Re: OT: Bird flu resistant to Tamiflu

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jed Rothwell Do you really, seriously think that you know more about this than all those researchers and doctors who are urging governments to stockpile Tamiflu? Have you yet wondered why there is a shortage of Tamiflu? What limits its manufacture? Turns out it is a Chinese spice

OT: Sir Clarke on Communications

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Caliostro
http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/19/clarke-arthur-communications_comm05_cx_ac_1024clarke.html I thought Jed might enjoy this anecdote since he uses voice recog s/w: (My own first attempts to train one of the best current systems had hilarious results. When I said, ‘Now is the time for all good

Re: OT: Bird Flu and Vitamin C

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene Cathcart's web site says treatment of the Bird Flu with massive doses of ascorbate would be the same as any other flu except that the severity of the disease indicates that it may take unusually massive doses of ascorbic acid orally, or even intravenous sodium ascorbate.

Re: OT: Bird Flu and Vitamin C

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Mark Goldes I have been taking 12 grams of C daily for many years and following Cathcart by increasing the dose sharply when symptoms of a virus appear. You should also be taking other antioxidants. For example, selenium deficiency in the soil has been shown to correlate with certain

Re: OT: Bird Flu and Vitamin C

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Mark Goldes I take a variety of supplements starting with the list Pauling used himself provided in How to Live Longer and Feel Better. You are correct that large does of C should not be taken without other necessary vitamins as well as replacements for the trace minerals that C washes

Re: Bubble Wrap Insulation Plastic Netting

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Frederick Sparber With natural gas selling at $1.45 per therm and going to $2.00 by next week, this might be a good investment for temporary thermo-pane solar heat, and insulation. Well, Fred, at two bucks a therm, it's time to say aw shucks. http://www.americasheat.com/ At $2.50 a

Re: OT: pitched the spoon

2005-10-26 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jed Now that you mention it, I wonder what throw in the towel refers to? Obviously you have not seen Rocky. Throwing in the towel in boxing is concession of defeat. The ceceeding side literally tossed the towel into the ring. _ -alex

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RE: Plug-and-play Prius Problems

2005-10-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene One might have suspected that big-oil - specifically ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures LLC is the real culprit trying to limit full plug-and-play. Yes, they hold the secret of nimh as I pointed out to the consternation of others on this list.

Re: Plug-and-play Prius Problems

2005-10-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene The Wankel is only 80 pounds (maybe 120 with the larger alternator) and can provide 50 kwh. Is the rotary seal (ring) problem considered solved? How long before a rotary disassembly is required(used to be 60,000 miles)? My friend has over 350,000 miles on his Toyota

Re: ICEs can't burn h2

2005-10-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vortexians- Maybe what we need is another great race like the one the FEDs did for the self controled car in the mojave. Would you restrict it to internal combustion engines or all methods of propulsion/generation? Can we use distilled water? _

Wind Power Doubt

2005-10-22 Thread Alex Caliostro
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1234036 Dutch windmills at risk from climate change Reuters Oct 20, 2005 — By Anna Mudeva DE BILT, Netherlands (Reuters) - Windmills, one of the Netherlands' trademarks, may go idle because of less wind as a result of climate change, Dutch

Re: The Cheapest Way To Fix The Energy Crisis (and lots of other crises)

2005-10-21 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Nick Palmer I don't think this hank goering person is joking folks! Hank, comparing you to the Nazis is not sadly childish. Even the Nazis were not as bad as you Your expressed opinions are unutterably evil. To countenance wiping out 95% of humanity with a deliberately spread disease

Re: ICEs can't burn h2

2005-10-21 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Wesley Bruce These guys are twits. We have known for decades that hydrogen powered cars need ceramic pistion heads, valves and liners. And the liners have been around for as many years! yeah, pity they messed up that nice vette _ -alex

RE: Popiel's Plug-in Hybrid

2005-10-21 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene Wow. I feel like Cassandra once again - this is so obviously superior for use in a redesigned Plug-in hybrid - that is: with a Wankle genset for a Plug-in Hybrid, that it blows my mind that they have not considered it before now. ok dr. zellerbach, you've solved the

Re: Say it ain't so

2005-10-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: thomas malloy A small atom bomb is an oxymoron, as is a clean atom bomb. the best public authority on nuclear weapon design is carey sublette http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/ his web page has all you really want to know about the Bomb - read it, be the Bomb, love it and stop

Radiative Sky Cooling

2005-10-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
this article on nightcool has been making the rounds on energy lists -- i did not see it here yet: http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/bldg/baihp/pubs/nightcool/ _ -alex _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

ICEs can't burn h2

2005-10-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
bad news from united nuclear, inventors of the smart tank h2 storage system http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/h2new.htm their test vehicles appear to be failing due to embrittlement -- not totally unexpected maybe their parent site offers an alternative with this creative wallpaper

Electric Dragsters

2005-10-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
this vid of approx 6 mins http://www.exn.ca/news/video/exn2005/09/20/exn20050920-drag.asx shows amateur to academic attempts at EV drag racing -- one interesting entry from BYU uses a GM EV1 driven by super capacitors there's also a quip at the end on cooking grease diesels _ -alex

Re: The Cheapest Way To Fix The Energy Crisis (and lots of other crises)

2005-10-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: hank goering That is a good question. If we had the means to target races differently, I suggest that the obvious race to be given the 'full treatment' would be orientals, who make up a disproportionate number of people. (you know, of course, that donald sutherland did not immediately

RE: The Cheapest Way To Fix The Energy Crisis (and lots of other crises)

2005-10-19 Thread Alex Caliostro
herr goering wrote If 1/100th of the money and time spent on these schemes was used to develop a sterility drug, and if the drug were deposited around the world, maybe by a platoon of satellites in polar orbit, it would give humanity a bright, uncrowded future. r u bavarian? adam weishaupt

PM's Five Solutions

2005-10-19 Thread Alex Caliostro
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/1766936.html?page=1c=y one and two are wind power and plug-in hybrids they must be listening _ -alex _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

RE: spy chip vapper

2005-10-10 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: thomas malloy I've heard several people interviewed on C to C AM about this matter. The answer isn't to protest, see http://www.spychips.com/ , IMHO, there should be a way to expose these things to the right frequency pulse and fry them. There should be a good market for these zappers

Re: Primordial Hy ? - Solar Wind

2005-10-10 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene In the late 1990s the UV instrument on board SOHO observed the solar wind emanating from the poles of the Sun, and found that the wind accelerates much faster than can be accounted for by normal physics (thermodynamic expansion) alone. in addition to adiabatic expansion

RE: More PolySci less SciPolitics

2005-10-09 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene re mizuno Abstract We observed neutron emissions from pure deuterium gas after it cooled in the liquid nitrogen followed by compressed under a magnetic field. The neutron count, and duration of the release, and the time of the release after

Re: Off Topic: Not sure of the script

2005-10-06 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: RC Macaulay On the subject of inerrant wording in bible scripture, it has been my experience that people tend to believe whatever they want. does that apply to you and me With so many translations of the bible stemming from countless manuscripts, and with so many denominations , each

pluginamerica

2005-10-06 Thread Alex Caliostro
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ses makes bizweek

2005-10-06 Thread Alex Caliostro
i wonder if my subdivision would like to invest in a few stirling energy systems' 25 kW gensets http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_37/b3950067_mz018.htm _ -alex _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN

RE: cloromethane

2005-10-05 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Alex Caliostro here is the nordic view on CH3Cl which recognizes the source of cloromethane It has been concluded that well over 90%, and perhaps as much as 99%, of ambient air concentrations on a global scale appear to originate from natural sources rather than from anthropogenic

RE: Methyl Chloride

2005-10-05 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Zell, Chris And remember, silica can be dangerous. Good heavens, beaches are full of the stuff. not to mention the thousands that die every year breathing dihydrogen oxide _ -alex _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new

Off Topic: Not Sure of the Script

2005-10-05 Thread Alex Caliostro
i know tom and richard often post on esoteric issues -- i oft see frank quote from the latin bible i was wonderin if you cant believe scriptsure on what do you base belief Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent THE hierarchy of the

Robert Green steam engine

2005-10-04 Thread Alex Caliostro
this remarkable engine runs on low pressure steam http://www.greensteamengine.com/ dont miss the animation half way down the page _ -alex _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there!

space elevator testing

2005-10-04 Thread Alex Caliostro
Space Elevator Concept Undergoes “Reel” World Testing By Leonard David Senior Space Writer posted: 23 September 2005 2:33 p.m. ET A private group has taken one small step toward the prospect of building a futuristic space elevator. LiftPort Group Inc., of Bremerton, Washington, has

Re: Robert Green steam engine vs Hero's Engine

2005-10-04 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Frederick Sparber BTW. Hero's Engine will work on Hot Air too. then this list alone could power 14 normal sized homes :-Þ _ -alex _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

Re: deceptively simple question

2005-10-03 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Robin van Spaandonk dimples have less insulation between earth and cold space ...H. :) okay, in words an engineer or scientist can understand its the weight of the atmosphere which determines the barometric pressure -- high pressure areas are oft called ridges because they are

Re: deceptively simple question

2005-10-03 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Robin van Spaandonk I suppose the obvious answer is the atmosphere is in constant motion in a closed system, so it is inevitable that concentrations of air arise at times. Yet this is not an explanation that I am particularly happy with. Perhaps you could supply the conventional

better nuclear fuel

2005-09-30 Thread Alex Caliostro
Purdue engineers create safer, more efficient nuclear fuel, model its performance September 28, 2005 Purdue University nuclear engineers have developed an advanced nuclear fuel that could save millions of dollars

Re: deceptively simple question

2005-09-29 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Robin van Spaandonk Why are *high* pressure areas warm, and *low* pressure areas cold? (If low pressure regions are caused by rising *warm* air, then they shouldn't be *cold*, they should be warm). because low pressure results from dimples and hi pressure from bumps bumps hold in heat

propellantless propulsion

2005-09-29 Thread Alex Caliostro
recently posted by dr sarfatti on his list Subject: Advanced Space Flight Technology No more Space Shuttles ever needed again. I have been asked by Deep Black Ok Jack , I read it. Assuming its true, then pray tell how do we get some and bottle it as fuel? Forget fuel. There is no fuel!

Re: O.T. Strange Mountains

2005-09-29 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: RC Macaulay Now you spoiled 'em, we don't want 'em back cause we done found us an unlimited labor pool and all we need to do is forget to close the gate. this just in A big earthquake with the strength of 8.1 on the Richter scale has hit Mexico. Two million Mexicans have died and

Re: Solar hydrogen production at only 400 deg C

2005-09-28 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene Isn't it ironic that Canada, which has so much potential oil (tar sands) and so little sun - has become a dynamic leader in this pursuit? yes and it appears the rush to alternative energy and talk of peak oil have scared someone Oil reserves are double previous

aussie solar challenge underway

2005-09-28 Thread Alex Caliostro
set the controls for the heart of the sun 2000 miles in a cramped position http://www.wsc.org.au/2005/competition/ any of our friends downunder know whos leading _ -alex _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger!

RE: Models

2005-09-27 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jed Rothwell Some experts believe that the weather cycle alone is not sufficient to explain the increased energy released from hurricanes, so entities must be multiplied. there is no consensus so it is premature to multiply entities

RE: Models

2005-09-27 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jed Rothwell As far as I know, most experts believe in global warming, so a consensus has emerged. But this is not relevant to the discussion. The experts who believe the weather cycle alone cannot explain the facts are the ones who would multiply entities. Obviously, the minority of

Re: ot? the dark side of the moon

2005-09-25 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vortex Group- A while back it was observed that China was begining A space programm. I am willing to bet that China has A man or/ men on the moon by 2010- they will probably have a colonny by 2018 and or men on mars by 2018.

RE: NPR show on hot and cold fusion

2005-09-25 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Steven Krivit Journalist Bruce Gellerman produced a radio show many months ago on fusion. He says he covered hot, cold and pebble-bed. pebble-bed is fission, not fusion _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger!

the dark side of the moon

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
September 22, 2005 The Dark Side of the Moon By ROBERT L. PARK Correction Appended College Park, Md. THIS week NASA described plans to return astronauts to the Moon in 2018 at a cost of $104 billion. That's nine years after President Bush leaves office. Starting from scratch in 1961,

the walls come a tumblin

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
Flood walls in New Orleans were ‘structurally flawed’ 16:18 22 September 2005 NewScientist.com news service Celeste Biever Concrete flood walls that were supposed to protect New Orleans were not overwhelmed by high waters during Hurricane Katrina as federal officials have claimed, but

cheaper than oil?

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
Israeli developer presents ‘breakthrough’ in onboard hydrogen generation 23rd September 2005 Israeli company Engineuity RD Ltd has developed a technology for hydrogen production on board vehicles which it claims overcomes “all obstacles presently associated with hydrogen”. Using a light metal

silicon-based fuel cell

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
Mass-Producible Hydrogen Fuel Cells September 21, 2005 Fronius Inverters [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] American Security Resources' Hydra Fuel Cell has formed Hydra Fuel Cell Manufacturing to produce the proprietary Hydra hydrogen fuel cell. The Hydra fuel cell is an energy source with a range

Re: OT: the walls come a tumblin

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Steven Krivit Oh, my error then, sorry. I guess I thought you had been posting a lot of OT stuff without noting such. do you read them this is a science list innit -- i would think that anything from newscientist would be on topic but im new here and dont really know is there a

RE: cheaper than oil?

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Michael Foster The major source of hydrogen, reforming methane, produces C02 as a byproduct. So, for you carbon-neutral fans, that wouldn't be a competive option. unless this works -alex Atlantic Hydrogen Inc. receives $2 million contribution from Sustainable Development Technology

RE: Welcome to Vortex

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Steven Krivit Hi Alex and Welcome! I'm not sure how long you've been on the list. I may be off-base here, but you might want to just take a look for a while and get the feel of Vortex. It does have a unique culture. The most valuable thing about Vortex, and about your potential

RE: Welcome to Vortex

2005-09-24 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Alex Caliostro did i get an old set of rules 6. Our forum is not your self-promotion channel. after reviewing the recent archives i am convinced that i *do* have an old set of rules i see a remarkable amount of self promotion going on here warmest regards, -alex

RE: It ain't fittin, not fittin, it just ain't fittin

2005-09-23 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone give me some feedback on this please? this is probably the howard johnson magnetic motor -- this site shows you how to get the plans for free http://www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=174 -alex

katrina boosts hybrid demand - duh!

2005-09-23 Thread Alex Caliostro
Toyota: Katrina drove up hybrid demand Toyota U.S. exec: Prius inventory now counted in hours, not days. September 23, 2005; Posted: 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT) DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp. has seen a rise in demand for hybrid vehicles in the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane

project stormfury

2005-09-23 Thread Alex Caliostro
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hrd_sub/stormfury_era.html _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

toshiba fuel cell

2005-09-22 Thread Alex Caliostro
Toshiba develops fuel cell prototypes for portable music players Toshiba said Friday it has developed two small direct methanol fuel cell prototypes that can dramatically increase the playing time for mobile music players. A fuel cell unit the size of a pack of chewing gum can power a

RE: sterling jobs in phoenix

2005-09-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Alex Caliostro in the gallery section there's a bush inspecting the sandia installation bush is in the breaking news photo section http://www.stirlingenergy.com/breaking_news_photos.htm why is this (oil) man smiling has he found a way to meter sunlight -alex

cravin' energy

2005-09-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
dennis cravens has a couple of demonstration projects which should get even cf skeptics attention http://www.netmdc.com/~physics/ -alex _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

Re: genesis shipping

2005-09-20 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Nick Palmer Alex, if this was real the world would be beating a path to their door. but what are the pictures about -alex _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

Re: Text from Swartz ICCF-9 paper - correction

2005-09-19 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jed Rothwell That's a strange voice input error. i would keep my eye on that computer -alex _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security.

RE: Oops...

2005-09-19 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene About two weeks ago, authorities now admit, in a forced-disclosure following inside leaks, three mice infected with the **Bubonic Plague** a.k.a. the black death which devastated Europe during the middle ages, went missing from a New Jersey bioterrorism lab. don't be an

Re: Oops...

2005-09-19 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jones Beene Not to mention One suspects that the strain of plague which they have on hand at these bioterrorism labs might be a tad more virulent than the run-of-the-mill field mouse variety. so now our universities are developing bioweapons this reminds me of those headlines two

RE: OFF TOPIC Happy ITLAPD, everyone

2005-09-19 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Jed Rothwell {snippet} When the shark bites When the mast snaps When I've drunk me pay, I simply remembaarr to talk like a pirate And everythin' goes OK! Lyrics copyright Mary Payne 2005, wi' apologies ta Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Julie Andrews you know, eventually, grog = grok

Re: fossil fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Wesley Bruce We have another problem with shallow oil. Bacteria feeding on the fossil fuels can transport and add new carbon 14 to the other wise old oil. oh, yes - there is even one theory that bacteria could be involved in the creation of oil It's interesting that the linked

alternative fuels

2005-09-16 Thread Alex Caliostro
brazil imported 85% of its energy in 1978, 10% in 2002, and expects to be nearly self sufficient next year http://www.energybulletin.net/5021.html here it seems like the us govt tries to make it more difficult to use other fuel http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/afv/conversion.html i think we

Re: fossil fuel

2005-09-16 Thread Alex Caliostro
From: Wesley Bruce http://www.gasresources.net/Plagiarism(Overview).htm Dead link above. Do you have an alternative? Is it a typo? it's not really dead, just ill -- for some reason many mailers don't recognize the parenthetic portion if you will cut and paste it into your url

fossil fuel

2005-09-15 Thread Alex Caliostro
my friend is a CE who claims most oil is not from dead dinosaurs he says this paper http://gasresources.net/AlkaneGenesis.htm proves it - here is a quote from the abstract The high-pressure genesis of petroleum hydrocarbons has been demonstrated using only the solid reagents solid iron