On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > There is no doubt he has control over it. > Wrong. I doubt he has control over it, other than the obvious input current to heat it up, and maybe start some kind of reaction, and cooling water to cool it down, and maybe stop it. But I seriously doubt there is any kind of feedback and continuous control during the run in order to stabilize it. I could be wrong, but there is simply no indication of it in the behavior of the temperatures, in the connections, in Rossi's behavior. Oh, I wouldn't rule out the occasional surreptitious increases in input power when he thinks no one is watching, and the power is not monitored... if you call that control. > I do not think his control was very good back in February during the 18 > hour test, when the temperature went skyhigh. People say Rossi looked > frightened when that happened. I would have been terrified. Rossi has guts. > Which people say that, and where? He has no obligation to tell anyone. It is not in his interest to tell > anyone. > I agree with that. Uncertainty is in his interest.
