Re: [Vo]:The potential weaponization of LENR

2018-08-16 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Not so much as a weapon itself, but enabling weapons like robots and drones to operate for long periods without strings attached. -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell To: Vortex Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2018 2:45 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:The potential weaponization of LENR Martin Fle

Re: [Vo]:Why venture capitalists are unlikely to help at this stage

2018-06-17 Thread Adrian Ashfield
urther progress. Economy is simple. There is no magic formula. There is no regulation to make it better (or fair if that is what we want). Lennart On Sat, Jun 16, 2018, 10:22 Adrian Ashfield wrote: Lennart, the problem is deeper. You may enjoy this but it is mainly political so most ca

Re: [Vo]:Why venture capitalists are unlikely to help at this stage

2018-06-16 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Lennart, the problem is deeper. You may enjoy this but it is mainly political so most can skip it. http://www.delcotimes.com/opinion/20180611/guest-column-a-critique-of-the-democratic-platform-what-the-country-needs

Re: [Vo]:An amazing Theory of Everything

2018-03-13 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Interesting. Someone is thinking outside the box. This link gives the author and few other details. http://neutronsymphony.com/wp/published-papers/the-harmonic-neutron-hypothesis-derivation-of-planck-time-and-the-newtonian-constant-of-gravity-from-the-subatomic-properties-of-a-neutron-and-hydrogen

Re: [Vo]:1/f squared gamma distribution from Rossi-like

2018-03-11 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Read this "A radio interview with Sergio Focardi, the father of “Ni-H Cold-Fusion". https://22passi.blogspot.com/2011/04/sergio-focardi-father-of-ni-h-cold.html So contrary to what Jones & Brian write, Ross's reactors worked from the early days. They both did lots of experiments and Foracdi cla

Re: [Vo]:1/f squared gamma distribution from Rossi-like

2018-03-10 Thread Adrian Ashfield
alled evidence sucks… From: Adrian Ashfield As you won't believe anything short of working reactors on the market, I see no point in continuing this discussion. Rossi has stated he is not going to show anything more of the QX until they are in production and he hopes that will be before

Re: [Vo]:1/f squared gamma distribution from Rossi-like

2018-03-10 Thread Adrian Ashfield
show it off. From: Brian Ahern There is no factory and less obvious, there is no Santa Claus either. From: Adrian Ashfield Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2018 3:04 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:1/f squared gamma distribution from Rossi-like I know that you and Brian

Re: [Vo]:1/f squared gamma distribution from Rossi-like

2018-03-10 Thread Adrian Ashfield
I know that you and Brian can't resist bad mouthing Rossi, but there are signs that he has a commercial product with the QX. I have some independent evidence that he has indeed started a factory to produce them and he remains optimistic production will start in 2018. If the QX does perform any

Re: [Vo]:Science does sometimes reject valid discoveries

2018-01-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
alid discoveries Adrian Ashfield wrote: Jed, I find your comment rather ironic considering your dismissal of everything that Rossi has done. You imply that I must accept all new claims without question. That would be as irrational as rejecting all of them out of hand. You imply that I am

Re: [Vo]:Science does sometimes reject valid discoveries

2018-01-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
So far so good, said the man after jumping off the top of a skyscraper. Why do you suppose Rossi is building a factory? -Original Message- From: Brian Ahern To: vortex-l Sent: Thu, Jan 25, 2018 7:25 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Science does sometimes reject valid discoveries Dismiss

Re: [Vo]:Science does sometimes reject valid discoveries

2018-01-24 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Jed, I find your comment rather ironic considering your dismissal of everything that Rossi has done.

[Vo]: Fast breeder thorium reactor

2017-12-16 Thread Adrian Ashfield
India about to step up its renewable energy game https://www.rt.com/business/407709-india-russia-nuclear-reactor/

Re: [Vo]:Rossi dog & pony show with full audio

2017-12-02 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Adrian Ashfield December 1, 2017 at 11:20 AM Dear Andrea Rossi: You say the E-Cat QX worked at limited power during the Stockholm event at the IVA (20 W). What is its real power? Regards, Adrian Ashfield Andrea Rossi December 1, 2017 at 12:31 PM Adrian Ashfield: Average 60 W, max for

Re: [Vo]:Rossi dog & pony show with full audio

2017-11-30 Thread Adrian Ashfield
the demo served no net purpose Andrea Rossi November 29, 2017 at 4:32 PM Italo R.: Several d

Re: [Vo]:Rossi dog & pony show with full audio

2017-11-29 Thread Adrian Ashfield
"he “ought to have” seen something valid, but if so, he has done a grand job of hiding it and making success look exactly like fraud looks." You can tell what good job he is doing because he isn't giving any more demos and is not asking the public for a dime. Obviously a brand be scam where you

Re: [Vo]:Ross E-Cat QX demo Nove 24

2017-11-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
I don't agree. The measurements of energy out & in were good enough to demonstrate the basic characteristics of the QX. That was the purpose of the demo. I t would be impossible to to do a replicable experiment without giving the IP away. The pathosskeptics make much of the crude power pack

[Vo]:Ross E-Cat QX demo Nove 24

2017-11-23 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Apparently the demo will be taking place at 10am in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering. You can see it streamed at ~ noon EST at www.ecat.com or http://ecatworld.org from which the following notes were taken. What is already known about E-Cat QX? During the last year Andrea Rossi on seve

Re: [Vo]:Another opportunity for Rossi to disappoint

2017-11-18 Thread Adrian Ashfield
I would say you were wrong on all counts. We should know in a week -Original Message- From: Brian Ahern To: VORTEX Sent: Sat, Nov 18, 2017 4:16 pm Subject: [Vo]:Another opportunity for Rossi to disappoint Andrea will astound us on his upcoming demo. I predict it will leave n

Re: [Vo]:dark matter update--Mills' hydrinoes are a good bet

2017-11-16 Thread Adrian Ashfield
eat pipe driven Stirling converter is impressive at an efficiency of 38% at 800C. On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 8:34 PM, Adrian Ashfield wrote: Axil, Do you have any info on the Stirling engines. I couldn't find anything useful on line. Apart for the SunCell , it looks like it would simple eno

Re: [Vo]:dark matter update--Mills' hydrinoes are a good bet

2017-11-16 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Axil, Do you have any info on the Stirling engines. I couldn't find anything useful on line. Apart for the SunCell , it looks like it would simple enough to use the E-Cat QZ as the heat source.

Re: [Vo]:Robots to replace writers.

2017-10-15 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Daniel, ps. I came across this piece after my last post that covers soe of the points I made. http://mailchi.mp/epi/news-from-the-economic-policy-institute-74f85odszg?e=803fbad814

Re: [Vo]:Robots to replace writers.

2017-10-15 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Daniel, Capitalism has a far better record for increasing a country's wealth than Socialism. The problem with Socialism is that it reduces incentives to work. I lived in England when the top tax rate was 93% and on top of that there was a purchase tax of 33.3%. What is the point of working

Re: [Vo]:Robots to replace writers.

2017-10-14 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Daniel Rocha, while I sympathize with your distress on human failings, I don't agree with much of the picture you draw. I have lived in three countries, visited much of the world for work and been around Africa half a dozen times. I know very well what extreme poverty looks like. You really ne

Re: [Vo]:Robots to replace writers.

2017-10-14 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Interestingthread. I disagree violence is inevitablefor the change but with the millionaire’s club called Congress running thingsit seems likely. The rot startedwith Milton Freedman in 1976, stating that the purpose of business was tomaximize short term profit for the shareholders. Business

Re: [Vo]:Re: QuarkX demonstration

2017-10-02 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Brian, I'm glad you have reposted your nasty, uncalled for prediction for easy reference when you are shown to be wrong. So the demo maybe three weeks later than his forecast many months ago. Is that a crime? It is starting to look like you are just jealous because unlike you, Rossi has actual

Re: [Vo]:Miles Pd-B alloy study uploaded

2017-09-30 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Incrcredibly long winded and difficult to follow. Small wonder it has been gathering dust on the shelf. -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell To: Vortex Sent: Sat, Sep 30, 2017 9:43 am Subject: [Vo]:Miles Pd-B alloy study uploaded See: Miles, M., M. Fleischmann, and M.A.

Re: [Vo]:Robots to begin replacing teachers within 10 years

2017-09-11 Thread Adrian Ashfield
AXIL, The Khan Academy has already started this. https://www.khanacademy.org/ -Original Message- From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Mon, Sep 11, 2017 12:37 am Subject: [Vo]:Robots to begin replacing teachers within 10 years http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/09/11/inspi

Re: [Vo]:Another casualty of Rossigate?

2017-09-09 Thread Adrian Ashfield
t of a savior for the field. Maybe Khosla will have a look – if and when Mizuno is replicated. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Adrian Ashfield "On the other hand, it never fails to amaze us how difficult it is to find funding for the development of disruptive technology

Re: [Vo]:Another casualty of Rossigate?

2017-09-09 Thread Adrian Ashfield
"On the other hand, it never fails to amaze us how difficult it is to find funding for the development of disruptive technology" But rather than credit Rossi with finding funding you blame him for others failing to do so. -Original Message- From: JonesBeene To: vortex-l Sent:

Re: [Vo]:Sunspots, hurricanes and dense hydrogen

2017-09-08 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Stewart, What was your point? -Original Message- From: ChemE Stewart To: vortex-l Sent: Fri, Sep 8, 2017 5:15 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Sunspots, hurricanes and dense hydrogen Hurricane Harvey condensed 33 trillion gallons of water over land. In industry you would pull a vacuum

Re: [Vo]:Sunspots, hurricanes and dense hydrogen

2017-09-08 Thread Adrian Ashfield
AXIL, I think Svensmark was the dirt to come up with this theory and he made a good video describing it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANMTPF1blpQ (You can skip the first 2:20 of pretty pictures) The source of hurricanes seems to be a combination of a cooler upper atmosphere and warmer s

Re: [Vo]:guaranteed pay

2017-09-06 Thread Adrian Ashfield
I have been writing about this for a couple of years. See: http://www.delcotimes.com/opinion/20161205/letter-to-the-editor-real-change-is-needed-to-end-this-mess

[Vo]:Rossi building a commercial reactor

2017-09-04 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Andrea Rossi confirms that the E-Cat QX will be demonstrated late in October. Also that he has started building a commercial unit, (with an output of more than 1 MW?), where he will sell the heat output, not the reactor. It looks like his plan is to gather operating experience and not sell E-Ca

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's imaginary company folds

2017-08-31 Thread Adrian Ashfield
AxilAxil, Thanks for that. Not enough people know about it. It is even worse for reasons that you didn't mention. These VC/private equity firms tend to sell off bits of an existing company to pay off the debt and then milk what remains until it dies. There is a classic example written up in th

Re: [Vo]:There's the rub ...

2017-08-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
.com The Mizuno and Rossi effects may only be second cousins, since D is used in one and H in the other. thought to be the ash in Mizuno’s and transmutation of Ni plus a little He the ash in Rossi’s. From: Adrian Ashfield Considering the Conservation of Miracles law, I wonder what the c

Re: [Vo]:There's the rub ...

2017-08-23 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Considering the Conservation of Miracles law, I wonder what the chances are that this is a kissing cousin to Rossi's E-Cat QX. That he gets a higher COP due to the higher temperature he uses. It will be interesting to find out more in October.

Re: [Vo]:Why Rossi 'won'

2017-07-27 Thread Adrian Ashfield
I agree Lennart. Vortex is not the worst offender. lenrforum.com is worse. People there write hundreds of pages of insulting, unproven waffle/speculation. Apart from Jed most are anonymous armchair critics who do nothing themselves but apparently can't stand the thought of someone actually d

Re: [Vo]:Picking up the pieces

2017-07-06 Thread Adrian Ashfield
According to Abd... "All claims dropped on both sides. It is as if the suit was never filed. The IP and license are not mentioned. As Rossi was apparently pleased I deduce something has changed in the ownership of the IP or the multi country license. As IH claimed the above were valueless

Re: [Vo]:Rossi v. Darden

2017-07-01 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Jones, Having been involved with a number of manufacturing plants, including building several new ones, my impression was the time and labor required for the supposed heat exchanger were greatly exaggerated. AA -Original Message- From: Jones Beene To: vortex-l Sent: Sat, Jul

Re: [Vo]:Rossi v. Darden

2017-06-30 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Well said. AA -Original Message- From: Lennart Thornros To: vortex-l Sent: Fri, Jun 30, 2017 2:33 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi v. Darden Jed, I am not going in to a long discussion with you but I think your 'besser wisser' attitude needs a comment. You are saying the ERV repor

Re: [Vo]:Rossi v. Darden

2017-06-29 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Jones, I had thought much the same thing. If the ERV's report is the deciding factor in the contract it will be difficult to put it aside. Both sides paid/agreed on the man. I also agree IH will appeal it for ever if they lose - and ultimately declare chapter 11 if they lose, rather than pay

Re: [Vo]:Income inequlity

2017-06-14 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Frank, I have been writing about this for several years. Read this, starting about a third way down. https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/06/paul-craig-roberts/powerful-man-earth/ I think it was inevitable anyway as a result of AI and robotics, but offshoring made it happen earlier. I hope the LENR

Re: [Vo]:new thread --- apres Rossi era looming

2017-06-07 Thread Adrian Ashfield
ra looming Adrian Ashfield wrote: Brian Ahern insists on proof for LENR experiments but somehow doesn't require proof to proclaim the E-Cat, the SunCell & Brillouin don't work. The Penon report proves that the E-Cat does not work. I do not know about the other two. The Pen

Re: [Vo]:new thread --- apres Rossi era looming

2017-06-07 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Brian Ahern insists on proof for LENR experiments but somehow doesn't require proof to proclaim the E-Cat, the SunCell & Brillouin don't work. The fact is, nobody outside those groups really knows yet. AA -Original Message- From: Jones Beene To: vortex-l Sent: Tue, Jun 6, 20

Re: [Vo]: MFMP starting to test me356 reactor today

2017-05-27 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Me356 apparently had troubles with the test unit. He claims that it normally starts in about ten minutes. In the early part of the test the plot showed that it looked like it was on the way up in five minutes but then petered out. MFMP ar taking a break tomorrow to giver me356 time to fix it and

Re: [Vo]: MFMP starting to test me356' reactor today

2017-05-26 Thread Adrian Ashfield
7; reactor today On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Adrian Ashfield wrote: That was what I wrote about in my last post but for some reaspn the post has not been published. I saw your suggestion afterwards. I think it somehow started a new thread rather than remaining in this one. Eric

Re: [Vo]: MFMP starting to test me356' reactor today

2017-05-26 Thread Adrian Ashfield
That was what I wrote about in my last post but for some reaspn the post has not been published. AA -Original Message- From: Eric Walker To: vortex-l Sent: Thu, May 25, 2017 10:46 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]: MFMP starting to test me356' reactor today I believe an oscilloscope can

Re: [Vo]: MFMP starting to test me356 reactor today

2017-05-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
ma electrolysis is not in operation, but boiling is; then we face the issue of dry versus wet steam which causes errors consonant with a COp around 6-8. From: Adrian Ashfield Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 3:53 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]: MFMP starting to test me356' reactor today

[Vo]: MFMP starting to test me356' reactor today

2017-05-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Four members of MFMP are in Czechoslovakia and starting to do a black box test of me356' reactor. It is supposed to be similar to his previous model that has been running several months now. It was reported to be ~10 Kw with a COP >6. See http://www.e-catworld.com/2017/05/23/mfmp-on-site-pre

Re: [Vo]:A Brief History of Tomorrow

2017-05-24 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Interesting food for thought. I think there would be revolutions and much blood in the street before much of this happened. I'm not as pessimistic as Harari who was of course just looking at the down side. With a more intelligent government than we currently have life could improve for most of

Re: [Vo]:Current size of QuarkX

2017-05-23 Thread Adrian Ashfield
. I think lavender with a herringbone pattern is optimal. That will allow them to match the emperor's new outfits. From: Adrian Ashfield Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 10:17 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Current size of QuarkX Andrea Rossi replied today that the current size is

[Vo]:Current size of QuarkX

2017-05-23 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Andrea Rossi replied today that the current size is 10 mm by 5 mm dia with a rated output of 20 W. As they would have to be grouped to get sufficient power for most purposes I wonder if they are now stable and similar enough that many units can be powered by a single power controller. AA

Re: [Vo]:Sun cell reality

2017-05-21 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Mills could be little more than a Rossi with earned credentials, instead of store-bought. When will his investors wake up? Rossi has a perfectly good degree from Bologna University. Why do you persist in repeating these ad hominems? AA -Original Message- From: Jones Been

[Vo]:waterlike polymer creates high-temperature ceramics

2017-05-13 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Sounds like a VERY useful new material. Engineer patents waterlike polymer to create high-temperature ceramics https://phys.org/news/2017-03-patents-waterlike-polymer-high-temperature-ceramics.html#nRlv

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-29 Thread Adrian Ashfield
plasma based LENR where silver vapor condenses into nanoparticles that produce the LERN reaction. On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Adrian Ashfield wrote: Axil Axil, Thanks for the interesting paper. While it seems clear that small particles are formed in the vicinity of the gold nano

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-28 Thread Adrian Ashfield
the LENR reaction, expect to see transmutation results involving thorium in the outer chamber. On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Adrian Ashfield wrote: Axil Axil, Lattice QCD in strong magnetic Fields is too dense for me by an order of magnitude. I subscribe to the theory that if

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-28 Thread Adrian Ashfield
chirped laser in the femto-second time frame. The pulses go through a NONLINEAR diffraction grating and the E-fields superimpose. For example; a stream of helium atoms will emit neutrons when pulses are applied. From: Adrian Ashfield Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 12:11 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-28 Thread Adrian Ashfield
irped laser pulses provide sufficient electric and magnetic fields that easily cause fission fusion and all decay products known. Holmlid uses laser pulses. From: Adrian Ashfield Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 9:26 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect Axil Axil, Lattic

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-28 Thread Adrian Ashfield
17 at 6:31 PM, Adrian Ashfield wrote: AXil Axil, As usual you have come up with a very imaginative theory that sounds just as likely or unlikely as myriads of others. My question is how can it be proved or falsified? -Original Message- From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Tue, A

Re: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon

2017-04-26 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Uber is more than fly-curious about taking ridesharing to the air. The company announced Tuesday that it plans to roll out a network of flying cars in Dallas-Fort Worth and, of course, Dubai by 2020. Wired.

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
AXil Axil, As usual you have come up with a very imaginative theory that sounds just as likely or unlikely as myriads of others. My question is how can it be proved or falsified? -Original Message- From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 4:29 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-25 Thread Adrian Ashfield
doing, because the first 11 'independent tests \' all broke down and were indeterminate. Eight years later nothing has changed. He has duped a cadre of gullable and hopeful folks from the LENR community. With any luck he will be incarcerated for fraud and tax evasion. From: Adria

Re: [Vo]:The Kerr effect

2017-04-24 Thread Adrian Ashfield
Brian Ahern, The proof that Rossi's E-cats don't work is less than that they do. It serves no useful purpose to continually repeat your insults with no actual content. I wonder what you will say if Rossi comes up with a decent demo this Summer. -Original Message- From: Axil Axil

Re: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon

2017-04-24 Thread Adrian Ashfield
e required for any small to mid sized companies that hope to enter the field? Otherwise they will go the way of diving boards. Dave -Original Message----- From: Adrian Ashfield To: vortex-l Sent: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 11:12 am Subject: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon It seems tha

[Vo]:flying cars on the horizon

2017-04-24 Thread Adrian Ashfield
It seems that a flying car is getting close to being commercial. Companies trying to make one include:. Terrafugia Kitty Hawk Airbus Group Moller International Xplorair PAL-V Joby Aviation EHang Volocopter Uber Haynes Aero Samson Motorworks AeroMobil Parajet Lilium Inherently inefficient , I doubt