nanonukes

2005-07-27 Thread thomas malloy
The discussion on the nanonuke reminded me of an idea I had. I've noticed that smoke alarms have Americanium in them. Knuke's story about wiping down the yellow tiles with a rag and then ringing them out in water which he subsequently cavitated, makes me wonder what would happen under this sce

Re: Article on energy in National Geographic

2005-07-27 Thread thomas malloy
Jed Rothwell posted, and Ed Storms responded Actually, the article was good and the statement about cold fusion was accurate. Cold fusion is not yet a source of energy of any value. Cold fusion is, however, a demonstrated phenomenon, which might have a value in the future, a possibility the a

Plasmae

2005-07-27 Thread Terry Blanton
I know that I have said this before; but, tell me why all plasmae :) should not be considered ou. You kick your e- away and a seething hoard of sub quanta particles pop in at your doorstep. What's the probability of 1 + 1 = 2?

Re: Insipid New York Times editorial

2005-07-27 Thread RC Macaulay
Jed wrote.. >Ford, for >example, is now offering a hybrid which gets 30 miles-per-gallon, which is >almost as good as a 1995 station wagon. Thomas Friedman, a columnist for the Times, in today's op-ed section writes " virtues that propelled ( Lance) Armstrong fading in America". The article sa

Re: Mills and anti-gravity: was Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Message - From: "Mike Carrell" So we have Eric Baard quoting a speculation by Mills. Not at all. I finally found it. Mills actually has a separate section in my edition (Jan 2000) of GUT-CQM starting on page 416 devoted to the possibility of negative electron mass. The a

Second arrest made in Eugene Mallove murder case

2005-07-27 Thread Steven Krivit
  NEWS RELEASE   July 27, 2005   On July 26, 2005 at 11:00am, Detectives from the Norwich Police Department arrested the following individual for the murder of the below victim on May 14th, 2004:   ACCUSED:    Joseph P. Reilly, W/M, DOB: 12/18/65     Connecticut Department of

Re: Insipid New York Times editorial

2005-07-27 Thread Mike Carrell
OK guys, it's 'they should have' all over again and ignoring the responsibilities of CEOs of energy comapnies. I might be wrong, but I believe Shell is deeply into PV systems and regrds itself as an energy company, not an "oil" company. I have heard second and third hand similar sentiments attribut

Re: Mills and anti-gravity: was Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Mike Carrell
From: "Jones Beene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mills and anti-gravity: was Langmuirs paradox and ZPE > Relating to the general subject of R. Mills and anti-gravity -- > > I cannot find the actual equation I am looking from a cursory > search, but I do remember it vaguely - > > Is Eric Baard sti

Re: Insipid New York Times editorial

2005-07-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . . . I have heard conflicting opinions on this particular issue. I have heard claims that the production of ethanol CAN be a net energy gain. I have heard these claims too, and I think they are being made by honest and serious researchers. I will grant that Pimentel

Re: Insipid New York Times editorial

2005-07-27 Thread orionworks
> From: Jed Rothwell ... > "Insipid" is the wrong word here. ... I can only add to Jed's lament that personally I would have no problem whatsoever if I started seeing brand new high-tech megawatt windmills, PV cells, Fuel Cells and other alternative energy devices (including, hopefully, CF

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Merlyn
What I meant was that if momentum is to be conserved, and the neutral mass particle has by definition zero momentum, then the collision cannot change the momentum of a normal positive mass particle. A particle with negative mass would, when impacted immediately proceed towards the impetus pushing

Re: future printer = future replicator?

2005-07-27 Thread Merlyn
Ah, but have you looked at stereolithography lately? http://www.zcorp.com/ This company markets 3D rapid prototyping machines based on inkjet printers. They lay out a base of starch powder and then the printhead comes along and sprays a binding agent instead of ink. I've been to a demo they did

Re: Insipid New York Times editorial

2005-07-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
"Insipid" is the wrong word here. I was trying to say that he Times has trivialized global warming, or sucked the juice out of it you might say, reducing a complicated, vitally important, multifaceted issue to the me-first perspective of a wealthy person living in a large city: We need air-cond

Mills and anti-gravity: was Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Jones Beene
Relating to the general subject of R. Mills and anti-gravity -- I cannot find the actual equation I am looking from a cursory search, but I do remember it vaguely - Is Eric Baard still on vortex? Here is a quote from one of his old articles on Mills: If spaceships are to hit such speeds, NAS

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Jones Beene
Mike, Not if you accept the argument and mathematics of Randall Mills, and others, that the electron itself is a negative-mass particle - Jones, just where do you see anything in the "argument and mathematics of Randell Mills" that the "electron itself is a negative-mass particle"? I rea

Re: future printer = future replicator?

2005-07-27 Thread Mike Carrell
From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: future printer = future replicator? > Even in the 20th century, Japanese printing remain difficult, slow and > expensive because there are so many different characters. After World War > II the number of characters was reduced to around 2000

Re: future printer = future replicator?

2005-07-27 Thread orionworks
> From: "Mike Carrell" ... > MC: Giving razors away and selling blades is a very old > marketing tactic. What's new? ... I'm waiting for Microsoft or AOL to start giving away free PCs - as long as you sign a 2 year contract to their monthly email/web service. Just wait! I bet it will happen

Re: Pleasant dreams from the International Association of Nanotechnology

2005-07-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
thomas malloy wrote: A nano tech nuclear bomb? Ah, here is a novel nanoscale approach: gravitational collapse. Why destroy a city when you can implode the whole planet? Or maybe the whole solar system. Jean-Paul just sent me an ICCF11 paper that needs editing: Stanislav V. Adamenko, et al.

Re: Pleasant dreams from the International Association of Nanotechnology

2005-07-27 Thread Christopher Arnold
It would most probably not require a critical mass as with fission, that leaves fusion.   ChrisJed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: thomas malloy wrote:>A nano tech nuclear bomb? As I understand it, a critical mass is required >to make the bomb explode.Good point.> Does anyone have an explanati

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Mike Carrell
From: Jones Beene Subject: Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE Not if you accept the argument and mathematics of Randall Mills, and others, that the electron itself is a negative-mass particle - Jones, just where do you see anything in the "argument and mathematics of Randell Mills" that the "electr

Re: future printer = future replicator?

2005-07-27 Thread Mike Carrell
From: Jones Beene Subject: future printer = future replicator? Anyone who has bought a computer recently realizes that the manufacturer or retailer practically gives-away an ink-jet printer to go with it. (Catch-22 : the printer company makes enormous profits on the quickly depleted ink cartri

Re: Pleasant dreams from the International Association of Nanotechnology

2005-07-27 Thread Michael Huffman
thomas malloy wrote: Jed Rothwell posted Here is part of an FAQ recently mailed to me by the International Association of Nanotechnology <[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 3. Is it possible to make nano nuclear bomb, using nanotechnology which could release massive lethal nuclear radiation ? Yes. A nan

Re: future printer = future replicator?

2005-07-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: * It was a punch and mold system which allowed the mass production of the movable block type. Everything but the system was in place in China at the time - but one disadvantage of having too many people, even then (and cheap labor) is that there is no incentive for the labor

Re: Pleasant dreams from the International Association of Nanotechnology

2005-07-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
thomas malloy wrote: A nano tech nuclear bomb? As I understand it, a critical mass is required to make the bomb explode. Good point. Does anyone have an explanation of how something like this would work? Maybe you don't wanna know. Perhaps there is something on the Association's web sit

Re: Pleasant dreams from the International Association of Nanotechnology

2005-07-27 Thread thomas malloy
Jed Rothwell posted Here is part of an FAQ recently mailed to me by the International Association of Nanotechnology <[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 3. Is it possible to make nano nuclear bomb, using nanotechnology which could release massive lethal nuclear radiation ? Yes. A nano tech nuclear bomb? A

future printer = future replicator?

2005-07-27 Thread Jones Beene
Eat you heart out "Gutenberg"...   yes, it is just a name these days, a symbol not a real person, but it now has an even-more undeserved-legacy than anyone could have imagined...(see footnote 1)   Anyone who has bought a computer recently realizes that the manufacturer or retailer practi

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Grimer
At 05:56 am 27/07/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Contemplating collisions with Neutral or Negative Mass >particles boggles the mind. > >How would a particle with Neutral mass affect >momentum? > Good question. It would send it spinning off at right angles, perhaps. In the ultimate, mass (and energy)

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Jones Beene
  - Original Message - From: "Merlyn" > Contemplating collisions with Neutral or Negative Mass> particles boggles the mind.   Not if you accept the argument and mathematics of Randall Mills, and others, that the electron itself is a negative-mass particle -   not to be confused

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Merlyn
Contemplating collisions with Neutral or Negative Mass particles boggles the mind. How would a particle with Neutral mass affect momentum? --- Grimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:17 am 27/07/2005 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi > > > >I wonder if ZPE can be involved in the distribution > of therma

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread Grimer
At 11:17 am 27/07/2005 +0200, you wrote: >Hi > >I wonder if ZPE can be involved in the distribution of thermal motion >of low density plasmas. These distributions are found to be of >Maxwellian type even when collisions are too few to maintain the >distribution. This is called the Langmuir paradox.

Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-07-27 Thread David Jonsson
Hi I wonder if ZPE can be involved in the distribution of thermal motion of low density plasmas. These distributions are found to be of Maxwellian type even when collisions are too few to maintain the distribution. This is called the Langmuir paradox. I wonder if ZPE, or any other radiation, can