"Stephen A. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rhong Dhong wrote:
> Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
>>
>> Rhong Dhong wrote:
>>> Here's what I've been able to glean from their
> site.
>>> It is self-powered. There is no input.
>> No it's not.
>
> Right. The ceo has said he does not know the source of
> the energy.
>
> It isn't anything obvious, so maybe it is something
> like Frank Grimer's gamma atmosphere. Whatever it is,
> it just goes on and on and on, even to powering a
> 550bhp motor.
[** They said it was a "550 hp unit". They didn't explain what
that meant.
Presumably it means either 550 HP _in_ or 550 HP _out_.**]
It's clear from the context that it is 550bhp out. There is
nothing that they can detect going in. Presumably, the gamma
atmosphere or something else is being tapped, but they haven't
been able to figure out what it is.
The unit is self-sustaining. Nothing needs to be 'fed' to it
to keep it running. That sounds like a closed-loop to me, at
least as far as the user is concerned; I guess if you are sucking
up the gamma-atmosphere somebody might say it's really not a
closed loop. Who cares?
If the CEO is telling the truth, they have some kind of OU.
[**This is where the lengthy cycle of testing to be sure the
machine is not
consuming some piece of itself comes in. If, to use the
foregoing
example, it uses lead-acid batteries, one needs to confirm
that the
machine isn't gradually chewing up the batteries while
appearing to
"recharge" them on the fly.**]
They tested it for six months to make sure there was no
measurement error, and have refined and tested it for 2.5 more
years. They are completely confident that it isn't chewing up
something in the environment. They are certain that they have OU.
The jury is to help convince the public that they have the OU,
not to convince them. It's a publicity gimmick.
This is all based on what the CEO has said, of course, but if he's
lying, he deserves an Oscar.
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