Following up on Jed's comments: Conjecture that Rossi has been, in a sense, indirectly obfuscating some of his own results - as if to throw the bloodhounds off of his scent trail has been discussed to some extent within the Vort Collective. I suspect there is some merit to such conjecture.
It's a form of disinformation. Disinformation is used all the time in warfare, both the hot and cold kind. Businesses use disinformation to confuse and baffle their competition all the time as well, so why wouldn't Rossi avail himself to exploiting the same tactics. Under the current circumstances, particularly where control over Rossi's little-understood technology could easily be pirated, Rossi would be naive not to employ disinformation tactics. Indirectly allowing his technology to appear bogus in the eyes of the scientific community through Rossi's repeated inaction of following inadequate scientific protocols, of not generating a sufficient amount of scientific evidence, is a tactically expedient way of dealing with potential competitors. Rossi, IMHO, is not naive. Also consider the possibility that Rossi may not even have to be deliberately pursuing this kind of a disinformation campaign. The fact that it's pretty well understood that Rossi's possesses a mercurial/intuitive temperament, a temperament that often does not seem to lend itself to the rigors of following proper scientific protocol, and well... the rumor mill will take care of the rest. The result is that conjecture that Rossi might be a con artist cannot be completely overruled. Add to the fact that anyone who is inclined to be suspicious and/or cynical of the actions of others, particularly where the evidence appears to have been obfuscated - the only conclusion that would make any sense to such observers would be that Rossi must be a fake. Meanwhile, as a business venture, all Rossi really needs to accomplish is to convince prospective investors of the fact that his controversial technology, however flawed and incomplete it may be, is authentic and repeatable. If prospective investors are allowed to bring in their own trusted experts (as they appeared to have been able to do at the Oct 28 demo), and if those trusted experts come away convinced that Rossi's technology is for real, the investor will sign on the dotted line and Rossi wins. It doesn't matter one damned hoot if the scientific community, skeptics and scoffers continue to hoot and holler and scream "FOUL" and "SCAM!". Rossi will be laughing all the way to the bank, while Rossi's investors realize the distinct possibility that they have acquired a potential competitive technological edge over their rivals. Under the circumstances, such investors are probably inclined to remain discrete. They will probably continue the charade a little while longer. They will use that time to secretly tinker away in their own R&D labs in an effort to improve on the technology to the point that it can be commercialized. The question we should be asking ourselves is as follows: Is Rossi a con artist? Only Rossi's investors know. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
