On 01/25/2010 12:23 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > Big splashy advert screens are being displayed at steorn.com > > Sounds like they intend to deliver the final "punch line" this coming > Saturday, Jan 30 > > we shall see... >
For the record, here are my predictions regarding the likely outcomes: -- They burn out a wheel bearing and cancel the demo, like ol' Tilly (substitute appropriate part for "wheel bearing"), and like Sean did a couple years back. -- They do another demo of a motor using an external power source (battery, or other similar device) and then, through calculations and measurements, claim to have shown overunity. Others dispute the calculations, measurements, and claim. This is, of course, the most popular approach by perpetual motion machine salesmen. -- They demo a part of a motor -- a coil, say -- and take certain measurements which they claim prove that it's over unity in some way. They're selling knowledge, not devices, so this seems like a good possibility. -- They come up with something I haven't thought of, which none the less leaves the situation ambiguous, with honest skeptics unconvinced. (Pathological skeptics will never be convinced, of course.) And a very UNlikely outcome: -- They demonstrate what they claim is a self runner but don't let anyone inspect it carefully enough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it's for real. Steorn has never pulled stunts like this in the past, and I don't expect them to start now. (As far as I know every device they have ever demonstrated in public has been "real" -- only their claims are dubious.) What we absolutely will *not* see: -- A true self-runner, which convinces all but the most pathological of skeptics. Will not happen -- not from Steorn. Not now, not ever. This includes motors with no external power supply, and motors driven by capacitors (which are shown conclusively to remain charged during the run) instead of batteries. > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks >
