Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... Just imagine what this guy will say when meat from the cells of homo sapiens comes on the market. I think that is inevitable. See Arthur C. Clarke's short story, Food of the Gods. aka long pork. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/long_pork Regards Steven Vincent Johnson

Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: Just imagine what this guy will say when meat from the cells of homo sapiens comes on the market. I think that is inevitable. See Arthur C. Clarke's short story, Food of the Gods. I must confess that my first reaction was one of revulsion. Me??? A practicing cannibal That’s

Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez Seriously, so what? I honestly don't find anything scary about it. I admit I might hesitate to try the stuff myself. But I am not an adventurous eater. I'm curious. Why do you suspect you might hesitate to sample it? Is it still a cultural issue, like it might be for me? Do you suspect

Re: [Vo]:OT: Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory (Follow-up)

2009-12-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hollins sez: There are cultures where, at a certain age, the elderly are ritually killed, and served up to their tribe. NOT eating your dear aunt was considered dreadfully insulting to her spirit. Very tight family dynamics. They must have read Stranger in a Strange Land. Regards Steven

[Vo]:Just how stupid is Al Gore, anyway?

2009-12-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Examiner.com recently posted an article that obviously is not Al Gore friendly, titled “Just how stupid is Al Gore, anyway?” See: http://www.examiner.com/x-31244-Louisville-Public-Policy-Examiner~y2009m12d3-Just-how-stupid-is-Al-Gore-anyway http://tinyurl.com/yddzj6m What piqued my curiosity

Re: [Vo]:Alternapedia article on cold fusion lists pros and cons

2009-12-07 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: The whole thing is written by Pierre Carbonnelle, which explains why it is well researched. On the home page I noticed Pierre is also interested in bequeathing Alternapedia to another responsible party. I can bet it was a lot of work to put together. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson

Re: [Vo]:Crematorium to use burning bodies to generate electricity

2009-12-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: On the other hand: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,665824,00.html 12/08/2009 Stone Age Mystery German Excavation Reveals Signs of Mass Cannibalism By Angelika Franz Was it mass cannibalism, ritual slaughter or both? Archaeologists who unearthed the

Re: [Vo]:Crematorium to use burning bodies to generate electricity

2009-12-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: For a less palatable interpretation of this practice see The Road http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/ I see the movie was just released. I sure you remember the ending to this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog I most

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Esa Ruoho: Thanks for the phonenumber :-) iPoni sent dis message. Esa Ruoho wrote it. On 14.12.2009, at 18.16, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: From moletrap.co.uk home of the Village of the Damned, former forum members of Steorn:     CommentAuthor    speccy   *

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Esa i rung them and they said the steorn demo starts tomorrow, and is closed from 24th onwards till the end of the year due to xmas hollies, but that it'll be open on 21st and 22nd, so i'll try and visit it. + its free, so hey.. brisk walk in dublin, maybe a few magnets. should be

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Personally, I just wish the damned contraption was hooked up to a light bulb. Hell! If the thing was doing nothing more than powering a couple of energy efficient LEDs, for several weeks straight, now THAT would impress me more than the current battery recharging configuration. For me,

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Craig: Personally, I just wish the damned contraption was hooked up to a light bulb. Hell! If the thing was doing nothing more than powering a couple of energy efficient LEDs, for several weeks straight, now THAT would impress me more than the current battery recharging

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mr. Lawrence: ... This is not the behavior of someone [Newman] who is confused or ignorant. A confused, ignorant person who didn't quite understand what he was doing would not see the need to dodge the trap in the question, what is the output power?. An honest person would try,

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hoyt, Can you help us (me) out here... without violating the principals of the NDA. Can it be conclusively proven (at least beyond a reasonable amount of doubt) that the battery is in no way connected to the actual running of the ORBO device? This HAS to be dealt with. This HAS to be clarified.

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Regarding recent comments made by Hoyt Stearns: ... Their strategy is rather bizarre, but in a way I think it is ingenious for many reasons (speculative): They must prove that their techniques are not obvious to anyone skilled in the art for patentability, even though they are extremely

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: Didn't someone have a theory that they were doing all this just to show how good they are at running a PR campaign? Maybe that's it; otherwise, I can't figure them out. Why would they risk another failed demo after 2007? I don't admit to having an answer, but I do know this

Re: [Vo]:OT : Avatar trailers and clips

2009-12-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Avatar trailers and clips (9 videos) http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809804784/video/17077180 Thanks for the link, Harry. While watching one of the trailers I saw images that reminded me of a painting I did back in 1979, when I was 27 years old. http://orionworks.com/artgal/svj/path_m.htm

Re: [Vo]:Executive Director of the AIP says cold fusion is wrong and fraud

2009-12-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: Response from website operator to me: Thank you for commenting on the Physics Today web site. Your comment has not been approved for publication in accordance with our editorial standards and the disclaimer on the web site. Sincerely Paul Guinnessy Manager, Physics Today web

Re: [Vo]:Executive Director of the AIP says cold fusion is wrong and fraud

2009-12-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: I sincerely believe this hypothesis to be true. Then you have never heard of Claxton, GA.  Allow me to educate you: http://www.claxtonfruitcake.com/index.php This website is an obvious clever hoax. I'm surprised that you fell for it Terry! ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson

Re: [Vo]:The discovery of Hydra-Jinn

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Rick sez: I can't wait until the detection threshold comes down - like to the level of moons around these big planets. Bet that's where the action is as long as the system is in the liquid water zone. I agree with this hypothesis. I've always felt that a lot of the real action could very well

Re: FW: [Vo]:Steorn Advertisement

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: By the way, I just noticed out at Steorn's home page that they have closed the live stream to VIEW 2. On the Village of the Banned forum, there always seems to be someone watching and logging when the cameras are off or when Tachoman shows up to do maintenance on the machines.  

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
According to one of my latest Google news alerts Steorn just made CNN news. However, I can't seem to find the link anywhere on cnn's web site. Does anyone know anything about this? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Stephen Lawrence ... ... But he's [MADOFF] **NOT** held up as an example of a successful con artist, because he (a) had no exit strategy, ... Ok, then then what's Steorn's exit strategy? The whole Storn group (at the correct strategic moment) buys themselves one-way tickets to the

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Abd: ... Yet it appears to be working, Steven. You are making assumptions about how they will proceed, and, also, assumptions about what is involved in the NDAs. Of course I'm making lots of assumptions. Some of them may even stretch the sensibilities of Occam's Razor. Guilty as

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: Orbo Technology Update

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: I am contacting Lenz Law Enforcement and ratting out Sean McCarthy.  :-) Mongo plans on watching, from a safe distance. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:The Wrights' approach to the British and U.S. Army

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Stephen Lawrence: ... Jed Rothwell wrote: At this point we need the academics. We should ignore the critics. The Wrights should have! They should have dealt with the British War Office instead of the U.S. War Department, because the British understood and appreciated what they had

Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo

2009-12-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Stephen Lawrence: ... ... Oh, I agree that Steorn's fate won't be resolved. Mongo [in a rare moment of pensive self-reflection] tends to disagree. Mongo want to see a light bulb real soon. No light bulb soon, Mongo send candygram to Sean. Light bulb! Light bulb! Light bulb! Regards

Re: [Vo]:Pycnodeuterium under a different name?

2010-01-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: That's astounding if true. Someone should acquaint Prof. Holmlid with cold fusion and the claims of Arata and others who have reported high loading of nano-particles. I nominate Jones Beene to write to him. Seconded... Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com

[Vo]:Home fuel cell technology that charges gadgets.

2010-01-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Kinda cool... http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/04/green.power.horizon/ Steve -- Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light...

2010-01-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Stephen: The theory of cold fusion would be a theory explaining how such nuclei join, not simply the assertion that they do join. The assertion that fusion happens at room temperature is a simple binary statement, and is either true or false; it's quite different from what is meant by

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: Rescheduling of Steorn Talk#2 from 8th january to week of 11th january

2010-01-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: Actually, the delay might be the result of TinselKoala's videos on youtube. I watched one of TinselKoala's videos when it first came out. I seem to recall that it came out almost immediately after Orbo's debut out at the Waterfront. I was not aware that there are now multiple

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: Rescheduling of Steorn Talk#2 from 8th january to week of 11th january

2010-01-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Actually, Esa, speaking strictly for myself, I have no problem whatsoever in accepting the obvious - that adverse weather conditions are indeed the primary reason that the latest demo had to be rescheduled. FWIW, I live in Madison, Wisconsin, the midwest. Significant portions of our country just

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: Rescheduling of Steorn Talk#2 from 8th january to week of 11th january

2010-01-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: He is also known as Alsetalokin and you might remember a video of an alleged pure magnetic motor he did previously. And, yes, he is a skeptic. Indeed, I remember Alsetalokin. I thought they were the same individual. The narrator's voice was the same. I also remember, with much

Re: [Vo]:Fwd: Rescheduling of Steorn Talk#2 from 8th january to week of 11th january

2010-01-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: All I have ever read is that he says the motor was definitely not OU. But, AFAIK, he never admitted to a hoax.  And no one ever replicated although many tried. Sheesh! As if that doesn’t muddy Alsetalokin’s position anymore than where the matter currently stands. Assuming the

Re: [Vo]:The latest from Roger Stringham

2010-01-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... With people like Roger, if you wait for things to be written and published according to schedule, you wait in vain. So I bend the rules at LENR-CANR to accommodate him. They aren't really rules, anyway. As Elizabeth said in Pirates of the Caribbean: Hang the code, and hang the

[Vo]:CNN: Is 'golden age for inventors' at hand?

2010-01-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/12/invent/index.html You mean my defragmentizer dander dispatcher collecting dust in my garage is worth millions? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:steorn talk#2 today at 5pm irish time + closeup shots of steorn talk#2 demo-rig

2010-01-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Stephen: ... Sure, you can ruin magnets in a motor, but that's not at all the same as *making* *use* of the magnetic field of the magnets as it degrades -- i.e., loss of magnetization is always just an artifact, never something vital to the motor's operation. I'm a little confused

Re: [Vo]:steorn talk#2 today at 5pm irish time + closeup shots of steorn talk#2 demo-rig

2010-01-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From: Esa http://freeorbo.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/cop_live/ Excerpt: 11:44 Question: Why aren’t product developers jumping up and down? Answer [Sean?]: They are. Ever since Dec. 15th people are knocking their doors down. Licenses open on February 1st, we’ll see how many developers are

Re: [Vo]:steorn talk#2 today at 5pm irish time + closeup shots of steorn talk#2 demo-rig

2010-01-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: Steorn deserves to give its audience a more thorough explanation [in regards to why Steorn used a battery instead of a capacitor.] I hope it is forth coming. I seriously doubt it since the statement is false. IIRC, he said that the capacitor was too slow in current delivery.  

Re: [Vo]:steorn talk#2 today at 5pm irish time + closeup shots of steorn talk#2 demo-rig

2010-01-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Abd: Tl;dw is a great way to go. I give you a WTG for this one, possibly followed by a few other acronyms, which I dislike, such as LOL and OMG Even I had the time to watch the live presentation, and I can't finish most documentaries or even a song. The writer here violated his

Re: [Vo]:steorn talk#2 today at 5pm irish time + closeup shots of steorn talk#2 demo-rig

2010-01-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: The Orbo is a motor as I am sure we will all agree. In order for the motor to be OU, it must be outputting more mechanical energy than electrical energy it consumes. Somehow Steorn must measure the torque or have the motor perform work, eg lift a weight, pump water, etc. But

Re: [Vo]:steorn addendum video posted on youtube

2010-01-20 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: All the technical people are flabbergasted by the latest video.  We are now convinced that it's all a joke.  The Irish do love a punch line and that is just the phrase Sean has used. Unfortunately, many people we call the believers, are now suffering from the Dunning-Kruger

Re: [Vo]:steorn addendum video posted on youtube

2010-01-20 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mr. Lawrence: ... Oh, and I don't believe there will ever be a revelation. The punch line will forever be delayed, and the results will remain ambiguous. Sean will continue to go along pretending he's shown things that he hasn't in an effort to keep the True Believers bringing in cash,

Re: [Vo]:steorn addendum video posted on youtube

2010-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Michel: My point was that Mr. Mrs. Jane Joe Public are not the entities Steorn is going after. Steorn is mostly going after companies, enterprises, corporate entities (big or small) that might be interested. I think on the contrary that the entirety of their licensing revenue will

Re: [Vo]:steorn addendum video posted on youtube

2010-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Michel: ... Yes, indeed, I agree that anyone, including myself can purchase an ORBO license - a flat fee. I have no idea what an ORBO license would cost me, but it's probably more than I would care to spend. But why would I want to? What could I do with an ORBO license? Tinker away in

Re: [Vo]:steorn addendum video posted on youtube

2010-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Peatbog sez: The cost is 419 euros per year. Here are the terms: http://www.steorn.com/orbo/licensing/ Thanks for the clarification. The initiation fee is certainly way too steep for my tastes! Interesting that it's an annual fee. One assumes that the renewable annual fee is in order to

Re: [Vo]:steorn addendum video posted on youtube

2010-01-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Abd sez: ... Get this: lying, as such, is not illegal. Most subscribers to this list are really space aliens, and I'm not yet revealing my secret knowledge, because I must protect my sources. However, I need money, so if you want the evidence apply for a disclosure license, which I will

Re: [Vo]:Pycno-pockets?

2010-01-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Just take along cans of Fancy Feast.  Hey it worked in District 9. And the Pandorians really are cats. An excellent film that unfortunately will be stampeded by Avatar. I can see it now. Coming to your local science fiction convention. Bumper stickers: Cat Food Sold Here! Regards Steven

Re: [Vo]:Pycno-pockets?

2010-01-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: I see from your Google avatar, you are a Pandorian. As are you. ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:STEORN: THE FINAL DEMO ... ...PROVING OVERUNITY

2010-01-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Additional noise: http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,100567,10014947o-2000331777b,00.htm Exerpt: In the past, Sean has said that the Orbo will manage this to the tune of 3:1 - in other words, churning out three watts for every watt of input. The Saturday demo, our sources confide, will be

Re: [Vo]:STEORN: THE FINAL DEMO ... ...PROVING OVERUNITY

2010-01-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mr. Lawrence Either it has been putting out 3:1 or it hasn't. If it has, why can't they demo 3:1, or rather 2:1 mechanical:electrical? (Knock off 100% for the amount of input power converted to heat.) Have they forgotten how they used to do it? ;-) Someone can correct me if I error

Re: [Vo]:STEORN: THE FINAL DEMO ... ...PROVING OVERUNITY

2010-01-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I gotta hand it to those Steorn folks... Their latest advert is both blunt and dramatic. Steorn's web site sez: Final Demo: PROVING OVERUNITY Saturday 16.00 GMT at Steorn.com --- Barring unforeseen technical difficulties, it is difficult for me to perceive how Steorn could possibly wiggle

Re: [Vo]:OT: Space travel, moon colonization.

2010-01-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Alexander: Is anyone here familiar with any organizations dedicated to helping push along space travel? Used to be the L-5 Society. Seems L-5 merged with the National Space Institute and the duo renamed themselves the National Space Society

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
It’s been my experience that whenever a subject being researched is initially perceived in black white terms, there seems to be a tendency to filter the sources. In such cases it doesn’t seem to matter all that much what sources one uses as “references.” As the old saying goes: Get a second

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I recommend Wikipedia be renamed to OAHpedia. That's pronounced as: Oh Pedia * * The OAH stands for occasionally accurate hearsay. Do I hear a second? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Contropedia

2010-01-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Stephen sez: I recommend Wikipedia be renamed to OAHpedia. That's pronounced as: Oh Pedia * * The OAH stands for occasionally accurate hearsay. Do I hear a second? If you care enough to check sources, an awful lot of the facts in Wikipedia are referenced to external sources. That's

[Vo]:Another Indian article: Call for inter-disciplinary studies in ‘cold fusion'

2011-02-07 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From: The Hindu - Science and Technology section Call for inter-disciplinary studies in ‘cold fusion' See: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article1165494.ece Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:group seeks to discredit Rossi

2011-02-07 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
SUBJECT: Group seeks to discredit Rossi From Abd: ... But I will note a generic way to fake Rossi's work, others have proposed other possibilities, and, if it's fake, the truth might even be a hybrid. I have no doubt but that it could be done, that even more convincing demonstrations

Re: [Vo]:Re: Levi's interpretation of the two Rossi demos does not hold water, decisive critique by Joshua Cude: Rich Murray 2011.02.08

2011-02-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Let me second and third some of the counter claims raised about the steam temperature issue. From Mr. Lawrence, ... If the water flow rate is fixed, and the power level is allowed to vary, then, if steam is coming out, its temperature will vary, and will be determined at any moment by how

Re: [Vo]:Re: Levi's interpretation of the two Rossi demos does not hold water, decisive critique by Joshua Cude: Rich Murray 2011.02.08

2011-02-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Mr. Lawrence: ... You are making an unconscious assumption here, which is that water is being added just exactly fast enough to replenish the water which is boiled away. That's not what's happening! The water is being added at a constant rate, with no feedback from the reactor! And

Re: [Vo]:Here Comes Skynet

2011-02-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647 Robots to get their own internet By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News European scientists have embarked on a project to let robots share and store what they discover about the world. Called RoboEarth it will be a place

Re: [Vo]:Krivit praises Miles while dismissing his results

2011-02-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones ... This field cannot be simplified into an either/or situation. Ockham has no place in this field – LENR it is inherently complex. Krivit and his sponsors are half-right (but half-wrong), as is anyone who says that LENR is pure fusion and nothing else. There are clearly

Re: [Vo]:OT: another damned test

2011-02-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry Sez: Probably not since you sent the unsubscribe message to Vortex-l. You must send it to vortex-l-request for it to work. I immediately realized my mistake and resubmitted it to vortex-l-request. But of course nobody will see that! I just look dumb! So, what else is new. ;-) I think

Re: [Vo]:Mubarak steps down: This is actually on-topic.

2011-02-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Yes, Mr. Lawrence, Indeed, this is very on-topic. The news is spreading like wildfire through out the internet. I think you and Jones have pretty much nailed the pertinent issues. We stand here wondering if Rossi and/or Mills will put out in short order. Or maybe someone else will suddenly be

[Vo]:Where's Dr. Park?

2011-02-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
A month has gone by since the Rossi-Focardi event transpired, and Dr. Park continues to remain silent. Nothing pertinent has been mentioned in his What's New weekly rant. I find it impossible to believe that Dr. Park has not heard of the proceedings. Therefore, it seems to me that his continued

Re: [Vo]:Where's Dr. Park?

2011-02-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
svj sez: A month has gone by since the Rossi-Focardi event transpired, and Dr. Park continues to remain silent. Nothing pertinent has been mentioned in his What's New weekly rant. I find it impossible to believe that Dr. Park has not heard of the proceedings. Therefore, it seems to me that

Re: [Vo]:BLP Presentation

2011-02-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: Brian Ahern says it seem Rossi has put the fear of God into Mills. Mills put out a me too! paper with dozens of viewgraphs mainly ones showing that if he would, he could build a a big energy generating system too, and by golly it might be as good -- or maybe lots better! -- than

Re: [Vo]:Irish times reports on Rossi

2011-02-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Harry: Why haven't they invented... cold fusion? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bang/2011/0216/1224289927976.html H This from the Irish Times. Doesn't another Alternate Energy firm come to mind??? In psychological terms, it's called displacement. The mind is often very

Re: [Vo]:Where's Dr. Park?

2011-02-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Peter ... As regarding Rossi's bad PR he is just following Pitigrilli's Do not give me advices, I can err myself The lack of a theory is disturbing, his method of scale-up is strange, but he answers patiently to hundreds of questions of diverse levels of IQ and good/ill-will. Put

Re: [Vo]:Experts have concerns about an upcoming Wiley physics textbook

2011-02-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... By the way, I am just Mr. Rothwell. No PhD. My background is linguistics, programming, and translating Japanese technical articles into English. Methinks Jed is shilling a unique proposal of his own: How to Read Japanese for Dummies I bet you'd be good at it too. ;-) Regards

Re: [Vo]:The Wicked Problem

2011-02-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Robin: ... Note that as Hydrino molecules shrink, the protons get closer together, so their magnetic fields get stronger. If the magnetic field increases with the inverse cube of the distance, and the distance itself goes with the inverse square of the primary quantum number, then that

Re: [Vo]:an unofficial Rossi E-cat test

2011-02-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Peter Gluck: As I wrote in my Ego-Out blog 2011 is a very bad year for skeptics. By the way Bob Park is ignoring the subject with great enthusiasm. Yes indeed. More than a month has passed by and Park's conspicuous silence on this matter strikes me personally almost as if it is a kind of

[Vo]:Rossi and the micromanaging bug

2011-02-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed recently pondered: He [Rossi] would gain much more credibility if he would only allow the NRL to test his machine, but I doubt that will happen. I do not understand why, but he does not want more independent tests of his machine. It sure makes him look bad, doesn't it? I am, of course,

Re: [Vo]:Joshua Cude does not believe in the scientific method

2011-02-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Just a comment to Jed and Abd, and a few other patient participants. I've enjoyed being a spectator to this thread. I guess that makes me somewhat of a sadist. By all means continue clarifying all the misconceptions being spewed out from this particular thread. Many of you have harder skulls

Re: [Vo]:Joshua Cude does not believe in the scientific method

2011-02-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Abd: ... Younger scientists are becoming educated in what actually happened in 1989-1990. ... The skepticism is most entrenched among physicists, who seem to be unwilling to acknowledge that there might be something happening that they don't understand. The irony here is that

Re: [Vo]:Russian Oilies Invest in LENR

2011-02-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
As Terry pointed out in: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/cold-fusion-predicted-10-yrs-183 Excerpt: Igor Goryachev, a scientist from Research Institute of Nuclear Instrumentation, Russia, said there has been considerable interest in LENR projects in his country. “Interestingly, oil

Re: [Vo]:Russian Oilies Invest in LENR

2011-02-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: Yes, but you are discounting the fact that the Russian oil tycoons are nouveau riche.  Russia's Siberian Khatru has been a long time in development and they many not have the mindset that exists in Western Oilers. Hmmm... Should we welcome the mindset of Russia's Siberian

Re: [Vo]:Yes, cold fusion is a fringe subject by the standards of Wikipedia

2011-03-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Abd sez: ... It means nothing about the science itself. As Jed has pointed out, there is a definition of mainstream that's different. Judging mainstream has to do with publication by independent publishers who are dedicated to general science or to some particular science (or engineering.)

Re: [Vo]:Aviso Ponders Open Sourcing his Self-Running Electric Car Technology

2011-03-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Robin sez: ...sounds to me as though he is tapping into the Van Allen belt energy. This is the resonant transfer concept. Oh dear! If this takes off I bet one can wager their suntan lotion that in another hundred years or so or we'll experience a Van Allen shortage and increases in skin

Re: [Vo]:Anticipating skeptical objections to a 1 MW demonstration

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones ... Others apparently feel as I do, that a device that cannot be safely unplugged makes me nervous. Yes. Nuclear reactors (fission type) make me nervous. I wouldn't want to live near one. Indeed, the current lack of a clear understanding of the engineering (and theory) involved

Re: [Vo]:Anticipating skeptical objections to a 1 MW demonstration

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones ... Others apparently feel as I do, that a device that cannot be safely unplugged makes me nervous. Yes. Nuclear reactors (fission type) make me nervous. I wouldn't want to live near one. Indeed, the current lack of a clear understanding of the engineering (and theory) involved

Re: [Vo]:Anticipating skeptical objections to a 1 MW demonstration

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: From Jones: Yes. Your fear would be shared by the majority in the USA, and that is likely to be the major reason that Rossi is not doing it here. He knows he would not see this device sold here during his lifetime, due to the NRC. I think you are exaggerating the power of the

[Vo]:OT: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hey, Jed and all, Have you all seen the following commentary: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/04/amazon.free.kindle/index.html?hpt=C2 http://tinyurl.com/4catda6 Excerpt: Last year, nearly $1 billion in e-books were sold, according to

Re: [Vo]:OT: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/04/amazon.free.kindle/index.html?hpt=C2 http://tinyurl.com/4catda6 Additional excerpt: According to Kelly, Bezos merely smiled and said, 'Oh, you noticed that!' And then smiled again. ... Make it

Re: [Vo]:OT: Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindle

2011-03-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jed: ... If they were to give away the Kindle hardware gadget at this stage, I imagine the government anti-trust people would look askance. Amazon would be giving away the gadgets at a substantial loss, and I suppose regulators would see that as an unfair way to squelch competing

Re: [Vo]:Latest Rossi news at PESN

2011-03-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: Note: Rossi told me he would demonstrate the unit in Florida. I wouldn't.  It could be confiscated on the basis that is poses a radiation threat to people in the US.  I'd just ship it and test it there. From Noone Noone That would be a huge win. If they confiscate it then

Re: [Vo]:Latest Rossi news at PESN

2011-03-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: Terry Blanton wrote: I don't trust our government. I trust the government most of the time, in most situations. It is no worse than General Motors or Toyota, and much better than most Wall Street investment firms. ...except in Wisconsin. We are currently experiencing technical

[Vo]:CNN.COM: The race to make the world's strongest magnet

2011-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Worth reading: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/03/09/rare.earth.magnet.race/index.html?hpt=Sbin Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

[Vo]:Off Topic: Wisconsin Republican Senators create an unprecedented outrage, history being made

2011-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/user/OrionworksVideos?feature=mhum#p/u In the dark of the night, without notice to the public, without any debate, without even printing copies of the bill, 18 Republicans used procedural trickery to strip hundreds of thousands of workers in Wisconsin of their collective

Re: [Vo]:Off Topic: Wisconsin Republican Senators create an unprecedented outrage, history being made

2011-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
This is the more interesting footage: http://www.youtube.com/user/OrionworksVideos?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/UJBbdVJ9G0U http://www.youtube.com/user/OrionworksVideos?feature=mhum#p/u In the dark of the night, without notice to the public, without any debate, without even printing copies of the

[Vo]:JAPAN

2011-03-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed, My heart goes out to you and any family, extended family, friends and associates you might know living in Japan. When you can please let us know the status of Japan from your unique perspective and knowledge base. It's my understanding certain nuclear plants have been shut down... mostly

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on-line QA posted

2011-03-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Just another excellent opinion being express here... (MINE, of course!) There seems to be much discussion about tactics and MOs... and, sigh..., I think we miss the most important point of all. Much of Rossi's predilections, warts and all, strike me as highly altruistic in nature. Altruism is a

Re: [Vo]:Rossi on-line QA posted

2011-03-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... As the VISA commercial goes: Priceless. MasterCard! People like you are the bane of public relations departments. Here the MasterCard company spends millions to promote their brand, and you confuse their ads with the competition's. (That happens all the time.) Aw shucks,

Re: [Vo]:Number 2 reactor core fully exposed

2011-03-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Japan's nuclear tragedy will of course bring into question the wisdom of constructing new nuclear power plants in the U.S., and just when it was beginning to experience another renaissance. There has been a push to develop Thorium based reactors, a technology that can't produce nuclear bombs. It

Re: [Vo]:Prediction of a winner

2011-03-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Jones The only winner in Japan from this tragedy will be Toshiba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_4S Excerpt: The technical specifications of the 4S reactor are unique in the nuclear industry.[2] The actual reactor would be located in a sealed, cylindrical vault 30 m (98 ft)

Re: [Vo]:Energy Catalyzer on Wikipedia

2011-03-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Esa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Catalyzer Succinct, and to the point. I wonder how long it will take before the anti-CF police take notice and proceed to correct it. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:The story/development of the E-cat continues in Greece

2011-03-17 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Peter I know it is not in English, I am using Google Translate What language is the source written in? Doesn't appear to be Italian or Russian. Can you help me out here? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

[Vo]:PESN: Welcome Worry-Free Nuclear Power: Rossi's Energy Catalyzer

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Title: Welcome Worry-Free Nuclear Power: Rossi's Energy Catalyzer March 17, 2011. http://pesn.com/2011/03/17/9501791_Welcome_Worry-Free_Nuclear_Power--Rossis_Energy_Catalyzer/ http://tinyurl.com/63tavuv I love the E-Cat mock-up (conceptual interpretation). Looks like a tiny fridge. Regards

Re: [Vo]:Bismuth telluride as a topological insulator

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones, I did my best to comprehend the gist of your post. It was a complicated read for me. Perhaps you can distill portions of it down to my comprehension level. ;-) Are you implying that the so-called Rossi effect does not actually involve any kind transmutation what-so-ever? I'm a little

[Vo]:Defkalion Green Technologies plans to install a 1MW E-Cat in a Factory in Xanthi, Greece

2011-03-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Free Energy Times: Translated from Greek (I believe): Defkalion Green Technologies Preparing Factory in Xanthi, Greece to Build Rossi/Focardi Energy Catalyzers

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