[Vo]:Oriani/SPAWAR mylar film

2009-07-05 Thread William Beaty
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Michael Foster wrote: I'm afraid I haven't been following the discussion of Kowalski's work and don't know why he needs the 6u material or if it has to be polyester. I'm a latecomer too. Here's the later incarnation of Oriani/SPAWAR lenr experiment:

Re: [Vo]:Oriani/SPAWAR mylar film

2009-07-05 Thread William Beaty
On Sat, 4 Jul 2009, William Beaty wrote: The 6u Mylar did this too, but the hole was smaller. 3AM creativity surge! 1. Hot and alkaline cathode wire is etching the Mylar, and burrowing into the surface like EDM? On a 4-day run it eats right through. If so, then lay some 1-micron glass fibers

Re: [Vo]:Expectation bias, delusion

2009-07-05 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
William Beaty wrote: On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: No, the force should have been the same in each trial. Think about what you've got. If each layer is behaving elastically, then the question you need to ask is, what force is needed to compress 1 layer to 1/2 its

Re: [Vo]:2012 and Nebran Planet X

2009-07-05 Thread John Berry
I am an open minded guy, I mean I'll look at something a bit skeptically but will quickly accept wherever the weight of evidence leaves. All of these oh no ...'s gonna get is are really without any good evidence. How so many people believe this crap is beyond me, it seems that to believe it you

Re: [Vo]:2012 and Nebran Planet X

2009-07-05 Thread OrionWorks
From Ed Storms: How does anyone know that the obit of Nebran Planet X lasts for 3600 years except by relating it to the events that are assumed to be caused by the planet?  In other words, this looks like circular reasoning, which gives no evidence at all. Ed For more info on Nebran (aka:

Re: [Vo]:Expectation bias, delusion

2009-07-05 Thread Michael Foster
The caliper listed at Harbor Freight is a very good deal indeed. But neither it nor a micrometer are usually used to measure film thickness on account of the problems you encountered. There is a device called a thickness gauge used for the purpose of measuring plastic films or thin gauge metal