On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I uploaded the latest graph of downloads, which is depressing. See:
http://lenr-canr.org/News.htm#Downloads
This week, traffic is the lowest it has been in years.
Take heart Jed, it is not the quantity of downloads that counts, but
the quality of the downloaders.
Maybe it is the end of the summer school semester . . . I hope it
picks up again. Researchers have not sent me many papers lately, or
granted permission to upload old stuff, so I have not been able to
add much content.
There seems to be no way to break through to the general public,
and trigger widespread interest in the field. In the news and
blogosphere attacks against cold fusion are as common as ever. Here
is one by some jerk at GlobalSecurity.org:
http://www.dickdestiny.com/blog/2007/07/cold-fusion-as-metaphor-on-
what-should.html
I sent a couple of messages correcting some of his statements, but
he refuses to upload them or even acknowledge them.
All you have to do is post by clicking the "post a comment" spot at
the end of the blog.
- Jed
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/