Re: [Vo]:Speculation: Where is Rossi allegedly manufacturing his eCats?

2012-02-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Susan, > I can't believe how so many people are still after Rossi's tales, puzzling > about customers, factories, partners, certifications, patents and so on. > Here a hint about Rossi's ecat factory location. > Enjoy :) http://www.santa.net/help-elves-make-toys/ I enjoyed the Santa tour.

[Vo]:IBM: We're on the cusp of the Quantum Computing revolution (video)

2012-02-29 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Might be of interest to some here: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/28/ibm-quantum-computing/ Sounds like it would certainly speed up some of my own computer simulation work. ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Nature Editorial: If you want reproducible science, the software needs to be open source

2012-02-29 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Harry: >> From OrionWorks: >> What I can say is that the new system involves an alternative way of >> graphing out a periodic orbit - where you plot an "elliptical" orbit on a >> TIME-LINE chart. The orbital distance is the "Y" vertical value and the >> horizontal "X" value is the time va

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion shutting down their forum .. again

2012-02-29 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From DGT: > The situation now is different in that our openness > creates problems that can damage the success of this project. ... Some may agree, and some may disagree with DGT's stated reasons for closing their forum. Personally, I'm surprised that DGT actually had a controversial forum of

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion shutting down their forum .. again

2012-02-29 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>> Personally, I'm surprised that DGT actually had a controversial forum >> of this nature up and running for as long as they had. > > The odd thing is:  it's not closed yet.  I just posted a message.  WTF? They must like you, Terry. ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzl

Re: [Vo]:Nature Editorial: If you want reproducible science, the software needs to be open source

2012-03-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I have another update concerning my on-going theoretical research into characteristics of celestial mechanic algorithms. Last Wednesday I mentioned the fact that another way to graph an elliptical orbit (an orbit that obeys Kepler's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd laws) would be to plot the satellite's distance

[Vo]:Next Big Future interviews Steven Krivit

2012-03-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Next Big Future: March 02, 2012 Steven Krivit and the troubling case of Andrea Rossi http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/03/steven-krivit-and-troubling-case-of.html As one might expect, Krivit's assessment of Rossi is fairly damning. OTOH, read the following concluding Q&A: NBF - Question 12:

Re: [Vo]:Requesting recommendations on Web Authoring tools & animation generation packages

2012-03-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
A WORD PRESS question for Jed, I'm still reviewing the pros & cons of using "WORD PRESS". I'm seriously leaning towards using it. It looks like my web host provider supports it. Just about every provider does! WORD PRESS is very popular. I'm still a little puzzled over what options are available

Re: [Vo]:Requesting recommendations on Web Authoring tools & animation generation packages

2012-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Robin: > I have never used WordPress, but any browser can also access files on your > local > PC without needing to install an http server. Just click on File on the menu > and > choose the Open (File?) option. I would guess that WordPress can access local > files as "file://" rather than

Re: [Vo]:Requesting recommendations on Web Authoring tools & animation generation packages

2012-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed, A follow-up question: Since you were forced to roll up your sleeves and get dirty wrestling with the unwieldiness of using WORD PRESS to manage the content of the huge LENR database, this begs the question: At what point, in your opinion, does the size of the content one manages become a ser

Re: [Vo]:Requesting recommendations on Web Authoring tools & animation generation packages

2012-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > ... Doing web pages in plain HTML is not a walk in the park. > I am used to it so it seems easy, but my wife cannot begin > to maintain her site. Getting my wife to use html, let alone an actual 3D keyboard (she's getting pretty good at typing out messages on her iPAD) would be groun

Re: [Vo]:Requesting recommendations on Web Authoring tools & animation generation packages

2012-03-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: ... > I used to know a guy who developed Intel CPU chips. > This was before the Internet exploded. He said: > "We are in a race with Microsoft. We make the CPUs > faster and faster so that Microsoft can bog them down > with more and more useless code." Nowadays we make > the Internet eve

Re: [Vo]:Requesting recommendations on Web Authoring tools & animation generation packages

2012-03-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hi Jed, and Mark, I should have prefaced the original subject line with "OT" Off Topic. I think that would have resolved the issue - except perhaps for a few Vort purists. ;-). My apologies for not having doing so in the first place. Again, I want to thank several Vorts for the plethora of advice

Re: [Vo]:Florida Investigates Rossi

2012-03-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Terry: > "0.511 MeV photons are not dangerous.  I use them to heat my pasta for lunch." Meaning, you nuke your lunch in a microwave oven? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Krivit- Florida and Rossi-- Hmmmmmm

2012-03-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
> Greetings Vortex, > > I think that this hasn t  been posted yet: > http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2012/03/12/trouble-for-andrea-rossi-and-his-e-cat/ Also posted here: http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Critics-Attempt-to-Damage-Rossis-E-Cat-with-Unfounded-

Re: [Vo]:Krivit- Florida and Rossi-- Hmmmmmm

2012-03-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>> I think that this hasn t  been posted yet: >> http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2012/03/12/trouble-for-andrea-rossi-and-his-e-cat/ > > Also posted here: > > http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Critics-Attempt-to-Damage-Rossis-E-Cat-with-Unfounded-Complaints.htm

Re: [Vo]:Size Matters

2012-03-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Terry: > From the Planck Length to the Universe with interactive zoom: > > http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html Great road trip. Thanks, Terry. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat Horror

2012-03-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Peter: ... > I am sorry but Nancy Grace was completely unknown to me. Then you are most fortunate. ;-) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Sterling Allan drops his support of Rossi

2012-03-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Robert, >> http://energycatalyzer3.com/news/rossi-loses-major-supporter-lets-reporter-into-his-home ... > It doesn't make any sense to switch to supporting DGT. >The company was formed as part of the Rossi venture. > Either they're both scams, or neither are. As a cautionary tale, I am re

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat Horror

2012-03-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hi Peter, In regards to who is Nancy Grace, all that is really relevant to the discussion in hand is that she is considered a highly controversial "legal commentator" within the United States. Grace's "legal commentary" show is currently broadcasted and hosted on locations like CNN.COM. Proponent

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi def

2012-03-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Terry: >> I fully expect that in the near future we are likely to see bigger >> versions of the iPad, one that will also contain the same level of >> high resolution. > > Actually, the next one is smaller: > > http://tabtimes.com/news/ittech-manufacturers/2012/03/13/samsung-official-reported

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat Horror

2012-03-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: > Really?  I thought she [Nancy grace] was a dancer > who suffered a "wardrobe malfunction". "Wardrobe malfunction?" Ahh, no... I think that would be more in reference to Janet Jackson's Super Bowl half-time presentation. Alas, we now have a generation of traumatized viewers that will

Re: [Vo]:March 22, 23

2012-03-16 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed, ... > Conferences are fine. They serve their purpose, which is to inform > scientists. But the only way cold fusion will ever be pushed into the > mainstream will be with commercial production of cold fusion devices. > I hope that Defkalion or someone else brings that about. I infer f

Re: [Vo]:I Will Get Puppets, Snakes (and Clowns)

2012-03-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Recently from: > Andrea Rossi > March 27th, 2012 at 8:13 AM > > Dear Antonella: > We know perfectly who some puppeteers are: our intelligence system > is working together with the Law Firm we have engaged for this issue. > We are collecting and analyzing every single phrase the Puppets, > Snakes (

Re: [Vo]:I Will Get Puppets, Snakes (and Clowns)

2012-03-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Andre: ... > darn, I get confused. > who are the puppets? and who could be the puppeteers? That's a question best answered by the "master" himself, Heinlein. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppet_Masters Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:I Will Get Puppets, Snakes (and Clowns)

2012-03-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
> Like many here, Rossi assumes (or knows) Krivit is actually controlled by > some group or people / institution / organization, called his puppeteers. It > must me them, then, that he wants to target eventually. This is just my take, but I seriously, SERIOUSLY, doubt Mr. Krivit is being controlle

Re: [Vo]:I Will Get Puppets, Snakes (and Clowns)

2012-03-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Abd: > The man is insane. > > If it happens that he's rich (i.e., he's got that plant open and is selling > to the public, which implies that the device is working and is reliable), > he'll be a bit dangerous, but that's life. He will then be an > attractive target for countersuits. He

[Vo]:Brillouin Energy making waves

2012-03-29 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Next Big Future: (This may have already been reported here.) http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/03/brillioun-energy-closing-to.html * * * * Brillouin Energy has been able to develop a control system that allows a reaction to start and stop, and run in a steady state mode. In April, they will b

Re: [Vo]:Should there be a prediction market for LENR?

2012-03-30 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From pagnucco: ... > People who buy low and sell high are rewarded for improving the market > prediction, while those who buy high and sell low are punished for > degrading the market prediction. Evidence so far suggests that prediction > markets are at least as accurate as other institutions pr

Re: [Vo]:It's "only" chemistry

2012-04-11 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jones: > The most interesting distinction in all of physics comes into focus with > Ni-H, assuming that it is NOT a nuclear reaction (as normally understood). > There is no proof that Ni-H is primarily nuclear, and many indications that > it is not, and there are also indications that there

Re: [Vo]:Toyota demos 60 km/l hybrid prototype

2012-04-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Terry: > I don't know if everyone keeps up with the market; but, are you aware > that there are four models of Prius available?  The latest I have seen > is the Prius C, a smaller version of the Prius 3G with a 53 mpg city > rating.  It's available in four trim levels starting at $18,900. >

Re: [Vo]:Toyota demos 60 km/l hybrid prototype

2012-04-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed, ... > The plug-in version is sold in the U.S. with very limited availability this > year: > > http://www.toyota.com/prius-plug-in/?srchid=K21577_p417641580 > > I think it is more widely available in Japan. > > I think there will be a real problem with gas going stale. For urban use, I >

Re: [Vo]:North Korea tells its people about the failure, for the first time

2012-04-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > See: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-a-first-north-korea-tells-its-people-about-a-failure/2012/04/13/gIQA4g8WET_story.html > > QUOTE: > > "[T]his time, unlike after previous failures, North Korea didn’t manufacture > a tale about a technological triumph and a s

Re: [Vo]:International Conference "The Atom Unexplored" - May 4th, 2012

2012-04-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Akira, > I forgot to add that all this information came from 22passi: > http://22passi.blogspot.it/2012/04/latomo-inesplorato-torino-4-maggio-2012.html Jones sez: > Fabulous cover-art image - reminiscent of a Serpinski fractal - Menger > sponge. etc. > Metaphorical to the Casimir-instigat

Re: [Vo]:International Conference "The Atom Unexplored" - May 4th, 2012

2012-04-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>> From Akira, >> >> > I forgot to add that all this information came from 22passi: >> > http://22passi.blogspot.it/2012/04/latomo-inesplorato-torino-4-maggio-2012.html ... >> The link is blocked where I work. > I screwed it up. It should be http://www.1proxy.de Both sites are blocked as well. Dr

Re: [Vo]:International Conference "The Atom Unexplored" - May 4th, 2012

2012-04-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Akira, ... > Try this: > http://i.imgur.com/zTn9A.jpg Cover Image came through. Thanx. Some of the imagery is in the style of the famous artist: M. C. Escher's work. Vaguely, that is. http://www.mcescher.com/ http://www.mcescher.net/ Escher was way ahead of his time. He created meticulo

Re: [Vo]:Can a Box Fly?

2012-04-25 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed asks: We see that a box can fly. But can a fly box? Well, my cat Zoey sez: "Can I has a fly box?" http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=3409411 I suspect a human is required to assist in the "lift" Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:Last Day of April ... where are the Defkalion test reports?

2012-04-30 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > Tests have been performed. The people doing them would prefer > to keep everything quiet for a while longer, for good reasons. I suppose if I were in their shoes I'd want to keep a lid on a lot of of this stuff as well. Considering how much bad press combined with rampant speculation

Re: [Vo]:Correspondence about the rejected paper

2012-05-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
That was a juicy read, Jed. FWIW, I know someone who's employed at the National Science Foundation. He's an old Science Fiction fan/friend we've known for decades. He reviews funding grant proposals for promising new science projects. It's a position that wields a lot of responsibility and power.

[Vo]:BlackLight Power, Inc. Announces First Commercial License in Europe

2010-04-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
FYI: I'm surprised Mr. Carrell has not yet alerted us to a recent BlackLight Power announcement: "BlackLight Power, Inc. Announces First [seventh over-all] Commercial License in Europe with GEOENERGIE SpA, Energy Subsidiary of Geogreen Non-Exclusive License to produce up to 750 MW of continuous p

Re: [Vo]:checking my understanding of Lorentz contraction

2010-04-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Fran I see that Horace has already spoken definitively on the subject of "shrinkage." ... > ... so say I widen one dimension of the eye large enough > for the basketball but keep the other dimension just > wide enough for the pancake to slip through – assuming > I got my orientation dead o

Re: [Vo]:checking my understanding of Lorentz contraction

2010-04-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Mr. Lawrence ... > For example, if we dig a spherical chamber in the center > of a planet, there will be *no* gravitational "field" > within that chamber caused by the mass of the planet. > However, the gravitational potential is lower in that > chamber than it is on the surface, and clocks

Re: [Vo]:checking my understanding of Lorentz contraction

2010-04-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > Gravity or acceleration slow down time. They are one and the same in general > relativity theory. > > If you start with 2 atomic clocks synchronized together, and you move one up > 10 m to another floor, that causes it speed up slightly, and diverge from > the one below. It is amazing

Re: [Vo]:Two arrested in Mallove murder

2010-04-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: > "More arrests are anticipated in the case." > > Geeze, it was a conspiracy. As the old saying goes: "It takes a village to raise a child." Likewise, I'm sure it takes an extended family to run a successful crack ring. The in-laws are always a problem. Have you watched any episodes

[Vo]:OT (sort of) H.P. Sees a Revolution in Memory Chip

2010-04-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/science/08chips.html Excerpts: PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard scientists on Thursday are to report advances in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing transistors as computer chips shrink closer to the atomic scale. ...

Re: [Vo]:why is this object glowing?

2010-04-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Someone ought to let R. Mills in on the anomaly. I bet he might be interested. Mr. Carrell! Do you still have his ear? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:A new book bashes cold fusion

2010-04-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > An alert reader sent me this. > > This author seems beyond the pale. I am not even going to bother contacting > him. ... > In a new book a recognized "skeptic" compares cold fusion researchers to > global warming deniers and creationists: > > Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science Fr

Re: [Vo]:A new book bashes cold fusion

2010-04-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Abd sez: Please excuse a rather tasteless attempt on my part to dissect a small sample of Abd's prose. OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: >http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/59867.Jeremy_Bentham > >I find myself speculating whether Bentham, had he existed in our >century, w

Re: [Vo]:Fisher comments on Rossi blog

2010-04-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Abd: ... > I'll say that I'm skeptical of the criticism as well as of > the Rossi effect. But I'd need to know more to say something > that might actually be cogent about it. Nevertheless, when > has the prospect of sticking my foot in my mouth stopped me? Admitting that we are powerless t

Re: [Vo]:[OT] Noah's Ark Found in Turkey

2010-04-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: > http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2949640/Noahs-Ark-found-in-Turkey.html > > THE remains of Noah's Ark have been discovered 13,000ft up a Turkish > mountain, it has been claimed. > A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say they have > found wooden remains on Mou

Re: [Vo]:[OT] Noah's Ark Found in Turkey

2010-04-27 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Mr. Lawrence sez: ... > Let's back up, and say it took 150 days. Then how "torrential" must the > rain have been?  It must have been 15,000/150 = 100 inches per hour. > > That's just under 2 inches *per* *minute*, everywhere on Earth, > continuously, for 150 days and nights. > > Uh, huh. > >

Re: [Vo]:[OT] Noah's Ark Found in Turkey

2010-04-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Speaking of OT stories and other enduring mythologies, I suggest the following blog entry from the Science Fiction author John Scalzi: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/11/12/your-creation-museum-report/ A bunch of his fans chipped in together and paid for his ticket to go visit the Creationist Mus

Re: [Vo]:Bushnell (NASA) comments on cold fusion

2010-05-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Fro Abd: ... > In other words, Bushnell's approach is sound, whether or not his assessment > of W-L theory is sound. Agreed. I wish Mr. Bushnell & Co. happy hunting. I hope the count-down had begun. ;-) > I'd really like to see a decent explanation of W-L theory that addresses the > obvious pro

Re: [Vo]:Just for fun...

2010-05-19 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones sez: > In the (non-ecclesiastical) category of 'nothing new under the sun' > > Here is an article that many vortician 'flamers' will surely like. I have a > vague memory of trying something similar, many years ago without success. > > http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/F

[Vo]:McKubre and Beaty in the news

2010-06-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
FYI, My Google News on "Cold Fusion" brought me the following link: Free Science Public Day Challenges Mainstream Ideas Including Einstein and Bernoulli Theories Excerpts: "Guest speakers include Ron Hatch on GPS without relativity, Dr. Michael McKubre of 60 minutes fame on Cold Fusion, Neal Ad

Re: [Vo]:Nickel beta decay as a driver for LENR

2010-06-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
This has been an interesting thread to read. It has left me wondering if the scientific CF/LENR community could be close to discovering a major "transmutation" principal, a major physics principle which may turn out to have been responsible for generating a LOT of excess, reliable heat over the yea

Re: [Vo]:News Flash - BLP behind BP conspiracy

2010-06-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones sez: > And I know that you will believe every word of it … > > http://fascistsoup.com/2010/06/08/there-is-a-broader-conspiracy-over-the-bp-oil-spill/ The blogger concludes: > Now I shall provide my abject speculation: > > I think BP intentionally destroyed the well in order to bring about

Re: [Vo]:News Flash - BLP behind BP conspiracy

2010-06-10 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: ... > Honestly, they [Japan] should have had enough sense to attack the Dutch only, > instead of Pearl Harbor. I doubt the U.S. would have declared war on Japan > over > colonies of an occupied European country. Interesting conjecture, Jed. I recommend you send your hypothesis to Har

Re: [Vo]:Shermer quotes Goodstein on cold fusion

2010-06-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: > Someone responded in the Shermer article with a number of intemperate > remarks, calling the cold fusion researchers a "ragtag band of washed up, > senile, incompetent, and/or deceptive losers." When people say that sort of > thing they usually lose a debate by default. > > I posted one

Re: FW: [Vo]:David Bushnell promotes W-L theory

2010-07-06 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Francis, > It sounds like Bushnell is making a savvy political move in promoting the > W-L theory. The theory is purportedly based on a bedrock of classical > physics and any experiments based on this theory are likely to provide a > better understanding of the underlying cause. More importa

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Interview with James Bagian, NASA astronaut turned patient safety expert

2010-07-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > This guy is a genius. He is an engineer, an anesthesiologist and a NASA > astronaut. Here is a splendid interview with him: > > http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/06/28/risky-business-james-bagian-nasa-astronaut-turned-patient-safety-expert-on-being-wrong.aspx

Re: [Vo]:The Spill

2010-07-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: > From a different perspective, the amount spilled at this writing is > equal to 4 hours and 16 minutes of oil consumption by the US. I don't know whether to feel relieved or appalled. Are you continuing your vigil? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/ori

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC "Merchants of Doubt"

2010-07-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Kyle Mcallister: Regarding the "WOW" incident. > If it was an interstellar communication and it happened to > impinge on earth . . . Needless to say, field anthropologists studying primitive anthropoids have been told countless times never to make deliberate direct eye contact. Making dire

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC "Merchants of Doubt"

2010-07-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones sez: > From: mix...@bigpond.com > >>There is at least one alien species bending over backwards to contact us, >> and we are just as vigorously sticking our collective heads in the sand. >> I am referring to crop circles. > > You can't be serious, Robin > > After all, isn't it obvious why

Re: [Vo]:Somewhat OFF TOPIC "Merchants of Doubt"

2010-07-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I think both Jed and Jones have expressed important concepts often glossed over by many. There is Jed's down-to-earth commentary regarding the fact that all too often we have an arrogant tendency to dismiss just how incredibly smart and perceive our own ancient indigenous population had been in so

Re: [Vo]:Entangled Bodies

2010-07-30 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From terry: > Uniting science and spirituality: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kingsley-dennis-phd/quantum-consciousness-the_b_647962.html > > > > After nearly 20 years of experimental research, Fritz-Albert Popp put > forward the hypothesis that biophotons are emitted from a coherent > elect

[Vo]:BLP looking for "Battery Development Scientist/Engineer"

2010-08-06 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
BLP looking for a Battery Development Scientist/Engineer http://cleantechjobs.cleantechies.com/a/jbb/job-details/362181 If I understand the reference, the job description was posted Aug. 5, 2010... very recent! I guess that might be considered a good sign. Whatever... Regards Steven Vincent Joh

Re: [Vo]:A prominent CQM (BL) critic capitulates

2010-08-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
The original retraction from John Connett appears to be out at HSG Hydrino Study Group Forum, maintained by Luke Setzer (my apologies for misspelling Luke's last name): http://forum.hydrino.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=312&sid=851e1815295c5d93648887358ed4869f Luke replied: "I am locking and stickyin

Re: [Vo]:A prominent CQM (BL) critic capitulates

2010-08-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jones: > In all fairness - has Randy ever apologized, or even lamely rationalized to > his few ardent supporters, his specific plan for a demonstration unit of the > gas phase (micro-turbine) device in six months? I am referring of course to > the infamous Art Rosenblum interview of 1997. >

Re: [Vo]:A prominent CQM (BL) critic capitulates

2010-08-09 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Fran: > I am still a fence sitter at HSG but just wish Mills would get the same > treatment as Arata-Zhang, Haisch-Moddel and other researchers in this field. > The Mills GUT may or may not be correct but it is obvious from results that > he is on a similar path to other researchers and c

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Related to the benefits of sharing scientific freely I have a related topic that I think is of interest to many here who occasionally publish their findings - if not their opinions on various eclectic matters. As we all know, one of the visions of Star Trek was the introduction of a paperless worl

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: ... > I just bought my wifey a nook from bn.com and she loves it.  It has > part color and park e-ink.  It's about $140 with wifi only but I got > her the 3G + wifi for $190.  It has a beta internet browser and is > android based so look out for future aps.  Right now it does multiple

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Good comments, Jed, Of particular interest to me would be electronic formats that facilitate the most accurate rendering & placement of not only raw graphics (i.e. pictures & paintings, etc...) but also charts and graphics. The former format, which is essentially rasterized, can be problematical w

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: ... >> The excuse I'm sticking to is that I have an aversion against writing >> sentences that seem to possess double negatives. It's not that I'm no >> writer! > > "Could not care less" is not a double negative.  It means you don't > really give a hoot.  "Could care less" means that y

Re: [Vo]:Scientists discover benefits of sharing information

2010-08-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: ... > As I recall Acrobat does have vector graphics capabilities -- for numeric > graphs and the like. Peter Hagelstein once sent me a paper in Acrobat with > graphs in that format. You could blow up the page to any size and the graphs > still looked splendid. I do not recall seeing any

Re: [Vo]:Doh ! (slaps forehead) !

2010-08-31 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
It seems to me that both Jones and Jed have pointed out valid perceptions concerning the future of employment and standard of living issues. I offer a fable of sorts: Simple economics tells us that if you pay one hundred workers (out of a total work force of 200) 100 credits a week to work 40 hou

Re: [Vo]:Advances Offer Path to Further Shrink Computer Chips

2010-09-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Speaking of the history of IBM 360 architecture... My first job out of college in 1978 was working for Wisconsin Department of Revenue as a LTE (Limited Term Employment) computer programmer. My job was to maintain programs that ran on an IBM Model 360-20. Our 360-20 sported 32k of doughnut memory,

Re: [Vo]:Rubbia recommends thorium fission to fix energy crisis

2010-09-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > Wish he would get back to cold fusion. See: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/7970619/Obama-could-kill-fossil-fuels-overnight-with-a-nuclear-dash-for-thorium.html This is a fascinating article. The article reveals the stupidity shown by prevailing political agendas that

Re: [Vo]:Doh ! (slaps forehead) !

2010-09-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Following up on Jed's recent commentary... It's logical to assume that as automation and cheaper energy resources generate more goods and products (both tangible and intangible) what would be considered the "basic necessities of life" will systematically begin including additional entitlements tha

Re: [Vo]:Doh ! (slaps forehead) !

2010-09-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jed sez: > I have no doubt whatever that if the human race survives > another few thousand years this replicator will be made. > The trend is already as clear as anything can be in > technology. The whole point of technology is to achieve > something like this. From the first stone age tools we >

Re: [Vo]:Jobs Obama trying to create and pictures from PA that say it all

2010-09-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I agree with Robin's speculations concerning global redistribution of wealth across the planet. Speaking of John's suggestions, I'm also certainly in favor of all kinds of increased space exploration in whatever flavor we could negotiate out of congress. Insofar as developing new forms of employme

Re: [Vo]:Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW)

2010-09-21 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Quite baffling. I love the amount of conjecture this tiny little transportation device has spontaneously generated within the Vort Collective. Nice to see that the Vort juices haven't completely atrophied. Creative conjecture of this sort seems to have been kind of sparse lately! ;-) I still remain

[Vo]:Mercury's perihelion precession, a question for Vort

2010-09-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I haven't been able to get a clarification to a vexing question concerning Mercury's perihelion precession-al orbit, specifically the angular direction such observations manifests as. For example, hypothetically speaking here, let's pretend we have a space ship and have stationed it approximately 9

Re: [Vo]:Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW)

2010-09-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From John Fields, ... > Note that with the wind pushing the cart and the pitch of > the propeller as shown, the wind would, intuitively, be > forcing the propeller to rotate counter-clockwise as > viewed from the rear of the cart. > > However, such is not the case. > > What's really happening is

Re: [Vo]:Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW)

2010-09-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Lawry, ... > I wonder what race committees will say when a sailor shows > up with this rig. Thinking of John's explanation, though, > I suppose it will not work as there won't be any torque > transmission from the wheels to the prop. Paddle wheels! "My parrot can squawk out Steamboat Will

Re: [Vo]:Mercury's perihelion precession, a question for Vort

2010-09-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Mauro, Thanks for pointing me to the analysis work of Mathis. At present, I don't know if I can make practical use of his mathematical findings or not. It's probably going to make my brain hurt for quite a spell while attempting to get the gist of it all. To clarify what I have been doing: For se

Re: [Vo]:?CENSORSHIP? re: NASA's BPP Russian version

2010-09-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Don't forget about evil blue skinned Syrians and their insidious army of nanobots that have infiltrated all sectors of our society. http://www.godsebook.org/notes.html Do not trust the color: blue Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:NREL estimates U.S. offshore wind resources at 4,150 GW

2010-09-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: > See: > > http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/45889.pdf > http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/nrel-says-offshore-wind-could-power-the-u-s-four-times-over On the surface such statistics appear to be very encouraging. I would speculate (as well as hope) that aft

Re: [Vo]:Mercury's perihelion precession, a question for Vort

2010-09-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hi Mario, At present I don't believe that the way I'm applying the use of Newtonian-like Celestial Mechanics (CM) algorithms can be applied to accurately modeling the retrograde orbital characteristics observed in planets like Mercury. At present all I can say is that I find it interesting that si

Re: [Vo]:Mercury's perihelion precession, a question for Vort

2010-09-23 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Mauro, I agree that numerical/finite-based simulations can never model real systems like our solar system in the absolute sense. At present I'm certainly not trying to model such systems, at least not in the strictest sense. The best that models like mine can ever hope to achieve would be to gener

Re: [Vo]:Messages not getting through

2010-09-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
> Did anyone see the link to the N. Y. Times article I just sent, about the > plasma fusion scientist they arrested? > > - Jed Yes, The story has been broadcast on several news outlets. I originally heard about it on NPR. Makes one wonder if we had taken his route... would "fusion" have turned ou

[Vo]:OT (sort of): The Power of Graphics Processing Units May Threaten the World's Password Security System

2010-09-28 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Speaking of SPAM, yet another headache we may all need to pay closer attention to... our own passwords. http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/casestudy/Teraflop-Troubles-Power-Graphics-Processing-Units-GPUs-Password-Security-System http://tinyurl.com/25as5pf Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.co

Re: [Vo]:any thoughts on this new steorn video where 2 engineers and a physicist are baffled at their 308% overunity results?

2010-10-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
I haven't been following this claim as closely as perhaps I would otherwise, being on vacation out in the Rockies and such. I've heard statements that this configuration allegedly produces an OU measured at around 3.0 or such. On the surface that seems like an incredible amount of excess "energy"

Re: [Vo]:the "show me" state

2010-10-12 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed: >  Here is another good article in the Columbia Daily Tribune: an editorial > "Cold fusion will it work?" > > http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/oct/11/cold-fusion/ Good follow-up comments, Jed. I was especially amused (and somewhat exasperated) with the comments attributed to W

[Vo]:Miles Mathis' work on "The Electron Orbit"

2010-10-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
FYI, A couple of days ago I sent a message off to Miles Mathis, mentioning the fact that I just finished reading his paper on "The Electron Orbit." See: http://milesmathis.com/elorb.html In this paper Miles has presented interesting concepts pertaining to what he believes is actually repulsive b

Re: [Vo]:Volt Mileage Dismal

2010-10-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Terry: ... > Shall we call that a baby step, and a mighty expensive one > ($43k with charger) at that? ... > I suppose if you have a 15 mile commute, you might opt for the Volt. I work for Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and I walk to work. Takes me approximately 15 minutes. I th

Re: [Vo]:We'll Never Make 2012

2010-10-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Robin sez: >>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/13/2010-10-13_mystery_shiny_objects_floating_over_manhattan_spark_ufo_frenzy.html > > What's the matter with these aliens, these were barely visible, haven't they > seen "Independence Day"? ;) This reminds me of Douglas Adam's brief & trag

Re: [Vo]:We'll Never Make 2012

2010-10-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry sez: ... >> As the entire fleet bore down on Earth, as they entered our >> atmosphere, they were eaten by a dog. > Being an dyslexic atheist, Doug was clearly ashamed to admit that it > is a god which protects us. > > :-) Being a dyslexic agnostic honorary part-time zen Buddhist myself I

Re: [Vo]:Miles Mathis' work on "The Electron Orbit"

2010-10-15 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Robin: ... >>A couple of days ago I sent a message off to Miles Mathis, mentioning >>the fact that I just finished reading his paper on "The Electron >>Orbit." >> >>See: http://milesmathis.com/elorb.html > > Unfortunately this is wrong. He talks about electrons appearing to "swim > upstream

Re: [Vo]:OT: Will physical books be gone in 5 years

2010-10-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Comments from Jed: ... > The painter Raphael Soyer was conservative about the arts, and > strictly representational, but interestingly enough he thought > the greatest graphic artist of the 20th century was Ingmar Bergman. > I thought so too. I am pretty sure that was the minority view in > the f

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