Re: [Vo]:China aims to settle nationwide trade in yuan by 2011

2011-03-04 Thread John Fields
>This could eventually make oil, and many other things, unaffordable >to the USA. We can't keep printing our way out of the crisis. We need >LENR energy now. --- Unfortunately, LENR doesn't seem to available yet, so, in my opinion, we should bite the bullet and buy American made, and try to k

Re: [Vo]:Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW)

2010-09-22 Thread John Fields
On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:12:27 -0400, you wrote: Sailboats vary enormously in terms of their favored point of sailing. I would guess that most sailboats do best with the wind on their beam (90 deg.) My boat is best on that point, and I can also sail into the wind to about 28 degrees without pinchin

Re: [Vo]:Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW)

2010-09-22 Thread John Fields
On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:01:42 +0100, you wrote: >This must be a scam. As Jed said, at the point where the craft is going >downwind at the speed of the wind, the relative wind across the propeller >would be zero so it could not accelerate from this point on. If it did, the >force from the prop wo

Re: [Vo]:Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW)

2010-09-21 Thread John Fields
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:26:47 -0400, you wrote: >I do not see how this can work! They are going with the wind, so if >they start to travel at the same speed as the wind, the propeller >should stop turning. > >Maybe I am missing something. > >- Jed --- Notice from the pitch of the propeller and i

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-20 Thread John Fields
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:54:05 -0500, you wrote: >Since the wireless system is 50% efficient it'll eat 1.8kWh while >delivering 1.8kWh, while the wired system, being 90% efficient, will eat >only 0.2kWh. > >At USD 0.1 per kWh, that's $1.80 for the wireless system, while only >$0.2 for the wired sys

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-20 Thread John Fields
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:02:13 +0200, you wrote: >John, > >OK so you want actual numbers regarding battery savings. Let's study >the case of the latest version (3G-S, July 2009) of the popular iPhone >smartphone: > >http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html : >"A properly maintained iPhone battery

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-20 Thread John Fields
>Further, let's say that the receiver's coil comprises 100 turns of >copper wire.^^ --- Oops...transmitter's

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-20 Thread John Fields
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:56:11 +1000, you wrote: >In reply to John Fields's message of Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:08:09 -0500: >Hi, >[snip] >>On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:18:54 +0200, you wrote: >> >>>John, sorry for the late answer. >>> >>>Unwanted induction heating on rings necklaces etc: they say it doesn't

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-19 Thread John Fields
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:20:44 +0200, you wrote: >2009/9/19 John Fields : > >> I don't know the intensity of the fields shown in the videos, but my >> concern would be that in a field of sufficient intensity to charge a >> cell phone battery would also be capable of hea

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-19 Thread John Fields
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:52:11 +1000, you wrote: >In reply to John Fields's message of Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:30:45 -0500: >Hi, >[snip] >>Same problem with the electric airport cars; the distance between the >>transmitters and receivers and the inverse square law, which our dear >>Mother Nature invoke

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-19 Thread John Fields
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:18:54 +0200, you wrote: >John, sorry for the late answer. > >Unwanted induction heating on rings necklaces etc: they say it doesn't >happen because you need very fine tuning to receive (see the TED video >I linked to, the guy walks happily through the power beam, same thing

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-16 Thread John Fields
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:25:27 +0200, you wrote: >Indeed cell phone batteries will still be needed, but with >sufficiently ubiquitous witricity they will live much longer because >they will be more or less permanently on charge, even when in your >pocket: --- For that to happen, the cell phone wou

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-15 Thread John Fields
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:45:43 -0400, you wrote: >John Fields wrote: > >>As far as electric vehicles goes, I think the idea of a non-plug-in >>charger is pure insanity. > >I think so too, but an intriguing idea would be electric vehicles >without pantographs, on r

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-15 Thread John Fields
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:22:06 -0400, you wrote: >On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM, John Fields > wrote: >> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:30:56 -0400, you wrote: >> >>>These people claim they can improve over direct connection charging: >>> >>>http://www.wipower

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-15 Thread John Fields
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:30:56 -0400, you wrote: >These people claim they can improve over direct connection charging: > >http://www.wipower.com/ --- I have trouble following a long thread once it starts getting snipped and top-posted to so, if you don't mind, I'll continue this one by bottom posti

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-15 Thread John Fields
brought into close proximity of the >other one before charging begins). > >Michel > >2009/9/15 OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson : >>> From: John Fields >>> >>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:11:48 -0400, you wrote: >>> >>> >As John Fields

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-14 Thread John Fields
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:11:48 -0400, you wrote: >As John Fields says, this is a harebrained scheme. > >My guess is that if the power is high enough to useful work, they >will eventually discover it can harm your health. > >I suppose there are some narrow applications that

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-14 Thread John Fields
Yes, that's the main issue with the harebrained scheme. How it's done now is that the AC mains are rectified and smoothed, and then that DC is switched on and off at a high frequency into the primary of a transformer. That generates a well-contained magnetic field which builds up and collapses at

Re: [Vo]:Ban religion/politics permanently?

2009-06-15 Thread John Fields
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:58:42 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >I see that Vortex has acquired the religion/politics illness that affects >most forums. Or call it "poor health," where natural defenses begin to >fail, and opportunistic infections start appearing. --- Indeed. --- >We could ban politics pe

Re: [Vo]:China vs US

2009-05-21 Thread John Fields
On Tue, 19 May 2009 17:42:48 -0700, you wrote: >NOTHING is more ugly and violent than a capitalist which hasn't been fed >bloodmeal >and raw, dripping hamburger in the past few minutes. --- Nonsense. A true capitalist tries to perpetuate his model of reality by trying to retain and to further

Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . .

2009-02-20 Thread John Fields
Sub-continent? ;) On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:31:13 -0500, you wrote: >A lost sub? > >Harry > >- Original Message - >From: mix...@bigpond.com >Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:04 pm >Subject: Re: [Vo]:Has Atlantis Been Found . . . > >> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 20 Feb 20

Re: [Vo]:The Perepetia Generator

2008-10-14 Thread John Fields
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:15:01 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:02:15 -0400, you wrote: > >> >> >>Mark Iverson wrote: >>> I haven't seen any mention of Thane Heins' Perepetia Generator yet, >>> which really surprises me... >>> Too much watchin' the ladies at the Dime Box Saloon and not payi

Re: [Vo]:The Perepetia Generator

2008-10-13 Thread John Fields
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:02:15 -0400, you wrote: > > >Mark Iverson wrote: >> I haven't seen any mention of Thane Heins' Perepetia Generator yet, >> which really surprises me... >> Too much watchin' the ladies at the Dime Box Saloon and not payin >> attention to the fun stuff? >> >> http://www.over

Re: [Vo]:Mysterious New 'Dark Flow' Discovered in Space

2008-09-26 Thread John Fields
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:02:06 -0800, you wrote: > >On Sep 25, 2008, at 7:05 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: > >> >>> Mysterious New 'Dark Flow' Discovered in Space >>> By Clara Moskowitz >>> Staff Writer >>> posted: 23 September 2008 >>> 12:46 pm ET >>> >>> >>> As if the mysteries

Re: [Vo]:IPKat - weblog: The continuing incredible adventures of Dr. Randell Mills

2008-04-24 Thread John Fields
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:07:54 -0500, you wrote: >From Mike Carrell: > >> A standard tactic of patent examiners is deny and cite objections and force >> the applicant to overcome the objections. Objections of this type have been >> seen before. The process of overcoming them is iterative, lengthy, >

Re: Emergence

2006-05-19 Thread John Fields
ing project, and with >> disastrous consequences. > >I hope you don't mean such neighborhoods deserve to be left run-down. > >Personally, I think cities should actively develop mixed income >neighborhoods. There is no reason why poor and rich can't live in the same >neighbourhoods. --- Sure there is. The rich wouldn't do it. -- John Fields

Re: Let's kill all the remaining whales, too

2006-02-03 Thread John Fields
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:42:25 -0500, you wrote: > > >-Original Message- >From: John Fields > >Then there's still hope??? > ><><><><><><><><><> > >Certainly for us pollyannas! But neither a pollyanna

Re: Let's kill all the remaining whales, too

2006-02-03 Thread John Fields
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:25:48 -0500, you wrote: > > >-Original Message- >From: John Fields > >There are truly _no_ more fish to catch? > >If that's true, then there will never be another bite and all the >tilapia will be farm raised. > ><><&g

Re: Let's kill all the remaining whales, too

2006-02-03 Thread John Fields
ies, let us >also hunt down the remaining blue whales and right whales, and use >the oil from them too. > >- Jed --- OK, and then let's all hunt down the fireflies and tie them down to road signs. ;) Oh, but wait... there'll be no need to with all the oil gone. -- John Fields

Re: Off Topic: Not Sure of the Script

2005-10-05 Thread John Fields
_ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ --- What's your point, and why are you advertising MSN Messenger? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: Off topic - US climate loonies

2005-09-26 Thread John Fields
a look at Ghandi and what he forced the UK to do without his use of physical force. --- -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: The Nick and Jed Show

2005-09-26 Thread John Fields
aying is that you need to get your facts right and >realise all this disaster movie stuff is going to wear thin one day. > >Adopt a sensible measured approach and doors will open... --- The doors to the mausoleum? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: Bob Dylan

2005-09-26 Thread John Fields
, you'll never know, but if you want to find out what it is all about you need to look After Midnight. --- >Better than talking nonsense to the nonsensical. You don't need a weatherman >to know that hippies are really crackers. --- Shell crackers. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: Definition of "practical"

2005-09-15 Thread John Fields
t;> >> - Jed >> >> > >and heated clothing? --- With an average well-fed human needing to dissipate about 100 watts in temperate conditions, in order to stay alive, a 10 watt "hot suit" wouldn't help much, in my view, considering the losses requi

Re: Mile-high Solar Towers: political ramifications

2005-05-29 Thread John Fields
ng shadow which would be cast under the 16 square mile array which, if the array were to be located above a desert, might help to precipitate moisture out of the air and make the land arable. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: Mile-high Solar Towers: political ramifications

2005-05-24 Thread John Fields
to back up your opinion? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: The SMOT game over, Greg Watson gone

2005-05-09 Thread John Fields
On Mon, 9 May 2005 19:10:51 +0100, you wrote: >John Fields wrote:- > >< >The refund was an admission of failure and the lack of payment of >interest only means that he got to use your money, for as long as he >had it, for free.>> > >Errr, John - did you miss the

Re: The SMOT game over, Greg Watson gone

2005-05-08 Thread John Fields
of payment of interest only means that he got to use your money, for as long as he had it, for free. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: 1997 - 2005 the missing SMOT years

2005-05-03 Thread John Fields
umn could be a worry? --- In what respect? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer

Re: 1997 - 2005 the missing SMOT years

2005-05-02 Thread John Fields
derstood, can be duplicated and measured >before I reveal any new devices I have build. The >focus is on understanding the effect and not on >building devices. > >Once the independent Prometheus Effect verifiers have >reported back their results, I will reveal photos and >a video of the toy SRRS device I'm building. --- Have you seen this?: http://www.reidarfinsrud.no/sider/mobile/foto.html -- John Fields

Re: Greg's msg from 1997: continuous closed-loop SMOT

2005-05-01 Thread John Fields
>into actually measuring the energy on exit. Just a >quick white wash using existing conservative modeling. >Sound a bit like about the mainstream opinion of CF? > >So I take it you are not interested in verifying the >Prometheus Effect and another IE writeup is out of the >question? > > >Now it's just engineering effort, time and money, >Greg --- Perhaps you could apply to Joseph Newman or Jack Carey for help. -- John Fields

Re: Room-Temperature Superconductor Invented 25 Years Ago

2005-02-08 Thread John Fields
lling reason not to, (genuine national defense, for example) should put what they find squarely in the public domain. -- John Fields

Re: NK Could Test TD-2 Anytime

2004-12-20 Thread John Fields
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:42:02 -0700, you wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: >> >> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:48:27 -0500, you wrote: >> >> > >> >Dr. Storms wrote: "I think you all are missing the point of the missile >> >defense system

Re: NK Could Test TD-2 Anytime

2004-12-20 Thread John Fields
rational. >China knows it is ineffective. --- And will watch as it's made effective? -- John Fields

Re: NK Could Test TD-2 Anytime

2004-12-19 Thread John Fields
e defense system is to their missiles. :-) > >Bluff and counter bluff. I don't, however, enjoy a game of poker where >I'm one of the stakes. --- You're not. ;) -- John Fields

Re: Off Current Subject: Big Bang Simulator

2004-12-08 Thread John Fields
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 01:00:48 -0900, you wrote: >At 5:41 PM 12/7/4, John Fields wrote: >[snip] >> >>>The real beauty of your idea (is it original?) >> >>--- >>As far as I know, it is. The lightbulb going off was due to something >>of Fred Sparber&#

Re: Off Current Subject: Big Bang Simulator

2004-12-07 Thread John Fields
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:46:27 -0800, you wrote: >John Fields writes, > >> [snip] my hypothesis that there was no big bang but, >instead, a "big bubble" which sprang into being much like a >bubble in a cavitating fluid. > >> All of the matter in our univ

Re: Off Current Subject: Big Bang Simulator

2004-12-07 Thread John Fields
expanding at a rate faster than that which would allow the matter on this side of the wall to collide with the wall, and that's where the missing matter went; it's been absorbed! Or, perhaps, the matter accelerated to the point where it went superluminal and got added to the ZPE pool. In either case, it would seem to be missing. -- John Fields

Re: off topic..mad about software registration..........

2004-11-29 Thread John Fields
ows what you are. goodbye. --- Yes, and unlike you, _not_ a thief. Goodbye!-) -- John Fields

Re: off topic..mad about software registration..........

2004-11-29 Thread John Fields
h irrelevant twaddle which you hope replies to will help you feel less unimportant. -- John Fields

Re: off topic..mad about software registration..........

2004-11-29 Thread John Fields
file i sent them. theres not enough left. --- A petty thief who fancies himself fit to be the judge, jury and executioner of those who steal in ways of which he doesn't approve? Hmmm... -- John Fields

Re: off topic..mad about software registration..........

2004-11-29 Thread John Fields
>in his name, we could wrap his ass in copper wire, stick him in a >giant donut magnet, and solve the worlds energy problems off the >generated power. --- Since you haven't even gotten close to Sam's shoes, let alone walked a mile in them, I doubt whether you really have a clue about how he would have acted under _any_ set of circumstances. -- John Fields

Re: off topic..mad about software registration..........

2004-11-29 Thread John Fields
nonsensical in that it doesn't matter _what_ their overhead structure looks like, it's none of your business and neither are any of their other business practices. Bottom line is, the price of the software is the price of the software and if you don't like it, don't buy it. -- John Fields

Re: off topic..mad about software registration..........

2004-11-29 Thread John Fields
ral recourse is not to steal from them, it's to deny them your support by not buying their products. -- John Fields

Re: Tectonic versus planetary expansion

2004-10-09 Thread John Fields
On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 12:35:41 -0500, you wrote: Oops... Hit the wrong button; sorry! -- John Fields

Re: Tectonic versus planetary expansion

2004-10-09 Thread John Fields
ere. > Perhaps the first recorded discussion on the matter is in Job chapter 38. Talk about questions. > >Richard -- John Fields

Re: Handpicked collaborators

2004-07-16 Thread John Fields
haunt launches. I forget where I left my keys and it takes me a couple of minutes to regroup and find them, but then when I see a horrible wreck which I might have been involved in had I been on the road earlier, the delay seems like an act of providence. -- John Fields