Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's interesting that they showed what appears to be a prototype Hyperion > apparently with some sort of test set up. It's far from proving that they > have a working fusion reactor!
> I would have expected them to show a large room filled with people making > Hyperions. In other words, you will not take "yes" for an answer. Whatever they do, you will demand more, and more, and more. You will move the goalposts down the field, out of the stadium, out of the parking lot . . . They announced they will soon provide more details. You will soon be even farther out on that limb. You better start thinking up reasons to reject an independent test, or whatever they have up their sleeve. Be prepared! > They did not say they had a prototype lab. They said they had a factory. Do you have evidence they do not? They also said they would soon make a megawatt plant and give the excess > heat to the Police Academy **this winter**. It's almost winter. How soon > people forget. > No one has forgotten that. Corporations attempting to develop new products are often late. This is true of large corporations such as IBM and small startup corporations as well. It is a fact of life. It does not indicate fraud, malfeasance or incompetence. Actually, if they brought out everything exactly on schedule that might make me suspect fraud. Real products are usually late. - Jed
