Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: McKubre et al. did this with the Case experiment. Passel et al. published a short paper that described a possible error in this, but I they were wrong. Thanks Jed, the refs would be nice. I don't have a copy. Tom Passell handed out printed copies at ICCF15 but I lost

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-02 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:13 AM 4/2/2010, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 04/01/2010 08:45 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: - Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com Of course, *you* can't post on Krivit's blog, he'll never approve any of your posts -- or at any rate that's the impression I

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-02 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:02 AM 4/2/2010, Michel Jullian wrote: Re Stephen's argument that it can be argued that He can leak in in spite of positive pressure, we could easily bathe the cell in a He free environment, or simply make the cell He impermeable (metal or metal coated cell casing). Uh, how do you get an

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: Personal communication from Krivit regarding Abd's posts, specifically. Confirming what Krivit has written directly to me. By the way, that is, in fact, courteous of him, to let me know that he's not going to read my mail . . . Me too. It saves me the trouble of

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: They are two different facts, and we have a fair amount of helium data that is not correlated with heat. Hoffman reports a lot of helium data in his book, based on EPRI reports, without heat data. It's explicitly missing, and it seems that the helium measurements

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Michel Jullian
2010/3/31 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com: Sent from my iPhone Not a valid excuse ;-) On Mar 31, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: In fact, I was wondering, who cares about the heat, helium production alone is an indisputable proof of LENRs, isn't it?

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: Too much proof makes people doubt. Say what?!? Okay, I assume that's a joke. What we need is an indisputable proof of He production. All right it leaks through glass, so how about a closed cell kept under positive pressure? Surely, after a few days it would

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 04/01/2010 01:54 PM, Michel Jullian wrote: 2010/3/31 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com: Sent from my iPhone But when the helium findings correlate with excess heat, it all changes. The results confirm each other. Too much proof makes people doubt. In what way does that

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:47 AM 4/1/2010, Jed Rothwell wrote: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: They are two different facts, and we have a fair amount of helium data that is not correlated with heat. Hoffman reports a lot of helium data in his book, based on EPRI reports, without heat data. It's explicitly missing,

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 08:22 PM 3/31/2010, Terry Blanton wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: God, protect me from false friends, who will agree with me when I'm astray, and stoke the fires of my self-righteousness. . . . to further their agenda. Is that yours

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
There is a lot of wisdom in Islam, Abd ul-Rahman. Many thanks for elaborating on the thought. Lawrence de Bivort On Apr 1, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 08:22 PM 3/31/2010, Terry Blanton wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:54 PM 4/1/2010, Michel Jullian wrote: Too much proof makes people doubt. What we need is an indisputable proof of He production. All right it leaks through glass, so how about a closed cell kept under positive pressure? Surely, after a few days it would accumulate a sizable amount of He,

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 02:05 PM 4/1/2010, Jed Rothwell wrote: Michel Jullian wrote: Too much proof makes people doubt. Say what?!? Okay, I assume that's a joke. Well, psychologically he can be right. If you present piles of evidence, particularly if you do it unskillfully, people can and will assume you

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 9:40:19 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick Of course, *you* can't post on Krivit's blog, he'll never approve any of your posts -- or at any

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 03/31/2010 12:46 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: At 09:30 PM 3/30/2010, Harry Veeder wrote: I don't see anything wrong with the way Krivit presented the data in order to make his point. As I just mentioned in another post, I haven't studied his point in this case. Perhaps you'd take a

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: I don't agree with Rothwell that a truncated graph is never acceptable, but using it to create an exaggerated impression is indeed reprehensible. If you truncate the graph, you should say so: graph is truncated from original. Also, never remove the numbers from

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Michel Jullian
Friends, I object to the heavy Krivit bashing, it is not called for, even if the evidence for the 24MeV heat/He was solid enough which I don't think it is. And he is free to present his graphs as he pleases in his slides, especially if he directs the reader to a more complete graph elsewhere. In

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 03/31/2010 10:56 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: Friends, I object to the heavy Krivit bashing, it is not called for, After looking over his slides, I actually think it is called for. I am, in fact, extremely surprised by your defense of him. Krivit appears to be accusing much of the CF

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: I object to the heavy Krivit bashing, it is not called for, even if the evidence for the 24MeV heat/He was solid enough . . . My objection has nothing to do with the 24 MeV issue. I object to sloppy, biased reporting, and amateur mistakes such as removing the numbers

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com; vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 12:46:35 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick At 09:30 PM 3/30/2010, Harry Veeder wrote: I don't see anything wrong

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Even if you do not intend to create an exaggerated impression, people like me will assume that is your intention. You have made a naive mistake. So don't do it without a good reason, and state your reason. I guess all

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 03/31/2010 12:24 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: - Original Message From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Even if you do not intend to create an exaggerated impression, people like me will assume that is your intention. You have made a naive mistake. So don't do it

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: In fact, I was wondering, who cares about the heat, helium production alone is an indisputable proof of LENRs, isn't it? A familiarity with the history of the dispute, and even of very recent

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 03/31/2010 02:11 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: In fact, I was wondering, who cares about the heat, helium production alone is an indisputable proof of LENRs, isn't it? A familiarity

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Jed Rothwell
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: He generally treats the silence that ultimately results from experts in the field, after attempts to answer Krivit's often hostile questions, as proof of stonewalling and the expert having something to hide. See how he treated the ENEA researchers over his own silly

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:40 AM 3/31/2010, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 03/31/2010 12:46 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: As I just mentioned in another post, I haven't studied his point in this case. Perhaps you'd take a look and explain it. I'm tired of being the only one who deconstructs his rants in detail.

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: God, protect me from false friends, who will agree with me when I'm astray, and stoke the fires of my self-righteousness. . . . to further their agenda. Is that yours or a quote from an adept? T

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 11:09:59 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick You have put your finger on the point which Krivit either has totally missed, or is totally

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:15 PM 3/31/2010, Harry Veeder wrote: Would you be willing to check it out, cite and look at the original sources, etc.? I am simply calling Jed out on his non-sense charge about the abuse of statistics. I don't know enough to judge Krivit's point. You don't know enough to judge

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:24 PM 3/31/2010, Harry Veeder wrote: I guess all readers of Krivit are Jed clones. We could do worse. But I'm older than Jed, I think. Still, everything I know about cold fusion I learned from Jed. Well, or from his web site. Slightly exaggerating, but he's been extraordinarily

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-31 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 02:37 PM 3/31/2010, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 03/31/2010 02:11 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: On Mar 31, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com wrote: In fact, I was wondering, who cares about the heat, helium production alone is an indisputable proof of LENRs, isn't

[Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
Steve Krivit sent me the following message. He told me he has cut me off with the Delete Before Read feature, so there is no point to responding to him. If his mysterious friend (Mitchell Swartz, I'll bet) communicates with him again, I suggest you tell him to buy the book How to Lie with

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
To reiterate, the cheap trick I referred to was removing the bottom of the graph (the zero line) and the numbers from the axes. Krivit says that was simplified so people can get the larger picture. It doesn't look simplified to me but anyway, don't ever do that, for any reason. That's what I

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-30 Thread Alexander Hollins
the larger picture being, what we want them to think On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: To reiterate, the cheap trick I referred to was removing the bottom of the graph (the zero line) and the numbers from the axes. Krivit says that was simplified so

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-30 Thread Harry Veeder
I don't see anything wrong with the way Krivit presented the data in order to make his point. Harry From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 5:46:42 PM Subject: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick Steve Krivit sent me the following

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-30 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:30 PM 3/30/2010, you wrote: I don't see anything wrong with the way Krivit presented the data in order to make his point. Well, I have not examined this particular claim of Krivit's. Apparently I should. Generally speaking, though, if you are trying to make a point that someone altered

Re: [Vo]:Krivit comments on his annoying trick

2010-03-30 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:30 PM 3/30/2010, Harry Veeder wrote: I don't see anything wrong with the way Krivit presented the data in order to make his point. As I just mentioned in another post, I haven't studied his point in this case. Perhaps you'd take a look and explain it. I'm tired of being the only one