Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have to admit there is so much information scattered about on the > internet that I sometimes lose track of some. > Too true. I should gather more in the RossiData folder. > All I remember about the thermocouple picture was that it was taken > after the device was opened and it was not possible to tell where it was > with respect to the hot end of the heat exchanger during the run. > Nope. The video was taken as he unwrapped the tape and revealed the location of the TC. When the TC was revealed, Rossi stopped and pointed at it, and held the picture for a moment. Someone uploaded that frame, showing his finger pointing to the TC. The location is quite clear. Rossi is actually damn good at what he does. People are so in the habit of criticizing him and trashing him and making all these outrageous claims they fail to notice that he is a first-rate plumber. That is more important that this faults, such as his lackadaisical attitude toward instruments. Plumbing is what these experiments are about. I have seen a lot of first-rate instrumentation on useless experiments, especially in Japan. I prefer third-rate instruments on definitive experiments, which is what Rossi gives us. Gene Mallove's father was a plumber. Gene was very good at plumbing and other practical aspects of experiments. His calorimeters did not leak. He fixed the coolers when they broke. Doing an experiment is a constant battle with recalcitrant equipment. This is what my mother called "the innate perversity of inanimate objects." people think Ross is experiments are somehow amateur because you can see the plumbing, and there is rusting stuff and stuff cobble together. Most experiments look like that in my experience. - Jed
