Re: [Vo]:Humans Need Not Apply

2014-09-05 Thread Steve High
A good time to look at the big picture: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rENyyRwxpHo On Friday, September 5, 2014, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: Martin Luther King, Jr. recommended Henry George's citizen's dividend. But that's the last thing he ever did. They killed him and I believe

RE: [Vo]:Humans Need Not Apply

2014-09-05 Thread Jones Beene
Good followup vid to wrap up the story. Super-clusters are among the last major frontier of understanding the Universe. My view is that they will show that there is/was no Big Bang, merely a succession of little bangs in a what is mostly a steady state background condition … the remnants of

[Vo]:The purpose of the Mouse and Cat

2014-09-05 Thread Axil Axil
Early on, one of the big issues that Rossi was said to have had to deal with was the control of his reactor. His early reactors were not stable. The Cat and Mouse architecture is an attempt to make his reactor more stable. This two tiered system might use the Mouse as a stabilization and control

Re: [Vo]:Humans Need Not Apply

2014-09-05 Thread H Veeder
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:20 AM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: Martin Luther King, Jr. recommended Henry George's citizen's dividend. But that's the last thing he ever did. They killed him and I believe it was because of that recommendation as it would have eliminated the need for

Re: [Vo]:Personal observataions about the part two BLP July 21 video

2014-09-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: The Ivy League, by handing out what amounts to life patents of nobility in the guise of degrees, has taken the place of the old world aristocracy with its claim on economic rent streams . . . Really??? I had no idea. I completely missed out on that.

[Vo]:Source: Ivanpah CSP killed 321 birds, not 28,000

2014-09-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/09/for-the-birds-how-speculation-trumped-fact-at-ivanpah QUOTE: California, USA -- With its claim of 28,000 dead birds from Ivanpah, the Associated Press syndicated a story on every front page in America, spreading alarm about

Re: [Vo]:Personal observataions about the part two BLP July 21 video

2014-09-05 Thread James Bowery
If it quacks like a life title, waddles like a life title and lays eggs like a life title, it may as well be a life title. On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: The Ivy League, by handing out what amounts to life

Re: [Vo]:Personal observataions about the part two BLP July 21 video

2014-09-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: If it quacks like a life title, waddles like a life title and lays eggs like a life title, it may as well be a life title. Yeah, okay, great. But where do I collect the payoff for this life title?!? I mean, I love the old world aristocracy part. It is

Re: [Vo]:Personal observataions about the part two BLP July 21 video

2014-09-05 Thread James Bowery
To be fair, my basic argument about life patents of nobility applies to all higher education degrees, not just Ivy League degrees. And to be fairer the value employers place on degrees is starting to diminish. And to be even fairer, people are starting to question the relative value of Ivy

Re: [Vo]:Personal observataions about the part two BLP July 21 video

2014-09-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: To be fair, my basic argument about life patents of nobility applies to all higher education degrees, not just Ivy League degrees. To be realistic, I have never seen or experienced this. Ever. Not in 40 years. Perhaps when I was just out of college, I

Re: [Vo]:Personal observataions about the part two BLP July 21 video

2014-09-05 Thread Lennart Thornros
I do partly agree with you Jed. It is not the school or the education that is privileged. The statements from those institutions are lifted up on a pedestal because they already are accredited. I think people often select this or that school or education because they want some of the glory and

Re: [Vo]:LENR - dark mater - DDL connection--

2014-09-05 Thread Bob Cook
Bob etal-- I have been a fan of Focardi since about that interview. He was an honest scientist. He had many friends that seemed to respect his expertise. I found the interview interesting. I did not know that he had been saved from a-too-early cancer death. It is interesting that he did

Re: [Vo]:LENR - dark mater - DDL connection--

2014-09-05 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Thus a low work function metal hydride with good magnetic properties would be ideal. Note that an alpha or a beta emitter will also dissociate molecular hydrogen into monoatomic hydrogen (and potentially Rydberg hydrogen