Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
Again I didn't conceal or lie by omission. I said from the start that there is more and there was. My reasons for not giving it all at the start makes sense and was given. Also no results were distorted you must have misunderstood me. Rather a means for the electrons to do what was claimed was

Re: [Vo]:OT video

2009-06-24 Thread Nick Palmer
John Berry wrote: For something genius, watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA I can second this - it's very funny. It's a literal interpretation (you'll see what I mean) of Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart video. I suspect Cold Fusion powers the eyes of the choir... Nick

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: Tesla in US patent 685,958 describes how an insulated copper plate can absorb such energetic charges from the environment (seemingly from the sun) Build one, and you'll find that he accidentally discovered the Photoelectric effect, where ultraviolet light

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
I am going to make a more complete reply, but if the only things that existed were things I had done then this world would be a lot smaller than it is and many things people take foregranted would not exist. But assuming I did do all of those things where would we be? Still no where as there are 6

Re: [Vo]:Dateline: 2013

2009-06-24 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Jones Beenejone...@pacbell.net wrote: …only  some clerk accidentally mistyped a date that was off by one year, somewhere in transposing the Hubbert’s curve database to the program ;-) ROFL! The $10B fat-fingered foul-up. Good one. Terry

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
1: Teslas Radiant Receiver I did not pick up on the fact that it was a positive charge that the plate collected, the Barbat patent suggested otherwise and it seems I didn't notice. Never the less he does specify that a capacitor with unusually high quality must be used. Of course this does not

[Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread OrionWorks
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/23/tesla.electric.cars/index.html Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
I support electric car development. But it irks me to see the government will spend this kind of money on a luxury car, but they won't spend $400,000 on cold fusion. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread Esa Ruoho
but the tesla sedan isnt a luxury car On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I support electric car development. But it irks me to see the government will spend this kind of money on a luxury car, but they won't spend $400,000 on cold fusion. - Jed

[Vo]:Speed of light infinite in superconductor

2009-06-24 Thread David Jonsson
Hi I read on Wikipedia that it is impossible to set up a voltage difference in a superconductor. This means that in a very long superconductor a change of voltage in one end would be noticed immediately in the other end. It seems like an infinite speed of light. Could this be used to speed up

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
Esa Ruoho wrote: but the tesla sedan isnt a luxury car Ah, is that so? It doesn't say that in this article. The other Tesla cars are high-end luxury vehicles. Several Japanese car companies are hustling to bring electric vehicles to market, and some are already selling, as I mentioned

RE: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Mark Iverson
John: Sorry, I was NOT thinking of you when I wrote that... -Mark _ From: John Berry [mailto:aethe...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:14 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links Again I didn't conceal or lie by omission. I said from the start

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread Esa Ruoho
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Esa Ruoho wrote: but the tesla sedan isnt a luxury car Ah, is that so? It doesn't say that in this article. The other Tesla cars are high-end luxury vehicles. The Obama Administration will lend Tesla Motors $465

Re: [Vo]:Dateline: 2013

2009-06-24 Thread OrionWorks
Terry sez: …only  some clerk accidentally mistyped a date that was off by one year, somewhere in transposing the Hubbert’s curve database to the program ;-) ROFL! The $10B fat-fingered foul-up. Good one. Blame it on Achebald Buttle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(film) Regards

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Esa Ruohoesaru...@gmail.com wrote: its for 5 persons and it seems to be below 50k usd Actually it will seat 7 with two kids in the rumble seat: http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php I think the $50k is for the 160 mile battery. I suspect it will be

Re: [Vo]:Dateline: 2013

2009-06-24 Thread Terry Blanton
Ackshully it was a bug. A real bug. The loss was a lot more than $10B if you include the potential gains. Terry On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM, OrionWorkssvj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Terry sez: …only  some clerk accidentally mistyped a date that was off by one year, somewhere in

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread OrionWorks
Terry sez: its for 5 persons and it seems to be below 50k usd Actually it will seat 7 with two kids in the rumble seat: http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php I think the $50k is for the 160 mile battery.  I suspect it will be ~$70k with the 300 mile battery. Fifty k... shmifty k.

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread Terry Blanton
Tesla is first to market and is getting the worm. BYD (Warren Buffet's recent infatuation) from China will level the playing field. But soon, everyone will be in the pool and you'll see $15K electrics in six years. But, can you afford the Tesla? Have you ever run the true cost of ownership for

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Michel Jullian
John, doesn't Bill's great advice below make any sense to you? don't suspect weirdness and certainly don't leap to accept its reality unless there really is no other possible explanation. If you do, you'll waste your life chasing the 99% crap, and never manage to see past the illusory weirdness

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: No, none of what I present is Absolute Proof but surely we should not fail to investigate something simply because it MAY turn out to be wrong. If you aren't sitting at your kitchen table building some simple circuits yourself ...then you yourself are

Re: [Vo]:Speed of light infinite in superconductor

2009-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, David Jonsson wrote: Hi I read on Wikipedia that it is impossible to set up a voltage difference in a superconductor. WP is wrong. It's impossible to set up a DC voltage difference. If you wave a magnet near a superconductor, and its electron-sea starts flowing in

Re: [Vo]:Speed of light infinite in superconductor

2009-06-24 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
Hi William, Please elaborate on the Meissner effect vs. just 0 ohms. I understood that superconductors reject magnetic fields entirely in a different way than just induced currents. thanks, Hoyt Stearns Scottsdale, Arizona US On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:32 PM, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com

Re: [Vo]:Feds lend Tesla $465 million to build electric car

2009-06-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Tesla is first to market and is getting the worm. Maybe not. Lots of computer companies beat IBM to the personal computer market, such as Cromemco and Northstar. See: http://www.old-computers.com Tesla is hoping to open a niche market selling to wealthy people. Some

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: By finding a strong thread of correlation however can confirm even the most spotty evidence. Here's the critical question. Which experiments have you personally performed in your own garage/kitchen? (( ( ( ( ((O)) ) ) )

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 24, 2009, at 12:28 PM, William Beaty wrote: Here's something I've been meaning to test. I expect that it's real, and would get the experimenter some fame: Marinov's ball-bearing motor. http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/bbmotor.html. The othodox concensus is that it's driven by thermal

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: From: William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 3:28 PM On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: If something interests you, then test it. 

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Colin Quinney
Hi John ! I agree with Bill's suggestions of self-devil-advocating, and that we should do the experiments ourselves- that is IF we have the space, money, time, and we are skilled.. but we also need a forum where we can read the ideas of folks like yourself who are well-read in the alt

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
Oh, and I totally failed to replicate that ball bearing motor thing, but it does work. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Kyle Mcallister kyle_mcallis...@yahoo.comwrote: --- On Wed, 6/24/09, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: From: William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Hiddink

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:25 AM, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: By finding a strong thread of correlation however can confirm even the most spotty evidence. Here's the critical question. Which experiments have you personally performed in

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Colin Quinney
Oops. Oh my goodness! I just realized I inadvertently insulted Jones by suggesting that's ALL he did. I know for a fact that is definitely not true. Jones connects dots AND does experiments. PS: speaking of experiments, one of the reasons I rarely post to Vo, is because I rarely do any

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
One day I bet you'll be a hundredaire! On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Kyle Mcallister kyle_mcallis...@yahoo.comwrote: Finally we can buy GALINSTAN gallium-based liquid metal from scitoys.com) I'd buy some, but I am a multi-dollar industry. --Kyle

Re: [Vo]:Need assistance with math terminology

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
Is it 20 v or 20v? Anyway yeah the spurious resolution thing is annoying. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: While you folks are doing experiments in your kitchen, I am translating a paper from Japanese in my office. From each according to his abilities

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-24 Thread Michel Jullian
2009/6/24 Kyle Mcallister kyle_mcallis...@yahoo.com --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: Kyle, nice work as always. Couldn't the plate (the support of the net charge) be simply the inside surface of the glass tube, and the plasma be just the conducting wire

Re: [Vo]:Need assistance with math terminology

2009-06-24 Thread Alexander Hollins
seriously, did everyone NOT get drilled on significant digits in measurements? On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:54 PM, John Berryaethe...@gmail.com wrote: Is it 20 v or 20v? Anyway yeah the spurious resolution thing is annoying. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
I recalled another one, but it is a tad speculative. Chauncy J. Britten has a patent with a lot of this current flowing along magnetic fields thing going on. And while there isn't any proof that he had any open circuit currents DC currents it is worth noting that he has a battery in series with

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: It is not fun admitting that you are rubbish at something, but there you have it. Ah, that was the missing piece! Welcome to vortex-L, where every single one of us is mentally damaged in some way. Some of us are fairly good at hiding it during our day

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: Or it could be that in both cases the capacitance remains constant (defined by the dielectric material, area and thickness), and the decrease in frequency is due to the increase in resistance of the resistor + plasma series

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread Terry Blanton
Typically Asperger's Syndrome tempered with a bit of lysdexia. :-) Terry On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:46 PM, William Beatybi...@eskimo.com wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: It is not fun admitting that you are rubbish at something, but there you have it. Ah, that was the missing

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-24 Thread Kyle Mcallister
V and John, 1.2kVDC and 4kV, eh? No problem. Did find: old microwave oven. Transformer still works, lower wattage oven so safer output. 120VAC to 2kVAC transformer. Plan to send this to a 2 stage multiplier, as I have about a hundred 6kV diodes on hand and nice capacitors rated for this

Re: [Vo]:Plasma capacitor

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
Be careful, they are more dangerous than neon sign transformers for instance, you probably know that but... That's a lot of HV diodes! I appreciate your expectation that nothing will happen, it is better to be pleasantly surprised than disappointed. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Kyle

Re: [Vo]:Speed of light infinite in superconductor

2009-06-24 Thread fznidarsic
Good observation Bill. The magnetic field is completely expelled from a superconductor. Uo=zero The electric field is completely confined. e0 = infintie The range and strength of the two fields is a function dimensions of the superconductor. As you stated Bill, a static field induces a

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Colin Quinney wrote: I calculated that in an average alt physics forum of 1000 members, perhaps only three or four people are doing any real experiments, at least from those who are posting. Vortex may be the exception, but Bill is correct. I am also guilty. I have tried

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread William Beaty
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Terry Blanton wrote: Typically Asperger's Syndrome tempered with a bit of lysdexia. Intentionally Uberman-induced bipolar religious-visionary multiple- personality hypo-schitzophrenia! :) These flashing lights, the Black Flame, the sun goes down without actually moving,

Re: [Vo]:Hiddink capacitor links

2009-06-24 Thread John Berry
I don't think this post is squarely directed at me or accusing me of such but as it could be interpreted as an accusation I have replied as if it were... On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:40 PM, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Colin Quinney wrote: I calculated that in an