On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> David L. Babcock <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Another simple explanation is that Rossi'S recipe died. He had enough >> (sporadic?) heat events to drive him into a frenzy of invention, into a >> dead end. And an ego that didn't permit him to back down. Sort of like >> Trump... >> > Sorta like many lone inventors, especially Jim Patterson. I heard he could > not make a new batch of beads work. He denied that. He told me "I can make > a new batch anytime" but I do not think he did. > > I have heard that Rossi makes machine after machine, cannibalizing old > parts and leaving no blueprints or older machines. So he may have lost the > secret. I would not rule that out. > > - Jed > > This model of the lone, secretive inventor -- hoping to make millions and gain his place in history -- HAS been (thankfully) superseded by the 'Free-And-Open-Source [Software]' (FOSS) model: in the computer world, as elsewhere. I suggest people note this evolution and take it seriously from now on.
