In reply to Jürg Wyttenbach's message of Mon, 1 Apr 2024 22:56:25 +0200:
Hi,
[snip]
>Uranium is at least 10'000x more harmless than Plutonium
>
Storing plutonium is wasteful anyway. Use it as fuel.
>So its a bad idea...
>
>
>J.W.
>
>
>On 01.04.2024 21:10, Ro
Hi,
Why not store nuclear waste in worked out Uranium mines? After all, "nuclear
material" was stored there for billions of
years before we dug it up.
Crypto currency mining deliberately wastes energy.
Surely there is a better way to do this?
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Robin van Spaandonk
. There is no reason this
should change when rotation is involved
rather than translation.
[snip]
>Resolving the paradox of unipolar induction: new experimental evidence on
>the influence of the test circuit (Free to download. Published 2022)
>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-21155-x
Regards,
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:12:40 -0500:
Thanks Jed.
[snip]
>I do not think so.
>
>I had an older Leaf, which I gave to my daughter. I do not recall anything
>like that.
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Hi,
Does anyone know if the original version of the Nissan Leaf, released in 2010,
had bi-directional charging capability?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4I8QThLMJc
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ld not
really have a significant impact on the conclusion.
In short, I doubt that it is correct to multiply by the number of protons. Or
did you mean something else by "sun's
proton's number"?
>
>J.W.
>
>
>On 15.01.2024 00:10, Robin wrote:
>> In reply to Jürg
In reply to Jürg Wyttenbach's message of Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:02:25 +0100:
Hi Jürg,
Would you care to reply to the other questions?
[snip]
>You are correct! I made a Kopernikus turn and did look at the sun's belt
>
>
>J.W.
>
>On 14.01.2024 19:53, Robin wrote:
&g
not quite sure what you mean by this. AFAIK the Van Allen belts surround
the Earth. Do you mean that the Earth
itself is at the magnetic resonance radius of the Sun?
Also, how do you determine the magnetic mass of the Sun?
And what is MOND an abbreviation of?
>
>
>J.W.
>
>
>On 13
Hi,
Perhaps charged particles in the Van Allen belts are energized by resonant
absorption of ELF radiation from the Sun?
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
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ingly perhaps, Holmlid uses
potassium, which is also a catalyst
according to Mills. :)
[snip]
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tion Prof. Leif Holmlid was talking about?
>
>The first step anyway is stripping of Oxigen!
Yes, this part is easily done.
[snip]
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Robin van Spaandonk
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photon emission (1/2 of this energy) . Impact speed is
>7..10km/s.
At 10 km/s a proton has a kinetic energy of about 0.5 eV. Nowhere near enough
for fusion. (It would need to be about
1 times more).
[snip]
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
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the
initial jet have sufficient kinetic energy
to result in fusion upon impact?
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/ for many related
papers.
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constant when changing the surface
area.
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-the-Race-for-Nuclear-Fusion.html>
>ml
and it's still 30 years away. ;)
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Hi,
One of the constraints placed on battery design is they should be able to
charge as fast as possible. However this
constraint is a hang over from the gasoline age. The intent is to allow fast
charging at a "gas station".
However, in future, most cars will charge using power provided by
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 6 Dec 2023 20:44:35 -0500:
Hi Jed,
I meant, are there any personal favourite papers in the latest proceedings?
>Robin wrote:
>
>
>> Do you have any personal highlights?
>>
>
>When they held this conference in 2000, the conf
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 6 Dec 2023 17:18:57 -0500:
Hi Jed,
Do you have any personal highlights?
>Proceedings uploaded:
>
>Scaramuzzi, F., ed. *ICCF8 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference
>on Cold Fusion*. Vol. 70. 2000, Italian Physical Society, Bologna, Italy:
Hi,
How can the Earth pass through the tail of various comets and asteroids,
resulting in meteor showers, if our orbits
don't intersect?
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Hi,
When asking bing when the asteroid Phaethon would impact the Earth, it informed
me that calculating future paths
involved a lot of computational power and told me it couldn't do that. When
asked to use Wolfram AstronomicalData to do
the calculation, it kept on spouting the same drivel about
Hi,
Form should always play second fiddle to function.
This means that no matter what you are creating, the primary concern should
always be that it works. Once it's working,
you can worry about making it look pretty.
This is because, if it doesn't work, no one will use it, no matter how pretty
Hi,
Now that you are using vacuum deposition, you might try any of the transition
metals on a graphene base.
In particular, Nickel, Iron, or Titanium, all of which interact with Hydrogen,
and Nickel in particular is used as a
catalyst in organic chemistry.
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Thus I would be modest and concede that we humans still lack the
>knowledge to fully understand what can happen with matter.
>
>
>J.W.
>
>
>On 28.11.2023 20:11, Robin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Given that it can't have come from deep space, it must have been create
Hi,
Given that it can't have come from deep space, it must have been created
locally. Since nothing local is capable of
generating such high energy fundamental particles, a small piece of plasma from
the Sun, rather than a single particle,
seems probable.
Cosmic rays are detected with multiple
Hi,
A metal plate containing millions of square pits, each 45.589 nm on a side,
that is exposed to Hydrogen gas, may emit
electrons with a maximum energy of 40.8 eV minus the work function of the
metal. These electrons may then be collected
on an anode to drive an external current between the
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:59:24 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
>Wonderful!!
>
>See:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjtPZR55r30
A few comments:-
1) I seem to recall someone else having used Calcium Oxide before.
2) Perhaps unrelated, but 36 microns is the wavelength of a
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 17 Nov 2023 19:26:01 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
>Robin wrote:
>
>
>> I have an electric heater that can be controlled to within 1/10 of a
>> degree centigrade . . .
>
>
>That is remarkable. That is a laboratory grade thermostat.
Hi,
I have an electric heater that can be controlled to within 1/10 of a degree
centigrade, and also temperature monitoring
software that reports the temperature.
I have noticed that early in the morning I am comfortable with a temperature of
22ºC, but as we approach noon I need the
temperature
Hi,
President Biden's new executive order demonstrates a true lack of comprehension
of the potential problem.
1) It only pertains to the US, while threats are more likely to come from
overseas.
2) Those interested in harming the US are not going to tell the US government
about it anyway.
3)
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:13:33 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Two down
>
>https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/18/lk-99-room-temperature-superconductor/
...maybe the impurities are what it's all about. Clearly the substance they
produced behaved remarkably like a
superconductor.
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 7 Aug 2023 11:06:38 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>I think there have been studies on phonons in CF. You might search Jed's
>web site.
Look at the work done by a.o. Russ George.
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In reply to Andrew Meulenberg's message of Sat, 5 Aug 2023 14:41:18 -0500:
Hi Andrew,
[snip]
>Robin, Your strained lattices might also be the answer to useful CF.
Please feel free to pursue it. It's way beyond my means to do so.
BTW, it can be enhanced by introducing a forced ultraso
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 1 Aug 2023 17:34:19 -0400:
Hi Jed,
[snip]
>I exclude robot readers after identifying them by various methods.
Why would you exclude them? Surely allowing access would ensure that people
doing searches would be more likely to find
the site?
Buy
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:55:27 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
The symbols appear to be separated into short groups by vertical lines,
suggesting that each group represents a word.
Some of them apparently represent animals, e.g. what appears to be a pair of
owls perched on
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 26 Jul 2023 19:32:07 + (UTC):
Hi,
You may recall that years ago, I suggested on this list that strained lattices
might result in a preferential vibration
direction for the atoms of the lattice (Bose condensate of phonons). That in
turn leads to
>Hi,
PS - the dimensions of the solid should be such that it is resonant for the
frequency of the sound.
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In reply to Andrew Meulenberg's message of Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:17:55 -0500:
Hi,
Years ago, I read in a magazine that elliptical motion of atoms resulted in a
force.
It occurred to me that two synchronized sound sources arranged such that the
direction of the sound from each was
perpendicular
In reply to 's message of Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:59:49 -1000:
Hi,
I wonder if people thousands of years from now will wonder how we managed to
carve large concrete structures?
[snip]
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In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:40:59 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-largest-fusion-project-is-in-big-trouble-new-documents-reveal/
Quote:
Even so, Kathryn McCarthy , director of the U.S. ITER Project at Oak Ridge
National
confused
"terminal" with "electrode".
>Robin wrote:
>
>First, you should ask yourself why they would give a battery a height of
>> about 30 mm, if the electrodes are only 4.8 to
>> 5.6 mm in height.
>>
>
>It does seem odd, now that you mention it. Th
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:00:06 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>A lithium AAA battery electrode is:
>
> - Diameter: 10.5 to 11.6 millimeters
> - Height: 4.8 to 5.6 millimeters
> - Positive electrode surface area: 0.1 to 0.2 square centimeters
> - Negative electrode
In reply to H L V's message of Thu, 8 Jun 2023 20:10:11 -0400:
Hi,
The Martian atmosphere is very thin, so radiation from space may be much worse
than it is on Earth, where we are
shielded by a thick atmosphere. The implication being that living on Mars,
would probably mean living underground
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Thu, 8 Jun 2023 19:15:55 -0400:
Hi,
A fuel cell + electric motor would probably also be more efficient.
>Hi Grimer!
>
>Hydrogen combustion in a gasoline engine has a fraction of the horsepower,
>not to mention the embrittlement discovered by Bob Lazar when
In reply to Frank Grimer's message of Fri, 9 Jun 2023 00:08:01 +0100:
Hi,
[snip]
>What about the ICE running on hydrogen generated from electricity.
Carbon based fuels can be liquid at room temperature, making them easy to
handle, and store.
[snip]
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In reply to MSF's message of Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:01:13 +:
Hi,
Several years ago, I suggested to Mills in private email that a surface
containing pits that had a dimension matching
the wavelength of a photon with the same energy as his "energy hole", might
function as a catalyst for Hydrino
In reply to MSF's message of Mon, 29 May 2023 18:48:52 +:
Hi,
If you follow the link to the original article, then download the supporting
materials pdf, the original experiment
reported at best about 250 nW / cm^2. This may not seem like much, but the
layer could be made very thin,
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 17 May 2023 11:32:10 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
These bots have an API that lets them access wiki, or so they claim.
Try asking for something else that is not on LENR-CANR.
>[The word "J'Acuse" appears nowhere in the LENR-CANR corpus.]
>
>. . . He also wrote
Hi,
If you imagine a finger drawing in the sand, then Greek letters are all fast
fluid hand motions. :)
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In reply to Stefan Israelsson Tampe's message of Mon, 1 May 2023 17:52:27
+0200:
Hi Stefan,
Though I find it difficult to visualize, I think that if you allow the major
radius of a toroid to shrink to zero, you
end up with a sphere.
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In reply to Stefan Israelsson Tampe's message of Mon, 1 May 2023 17:52:27
+0200:
Hi Stefan,
Re. gravity, see
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/2032981/downloads/2032981.pdf
Cloud storage:-
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...pick any three.
In reply to Stefan Israelsson Tampe's message of Mon, 1 May 2023 17:52:27
+0200:
Hi Stefan,
You write:-
"Now the total amount of energy is 2u if we assume equal amount of electrical
energy as magnetic energy, hence if we integrate.
F = Utot/va
But according to special relativity we have,
Utot
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Mon, 1 May 2023 21:48:16 -0400:
Hi,
This is also interesting, though AFAIK still vaporware.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359645421001877
>You never know with Musk
>
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:31:02 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Quote the paragraph that says, "We must thank Christy L. Frazier for
>writing a detailed report . . ."
>
>I apologize, but there is no paragraph in the provided context that says
>"We must thank Christy L. Frazier
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:33:48 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>I hope that an advanced AGI *will* have a concept of the real world, and it
>will know the difference. I do not think that the word "care" applies here,
>but if we tell it not to use a machine gun in the real
In reply to Alain Sepeda's message of Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:48:38 +0200:
Hi,
[snip]
>The real difference is that today, AI are not the fruit of a Darwinian
>evolution, with struggle to survive, dominate, eat or be eaten, so it's
>less frightening than people or animals.
The way a neural network
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 8 Apr 2023 20:04:46 -0400:
Hi,
As I said earlier, it may not make any difference whether an AI feels/thinks as
we do, or just mimics the process. The
outcome could be just as disastrous if it mimics committing murder, as it would
be if it had murder
of the topic.
>
>Em sáb., 8 de abr. de 2023 às 19:50, Robin
>escreveu:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The point I have been trying to make is that if we program something to
>> behave like a human, it may end up doing exactly
>> that.
>>
>> Cloud storage:-
Hi,
The point I have been trying to make is that if we program something to behave
like a human, it may end up doing exactly
that.
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In reply to H L V's message of Sat, 8 Apr 2023 18:33:53 -0400:
Hi,
It might be (almost) Earthquake proof.
[snip]
>From a traditional perspective this structure does not look like a free
>standing structure but it does stand upright like one.
>
>harry
[snip]
Cloud storage:-
Unsafe, Slow,
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 8 Apr 2023 14:40:08 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>ME: ChatGPT is not considered artificial general intelligence (AGI). What
>qualities of AGI are lacking in ChatGPT?
>
>ChatGPT: ChatGPT, as a language model, has a narrow focus on generating
>human-like text based
In reply to H L V's message of Sat, 8 Apr 2023 14:22:26 -0400:
Hi,
...but you are not pushing on a string. The "push" acts on the solid ribs,
which in turn connect with each other by
"pulling" on the central string. In fact all the strings are "pulled" on.
[snip]
>"You can't push on a string"
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 6 Apr 2023 19:41:27 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>See:
>
>https://atap.lbl.gov/lenr/
About 30 years too late. :)
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In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 6 Apr 2023 20:47:41 -0400:
Hi,
...yet without writing, we would have no clue that what he said. :)
[snip]
>https://fs.blog/an-old-argument-against-writing/
>
>. . . And so it is that you by reason of your tender regard for the writing
>that is your
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 5 Apr 2023 13:00:14 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>An AI in a weapon might be programmed with self-preservation, since
>people and other AI would try to destroy it. I think putting AI into
>weapons would be a big mistake.
...one might argue that an AI placed in a
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 3 Apr 2023 16:31:29 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>> Perhaps you could try asking ChatGPT if it's alive? The answer should be
>> interesting.
>>
>
>She will say no, even if she is actually sentient. She's programmed that
>way, as Dave said to the BBC in the movie
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 3 Apr 2023 14:46:33 -0400:
Hi,
Rather than trying to compare apples with oranges, why not just look at how
long it takes ChatGPT & a human to perform
the same task, e.g. holding a conversation.
Compare the time it takes you to respond in your
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 2 Apr 2023 20:11:03 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Robin wrote:
>
>
>> >I assume the hardware would be unique so it could not operate at all
>> backed
>> >up on an inferior computer. It would be dead.
>>
>> The hardwa
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 2 Apr 2023 20:15:54 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Robin wrote:
>
>
>> Note, if it is really smart, and wants us gone, it will engineer the
>> circumstances under which we wipe ourselves out. We
>> certainly have the means. (A nucl
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 2 Apr 2023 16:36:54 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Robin wrote:
>
>...so there doesn't appear to be any reason why it couldn't back itself up
>> on an inferior computer and wait for a better
>> machine to reappear somewhere...or write out
), to get a new one built?
(The TV series "Person of Interest" comes to mind.)
>I wrote:
>
>Robin wrote:
>>
>>
>Multiple copies, spread across the Internet, would make it almost
>>> invulnerable.
>>> (Assuming a neural network can be "backed up&
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 1 Apr 2023 18:32:14 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Come to think of it, Yudkowsky's hypothesis cannot be true. He fears that a
>super-AI would kill us all off. "Literally everyone on Earth will die." The
>AI would know that if it killed everyone, there would be no
In reply to Robin's message of Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:58:03 +1100:
Hi,
[snip]
>In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:22:49 -0400:
>Hi,
>[snip]
>>https://www.universetoday.com/160516/the-first-all-electrical-thruster-the-ivo-quantum-drive-is-headed-to-space/
>
>
BTW I suspect
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:22:49 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>https://www.universetoday.com/160516/the-first-all-electrical-thruster-the-ivo-quantum-drive-is-headed-to-space/
Phosphorous-32 has a power to weight ratio of 2.9E6 W/kg. Compare this to the
measly 340 W/kg of
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:22:49 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>https://www.universetoday.com/160516/the-first-all-electrical-thruster-the-ivo-quantum-drive-is-headed-to-space/
Combined with
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:59:18 -0400:
Hi,
An exam is largely a test of knowledge, and chatbots get to cheat by accessing
reference material. However a real lawyer
also needs to have a deep understanding of human beings and their motivations,
and also to be
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:59:18 -0400:
Hi Jed,
When they stuff something up, you might consider asking for the reference they
used to provide the wrong answer.
That gives humans a chance to fix the original, which will in turn result in
better future responses.
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:12:05 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>I signed up for early access to Google's Bard chatbot. Preliminary
>evaluation: It is not as good at scientific and technical issues. Examples:
>
>ME: What is double-labeled water?
>
>
>Bard:
>
>Doubly labeled
In reply to Robin's message of Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:14:28 +1100:
Hi,
I should add that a 14 MeV D nucleus may well also be capable of fissioning a
Th or U nucleus directly, and given that
it is a D nucleus rather than a single neutron, it may well also be capable of
fissioning lighter atoms
In reply to Robin's message of Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:10:35 +1100:
Hi,
I wrote:-
"This may be an even more likely route, since during a simple elastic two body
collision between a daughter nucleus and
a D nucleus, the D will end up with most of the energy."
This is not correct. The D doesn't get
In reply to Robin's message of Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:25:58 +1100:
Hi,
[snip]
>Salt solution reactors have been run in the past, but not using heavy water as
>moderator AFAIK.
PS - This may be tested relatively safely by starting out with ordinary water,
and slowly increasing the D percentage in
In reply to Robin's message of Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:10:35 +1100:
Hi,
PS - another possibility is that a simple elastic collision of a daughter
product with a D passes sufficient kinetic
energy to the D such that the D itself can split another D, or even multiple
D's , thus creating more free
Hi,
I may have previously suggested on this list that in Uranium fission reactor
where a U salt is dissolved in heavy water,
some additional neutrons might be created by the the fission daughter products
spalling a neutron from the D in the
heavy water. (Jones previously mentioned that CANDU
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:10:22 + (UTC):
Hi,
[snip]
>It is too bad that Lu is so damned expensive. Apparently it is the most
>expensive element at many suppliers
That's strange, it is way more common in the Earth's crust than e.g. Rhenium.
Cloud storage:-
In reply to Robin's message of Sat, 11 Mar 2023 06:57:06 +1100:
Hi,
Another possible contender for stationary storage:-
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/long-duration-energy-storage/stealthy-storage-contender-form-energy-reveals-secret-formula
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In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:01:14 -0500:
Hi,
Given that the batteries are expensive due to scarcity of the materials used, I
think we would be better off actually
tearing the used batteries down and using the material to build new batteries.
Scarce materials really
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 9 Mar 2023 17:51:31 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
>I think it is not practical to equip most parking places in an office
>parking lot with chargers or simple "dischargers." I think the cost of this
>would far exceed the benefits from distributed generation. But I
the same AC connection used to
charge the vehicle, which would need to change, and vehicles would need to be
designed to allow more power to be
delivered via the connection.
>Robin wrote:
>
>
>> Electric cars have DC batteries but AC motors. That means they need to
>> have powerf
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 8 Mar 2023 20:10:40 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
>> When electric cars become more common, they can contribute to grid
>> storage, allowing higher percentages of renewable
>> energy sources.
>> This also reduces CO2 from the transport sector.
>>
>
>Yup. There has
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 8 Mar 2023 19:41:19 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
>Both wind and solar would become more expensive if they exceeded ~60% of
>capacity, because they would need extensive storage, rather than the
>occasional use of standby gas turbine or Diesel generators. I think
Hi,
The governments of various countries appear worried about declining population,
because it means that there are ever
fewer young people to support ever more old people, and hence take measures to
increase the birth rate.
This is short sighted policy.
As a planet we would be well served by
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:04:23 -0500:
Hi,
There has been a movie made about just about every possible disaster, so when
one happens, it's not difficult to find a
matching movie.
>Remember the movie "The China Syndrome" which preceded the Chernobyl
>accident?
>
In reply to MSF's message of Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:11:15 +:
Hi,
[snip]
>Which do you suppose would be more susceptible to this effect, polar or
>non-polar insulators?
I don't think it would make much difference, IOW I suspect either would work,
though long periods of irradiation may be
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 attach
themselves to other atoms.
It might then be possible to magnetize this material, during which
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:37:02 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
>> Previously you suggested that it might take another three years for an AI
>> to have a "mind" as powerful as that of a
>> human being. However you are neglecting the fact the a neural network
>> works faster than
In reply to Giovanni Santostasi's message of Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:54:42 -0800:
Hi Giovanni,
Previously you suggested that it might take another three years for an AI to
have a "mind" as powerful as that of a
human being. However you are neglecting the fact the a neural network works
faster than
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:16:20 -0500:
Hi,
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What I was trying to say, is that if an AI is programmed to mimic human
behaviour*, then it may end up mimicking the
worst aspects of human behaviour, and the results could be just as devastating
as if they had
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:42:35 -0500:
Hi,
When considering whether or not it could become dangerous, there may be no
difference between simulating emotions, and
actually having them.
>Robin wrote:
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>> It's not bonkers, it's lonely. M$ have br
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:06:48 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
It's not bonkers, it's lonely. M$ have broken the golden rule of AI and given
it a pseudo human personality, and a sense
of self. Apparently they learned nothing from "Terminator".
>These are actual quotes from
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