>From Jones:
... > In a nutshell, small changes in internal stress as it > relates to compressive strain could provide continuous > heating due to quantum fluctuations which are a well-known > feature of these cavities. When the medium is fermion-like, > it releases energy, but when it is boson-like it absorbs > "negative" energy in 6.8 eV quanta. My grasp of the nitty-gritty physics involved is tenuous at best. (Anything that involves a mathematical power greater than "^2" tends to give me, as well as my computer simulations, conniptions!) Nevertheless, I acknowledge the fact that powers greater than "^2" DO exist, and that they effectively predict the behavior of physics. I also understand what is implied by taking advantage of a theorized "asymmetry" alleged to be discretely hiding within the system - just waiting to be exploited. Introducing a temporary deviation, this kind of research reminds me of... In my own Finite Element Method Magnetic computer simulation studies one of the personal tenants that was finally driven home to me was the apparent fact that static forces, no matter how powerful those forces might be measured to exist at, do not in themselves allow for the extraction of exploitable excess energy. I was never able to discover anything close to an "asymmetry." People keep trying finesse an "asymmetry" out into the open... I've tried for years as well... but to no avail. I gather there has occasionally been intriguing speculation focusing on the possibility that if we were to acquire a better understanding of how magnetic viscosity operates within certain magnetic materials we might be able to exploit the theoretical existence of an obscure little understood asymmetry through clever constructions of purely mechanical / cyclical systems. It's conceivable that those crazy Dublin guys employed at Steorn might actually be following up on this line of research (along with many other lines of research), but who really knows. To the best of my knowledge no one has yet been able to prove that an asymmetry hides within the folds of magnetic viscosity. From what I have read up on, (and, granted, what I've read is probably limited) magnetic viscosity seems to operate mostly like a time delayed damper field. It's like friction - a delayed reaction. I have not been able to perceive where an "asymmetry" could possibly exist let alone be finessed out of such "viscosity" characteristics. But that's just my current opinion on the matter. I suspect a major reason PM research in this area remains undeveloped is the fact that I doubt there exists competently designed simulation software that reliably "models" all the subtle nuances that might be associated with magnetic viscosity. Keep in mind some of these viscotic-like effects happen very fast! You can't simulate a reliable time-line based models if the phenomenon attributed to viscosity is itself not well-understood, let alone incorporated into the software. Incidentally, years ago I recall seeing an obscure but intriguing You-Tube video of someone attempting to spin a 1 to 2 inch permanent magnet between a series of asymmetrically assembled ferrite bars or disks. At one point the PM started to speed up all on its own. It spun erratically fast before finally petering out several seconds later. There was something definitely odd about the behavior of this magnet... something highly unusual. I wish I had been able to save the short clip. BTW, I'm NOT referring to the work of the individual named Nicoli Telsla's (aka spelled backward's). * * * But now, getting back to speculations on Casimir heating or cooling effects, how much evidence exists that might allow us to speculate on the proposed validity that the materials involved, which are being heated up and cooled, are capable of switching back-and-forth between boson-like and fermion-like states? I could see how an asymmetry might be introduced into the system - IF such transitions DO occur. But DO they? Better yet, CAN they? Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
