On 11/21/2011 4:32 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I asked Martin what the hell happened to the materials from the table and the floor. Did they save samples of them? He said no, they didn't. Any photos? No, they didn't bother taking any. It reminds me of the time when Mizuno scraped off black material from a cathode that probably transmuted, and tossed it into the trash. He later said that was like throwing away diamonds and gold.
Sounds like there were good inventors more than scientists. Just clean up the mess and get back to work and try not to do that again.
It is as if the Wright brothers had gone ahead and burned up the first airplane in a bonfire, on Dec. 17, 1903, because they were cold. They almost did, as I mentioned. These people do a lousy job of preserving data and physical evidence. Rossi is constantly pulling apart his old reactors and reusing the equipment.
Hey I do that all the time. Hate to waste good hardware. Never leave much of a history behind. You log every mod to every line of code you ever wrote? Me neither. Comes with the trade. You only have limited hours and documenting what you just did is the furthest thing from your goal. I would never make a good experimental scientists as I not methodical enough.
- Jed
