Peter,
I still don't know what to make of Randy's bold hydrino theory and whether BLP will eventually be able to pull the magic rabbit out of the hat. I don't have sufficient mathematical expertise to parse out all the complex mathematical equations Randy has used in order to justify his position on the matter. Sometimes I try to understand Axil's theoretical perspective. Unfortunately I realize I haven't got a clue what he's trying to say either, and most likely I never will. All I know is that Ed Storms seemed to have his issues with some of Axil's theoretical perspectives. I believe Storms often critiqued some Axil's perspectives as not being sufficiently backed up with scientific evidence. Axil can correct me if I am mistaken, but as best as I can parse it out Axil believes Randy has gotten significant portions of his hydrino theory wrong and that he has ended up creating his own imaginative universe filled with mythical hydrinos. Meanwhile, I realize many others within the Vort Collective also appear to voice various degrees and levels of criticisms of Randy's theory. There also seem to be a few supporters who apparently believe Randy's theory maybe more on the track than as compared to being the ramblings of a deluded theoretician. So, it's par for the course. Over at SCP when the Cold Fusion topic occasionally came up I repeatedly witnessed Randy trash the research, implying that most of the data is either bogus or badly assembled. I recall Randy once posting that from his POV the CF field seems to be filled with the equivalent of cult followers which, ironically, is exactly what I see happening within the SCP group. Don't get me wrong. I see a lot of smart objectively oriented people asking difficult questions of the doctor. Some of them openly support CF and feel the evidence collected IS valid, despite what Randy might conjecture. But the group also has its stable of cheer leaders, and some of them can get rather feisty at times when they feel their superhero has been trashed in some way. It's not difficult for me to perceive Randy's critiques on CF news as primarily a strategic and corporate one. I think he's basically saying: Accept no other brand name other than our own. Every corporation does it in the name of marketing. Unfortunately, such marketing strategies tend to be incompatible with spirit of scientific inquiry, and there's not much we can do about the matter. At present I am not surprised that the December deadline for a prototype delivery has come and gone. It doesn't really concern me at this stage of the game. If the delays drag on for another year to two, without sufficient feedback and reasonable explanation from BLP, well that will be a completely different story. As Jones has said many, many, MANY times before. We have seen all this behavior before. I must confess that I was both irritated and also a little amused that some minion over at SCP felt sufficiently compelled to inform me that my repeated suggestions that BLP might first want to try to assemble an experimental POC before assembling a commercial product was effectively haranguing the good name of Dr. Mills and his hydrino theory. Fortunately, it would appear that Dr. Mills didn't seem to have taken my repeated suggestions personally. All I know is that it seemed to have taken repeated postings on my part to finally get Randy to respond directly to my suggestion. I'm glad I was persistent. I came away with the feeling that Randy really didn't want to respond directly to my query. Meanwhile, some of his minions took it personally. I don't give a crap what any SCP minion might have to say on the matter other than to feel a tad irritated. Fortunately, the SCP moderator graciously let me respond back. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SocietyforClassicalPhysics/conversations/messages/4663 Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.orionworks.com zazzle.com/orionworks
