Eric get a kick out of the unintentional errors that I make and he tries to duplicate the dead pan humor intentionally.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:57 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > I like your humor Eric. > > Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 9:44 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Hot fusion OU milestone reported > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:52 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]>wrote: > > As a skeptic I demand that another independent group of scientists >> replicate the results. How do we know that the input power required to >> run the lasers is accurately measured? The list of possible errors is a >> mile long for an experiment this complicated. >> > > The important point that I think we've missed is that the scientists > carrying out this research are *qualified* scientists. For this kind of > scientist, independent replication is not necessary, because they have > sufficient skill to carry out an experiment whose results one can trust. > > About the recent milestone, if I may be allowed to move the goalposts a > little: now the challenge is to get continuous OU operation, producing > enough energy to recuperate the investment in hardware and people operating > the system. > > Eric > >
