[Vo]:COVID19 Scenario Explorer

2020-03-22 Thread Charles
'We are a research group at theBiozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland . We are broadly interested in evolution, ecology, and population genetics with a focus on rapidly evolving pathogens such as HIV, influenza virus, or pathogenic bacteria.' https://n

[Vo]:A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence

2020-03-25 Thread Charles
This paper published in November 2015 appears relevant to the current pandemic The authors report on the experimental creation of a chimeric virus that could not be neutralised by vaccine; they include various US epidemiologists, the FDA and 2 Chinese researchers from Wuhan - presumably the lat

Re: [Vo]:Better than N95

2020-04-04 Thread Charles
Maybe not such a good idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiYbXsIcI7E On 05/04/2020 00:35, Terry Blanton wrote: I found an old Hoover HEPA vacuum bag and thought to make a mask.  Then I Googled the idea.  Nothing new under the sun.  HEPA spec is 300 nm but test show them effective down to 50

[Vo]:Active Denial at 95 GHz

2020-04-08 Thread Charles
"Active Denial Technology uses radio frequency millimeter waves at a frequency of 95 gigahertz. Traveling at the speed of light, the millimeter wave directed energy engages the subject, penetrating the skin to a depth of only about 1/64th of an inch, or the equivalent of three sheets of paper.

Re: [Vo]:Active Denial at 95 GHz

2020-04-09 Thread Charles
Thanks. The claim in the marketing blurb of 'penetrating the skin to a depth of only about 1/64th of an inch', if approximately accurate, suggests a highly efficient dielectric heating effect, then. Compare with lower frequencies: for example, a mobile phone at around 2 GHz will heat the brain

Re: [Vo]:The Origin of SARS-CoV-2

2020-04-16 Thread Charles
The following paper from Chinese researchers indicates that  the genome of SARS-CoV-2 is '96% identical to the bat coronavirus BatCoV RaTG13': https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6485/1444 Presumably, any plausible hypothesis as to bat origin of SARS-CoV-2 has to explain the 4% of diffe

Re: [Vo]:Solution to the Pandemic! And the next one...

2020-04-21 Thread Charles
I had imagined every adult did this, but it turns out to be cultural: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340050986_The_Impact_of_Cross-Cultural_Differences_in_Handwashing_Patterns_on_the_COVID-19_Outbreak_Magnitude On 21/04/2020 21:50, ChemE Stewart wrote: How about just wash with soap :)

Re: [Vo]:OT (really) - Re: How to filter messages

2017-07-26 Thread Charles
A former East German I once talked to at a conference banquet opined that in both democratic and autocratic systems similar personality types will end up as leaders, but in a democracy there is a mechanism to remove them. With that in mind, the historical Tibetan approach of picking, at random,

[Vo]:Stephen Hawking obituary

2018-03-13 Thread Charles
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-obituary

Re: [Vo]:They say liquid water can't be hotter than boiling...

2011-07-16 Thread Charles Hope
I would have guessed the water would stop swirling within 10s, long before boiling, which in my oven I attain by setting it to 5:30. > The reason for swirling it was just that a lot of microwave ovens seem to > heat from the top, and if you don't get it swirling, you end up with a cup of >

Re: [Vo]:ColdFusionNow reports support for research from influential person in Italy

2011-07-27 Thread Charles Hope
Among all the Millises and the Millses, I'd say Milli was practically born for this field. Sent from my iPhone. On Jul 27, 2011, at 16:04, Jed Rothwell wrote: > See: > http://coldfusionnow.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/viareggio-cold-fusion-conference-science-politics-and-an-italian-competitor/ >

Re: [Vo]:Kimbler's Parts

2011-08-01 Thread Charles Hope
Was going to blog about this tonight. The punchline is that, contrary to the graph, the isotopic composition is very terrestrial. Sent from my iPhone. On Aug 1, 2011, at 13:37, Terry Blanton wrote: > Like Art's Parts, these artifacts of the Roswell crash show isotopic > anomalies: > > htt

Re: [Vo]:Passerini's Prediction

2011-08-03 Thread Charles Hope
Consider how futile it should be to make a prediction six months out, as Rossi did regarding October, if reliability was still being addressed the entire time. That does not smell right. One can only predict confidently about well controlled processes. Why arbitrarily box oneself in like that?

Re: [Vo]:[Political OT]: Global negative income tax

2011-08-06 Thread Charles Hope
It's not reserved for poor countries, but weak countries. Thus, poor Libya, having given up its nuclear ambitions, gets smacked around with a large trout, whereas poor DPRK is allowed to fire missiles randomly around its region, and it receives a finger wag. Craig, truly brilliant post. Sent

Re: [Vo]:[Political OT]: Global negative income tax

2011-08-06 Thread Charles Hope
Sent from my iPhone. On Aug 6, 2011, at 18:54, "OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson" wrote: > > > ... They don't want to hear about the fact that when government employees > "spend" their money it boosts the economy in exactly the same manner as what > would be "spent" from individuals

Re: [Vo]:What the Breakup Means

2011-08-07 Thread Charles Hope
Quite impressive for a company we were told was thrown together hastily this spring. Sent from my iPhone. On Aug 7, 2011, at 13:39, Akira Shirakawa wrote: >>> They have dozens of experts and hundreds of millions of dollars, and a >>> board of directors that would be suitable for any Fortun

Re: [Vo]:Greek press report: Defkalion has not applied for license or safety testing

2011-09-03 Thread Charles Hope
If I understand the translation, this means that Defkalion never requested permission to build a plant where it was thought they would. How does this reflect poorly upon Rossi? Sent from my iPhone. On Sep 3, 2011, at 10:56, Susan Gipp wrote: > Another evidenche that the whole e-cat story is

Re: [Vo]:I love Obama, great speach on jobs, patents too

2011-09-10 Thread Charles Hope
One can make the case that displaced old workers can't be retrained, and so should be kept alive on transfer payments, but their children should be able to take part in the new economy, as software workers, so there should never be a permanently displaced class. Sent from my iPhone. On Sep 1

Re: [Vo]:More drama: open letter to Christos Stemmenos from Defkalion GT

2011-10-14 Thread Charles Hope
I'm sorry, but how does Stremmenos' letter ruin Rossi's chances of obtaining damages? Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 13, 2011, at 15:42, "Jones Beene" wrote: > Thanks, Akira ... More drama indeed! Move over, James Bond there is new > poker-faced gambler in town. > > This is looking almost like

Re: [Vo]:The style is the man himself.

2011-10-17 Thread Charles Hope
I'm just interested in what kind of unpowered system can use insulation to increase its temperature after the power has been shut off. It seems to me Jed has a point. Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 17, 2011, at 21:37, Robert Leguillon wrote: > Mr. Rothwell never attacked me personally. He

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Customer is not who is?

2011-10-22 Thread Charles Hope
Maybe there was an acquisition since the arrangement was made. Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 22, 2011, at 12:29, Peter Gluck wrote: > If somebody can understand this. please explain: > > Mattia Battistich > October 22nd, 2011 at 9:59 AM > Dear Dr. Rossi, > 1) A few weeks ago I remember readi

Re: [Vo]:Hey, it didn't blow up! And by the way, there does seem to be a permit.

2011-10-28 Thread Charles Hope
Jed, in your opinion, why does Rossi bother with these demoes, if they don't impress fence sitters, and he doesn't need new investors? Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 28, 2011, at 22:37, Jed Rothwell wrote: > I wrote: > > This test has been a colossal disappointment. > > I know Rossi pretty w

Re: [Vo]:Faith!

2011-11-02 Thread Charles Hope
I'm interested in your criticisms of mainstream physics. Is there widespread agreement with your opinions on, say, QED? If not, what is preventing mainstream physicists from seeing it? Sent from my iPhone. On Nov 1, 2011, at 4:25, Danny Ross Lunsford wrote: > My strongest reason for believ

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Charles Hope
Granted that Rossi is producing anomalous heat, nevertheless absolutely everything else about this story stinks to high heaven. The conundrum which nobody can decipher is why someone with a real effect, or a scammer, would operate in such a bizarre manner. The only conclusion left is that the ef

Re: [Vo]:a modest proposal

2011-11-14 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 14, 2011, at 14:04, Mary Yugo wrote: > My working theory on why he behaves that way is that he's scamming. There are two problems with that. He's shifty and does not inspire confidence. He's not taking all the money he's being offered.

Re: [Vo]:Let Rossi Be Rossi?

2011-11-14 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 14, 2011, at 20:12, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Charles Hope wrote: > > > Rossi can be devious, but I have not seen any evidence that he lies about > engineering data. Except that you wrote > Mind you, the list of his statements we compiled includes some diametr

Re: [Vo]:Stop Destroying Keyboards

2011-11-15 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:17, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Many things about Rossi make no sense. He is not a predictable person, and > not easy to understand. His motivations are obscure. He is complicated. His > business practices seem risky and ineffective to me. He does many things that > make him

Re: [Vo]: UK's DECC "Monitoring the sector" (LENR)

2011-11-18 Thread Charles Hope
Moving into acceptance? Seems to me that governments are taking the same policy of Cude, Yugo, and Park. On Nov 18, 2011, at 0:09, "Craig Brown" wrote: > I never said they DID believe Rossi. This has nothing to do with Rossi, "this > sector" refers to LENR in general where Rossi is only o

Re: [Vo]:How should I demonstrate LENR, if I can reproduce it?

2011-11-19 Thread Charles Hope
Rossi said he'd sell to anybody except the military. On Nov 19, 2011, at 23:17, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: > On 11/20/2011 2:30 PM, Mary Yugo wrote: >> What Rossi could do would be twofold. First, ally himself with some deep >> pockets. > > Deep pockets? How much deeper can you get but the mili

Re: [Vo]:How should I demonstrate LENR, if I can reproduce it?

2011-11-19 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 20, 2011, at 0:52, David Roberson wrote: > > I made a good faith effort to explain the system to one of them to no avail. > That particular one refused to discuss the operation of Rossi's 1 MW system > in details point by point. > It is apparent that he realized that his argument wa

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat guy: Hire a local HVAC engineering company!

2011-11-20 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 20, 2011, at 13:05, Mary Yugo wrote: > > > And why in the world would you trust people who install large industrial > devices? In my experience they have a lot of practical knowledge on how to > do their jobs according to instructions and protocols but not the formal > education t

Re: [Vo]:its been great

2011-11-20 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 20, 2011, at 18:45, Akira Shirakawa wrote: > On 2011-11-21 00:33, Daniel Rocha wrote: >> Jed, that is NOT possible. He would still see people answering the same >> things over and over again. What makes MY annoying is not the arguments, >> but the repetition. But the repetition is not on

Re: [Vo]:its been great

2011-11-21 Thread Charles Hope
I've tossed a few posters into my filter, generally for an excess of unamusing puns, but I never understood the theory of compounding the annoyance with long announcements of same. On Nov 21, 2011, at 0:56, Jouni Valkonen wrote: > Apparently, Mary is less pathological case than Cude, but pr

Re: [Vo]: ECAT 1 MW Test Discrepancy

2011-11-23 Thread Charles Hope
I'm finding Cude's responses informative in this thread, and it seems to me that he's adequately proven his case now that dispute has been withdrawn. On Nov 23, 2011, at 17:49, David Roberson wrote: > This is getting a bit out of hand. It does not make sense for me and this > poster to con

Re: [Vo]:Report on Rossi's visit to Boston

2011-11-24 Thread Charles Hope
So far, nobody seems to be able to predict Rossi's actions as well as Mary can. The rest of us are stumped, but her hypothesis explains the behavior. On Nov 24, 2011, at 17:07, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: > We don't know that was what went down. > > AG > > > On 11/25/2011 8:03 AM, Jed Rothwel

Re: [Vo]:Report on Rossi's visit to Boston

2011-11-24 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 24, 2011, at 19:49, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Mary Yugo wrote: > > I'm curious. How do you think Rossi protects his IP when he sells 100 of the > E-cats in a batch to an unnamed client. > > I answered that question already. Please reread my message. > He claims to have a self-destruct

Re: [Vo]:Short report on Kullander's cold fusion lecture

2011-11-24 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 23, 2011, at 23:08, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: > Sign a contract for delivery, put your money into Escrow and do what ever > Black Box test you wish. What is so hard to understand? > > AG What's hard to understand is how Rossi will prevent you from chopping open your new ecat, analyzing

Re: [Vo]:Short report on Kullander's cold fusion lecture

2011-11-24 Thread Charles HOPE
t; quoting public 10 kW system at $0.54 / Watt with a min life of 20 years. > Wonder what he quotes for 100 MWs? > > AG > > > > On 11/25/2011 2:59 PM, Charles Hope wrote: > >> On Nov 23, 2011, at 23:08, Aussie Guy E-Cat >> wrote: >> >> Sign a co

Re: [Vo]:Report on Rossi's visit to Boston

2011-11-25 Thread Charles Hope
a scammer, arriving to the conclusion that MY is also a scammer seems > almost unavoidable. > > Which water car are you selling, MY? > > MY theory is the simplest! > > :- :-) :-) > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Mary Yugo wrote: > > > On Thu

Re: [Vo]:Krivit provides details of deal Celani offered Rossi and Rossi's rejection of it

2011-11-26 Thread Charles Hope
Rossi is a businessman who wants to make money. Solid testing would be awesome marketing but he doesn't want to attract attention, yet he invites AP reporters to observe tests. He doesn't need black box tests because he already has customers, and though a satisfied customer is the best marketin

Re: [Vo]:Leonardo Corporation is a Paper Company

2011-11-26 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 26, 2011, at 21:07, Craig Haynie wrote: > > > 5) The registered address for the Leonardo Corporation is 8 Town Farm > Rd, New Boston, NH. > > https://www.sos.nh.gov/corporate/soskb/Corp.asp?414253 > > And there's nothing there. > What does this mean? There's no building at the addres

Re: [Vo]:Why Rossi's E-cat is claimed to have a COP of around 6

2011-11-26 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 26, 2011, at 19:52, Berke Durak wrote: . > > Actually, some women will find your statement offensive - are ladies > precious flowers unable to speak up for themselves and that should be > protected from vulgar language? Absolutely. And American ladies never, ever use foul language. We

Re: [Vo]:Leonardo Corporation is a Paper Company

2011-11-26 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 26, 2011, at 22:32, Jed Rothwell wrote: > If you are talking about his experimental results, I will stop believing them > when: > > 1. When Mary Yugo finds a stage magician who can tell us how to fake this, > even when the machine is opened up to inspection. Opened up to exactly how

Re: [Vo]:Krivit provides details of deal Celani offered Rossi and Rossi's rejection of it

2011-11-27 Thread Charles Hope
That's fine, but then Rossi and his believers need to quit complaining or expressing alarm when folks see this misdirection and reasonably interpret it as evidence of a scam. They should admit that fraud is a rational conclusion. On Nov 27, 2011, at 13:05, "OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnso

Re: [Vo]:Krivit provides details of deal Celani offered Rossi and Rossi's rejection of it

2011-11-27 Thread Charles Hope
Ok, replace "evidence" with "reasonable indication", but I believe the original point remains. On Nov 27, 2011, at 16:16, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Charles Hope wrote: > > That's fine, but then Rossi and his believers need to quit complaining or >

Re: [Vo]:Lattice Energy LLC comments on Rossi

2011-11-27 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 26, 2011, at 23:25, Jed Rothwell wrote: > This is an outrage! I object! Larsen called me "the textually prolific > Internet poster-commenter Mr. Jed Rothwell." Textual, yes. Prolific, sure. > But I do not post on the Internet. This is a mailing list, not the Internet. Joking, yes?

Re: [Vo]:Lattice Energy LLC comments on Rossi

2011-11-27 Thread Charles Hope
I mean, you're joking that vortex isn't the Internet. On Nov 27, 2011, at 18:42, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Charles Hope wrote: > > Joking, yes? > > No, I believe Larsen is serious. It is hard to judge. > > - Jed >

Re: [Vo]:Put your money where your mouth is - for charity

2011-11-28 Thread Charles Hope
Institutions don't like to become irrelevant. They would reverse their policy and eat crow before that. They would claim they believed in its possibility all along, but were waiting for conclusive evidence. But they wouldn't fade into obscurity without making an attempt. On Nov 28, 2011, at

Re: [Vo]:As a guide

2011-11-30 Thread Charles Hope
On Nov 30, 2011, at 0:22, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: > We exchange emails several times a day. It doesn't concern you at all that this brilliant engineer is taking hours each day to answer what must be hundreds of such emails? Maybe he should hire an assistant to work the front of the house?

Re: [Vo]:Rossi clarification on Bianchini

2011-12-03 Thread Charles Hope
How else do we know what the instruments said, but by recording them? On Dec 3, 2011, at 16:06, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Mary Yugo wrote: > > Ah. Depends on how much you trust that when Rossi says it's off, it's > really off. Remember the "stable! stable!" video. > > I trust the instrume

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion tells a reader : visit us

2011-12-14 Thread Charles Hope
Ha! No soup for you, Mary! And no, you can't have anybody else's, either. I'm sure whoever visits will be sworn to secrecy. To protect the trade secrets, of course, because they don't have a patent on what they're about to mass produce! On Dec 14, 2011, at 19:38, Alan J Fletcher wrote: >

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion tells a reader : visit us

2011-12-14 Thread Charles Hope
Yeah, I was wondering if anyone would notice the irony. On Dec 14, 2011, at 21:27, Mary Yugo wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Charles Hope > wrote: > Ha! No soup for you, Mary! And no, you can't have anybody else's, either. > > I'm

Re: [Vo]:Bob Park is back!

2011-12-15 Thread Charles Hope
It's not relevant, because his criticism is against innumeracy, which applies to such delusions as astrology and homeopathy, but not cold fusion, where the most serious advocates are scientists, who certainly know their differential equations. Why would anyone mention cold fusion in 2011, and

[Vo]:CF as a historical phenomenon

2011-12-15 Thread Charles Hope
Are there any examples of pathological science persisting 20 years without being properly debunked? Are there any examples of new science remaining on the fringe for 20 years before being finally accepted into the mainstream?

Re: [Vo]:Will the Media Choose the Winners of LENR?

2011-12-16 Thread Charles Hope
What happened to these men and their device? How can a functional generator fail to be mass produced all these years later? On Dec 16, 2011, at 13:15, "Jones Beene" wrote: > Robert > > Ø Before the courts determine a victor, who will the "people" identify as > the inventor? I believe that

Re: [Vo]:Miley and other professors can only take money from official sources

2011-12-20 Thread Charles Hope
Tiresome accusations like this ought to be banned from this list. Have you ever once seen a paycheck cut for the job of Internet trolling? Really? Really? Because it sounds like an awesome part time job, frankly. On Dec 19, 2011, at 8:10, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: > Cude what does this have

Re: [Vo]:Mathematical modeling versus a blacksmith

2011-12-23 Thread Charles Hope
Another secret contact! Why can't your friend create a throwaway hotmail account like anyone else? On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:27, Mary Yugo wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:37 AM, David Roberson wrote: > Hello Mary, > > I wonder if you could ask your source to explain the bump in the curve >

Re: [Vo]:A new and baffling "Rossi said"

2011-12-24 Thread Charles Hope
The very first act I'd do is run my own home and office from the technology. In winter the windows would be wide open to enjoy the fresh air as we roasted in the balmy heat pouring from my heaters that were attached to nothing. That's just me. On Dec 24, 2011, at 12:57, Mary Yugo wrote: >

Re: [Vo]:Mathematical modeling versus a blacksmith

2011-12-24 Thread Charles Hope
If you wrap the link in , it should better survive travel. On Dec 24, 2011, at 12:21, Mary Yugo wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Mary Yugo wrote: > > Sometimes email clients are not kindly to links and interpret/parse them > badly! > > >

Re: [Vo]:Mathematical modeling versus a blacksmith

2011-12-24 Thread Charles Hope
e no trouble with any other posts, only those 2. I have received many > links before with no issues. > > Dave > > > If you send me the bad links, either privately or on the list, I'll rewrite > them as "tinuyurls". > > @Charles: You wrap what in &

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-25 Thread Charles Hope
Have you yet revealed your name, or the name of your company? On Dec 25, 2011, at 19:48, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: > I support McKubre's "Conservation of Miracles" or as I put it, "Different > Dog, Same Leg Action" ;) > > AG > > > On 12/26/2011 11:04 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: >> On Sun, Dec

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-25 Thread Charles Hope
low profile, which > I trust you understand. > > AG > > > On 12/26/2011 11:24 AM, Charles Hope wrote: >> Have you yet revealed your name, or the name of your company? >> >> >> >> On Dec 25, 2011, at 19:48, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: >> >

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-26 Thread Charles Hope
On Dec 26, 2011, at 16:57, Mary Yugo wrote: > With Rossi and Defkalion truly acting and writing like clowns, it's not hard > to see why there is no major press coverage or much of anything else going > on, a full year after the original announcement and hoopla. And Aussie > Guy's extravag

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-26 Thread Charles Hope
On Dec 26, 2011, at 22:10, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > Then there is that pesky Coulomb barrier. What I found, though, was that > there was ample opinion among quantum physicists that it was possible that > the unexplored conditions of condensed matter just might provide some pathway > arou

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Hope
How's that? According to what theory? On Dec 27, 2011, at 11:01, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Jouni Valkonen wrote: > >> If I have understood correctly, the correlation is meaningless, because >> there are orders of magnitude too tiny amounts of helium compared to >> observed heat. >> > > You do

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Hope
org/ > > and enter "Miles helium" and "McKubre helium". > > > On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Charles Hope wrote: > >> How's that? According to what theory? >> >> >> >> On Dec 27, 2011, at 11:01, Jed Rothwell wrote: >>

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-27 Thread Charles HOPE
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: > > > The conventional D+D fusion reaction, using mass differences, is: > > D + D --> 4He + 23.847 MeV > > OK, I get it. Am I correct that the conventional theory says this reaction doesn't really occur (it's either 3He + n, or 3H + H), or i

Re: [Vo]:care less

2011-12-27 Thread Charles HOPE
http://incompetech.com/gallimaufry/care_less.html On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:57 PM, wrote: > In reply to OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Tue, 27 Dec > 2011 > 10:56:38 -0600: > Hi, > > Quote: > "I think they will care less about any theoretical arguments that" > > This is

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-27 Thread Charles HOPE
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > At 01:35 AM 12/27/2011, Charles Hope wrote: > > > On Dec 26, 2011, at 22:10, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax >> wrote: >> >> > Then there is that pesky Coulomb barrier. What I found, though, was >> tha

Re: [Vo]:We have FPE cells

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Hope
I'm going through Takahashi this week. How could a BEC exist at room temperature? On Dec 27, 2011, at 22:41, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > Bose-Einstein Condensate

Re: [Vo]:Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC)

2011-12-29 Thread Charles HOPE
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: > > On Dec 27, 2011, at 9:05 AM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: > > Horace, >> >> Thanks for the comment. >> >> What is needed are some toy models with some simple simulations. >> I will check out your theory. >> Do you believe any "new physi

Re: [Vo]:Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC)

2011-12-29 Thread Charles Hope
On Dec 29, 2011, at 20:09, Horace Heffner wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Charles HOPE wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Horace Heffner >> wrote: >> >> On Dec 27, 2011, at 9:05 AM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC)

2011-12-30 Thread Charles HOPE
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: > > > > The deflated state electron, pre-fusion, is not below ground state energy. > It is a degenerate form of the ground state, or whatever state the > hydrogen nucleus and associated electron occupy in the lattice. > How can the groun

Re: [Vo]:Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC)

2011-12-30 Thread Charles Hope
What is Takahashi analogue to the deflated electron? On Dec 30, 2011, at 13:21, Daniel Rocha wrote: > Your theory is just too similar to what I imagine that should happen in Phase > III that I get confused. You are correct in your stuff, but you don't use > many equations, mostly your intuit

[Vo]:How I propose to encode math in vortex discussions

2011-12-31 Thread Charles HOPE
(You'll have to visit the URL at the end to follow the post's links) For a surprisingly long time, communicating rich mathematical formulas has been difficult on the Web, in e-mail, or in plain text discussion groups. There are two tools that take the pain out of this process. Writing Codecogs o

Re: [Vo]:What will convince Joshua Cude?

2011-02-24 Thread Charles Hope
It seems like the field needs a new improved experiment showing helium/heat. Joshua, can you specify some parameters that would convince you? Sent from my iPhone. >

Re: [Vo]:What will convince Joshua Cude?

2011-02-24 Thread Charles Hope
Isn't it more likely that the skeptics simply think the field is a joke, rather than that they're intimidated by the weight of the positive evidence? Sent from my iPhone. On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:52, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > At 01:30 AM 2/24/2011, you wrote: >> Not being able to concede a

Re: [Vo]:Yes, cold fusion is a fringe subject by the standards of Wikipedia

2011-02-27 Thread Charles Hope
There is no mathematical definition of fringe. A topic is fringe if the majority of scientists subjectively feel it is. Wikipedia is an excellent tool for judging such mass subjectivity. Sent from my iPhone. On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:29, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Let me add that we are talking a

Re: [Vo]:Gravity as an Electrostatic Force by Professor Gupta

2011-02-27 Thread Charles Hope
One wonders how this accounts for the curvature of light under the influence of gravity. Sent from my iPhone. On Feb 27, 2011, at 15:08, Ron Kita wrote: > Greetings Votrex-L: > > Possible: Gravity Modification or Gravitational Shielding ? > > There is an interesting paper by Professor R

Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Charles Hope
So why is it bad to have spent fuel around active fuel rods? Sent from my iPhone. On Mar 15, 2011, at 20:32, Terry Blanton wrote: > I was puzzled what was going on with F4. Now I understand. The spent > fuel ponds not only protect spent fuel; but, they temporarily store > active fuel rods wh

Re: [Vo]:Vector form of centripetal acceleration in terms of v and v'

2011-03-28 Thread Charles Hope
Describe in what way? How was the Wikipedia page insufficient? Sent from my iPhone. On Mar 27, 2011, at 20:52, David Jonsson wrote: > Can someone help me? > > More specifically: I need to be able to describe the acceleration component > perpendicular to the direction of the flow. > > http:

Re: [Vo]:About isotopic ratio on spent fuel (E-Cat)

2011-04-17 Thread Charles Hope
If the waste is identical to the fuel, that means no reaction involving it actually occurred, by definition. The material is at best merely a catalyst for a reaction with other fuel and waste. Sent from my iPhone. On Apr 15, 2011, at 22:52, Axil Axil wrote: > The scam status of the Ross

[Vo]:A wiki for compiling Rossi's hints

2011-04-17 Thread Charles Hope
I'll look into setting up a wiki, which will be more convenient than passing around a word document. Sent from my iPhone.

Re: [Vo]:A wiki for compiling Rossi's hints

2011-04-17 Thread Charles Hope
le for the purely textual components... > > please contact me if you would like to collaborate / contribute... > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 23:21, Charles Hope > wrote: >> I'll look into setting up a wiki, which will be more convenient than passing >> around a word document. >> >

Re: [Vo]:A wiki for compiling Rossi's hints

2011-04-17 Thread Charles Hope
ki.com/index.php/Directory:Andrea_Rossi's_Cold_Fusion_Energy_Catalyzer_(E-Cat):_Frequently_Asked_Questions > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Esa Ruoho wrote: > Hear hear! > > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Charles Hope > wrote: > I'll l

Re: [Vo]:A wiki for compiling Rossi's hints

2011-04-18 Thread Charles Hope
Ok that's the sort of possible issue I was referring to in terms of their policies being acceptable. I have a domain already and can have a mediawiki set up there probably this weekend, if others share your concerns. If you would prefer to do it, or can get it up faster, feel free. Sent f

Re: [Vo]:RE: Rothwell goes into brain freeze - Thermal power.pdf

2011-04-19 Thread Charles Hope
Expert opinion, indeed. Not bad enough that the box is black but we're reacting to a secret report shown only to Levi, the contents of which can only be guessed at? Sent from my iPhone. On Apr 20, 2011, at 0:14, "Jones Beene" wrote: > Robin. > > My initial reaction is that the assumptions

Re: [Vo]:RE: Rothwell goes into brain freeze - Thermal power.pdf

2011-04-20 Thread Charles Hope
I was referring to the report Jones Beene refers to, unseen, by an unnamed author, which uses thermodynamics to raise questions. Sent from my iPhone. On Apr 20, 2011, at 9:58, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Charles Hope wrote: > >> Expert opinion, indeed. Not bad enough that the box

Re: [Vo]:Spring constant in plasma oscillations

2011-04-24 Thread Charles Hope
I didn't see tensors mentioned in the Wikipedia page. Tensors of what degree? Wouldn't you be dealing with a distribution of them anyway? Sent from my iPhone. On Apr 24, 2011, at 10:28, David Jonsson wrote: > I have really found a bad thing. On the link below they talk about effective > ma

Re: [Vo]:The 12.4 kW claims of January 14 wrong?

2011-04-30 Thread Charles Hope
This very interesting paper http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~srf/isotopes/li1.pdf is all about isotope ratios varying from region to region. Sent from my iPhone. On Apr 30, 2011, at 15:56, "Jones Beene" wrote: > From: Jed Rothwell > > > > > > Ø Anyone reviewing the astronomical da

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Charles Hope
That's the mini supernova argument. We don't know what's inside the reactor, but we know it doesn't resemble a supernova, so we are obliged to assume that any copper found is just regular copper that migrated. It's way too fanciful to assume otherwise at this point. Sent from my iPhone. On

Re: [Vo]:A brief discussion on Permanent Magnet Motor configurations

2011-05-14 Thread Charles Hope
The aether that was debunked a century ago, or a different one? Sent from my iPhone. On May 13, 2011, at 21:53, John Berry wrote: > > Well, explain how it is to be tested and we'll give it a shot. > > T > > > My opinion is that the conservation of energy is generally accurate and than >

Re: [Vo]:Beene and Blanton: Self-Runnier vs. 1 MW plant : Duel to the Death!

2011-05-14 Thread Charles Hope
Where was this suspicious pre-demo mentioned? Sent from my iPhone. On May 13, 2011, at 22:48, "Jones Beene" wrote: > No disagreement to speak of - not to mention in a couple of months I might > be arguing Terry's position and he might have mine. But the truth will out, > and therefore let m

Re: [Vo]: Why did the engineer Rossi beat all the scientists? WAS: Rossi bets the farm on Ni62?

2011-05-19 Thread Charles Hope
Is there anyone who believes Mills' hydrino theory who also understands quantum mechanics? Sent from my iPhone. On May 15, 2011, at 16:08, "Mark Iverson" wrote: > I renamed this thread cuz I'd like to hear opinions as to WHY an engineer > succeeded where ALL the scientists failed in optimizi

Re: [Vo]: Why did the engineer Rossi beat all the scientists? WAS: Rossi bets the farm on Ni62?

2011-05-21 Thread Charles Hope
This paper is pretty harsh. http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/7/1/127/pdf/njp5_1_127.pdf It's difficult to imagine how the CQM advocates could have adequately addressed these questions. Sent from my iPhone. On May 21, 2011, at 3:23, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: > In reply to OrionWorks -

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Charles Hope
How about giving a few examples of the sort of answer you'd find satisfactory? Sent from my iPhone. On May 25, 2011, at 20:33, "Mark Iverson" wrote: > Robin beat me to the punch... I was changing spark-plugs and serpentine belts > on my car! > > Robin hits the nail on the head... Anything m

Re: [Vo]:Joshua Cude at it, part 2

2011-05-25 Thread Charles Hope
What a profound statement. Thank you! Sent from my iPhone. On May 25, 2011, at 15:44, Rich Murray wrote: > Let's encourage non ad hominem, civil, polite, gracious, patient, > evidence and detail oriented, genteel, lightly humorous, collaborative > communication -- one of the finest cultural i

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread Charles Hope
On May 26, 2011, at 4:09, Joshua Cude wrote: > The language of physics is math. > This is a deep statement, worth unpacking. It means that if an idea can't be written mathematically, it is not physics. I suspect that the sort of answer that Mark seeks could not be written mathematically.

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Charles Hope
l theories contain > such abstract mathematical constructs... I think it would be quite fruitful > to re-examine theoretical concepts with a fresh approach based on rational > physical constructs. > -Mark > > > From: Charles Hope [mailto:lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com] > Sent:

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Charles Hope
probably be a whole lot simpler and easily extensible > compared to what we have > now. > > What is missing from much of physical theory is a physical model first... > Before the mathematics. > After relativity and QM came along, the mathematical physicists began to > d

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