Re: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Grimer
At 09:33 pm 12-05-05 -0400, you wrote: not used account wrote: For some reason, even the non-looping smot is still a little interesting... Yeah, especially if you can get 1.5 G for one! http://www.butlerlabs.com/2ftmagnapulsion.htm The SUPERSMOT! I had not heard of butler before I visited

Re: Blast from the Past - quotes from Edward Teller

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Huffman
Moin Jeff! The rotary cavitation device is still a very interesting machine, in my opinion. I think that it would make a dandy subcritical neutron generator, ala Jones Beene. It would bring the cost down to under 20K per unit as opposed to 500K. It can be used for many, many other things as

Re: Fission 'diodes' and one-way criticality

2005-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
From: Jones Beene [EMAIL PROTECTED] Claro? Yes. Do you think we used enough trigger words to attract the Carnivores? ;-) http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/

Washington State Solar Bill Signed

2005-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002714.html http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5101-S.PL.htm or http://tinyurl.com/d392d Allows for recovery of 15 cents per kWhr up to $2,000 per annum for renewable energy generation including solar and

Clean Air and Global Warming

2005-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.pnl.gov/news/2005/05-33.htm RICHLAND, Wash. – Earth's surface has been getting brighter for more than a decade, a reversal from a dimming trend that may accelerate warming at the surface and unmask the full effect of greenhouse warming, according to an exhaustive new study of the

Re: Washington State Solar Bill Signed

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Huffman
Moin Terry, This is similar to how the Germans have been promoting the use of solar for some time now (at least five years, I would guess). It has been quite successful. I don't know the exact euro cent difference per kWhr or if there is a cap on the annual amount, but they have made it law

The Day After Tomorrow

2005-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
It's hard to believe that Streiber and Bell's Coming Global Superstorm could have been so accurate: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1602579,00.html CLIMATE change researchers have detected the first signs of a slowdown in the Gulf Stream — the mighty ocean current that keeps

Cavitation neutrons - was: Blast from the Past -

2005-05-13 Thread Jones Beene
Guten Tag Knuke, The rotary cavitation device is still a very interesting machine, in my opinion. I think that it would make a dandy subcritical neutron generator, Is there a documented experiment showing neutron production from a rotary cavitation device? Jones

RE: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Keith Nagel
Hi Frank, You should be aware that back in the mid 90's, _many_ people were encouraged by Greg to build and test these devices. I was not one of them, preferring my own insanity to others, but some are still on Vo. These devices started with Emil Hartman as far as I can tell, and they do work as

Message from Ken Shoulders

2005-05-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Subject: EVOs And The Hutchison Effect A paper by Ken Shoulders entitled EVOs And The Hutchison Effect will be presented at the 2005 Conference on Cold Fusion to be held at MIT on May 21. A 1 MB .PDF file showing some of the graphics slides to be used in that presentation can now be downloaded

Re: The seemingly circuitous behavior of hydrinos

2005-05-13 Thread Grimer
At 07:52 am 11-05-05 +1000, you wrote: In reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s message of Tue, 10 May 2005 17:02:40 -0400: Hi Steven, [snip] It has been theorized that the electron circling the hydrino's proton nucleus might eventually transform the nucleus into a neutron if there have been a

Re: Re: Washington State Solar Bill Signed

2005-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
From: Michael Huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is similar to how the Germans have been promoting the use of solar for some time now (at least five years, I would guess). It has been quite successful. I don't know the exact euro cent difference per kWhr or if there is a cap on the

Re: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Is C of M true as well? Harry Keith Nagel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Frank, You should be aware that back in the mid 90's, _many_ people were encouraged by Greg to build and test these devices. I was not one of them, preferring my own insanity to others, but some are still on Vo.

OT: National ID card

2005-05-13 Thread Keith Nagel
Hi All, I'm sort of curious what you all think about the national ID card bill that President Bush signed into law last wednesday. You will all be required to prove citizenship the next time you renew your drivers licences, rather than the usual mail-in update. A federal database will store all

Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread Jones Beene
The name of the game these days is CHANGE. Change seems to be in the wind in 2005. Personally, I have been obsessed lately with changing the widespread misconception that nuclear energy cannot be vastly improved (should other options like ZPE/LENR fail) ... but... in taking a break from that,

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Well I think the love of money is driving current change. Harry Jones Beene at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Look at the science press today. You may see only gradual change but there is a case to be made for rather rapid change, disguised as gradual. For instance, what is the driving

Re: Cavitation neutrons - was: Blast from the Past -

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Huffman
Moin Jones, To my knowledge, nobody has ever written anything on this subject except me, but it was such an obvious thing to do, that I am sure somebody else has tried it. I should say that I am nearly 100% sure that others know of this, but are just not allowed to disclose. Shortly after I

Sonofusion article

2005-05-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/may05/0505sono.html Bubble Power Tiny bubbles imploded by sound waves can make hydrogen nuclei fuse­and may one day become a revolutionary new energy source By Richard T. Lahey Jr., Rusi P. Taleyarkhan Robert I. Nigmatulin

Re: Washington State Solar Bill Signed

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Huffman
Moin Terry, I know very little about what kind of deals the German government made with the power companies, but there must have been something similar as to the tax incentives for the power companies. Apparently, there was a major consolidation of the utilities in general in the last 5 years

RE: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Grimer
At 11:10 am 13-05-05 -0400, Keith wrote: Hi Frank, You should be aware that back in the mid 90's, _many_ people were encouraged by Greg to build and test these devices. I was not one of them, preferring my own insanity to others, but some are still on Vo. These devices started with Emil

RE: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Keith Nagel
Frank writes: I don't think one has to go as far as having a circle of ramps. If the steel ball could transit a straight line of 100 SMOTS, say, that would be pretty convincing. What's the difference between 2 and 100? Nothing, IMHO. The challenge is curving the line back on itself. I have no

Re: Washington State Solar Bill Signed

2005-05-13 Thread Nick Reiter
Gents, I have a little in-road into the German PV scene. From what I can tell, crystalline Si is still out in front, however there a couple of German companies are now looking seriously at one of the thin film competitors - cadmium telluride. The company I work for currently is developing an

Re: OT: National ID card

2005-05-13 Thread leaking pen
yes, i knew, becuase i stay VERY informed. it was tacked on quietly, becuase those who tacked it on did not want those opposed to it to know. in fact, several people that voted for it had not yet been told about the rider, and have stated that they would have voted against. and no, those that

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread orionworks
From: Jones Beene The name of the game these days is CHANGE. Change seems to be in the wind in 2005. ... Hi Jones, As always, another thought provoking essay. I wanted to mention the fact that for the past week I, too, had been speculating along the same evolutionary lines of thought

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] all the way to Virtual Photon-based Angels. Yes, the end of kali yuga and the emergence of homo luminous: http://www.sacredmysteries.com/sacredmysteries/GreatYugas5.htm Perhaps a re-read of Sir Clarke's Childhood's End is in order. :-)

Re: Cavitation neutrons - was: Blast from the Past -

2005-05-13 Thread revtec
- Original Message - From: Michael Huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Cavitation neutrons - was: Blast from the Past - I reread your article in 1995 vol. 1 , no. 1of IE which concluded with your impending success. What

RE: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Grimer
At 04:09 pm 13-05-05 -0400, you wrote: Frank writes: I don't think one has to go as far as having a circle of ramps. If the steel ball could transit a straight line of 100 SMOTS, say, that would be pretty convincing. What's the difference between 2 and 100? Nothing, IMHO. Well if it will go

RE: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Keith Nagel
I hadn't really thought of that...a funny image, that. All the same, it seems clear from experiment that multiple ramps can be joined in a line. Perhaps as you say, after many such ramps the ball will peter out, hooking somewhere between the exit and entrance. It would seem like frictional losses

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Message - From: Terry Blanton Perhaps a re-read of Sir Clarke's Childhood's End is in order. :-) Indeed. Hard to believe it was published 53 years ago... but it could have been yesterday. Author Arthur was 36 at the time - in his prime; and will likely be seen as the

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
Jones Beene wrote: Indeed. Hard to believe it was published 53 years ago... but it could have been yesterday. Author Arthur was 36 at the time - in his prime; and will likely be seen as the preeminent prophet of the 20th Century. I hadn't consiously thought about that book in years, but recent

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread revtec
I got a reply from Mr. Clark to a letter I sent him around 1965 in which he compared Childhood's End to a previous work City and the Stars. I don't recall that he said anything profound, but if I can figure where I put it, I can scan it or transcribe it for anyone who wishes to see it. Jeff

Re: OT: Natioanl ID card

2005-05-13 Thread RC Macaulay
Hi Keith, Yes, I noticed the report about legislation in Congress regarding the national ID card. In Texas, there is a bill pending that permits the Texas Dept. of Transportation ( TxDot) to implant a transponder into each new vehicle registration sticker that affixes to the windshield.

Re: Message from Ken Shoulders

2005-05-13 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 13 May 2005 11:13:46 -0400: Hi, [snip] Subject: EVOs And The Hutchison Effect A paper by Ken Shoulders entitled EVOs And The Hutchison Effect will be presented at the 2005 Conference on Cold Fusion to be held at MIT on May 21. A 1 MB .PDF file showing

RE: Message from Ken Shoulders

2005-05-13 Thread Keith Nagel
I'm just curious how he (they) are getting that weird discharge shape in the copper electrode. I've never seen anything like that before. I'm referring to that thing on page 7. Was that a rod that was blasted back? Or did it grow out of the electrode? The former seems reasonable to me, the latter

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread RC Macaulay
Hi Jones, We are in an ever increasing state of change in the world to which a significant factor is the computer and its manifestations like the internet, the X Box and an increase in worldwide scientific cumulative understanding. I mentioned a tiny segment of change coming in mathematics

RE: non-looping smot

2005-05-13 Thread Grimer
Keith, I have had a look at Emil Hartman's 1980 patent (US4215330) http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/bnsviewer?CY=chLG= frDB=EPDPN=US4215330ID=US+++4215330A1+I+ and it appears from the drawing that

Re: Name of the Game

2005-05-13 Thread Jones Beene
BlankRichard, What is seen as a cultural gap is actually a restructuring of classes. The wealthy and educated are moving further apart into a class that will take another generation to fully recognize.. I think a more surprising societal change on the horizon, due to huge advances in

FW: WHAT'S NEW Friday, May 13, 2005

2005-05-13 Thread Akira Kawasaki
[Original Message] From: What's New [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Akira Kawasaki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 5/13/2005 1:00:49 PM Subject: WHAT'S NEW Friday, May 13, 2005 WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 13 May 05 Washington, DC 1. VOODOO MEDICINE: TAI SOPHIA AND

Re: Cavitation neutrons - was: Blast from the Past -

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Huffman
Moin Jeff. The runaway events happened on the first model that I built. I did these runs in my kitchen less than a foot away from these radioactive tiles, but I had no clue that they were radioactive until later. While trying to get a subsequent model to do the runaway thing again, I came up