Re: [Vo]:The orbo is not a motor

2010-01-15 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/14/2010 11:32 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: - Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 4:10:25 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:steorn talk#2 today at 5pm irish time + closeup shots of steorn talk#2 demo-rig

Re: [Vo]:The orbo is not a motor

2010-01-15 Thread Alexander Hollins
you could also call it an engine, could you not? On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Harry Veeder hlvee...@yahoo.com wrote: - Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 4:10:25 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:steorn talk#2

Re: [Vo]:The orbo is not a motor

2010-01-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alexander Hollins wrote: you could also call it an engine, could you not? I think an engine is something that produces mechanical force. But anyway, if the thing produces more heat plus movement than the input electricity, and if the output to input ratio can be improved, it could be

Re: [Vo]:The orbo is not a motor

2010-01-15 Thread Alexander Hollins
Yeah, sorry, I meant generator (smacks self) A motor produces movement to an object (not just electrical energy as stated earlier. A rocket using solid chemicals to fly is just as much as motor. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Alexander Hollins wrote:

Re: [Vo]:The orbo is not a motor

2010-01-15 Thread Terry Blanton
It's a breath mint. It's a candy mint. No it's two mints in one. Silly me, bloody thing looks like a motor. I'll just call it a spinny thing. Well I see that in the thread Unity some nice old lady has explained, with the help of her son, how to do calorimetry on the spinny thing. ;-) T

Re: [Vo]:The orbo is not a motor

2010-01-15 Thread Alexander Hollins
Its a condom, its a mint, is a condomint. does it go well on hot dogs? /sorry, channeling robin williams there for a minute. ) On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: It's a breath mint.  It's a candy mint.  No it's two mints in one. Silly me, bloody thing