Thread MSF
I was working with this method of surface treatment of glass more decades ago than I care to remember. You simply immerse ordinary glass into a bath of molten potassium nitrate and the sodium Ions at the surface are replaced with potassium ions, resulting in a highly impact resistant glass.

RE: [Vo]:Solar cell lifetime in space

2022-12-21 Thread MSF
Message --- On Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 at 8:32 AM, Arnaud Kodeck wrote: > What is the crystal structure of the adhered layer ? Amorphous (sort of > silica gel) or crystallized (crystalline quartz) ? > > From: MSF > Sent: 21 December 2022 00:00 > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com

Re: [Vo]:The Ultraviolet Enlightenment

2022-11-27 Thread MSF
I don't remember reading anything about that. But in my personal experience, the plate reverts to a murky gray, with slightly darkened outlines of the colored areas. The original color of the over-exposed plate is sort of purplish black. MSf --- Original Message --- On Sunday

Re: [Vo]:The Ultraviolet Enlightenment

2022-11-27 Thread MSF
, this is a demonstration of one field of endeavor not paying attention to developments (pun intended) in another. Besides, it's not nice to second guess Goethe. MSF --- Original Message --- On Saturday, November 26th, 2022 at 6:41 PM, H LV wrote: > This is a google english translation of a german arti

Re: [Vo]:The Ultraviolet Enlightenment

2022-11-27 Thread MSF
wrote: > Hi, > > Silver atoms may arrange themselves in clusters of a size matching the > wavelength of the light. Then the clusters are > selective for (resonate at) that wavelength. > > > On Sun., Nov. 27, 2022, 2:58 p.m. MSF, foster...@protonmail.com wrote

Re: [Vo]:2023 -- An ominous New Year

2023-01-19 Thread MSF
in small quantities it's about $200 per milligram. I can't find any reference to the Moderna lipid nanoparticles, but I imagine they are the same or similar. --- Original Message --- On Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 at 6:44 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > MSF wrote: > >> While

Re: [Vo]:2023 -- An ominous New Year

2023-01-15 Thread MSF
While there has been a great deal of discussion about the properties of the spike protein in the covid mRNA treatment, little has been mentioned of the lipid nanoparticles carrying said spike protein. These lipid nanoparticles are organo-phosporous compounds specifically designed to penetrate

Re: [Vo]:magnets from insulators

2023-02-22 Thread MSF
Which do you suppose would be more susceptible to this effect, polar or non-polar insulators? > Hi, > > If an insulator is irradiated, free electrons should be created within it > that are not free to recombine with the ions, > because they can't travel through an insulator. However they may

Re: [Vo]:high weirdness

2023-02-13 Thread MSF
That's pretty interesting. Do you imply that there might be some sort of cause and effect relationship? Or do you think it's just an interesting coincidence? --- Original Message --- On Monday, February 13th, 2023 at 10:54 AM, Robin wrote: > Hi, > > If you multiply the weight of

Re: [Vo]:​OT: The Big Bang Quandary Song: “A Few of The Craziest Things”

2023-07-06 Thread MSF
I can't stop smiling. All of the obvious objections to this creation myth by gubmint paid "scientists" wrapped up in a delightful package. Now if someone could write a song about ITER, covid "vaccines", and the rest of the BS passing as science, maybe the world would listen and kick all of this

Re: [Vo]:EVOs, Hutchison, and ancient megalithic tech

2023-07-12 Thread MSF
This is one of my favorite subjects. Not Hutchison, but speculation about how the ancients were able to cut and transport those huge blocks of stone. It might be that electrical effects are involved, but I'm not sure that's necessary. Hutchison effects might be real, but those videos he made

[Vo]:Electricity "fromthin air"

2023-05-29 Thread MSF
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/engineers-umass-amherst-harvest-abundant-clean-energy-thin-air-247 No energy density is given. So it might just be an interesting curiosity. This whole concept is of particular interest to me because of the nanoporous metals I was making several years ago. The

Re: [Vo]:Electricity "fromthin air"

2023-05-29 Thread MSF
Thanks. That's an informative analysis The nanoporous aluminum layer I made was approx. 400 nm thick. It could be made thicker or thinner as required. I haven't had the setup to make this stuff for quite some time, but I'm tempted to do it again. I was making it in 600 mm square sheets, but it

[Vo]:LEC or Air-gen

2023-06-02 Thread MSF
I've spent some time catching up on the hydrovoltaic air-gen research and I am surprised I knew nothing about it previously. This field of research has been going on for quite some time and the recent breathless news release by the group at UMass Amherst was likely an attempt to raise fresh

Re: [Vo]:LEC or Air-gen

2023-06-02 Thread MSF
My initial reaction to the water creating heat by contact was the same as yours, that it was chemical. However, if you wait for an hour or so, when you place a droplet of water on the same spot the same thing happens. Something I forgot to emphasize about this nanoporous aluminum film is that

Re: [Vo]:Mr. Bean vs Mr. Musk

2023-06-08 Thread MSF
This is already available as the Toyato Mirai. --- Original Message --- On Thursday, June 8th, 2023 at 11:19 PM, Robin wrote: > Hi, > > A fuel cell + electric motor would probably also be more efficient. >

[Vo]:Mr. Bean vs Mr. Musk

2023-06-08 Thread MSF
A little diversion for the day. Who will win this international shoot out? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/03/electric-vehicles-early-adopter-petrol-car-ev-environment-rowan-atkinson

Re: [Vo]:Electricity "fromthin air"

2023-05-30 Thread MSF
I haven't the equipment or the time to measure the degree and spectrum of the "blackness". Suffice it to say, you can still see a very dim spot if you shine a variety of lasers of different wavelengths onto the surface. Naturally, the substrate, PET film, heats up and burns when you do this. I

Re: [Vo]:Electricity "fromthin air"

2023-05-30 Thread MSF
We're digressing from the subject at hand, but it allows me some self-indulgent nostalgia. As you are no doubt aware, even black paint made to coat the interior of optical instruments has the problem of a quite high glancing angle reflectance. My nanoporous aluminum film has a very low

Re: [Vo]:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor

2023-07-26 Thread MSF
This discovery is truly remarkable for more than one reason. You have to wonder about the thought process that led these guys to this particular method. Another thing is that there are no exotic materials used. Practically anyone who read this paper could reproduce the results unless some

Re: [Vo]:Colours

2023-08-11 Thread MSF
We call them "colors" down here south of the border, Harry. But to your question, yes I have experienced the same phenomenon. Keep in mind that peripheral vision is more light sensitive than foveal vision. I can think of two possibilities to explain the phenomenon. Light from the clear sky is

Re: [Vo]:Colours

2023-08-14 Thread MSF
stuffed withe rods and cones, I'm surprised they didn't explode. I could see close to 7th magnitude stars. That's all gone now that I'm old. Down to 20-20 with lens implants. Please pardon my self-indulgent nostalgia. MSF >>>

[Vo]:Mr Bean blamed for poor EV sales

2024-02-07 Thread MSF
This is hilarious. Trying to blame Rowan Atkinson for failing EV sales. Couldn't be that frozen Tesla graveyard in Chicago. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/07/mr-bean-star-rowan-atkinson-blamed-for-slow-ev-sales/

Re: [Vo]:Faraday's understanding of light in a vacuum vs the Michelson-Morley experiment

2024-04-18 Thread MSF
s in that which is their own and proper to them?" > > Harry > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM MSF wrote: > >> Hmmm... A year after Maxwell's equations. Maxwell can't have been too happy >> about that, as his equations described the behavior of the aether. And he

Re: [Vo]:Faraday's understanding of light in a vacuum vs the Michelson-Morley experiment

2024-04-15 Thread MSF
This gives you an idea what a deep thinker Faraday was. Do you know if he posited this idea before Maxwell published his equations? I thought I had read everything Faraday wrote. Somehow I missed this one. MIchael On Monday, April 15th, 2024 at 12:08 PM, H L V wrote: > This is a quote from a

Re: [Vo]:Faraday's understanding of light in a vacuum vs the Michelson-Morley experiment

2024-04-15 Thread MSF
Hmmm... A year after Maxwell's equations. Maxwell can't have been too happy about that, as his equations described the behavior of the aether. And he repeatedly claimed that he had merely expressed Faraday in conventional mathematical form. On Monday, April 15th, 2024 at 8:04 PM, MSF wrote

Re: [Vo]:New vaporizing effect discovered

2024-04-27 Thread MSF
Nice to see someone else got around to discovering this effect. I observed this phenomenon 15 or 20 years ago, using a 532 nm laser. As these dorks will finally get around to discovering, this effect varies greatly with the refractive index of the material and the degree of polarity.

Re: [Vo]:ICCF24 proceedings uploaded

2024-05-03 Thread MSF
Thanks, Jed. That's a hell of a lot of reading. M. On Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 at 2:50 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > See: > > JOURNAL OF CONDENSED MATTER NUCLEAR SCIENCE > > Experiments and Methods in Cold Fusion > Proceedings of ICCF24 Solid State Energy Summit, Mountain View, California, > July

Re: [Vo]:Roger Green - Interview of one of the first investors in Andrea Rossi

2024-05-17 Thread MSF
Is anyone surprised? On Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at 2:44 PM, Joe Hughes wrote: > I found this interesting and thought I would share: > https://youtu.be/Xh-fHzNQrO0?si=lqZwy5yP9AcRvswf > > Best Regards, > Joe