Re: Michio Kaku on FTL Travel

2005-08-07 Thread temalloy
what I like about the theoretical physicist, Hal Puthoff is that he has one foot on the ground. I'm not sure that Dr. Kaku has either foot on the ground. For one thing, If you somehow managed to liberate that sort of energy, how would you channel it? then there is the phenomena of education not

Re: Hydraulic Jump

2005-08-07 Thread RC Macaulay
Grimer wrote... >I have been pondering the systemic resemblance between the phenomena of hot fusion/cold fusion and the phenomena of the hydraulic jump. The great thing about recognising the hierarchical nature of physical phenomena is that one can work from a level where it is clearly possib

Re: Engine claims to recover low-grade and waste heat

2005-08-07 Thread Wesley Bruce
Thanks Mike in a that case they're onto something. We had a company in Brisbane with a pnumatic linear generator of similar design but they seem to have drifted from sound science to oblivion; the web sites gone. The fast way to kill a good engine is to claim you can tap ambient heat! They forg

Re: Engine claims to recover low-grade and waste heat

2005-08-07 Thread Mike Carrell
From: "Wesley Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Engine claims to recover low-grade and waste heat > > The bigger loss with this linear motor design is that part of the > combustion energy is wasted slowing, stopping and reversing the > direction of the piston. There is also the possibilit

Re: Are Fluorescent light Bulbs OU ?

2005-08-07 Thread Jones Beene
One comment from the Slashdot thread - perhaps of interest to Jed Rothwell, "I have one [Fluorescent light Bulb which stays lit] in my bedroom here in Japan for the last four years." "I t is a ring florescent tube that glows like a night light after the light goes out. The light is made by

Re: Are Fluorescent light Bulbs OU ?

2005-08-07 Thread Jones Beene
Vortex is known to be "forward thinking"... most of the time.   This particular thread from last month about "Fluorescent light Bulb OU" appears with a new twist this weekend on Slashdot, which picked up this MSNBC story on the fluorescent light that continues to glow for over an hour after

Hydraulic Jump

2005-08-07 Thread Grimer
I have been pondering the systemic resemblance between the phenomena of hot fusion/cold fusion and the phenomena of the hydraulic jump. The great thing about recognising the hierarchical nature of physical phenomena is that one can work from a level where it is clearly possible to see what is

Michio Kaku on FTL Travel

2005-08-07 Thread Terry Blanton
He has many good articles. http://www.mkaku.org/articles/physics_of_space_travel.shtml Excerpt: "The first realistic attempt to analyze extra-terrestrial civilizations from the point of view of the laws of physics and the laws of thermodynamics was by Russian astrophysicist Nicolai Kardashev.

Re: Bladeless MiniTurbine Ala Hero

2005-08-07 Thread Terry Blanton
> From: "Frederick Sparber" > Hmm. Slight jet modification and a hose hooked to the pressure cooker. :-) > > http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A15854.htm Ah, yes. But this design concentrates on more thrust and less torque. Nice colour, tho.

Re: Bladeless MiniTurbine Ala Hero

2005-08-07 Thread Frederick Sparber
Hmm. Slight jet modification and a hose hooked to the pressure cooker.  :-)   http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A15854.htm   Frederick    

Re: [OT] The myths of Hiroshima

2005-08-07 Thread Terry Blanton
> From: Harry Veeder > it was the Soviet Union's entry into the > Pacific war on Aug. 8, two days after the Hiroshima bombing, that provided > the final "shock" that led to Japan's capitulation. This was likely one of the reasons for the bombs being dropped. It delivered a message to the Sovie

Fw: Hydrogen Green Fuel Comes A Step Closer

2005-08-07 Thread Nick Palmer
  - Original Message - From: Nick Palmer To: John Coviello Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:00 PM Subject: Re: Hydrogen Green Fuel Comes A Step Closer This process uses up the charcoal, which is partially oxidised wood, and ends up with hydrogen and CO2. I don't see that this is

Re: Langmuirs paradox and ZPE

2005-08-07 Thread David Jonsson
On 7/30/05, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In reply to David Jonsson's message of Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:17:16 > +0200: > Hi, > [snip] > >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