I can confirm what Akira says, Daniele has explained me too. Re bad (worts)news, my guess was that the Rossi recipe will be published in the big US, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Brazilian, Canadian and Eschimoo press this week- but this was not confirmed. So let's forget it. Peter
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Patrick Ellul <ellulpatr...@gmail.com>wrote: > I have watched the Voyager show many times and it deals with various > scientific topics in a serious way. It is a respected show. If the e-cat > featured on Voyager, it would be a good thing not a bad thing. > > I'm still not convinced about Passerini's "inside italian joke" u-turn. > But anyway, no proof either way, until Passerini cares to explain! > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Giovanni Santostasi < > gsantost...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here a typical episode about UFO sightings in the '70. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbLJRMOaCA&feature=related >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Akira Shirakawa < >> shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2012-01-29 22:43, Patrick Ellul wrote: >>> >>>> I really doubt that it was a joke. I understand italian and italian >>>> culture very well. And he was talking very seriously. he mentioned >>>> videos. and posted twice about it. So if it was a joke, it needs >>>> explanation. Otherwise maybe he found out that the bad news he had was >>>> not true, and is now claiming he was joking earlier. >>>> >>> >>> I probably used the wrong term: not really a joke, but something that >>> only the Italian audience would understand. I think (but I'm not sure) >>> Daniele was referring to the chance that the E-Cat (and cold fusion in >>> general) might be discussed on a local TV show called "Voyager" [1][2] >>> which investigates conspiracies, paranormal activities, UFOs, mysteries, >>> etc. >>> >>> As far as I understand this show deals with the subjects treated with >>> excessive credulity and almost total lack of skepticism in a sort of >>> flamboyant style, and for this reason it is often ridiculed and parodied >>> [3] by the rest of the media and not taken very seriously by them and the >>> informed public. >>> >>> So, if footage of the E-Cat and people involved with it or LENR and cold >>> fusion in general were to appear in this show, both them and their >>> supporters would be mocked up by skeptics for some time; just in Italy, >>> however. >>> >>> Anyway, this is just my speculation and educated guess by reading other >>> related comments on that site, I'm not sure if it's really what he was >>> referring about. It might as well been tongue-in-cheek that I didn't get. >>> >>> [1] >>> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Voyager_%28programma_**televisivo%29<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_%28programma_televisivo%29> >>> [2] http://www.voyager.rai.it/ >>> [3] >>> http://www.youtube.com/**results?search_query=kazzenger<http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kazzenger> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> S.A. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Patrick > > www.tRacePerfect.com > The daily puzzle everyone can finish but not everyone can perfect! > The quickest puzzle ever! > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
