Still here Jones, trying to keep up with the numerous, lengthy and not always relevant posts :)
BTW, the equivalent of "taking a French leave" in French is "filer à l'anglaise", same reciprocal (mis?)-attribution phenomenon as "French letter" and "capote anglaise" ;-) Talking about misattributions, re your interesting (although probably totally unfounded) limelight speculation I don't remember proposing any LENR scheme based on CaO, that was Horace IIRC. Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones Beene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "vortex" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: [Vo]:Peter Fimmel > In pursuit of lime-green hydrinos and other > eco-flashes, I took a few hours last evening to scour > the web for relevant "exotic" information which is > currently not on the LENR-CANR website. > > Often there are obvious reasons why relevant > information to LENR is NOT found there (except for the > case of Dr Mitchell Swartz) - but please - let's not > bring up that Tejana-stand-off once again [1]. > > The criteria of "relevance" is always personal, since > there is lots of bogosity floating around the net: and > having a nuclear model which seems intuitive - or even > "arguably correct" - depends on who is doing the > arguing. > > One of the better articles of interest found is from > Australian by Dr. Peter Fimmel. At least it seemed to > have something to offer, but it would be interesting > to hear other opinions on it; and also - whether or > not anyone is familiar with his work. OTOH - I have > been (voluntarily) deprived of television for so long > that occasionally, a degree of boredom will cloud the > dividing-line between relevance and entertainment > value. > > Here is the site: > > http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V13NO1PDF/V13N1FIM.pdf > > His conclusion is below. > > "Conclusion; It is argued in this paper that the > various dense matter LENR systems, that are known to > produce anomalous heat, collectively constitute an > analogue of in-vacuum sub-barrier nucleon transfer > phenomena, well known in mainstream low-energy nuclear > physics." > > .... [one comment: "well-known" ????] > > "Recent improved understanding of the conditions which > enable in-vacuum sub-barrier transfers, associated > with energy loss to the environment, are expected to > assist a better understanding and, concomitantly, > improved design and performance of heat producing > condensed matter LENR systems." END > > Jones > > [1] initially, "Mexican Stand-off" was used there, but > felling that it could be construed as derogatory... > the phrase was 'relocated' back across the Rio Grande, > so to speak. > > "Mexican standoff" to some Yanks - is so visually > poignant that it should not be considered to be any > kind of slander; but to others it reeks of the same > level of regional chauvinism that gives us "Dutch > treat" (or gives the Brits, "French leave" which is > probably where Michel is these days ;-) .... nothing > wrong with a little border-humor at the expense of our > neighbors, eh? > > And say - "Mexican Stand-off" is key to understanding > the world ... as for the past 50 years but under a > different name, it has defined the World > Balance-of-Power, since it is the operative strategy > of US-Russian foreign policy -- known as "MAD" > (mutually assured destruction). The phrase simply > means a stand-off of enemies where the first to act > will not gain. > > For example, if you want to the grasp the educational > background of our beloved Governor (California) aka > "the Guvernator" check out the film: "The Good, The > Bad and The Ugly" where three (Spaghetti-drunk but > possibly Mexiacn) gun-fighters stand-off in a triangle > facing each other askance... > > Each one is understandably reluctant to draw first, > knowing-well that the first to draw runs the certainty > of being shot by the guy he does not aim at... > > ... an image worth a thousand words (which can be > called up from the old memory-core with only three if > you can tolerate a bit of chauvinism) >
