On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, William Beaty wrote: > But if secrecy wasn't their philosophy, they could just *say* that they'd > otherwise just release everything ...but that their device is finicky.
>From PSEN interview: "McCarthy declined to specify how many prototypes they had built..." Huh? OK, now that's just insane. Why can't the guy say "five?" Or "one?" Or "lots and lots?" He doesn't want anyone to know?! That's nuts. Or dishonest. Or more likely, the whole group is infected with the "secrecy" disease. I bet it never even occurred to any of them to simply post all the construction details on their website. Then no strange machinations are needed. No "jury" or other sillyness. "...or how long they have run..." Same comment: total insanity! When asked such a simple question, he can't simply speak the words "they've run for weeks"? Or whatever the time really is? "...how much power they produce, and other details of the design." How horrible if the general public found out any of these dark secrets. :) I did see other messages mentioning the power density for the device. But my comments still stand. If a reporter asks you what the best closed-loop run time is, and how much power it produces, and if you refuse to say, then that's a big red flag. If later you do give out this information, the red flag still stands. Why did you refuse to say in the first place? What's the story with this hiding THE SIMPLE DETAILS OF WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY CLAIMING?!!! Sheesh. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
