[OffTopic]: Anthropologist falsified data

2005-02-24 Thread Harry Veeder
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1418104,00.htm l History of modern man unravels as German scholar is exposed as fraud Flamboyant anthropologist falsified dating of key discoveries Luke Harding in Berlin Saturday February 19, 2005 The Guardian It appeared to be o

Re: Progress in solar towers

2005-02-24 Thread RC Macaulay
Jed,   The proposed Australian tower ( German patent) reminds me of the first product we designed and built. We later learned to challenge all initial designs by using another design team to " see if they could improve it". I  asked our design team to comment.   Interesting suggestions on the

Re: Good shot, Dr. Gonzo

2005-02-24 Thread Terry Blanton
--- Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Duke was probably trying to block a putt and missed. It was his last article (pre-posthumously): - ) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1992213 http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/ "I know I'm mad. I've always been mad. At least, I

Re: US advantage in technology slips away

2005-02-24 Thread Terry Blanton
--- revtec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I heard it said once, > > "If you took all the lawyers in this country, and > laid them end to end > around the equater, we would all be better off.". "For every 320 Americans there is a lawyer — indeed, with 799,960 lawyers among a population of 255,600,

Re: Scientific American again misrepresents cold fusion research

2005-02-24 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:20:25 -0700: Hi Ed, [snip] Actually Robin, hydrino production has been ruled out. Cells are now sealed and contain a recombiner. If hydrinos were produced and did not react with oxygen to reform water, extra

Re: Scientific American again misrepresents cold fusion research

2005-02-24 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:20:25 -0700: Hi Ed, [snip] >Actually Robin, hydrino production has been ruled out. Cells are now >sealed and contain a recombiner. If hydrinos were produced and did not >react with oxygen to reform water, extra oxygen would accumulate

Re: Scientific American again misrepresents cold fusion research

2005-02-24 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:31:38 -0500: Hi Jed, [snip] 3. Not all chemical explanations for the excess heat were eliminated. Correction: All chemical explanations for the excess heat were eliminated long before Fleischmann and Pons went p

Re: Scientific American again misrepresents cold fusion research

2005-02-24 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:31:38 -0500: Hi Jed, [snip] >3. Not all chemical explanations for the excess heat were eliminated. > >Correction: All chemical explanations for the excess heat were eliminated >long before Fleischmann and Pons went public 1989. The cold fu

Re: US advantage in technology slips away

2005-02-24 Thread revtec
I heard it said once, "If you took all the lawyers in this country, and laid them end to end around the equater, we would all be better off.".

Progress in solar towers

2005-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66694,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2 200 MW for $500 to $750 million. Actually, that is not such a bad price. The same capacity with other sources would cost roughly: Gas-fired turbine, $100 million Conventional wind turbine, $400 million Conventional fis

Also uploaded comments about Sci. Am.

2005-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
I also uploaded a cleaned up and footnoted version of the comments I made about the Scientific American the other day: http://lenr-canr.org/News.htm#SciAmSlam - Jed

RE: US advantage in technology slips away

2005-02-24 Thread Keith Nagel
Hi Michael, Whew! You're all fired up this morning; some good ranting below. Rather than a point by point, I'd like to suggest another way of looking at the problem. I know many artists as well as engineers, and you may find it amusing that many share the same problems as engineers. I came to NYC

Arie De Geus

2005-02-24 Thread Jones Beene
There is a little information available on the web about the "alternative" hydrino work of Arie De Geus. Turns out I was mis-spelling his name. My apology if you are a vortex lurker..   I must say up front that reading his book makes one think that he is a religious fanatic more so than a ded

Antimony Oxide (measles)

2005-02-24 Thread Harvey Norris
Antimony oxide is a heavy powder employed in the plastic industry on mixing recipe's as a fire retardent meaning the(pvc) plastic will have a higher ignition temp for combustion. I commonly used antimony oxide at work for many years. But I was allergic to the powder form resulting in skin irritatio

Re: Incredible battery and TOE

2005-02-24 Thread Jones Beene
Mike, > > >The last time I talked to Mills, several years ago, he said he was > > >about a factor of 4 away from a closed loop. > > ...and a 1000 fold improvement from fusion would put him over the top by a > factor of 250. > How? We seem to be talking past each other here. The alternative to

But that would be irresponsible . . .

2005-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
along with our inflammatory new look, I thought about including this link to the guy who blew off Mel Miles. http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/dms/staff_contacts/Horwitz.htm I was going to say: "If you do not like the DoE policy call this man and tell him what you think!" But I decided that posting

Re: Practical application for BLP technology

2005-02-24 Thread Harry Veeder
Thomas Malloy is the broker. Harry Mike Carrell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Harry wrote: > >>> No, I'm a broker, my hobby is finding new technology that has >>> economic potential. The amount of capital would have to be figured >>> out when writing the business plan. >>> When you write,

RE: DoE LIES AGAIN!!! -- LENR-CANR goes postal

2005-02-24 Thread Keith Nagel
Hey Jed, I see you're adjusting the site to red state tastes (grin). This should prove very interesting to watch... K. -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:57 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: DoE LIES AGAIN!!! -- LENR-CAN

Re: Practical application for BLP technology

2005-02-24 Thread Mike Carrell
Tom wrote: > > But that's not what really bothers me about this. About two years > ago they had a picture of a three necked flask with a beautiful > purple glow in it. Images of the thermal reactor are still available on the 'Cell' page of the website. >They said that is was producing so many w

Re: France and Belgium to study transmutation

2005-02-24 Thread Edmund Storms
Dear Haiko, The process involves the generation of neutrons using an accelerator. These neutrons are applied to the nuclear waste in the hope that isotopes are generated having a shorter half-life than the original nuclear waste. The accelerator would generate neutrons having an energy for whic

Re: Practical application for BLP technology

2005-02-24 Thread Mike Carrell
Harry wrote: > > No, I'm a broker, my hobby is finding new technology that has > > economic potential. The amount of capital would have to be figured > > out when writing the business plan. > > > >> When you write, > >> "I suggested using hydrinos to harden the interior > >> of cannon barrels." do

RE: Practical application for BLP technology

2005-02-24 Thread Keith Nagel
Hi Thomas, you write: >You don't know who I am, I might be talking to an established company >with a group of wealthy investors. Well this is your opportunity to impress us. If you are representing an established company, tell us the name of the company. Basic due dilligence would require at lea

RE: Explosive Antimony, What The Heck is Going On?

2005-02-24 Thread Keith Nagel
Hey Fred, That website you posted is very entertaining! I have a small collection of ancient chemistry and "recipe" books, always great fun to read. The exploding antimony thing was explained to me as being due to the energy stored in the electroforming process; but your speculation is provocativ

Re: DoE LIES AGAIN!!! -- LENR-CANR goes postal

2005-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
That was supposed to say: Ed said he wanted BOLD inflammatory headlines *and* this is what we came up with. [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice input. - Jed

Re: Incredible battery and TOE

2005-02-24 Thread Mike Carrell
Robin wrote: > In reply to Mike Carrell's message of Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:28:11 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >factor in LENR. That may be so, but it is not useful. Mills has reported > >seeing emission lines he associates with p = 7 hydrinos, and maybe p =16, > >but I suspect the population is small. M

DoE LIES AGAIN!!! -- LENR-CANR goes postal

2005-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://lenr-canr.org/ Ed said he wanted BOLD inflammatory headlines of this is what we came up with. This is a break with our New York Times style of presentation. - Jed

France and Belgium to study transmutation

2005-02-24 Thread Haiko Lietz
Dear all, "France and Belgium to study transmutation (...) opening the door to a new treatment for radioactive waste." http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=2026967 I think it's interesting that they're now also working on nuclear waste remediation with conventional meth

Re: Explosive Antimony, What The Heck is Going On?

2005-02-24 Thread Michael Foster
--- On Thu 02/24, Frederick Sparber < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > Clouds of antimony trichloride are given off at the same time. > Hence the term Explosive Antimony is given to a solid solution( 4 to 12 > percent )of the trihalide in alpha-antimony." > The heat of combustion of H2 + 1/2 O2 is 5

Re: Incredible battery and TOE

2005-02-24 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Message - From: "Robin van Spaandonk" > Jones, you are no slouch yourself. Why not give Mills a hand, and do your own hydrino reactor design, and send it to him, no strings attached? I would be happy to do this, if he would provide some detail about the rate of hydrino format

Re: US advantage in technology slips away

2005-02-24 Thread RC Macaulay
Michael Foster's post regarding lawyers would be amusing were it not for the truth of his observation.   Meanwhile, back in Texas, where no man's life nor property is safe when the legislature is in session, the lawmakers are addressing the rabble's clamor for an " ethics" bill. How do you su

Re: Incredible battery and TOE

2005-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In 1917, to promote >wartime production, the government stepped in and forced all patent holders >to accept a standard fee, so that any manufacturer could get free access to >the technology. I imagine something similar would happen with the Mills device. ...and how d

Re: Notes from Scientific American

2005-02-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton recommended: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-speciation.html That's great! I love this part: ". . . experimentally showing that A doesn't interbreed with B doesn't preclude both interbreeding with C. This gets even more complicated in groups that don't have nice, straightforw

Re: Higher Order Conservation Laws of Motion.

2005-02-24 Thread Grimer
In the very first post of this thread I used two URLs from TinyURL.com pointing to a couple of diagrams on my Beta-atmosphere Yahoo web-site. Though I tested them and they worked originally, it would appear that Yahoo have a dynamic system for referring to their group files and consequently t

Re: Explosive Antimony, What The Heck is Going On?

2005-02-24 Thread Frederick Sparber
http://www.lateralscience.co.uk/Fluorine/exant.html   http://www.lateralscience.co.uk/Fluorine/Sb.html   " Yellow or alpha-antimony is formed when antimony hydride SbH3 is treated with ozonized O2 at - 90 C: 4 SbH3 + 3 O2 <---> 4 Sb + 6 H2O. This passes to black antimony on exposure to light. I

Re: Practical application for BLP technology

2005-02-24 Thread Harry Veeder
thomas malloy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Keith Nagel responded; > >> Hi Thomas, >> >> you write: >>> I find it odd that BLP ignored me. >> >> Why? Can you explain to the rest of us why you think >> he should take your offer seriously? > > You don't know who I am, I might be talking to an es

Re: US advantage in technology slips away

2005-02-24 Thread Michael Foster
Jed wrote; > "China now graduates four times as many engineers as the United States, > while the European Union countries graduate three times as many. At the > same time, the US lead is slipping in technology patents and science and > engineering doctoral degrees. Emerging nations are also beco

my article on two energy solutions

2005-02-24 Thread thomas malloy
I wrote an article on the DOE's hot fusion project and LENR, which was published on the Minnesota Sentinel's website. http://www.mnsentinel.org/Articles/ThomasMalloy/energysolutions.html

RE: Practical application for BLP technology

2005-02-24 Thread thomas malloy
Keith Nagel responded; Hi Thomas, you write: I find it odd that BLP ignored me. Why? Can you explain to the rest of us why you think he should take your offer seriously? You don't know who I am, I might be talking to an established company with a group of wealthy investors. Have you ever done an