These guys (NI) know what they are doing. No BS with them. It works, it
works right and it works all the time. Brilliant move.
AG
On 11/11/2011 12:04 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Bravo!
I hope it is true.
This is exactly the right thing to do. You have to hand it to Rossi.
He has good technical judgement. Reckless, but good. Mizuno, Ohmori
and Fleischmann are the same way. McKubre says Fleischmann's
experiments scared the pants off of people.
A person does not design a biofuel Diesel engine without knowing a lot
about thermodynamics and practical engineering, and without being a
good judge of how to Get Things Done. Rossi works fast. He isn't
afraid to change the design as often as needed, even if it means he
has to scrap a pile of reactors. That is the mark of a good
experimentalist. People like that are great at innovation, although
they drive the production department crazy. My grandfather was like
that. His brother-in-law, who was in charge of production and sales,
used to tell him: "Stop inventing new stuff! We haven't even recovered
the cost of setting up to make what you just came up with!"
I just wish Rossi would pay more attention to needs of customers and
to PR. If he has teamed up with NI, that is exactly the right way to
bolster customer confidence in the safety and reliability of the
equipment.
- Jed
