RE: [Vo]:Just for fun!!!

2011-05-01 Thread Mark Iverson
[mailto:scott...@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 9:05 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Just for fun!!! How about Anomalous Heat Energy Transmutation a la The Hutchinson Effect? Maybe weird stuff really does happen at certain combinations of frequency changes!

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-30 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Fri, 5/21/10, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Sorry for the long delay in replying, it was a... rough week. I used that same substance, different mixture. More sugar, I think, and I used it for smoke bombs, it burned slowly with copious white smoke, basically harmless.

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: The Roomba robot carpet sweepers are borderline practical today, but better ones will follow. Oh, I think this furry feline might disagree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9wHkkNGUU That's hysterical!! - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-21 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:58 PM 5/19/2010, Kyle Mcallister wrote: Back home, when I was a kid, I was into model rockets. But it seemed boring making something from a kit. So I set about making my own rockets and engines. For fuel, I had a few different things. The most common was common sugar and potassium

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-21 Thread Alexander Hollins
I've been working on this, educating people about science, in particular space travel, and rekindling that national interest in going to the moon. A few friends of mine and I are working on creating a non profit for that purpose. Sigh, the problem it seems with non profits is no one will

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 05/19/2010 09:58 PM, Kyle Mcallister wrote: --- On Wed, 5/19/10, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Well, I can understand, but I don't really miss that. Heathkits were cheap, main point for me at the time, I built quite a few, but assembly costs are now so low that a

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: And if it's surface mount, it's not clear a human even *can* solder it in place, without a huge amount of effort. Easy for the robots, though. Yup. Like Lasik eye surgery, only a robot can do it. When computers robots were first invented they were seen as

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-21 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 05/21/2010 01:34 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 05/19/2010 09:58 PM, Kyle Mcallister wrote: Put another way, nothing is made with sockets any more. It's all hard-soldered. Assembly costs! If there's a socket, somebody must put something in it And reliability! Sockets lead

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-21 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The Roomba robot carpet sweepers are borderline practical today, but better ones will follow. Oh, I think this furry feline might disagree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9wHkkNGUU T

RE: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Kyle, With some spare time over the weekend, and little to do (a rarity), I decided to make a crystal-less crystal radio. Inspired by Nyle Steiner's work (google him, he is a god among amateur scientists), I conducted a couple hour's worth of experimenting with using flames as a

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:33 PM 5/18/2010, Kyle Mcallister wrote: With some spare time over the weekend, and little to do (a rarity), I decided to make a crystal-less crystal radio. Inspired by Nyle Steiner's work (google him, he is a god among amateur scientists), I conducted a couple hour's worth of

RE: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Jones Beene
In the (non-ecclesiastical) category of 'nothing new under the sun' Here is an article that many vortician 'flamers' will surely like. I have a vague memory of trying something similar, many years ago without success. http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification.

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones sez: In the (non-ecclesiastical) category of 'nothing new under the sun' Here is an article that many vortician 'flamers' will surely like. I have a vague memory of trying something similar, many years ago without success.

RE: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: All good points, Kyle. The only individual I can think of that is trying to reverse this trend is Dean Kamen, inventor of Segway. Segway is also not practical but it's still an impressive product that has

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMQEiRWoiJw Is it practical? No. Was it fun? Oh yes. Better page: http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com/flame-amp/flameamp.htm I know Nyle's pages are better than mine, that's why I linked to

RE: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: From: Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net Subject: RE: [Vo]:Just for fun... To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 10:22 AM In the (non-ecclesiastical) category of 'nothing new under the sun' Here is an article

[Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-18 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, With some spare time over the weekend, and little to do (a rarity), I decided to make a crystal-less crystal radio. Inspired by Nyle Steiner's work (google him, he is a god among amateur scientists), I conducted a couple hour's worth of experimenting with using flames as a detection method

[Vo]:Just for fun, something lighter.........

2009-12-04 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V, If you can watch this with a straight face, well, I'm rather impressed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0bKq3x74UE I don't know if Koji Kondo would be amused or horrified. But, if that made your ears bleed, then THIS is freaking cool, and straight from the man himself:

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun, something lighter.........

2009-12-04 Thread Harry Veeder
truly amazing. seems he can play just about anything Harry - Original Message From: Kyle Mcallister kyle_mcallis...@yahoo.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, December 4, 2009 11:45:24 PM Subject: [Vo]:Just for fun, something lighter. V, If you can watch