David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: Read what Jed says about your misrepresentation of the facts. >
He is not misrepresenting facts! He does not believe what the authors say. He thinks they looked for insulated wires and did not check under the insulation, and he thinks they let Rossi attach the voltage probes and they did not glance at the wires to be sure the probes were firmly attached to the right place, with no other wires (insulated or bare) leading into the control box. That is what Milstone is saying, as far as I can tell. He has a right to his opinion. I hope I have not misrepresented it here. I assume that when the authors refer to "cables" they mean bare wires. I assume when they say they attached the probes and they checked, they mean it. > Either he is correct, and his record is excellent, or you are and I > choose to believe what he states with his backup documentation. > This is a matter of interpretation, not personal credibility. I read the authors one way; he reads them another. I assume that "cable" means "wire" because I am used to people who speak English as a second language. (VERY used to one in particular.) I should mention that I have communicated with them. Mainly as a copy editor. I sent them a number of trivial corrections to the English and the formatting in the paper, which they made in Ver. 3. (Such as correcting one number from the European style decimal to the British-American style, with a period.) During the course of this communication I learned a few things not published, such as the fact that they calibrated the thermocouple with ice slurry and boiling water. That's the standard technique. > You say that the testers did not have access to the wires, can you > verify that? You state that the equipment was chosen and brought by Rossi > and his agents. Can you prove that? > I don't think he said that, but anyway, if he believes it that's his business. The authors said repeatedly they supplied the instruments. Ah, but there is a catch! Many skeptics believe that Levi is Rossi's agent. Some of them say that I am. So that puts everyone in cahoots with Rossi. (On that subject, Andrea owes my my monthly $100,000 bribe. Here I am all set to go to the gaming tables at Monte Carlo and he not delivered the briefcase full of cash. I am thinking of blowing the lid off this whole business.) > Both sides in the same wire....that is funny. I guess both sides are > connected to the same pin of the three phase socket as well. You need to > patent that. > Another skeptical miracle, like a million IR cameras out there that do not work for reasons known only to Shanahan. - Jed
