At the Forbes site, Krivit takes no prisoners, and leaves himself no path of retreat:
> This is a partially independent measurement, performed on a device that > was built by and controlled by Rossi, and located in Rossi’s facility. The > measurement was performed by some of the parties that have been involved in > this scam since 2011. > > The fact that the authors of the paper have stated that they have > performed an independent test is a significant misrepresentation and would > qualify as research misconduct by some organizations. > >From Moby-Dick, Chapter viii, THE PULPIT . . .Halting for an instant at the foot of the ladder, and with both hands grasping the ornamental knobs of the man-ropes, Father Mapple cast a look upwards, and then with a truly sailorlike but still reverential dexterity, hand over hand, mounted the steps as if ascending the main-top of his vessel. The perpendicular parts of this side ladder, as is usually the case with swinging ones, were of cloth-covered rope, only the rounds were of wood, so that at every step there was a joint. At my first glimpse of the pulpit, it had not escaped me that however convenient for a ship, these joints in the present instance seemed unnecessary. For I was not prepared to see Father Mapple after gaining the height, slowly turn round, and stooping over the pulpit, deliberately drag up the ladder step by step, till the whole was deposited within, leaving him impregnable in his little Quebec. I pondered some time without fully comprehending the reason for this. Father Mapple enjoyed such a wide reputation for sincerity and sanctity, that I could not suspect him of courting notoriety by any mere tricks of the stage. No, thought I, there must be some sober reason for this thing; furthermore, it must symbolize something unseen. Can it be, then, that by that act of physical isolation, he signifies his spiritual withdrawal for the time, from all outward worldly ties and connexions? Yes, for replenished with the meat and wine of the word, to the faithful man of God, this pulpit, I see, is a self-containing stronghold -- a lofty Ehrenbreitstein, with a perennial well of water within the walls. . . . - Jed
