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Eenigma wrote:

he needs a bullet in his head and one to his heart.

This problem solved.
Next problem, please.

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jam posted this in Chat.

$1M gift offer to Rossi

Smith Offers $1 Million Prize for Successful E-Cat Demo
Posted on February 14, 2012 by Steven B. Krivit

From: Margot Egan [on behalf of Dick Smith]
Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 12:51 PM
To: Andrea Rossi Re. E-CAT
Subject: from Dick Smith in Australia Re. U.S. One Million Dollars for Successful Re-Testing of E-CAT

To: Andrea Rossi
From: Dick Smith

Dear Mr Rossi

Re: USD1,000,000 for Successful Repeat of E-CAT Demonstration

Dick Smith is my name. I am writing to you from Sydney, Australia. Possibly the best information in relation to my background is on Wikipedia – see HERE.

Some time ago I was contacted by Mr Sol Millin of the Byron New Energy Trust. Mr Millin has had extensive communication with you. Mr Millin communicated the advantages of your ECAT unit in relation to energy and how it had the potential to solve the world’s energy problems. Mr Millin said that he had your authority to act on your behalf in relation to an agreement for the Australian “rights” to your invention.

After some discussion, I agreed that I would invest AUD200,000 provided that evidence could be shown that the unit actually worked as claimed.

There has been a lot of to’ing-and-fro’ing since then, with Mr Millin claiming that he has provided me with the evidence and with my insistence that this is not the case.

At one stage Mr Millin even sent me an email (attached) threatening to sue me for one-hundred-million-dollars if I did not proceed with sending him my AUD200,000.

As Mr Millin and I do not seem to be getting anywhere on this issue, I have determined a way that we could possibly break this nexus, i.e. I would like to offer you USD1,000,000 for a successful repeat of the March 29, 2011 demonstration.

One million US dollars will be made out to you as a Bank cheque or will be held in an escrow account if you desire. I do not want to know how the unit operates, nor to have a share in the profits from any sales. My satisfaction will come from knowing that if the unit is successful, then some of the world’s greatest problems – especially in relation to climate change – will be solved.

I point out that over the last few decades my wife and I have donated many millions of dollars to scientific research, much of it without any immediate results. We have not complained about this.

My offer is very simple, which I will restate: I ask you to repeat the March 29, 2011 demonstration purported to show that your E-CAT unit had an output power of many times the input power through LENR (low energy nuclear reactions).

As the sole judges as to whether this can be repeated correctly, I suggest we use the two Swedish scientists, Kullander and Essen, as they attended the March 2011 demonstration and wrote a report. I would be happy to cover any reasonable cost of having them flying to Italy to attend the repeat of the demonstration. They can then check the wires (because, as you know, there have been claims that the wiring may have been misconnected) and also the power output of the unit in relation to both the heated water and the steam.

I would be happy, with Kullander and Essen as the sole judges as to whether the unit has the power output you have claimed, to hand you an irrevocable Bank cheque for USD1,000,000 made out in your name if the demonstration is successfully completed. If Kullander and Essen are not available, I am happy to agree with you on two other individuals of similar expertise to attend the new demonstration as the judges. I am sure we can come to an agreement as to who would be suitable and independent. It would also be necessary to have a third person – who you and I can agree on – to assist with the type of measuring equipment and its accuracy so there are no doubts that the scientific community will accept the results.

I understand the 29 March 2011 demonstration took place over a period of more than six hours and showed a power multiplication of approximately ten times. To make the demonstration test even fairer, I would be happy if the demonstration to qualify for the assignment of the USD1,000,000 were reduced to a five-hour period and with a power multiplication ratio of at least eight times. This will make it very much easier for you to qualify for the USD1,000,000, As far as I am concerned, eight times’ power multiplication through LENRs will solve the world’s power problems for the future.

Mr Rossi, I believe the advantage of my offer is that you can show the sceptics (I am presently one of them) that the unit actually works as you have claimed. I notice that you have had other investors offering very large amounts of money, and I can understand your concern in relation to this. My offer is USD1,000,000 without any conditions attached at all in relation to where you will spend the money. You can use it for further research – perhaps to re-purchase your house or even donate some of the money to charity.

Well, there it is. It’s quite simple. Successfully replicate the demonstration showing the power gain from LENRs of March 29, 2011 with the two Swedish scientists, Kullander and Essen (or two other individuals we agree on), and USD1,000,000 will be yours.

Also, of course, you will receive attention from around the world and a well-deserved Nobel Laureate. I will consider I have had value for my money as the person who actually proves that your unit works (or doesn’t) – an issue which will be resolved for all time.

My offer is open for you to accept until close of business Monday 20 February 2012.
I look forward to your reply.

Yours faithfully

Dick Smith

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LM's BladeBatts, BattJackets and BattPacks?

They've been used, in commerce?

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ee-tom wrote:

It is well documented, as you say. But not with the results that you say.

Adobe creates multiple layers on conversion of a photo to PDF. It is something about doing OCR. A bit weird, and frankly I was surprised, but you can reproduce precisely the effect using standard Adobe software and any image.

I don't have the experience or interest to personally evaluate it. But, if it is the case as you see it, why not do a slam dunk in court and embarrass the hell out of the birthers?

I would think that would be easily and demonstrably made clear, in a Court of Law, if it is as you say.

I would think Obama would relish such a golden opportunity to make these naysayers look foolish.

Maybe he's just hoping to set the timing for it in, say, October?

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If you'd care to see the technical under pinning of the issue relating to the release of the 'long form' birth certificate:

It would appear the long form birth certificate made available on the White House web site is a forgery.
Somebody apparently forgot to 'flatten' the Adobe Illustrator file into only a single layer.
Leaving the various layers used to construct the forgery plain to see.

At least, that's what the YouTube video purports.

As to being immune to 'petty' court cases.
Challenging a person's constitutional eligibility to be President is hardly petty, IMHO.
I wonder how many other 'petty' cases Obama has been represented by counsel, already.
As opposed to no counsel representing him appearing before the Court.

And this case is hardly moot.
If the process appears heading to removing Obama's name from the Georgia ballot, you can be sure other 'red' states will follow suit.
Question then becomes would a sufficient number of swing states follow suit. If so, he wouldn't be able to receive the electors for those states for the Electorial college.

Which means he would be doomed to being only a 1 term President.

And, as far as I can see, who ever the Republicans nominate for President would essentially win by default, depending on the timing of this process.

It would appear that the timing of all of the likely proceedings will be quite a juggling act to try to manage and be key to a lot of whatever is going to transpire. And the failure of any counsel to appear part of the delay / timing scenarios.

And then consider if Obama should receive sufficient Electors and be sworn in for a second term, and then these cases go against him, even to the point of the Supreme Court.

Would the Vice President, who presumably is qualified, become President? Would Obama have to resign prior to a SC ruling, in order for the VP to move up?

Pretty unprecedented stuff.

Last edited Wed, 01 Feb 2012, 8:30am by nekote

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Mr. Capman,

As far as I can tell, you are still treating the PET / CMBT as a conventional dielectric.

That is fraught with many obstacles, as all of the skeptics have been gone over in voluminously.

Leaving having energy stored within the body of the dielectric as a novel and heretofore never used strategy that might accomplish this black swan.

If so, I fear the electrical testing might be more difficult than proposed.

FWIW, the ability to blow an occasional fuse as low as the individual layer level as an early infant mortality or MTBF failure in the field has tremendous appeal to me. But that seems only possible with the prior very much slower 'silk screen' method, not the latest extrusion method.

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How many genuine, competitive alternatives are there to Google, Facebook, Twitter, ... as they become ever more a monopoly.

For the banks, as a group to move, would be conspiracy / collusion.

But, for a single company to make a 'business' decision?

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IMHO, y'all are missing the underlying point.

Willful (temporary) discontinuance of service, under whatever guise.

What if, say, Google, Facebook, Twitter, eBay, Amazon, Netflix, ... were mad about something and wanted to get their way. How long would a lock out, in labor terms, last and who do you think would prevail?

They are becoming more powerful than any government.

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Summary of 2011 top 100 Topic starters

Rank	Login Name	Topics started	%	Alphabetically	Posts	%
1	DGDanforth	226	11.84	antiguajohn	37	1.94
2	JCatania	80	4.19	Antipodean	12	0.63
3	Generic	71	3.72	austinbigballa	4	0.21
4	Tec	71	3.72	Basic	5	0.26
5	eestorblog	66	3.46	BCGF	6	0.31
6	TecsFanEE	58	3.04	bEElzebub	7	0.37
7	devotEE	47	2.46	BigMig	20	1.05
8	jambon	38	1.99	Bretspot	19	1.00
9	antiguajohn	37	1.94	Brian	14	0.73
10	zawy	34	1.78	broschultz	10	0.52
11	ee-tom	31	1.62	CapMan	16	0.84
12	wcushman	31	1.62	CaptainObvious	4	0.21
13	Fibb	31	1.62	ccmcmm1	7	0.37
14	Paulcummings55	30	1.57	cechilders	28	1.47
15	cechilders	28	1.47	chacha	4	0.21
16	Lensman	27	1.41	dahur	6	0.31
17	EiEiO	26	1.36	Daniel R Plante	12	0.63
18	Mark	24	1.26	DAP	13	0.68
19	EEcosse	24	1.26	DaveM	7	0.37
20	jimbobway	24	1.26	DeedleTwo	24	1.26
21	DeedleTwo	24	1.26	demalo	5	0.26
22	BigMig	20	1.05	devotEE	47	2.46
23	nekote	20	1.05	DGDanforth	226	11.84
24	Muftee	19	1.00	downsdc	4	0.21
25	Bretspot	19	1.00	Dutchie	5	0.26
26	grizz	18	0.94	e'er	4	0.21
27	student	17	0.89	ee-tom	31	1.62
28	CapMan	16	0.84	EEcosse	24	1.26
29	Technopete	16	0.84	EEken	6	0.31
30	Oakthicket	15	0.79	eeOrange	11	0.58
31	pfujimoto	15	0.79	eeshock	11	0.58
32	Brian	14	0.73	EESlicster	6	0.31
33	tvillars	14	0.73	eestorblog	66	3.46
34	unipres	14	0.73	Eetarded	3	0.16
35	DAP	13	0.68	EEventually	8	0.42
36	teslafan49	13	0.68	EEwaiting	3	0.16
37	Daniel R Plante	12	0.63	eggdescrambler	12	0.63
38	thubtenN	12	0.63	EiEiO	26	1.36
39	eggdescrambler	12	0.63	ElectricEEL	4	0.21
40	Antipodean	12	0.63	energy investor	11	0.58
41	PNeilson	11	0.58	fantastic voyager	8	0.42
42	energy investor	11	0.58	farmEEr	10	0.52
43	spaceballs_3000	11	0.58	Fibb	31	1.62
44	eeshock	11	0.58	Frogwing	4	0.21
45	eeOrange	11	0.58	FUTUREMAN ALMIGHTY	5	0.26
46	broschultz	10	0.52	garyb	5	0.26
47	RmW	10	0.52	Generic	71	3.72
48	jpo234	10	0.52	gerund	7	0.37
49	supamark	10	0.52	greg woulf	4	0.21
50	Starbuck	10	0.52	grizz	18	0.94
51	farmEEr	10	0.52	Hammer	7	0.37
52	hoarybat	9	0.47	HEEman	5	0.26
53	Hendershot	9	0.47	Hendershot	9	0.47
54	manthan33	8	0.42	hoarybat	9	0.47
55	EEventually	8	0.42	jambon	38	1.99
56	Ouroboros	8	0.42	JCatania	80	4.19
57	fantastic voyager	8	0.42	jimbobway	24	1.26
58	gerund	7	0.37	jimp	4	0.21
59	tomee	7	0.37	jpo234	10	0.52
60	ccmcmm1	7	0.37	Lensman	27	1.41
61	Hammer	7	0.37	Lowell	4	0.21
62	bEElzebub	7	0.37	manthan33	8	0.42
63	DaveM	7	0.37	Mark	24	1.26
64	Yukon	6	0.31	mip	5	0.26
65	EESlicster	6	0.31	Muftee	19	1.00
66	ONeil	6	0.31	nekote	20	1.05
67	BCGF	6	0.31	Oakthicket	15	0.79
68	Y_Po	6	0.31	ONeil	6	0.31
69	dahur	6	0.31	Ouroboros	8	0.42
70	EEken	6	0.31	p37	4	0.21
71	Dutchie	5	0.26	parallel	3	0.16
72	garyb	5	0.26	Paulcummings55	30	1.57
73	mip	5	0.26	PeterP	4	0.21
74	demalo	5	0.26	pfujimoto	15	0.79
75	FUTUREMAN ALMIGHTY	5	0.26	PNeilson	11	0.58
76	Basic	5	0.26	ricinro	4	0.21
77	HEEman	5	0.26	RmW	10	0.52
78	sydd	4	0.21	Robw	4	0.21
79	PeterP	4	0.21	RogerJ	4	0.21
80	austinbigballa	4	0.21	seslaprime	3	0.16
81	Lowell	4	0.21	spaceballs_3000	11	0.58
82	jimp	4	0.21	Starbuck	10	0.52
83	p37	4	0.21	student	17	0.89
84	CaptainObvious	4	0.21	supamark	10	0.52
85	Frogwing	4	0.21	sydd	4	0.21
86	Zenner	4	0.21	Tec	71	3.72
87	greg woulf	4	0.21	Technopete	16	0.84
88	ElectricEEL	4	0.21	TecsFanEE	58	3.04
89	chacha	4	0.21	teslafan49	13	0.68
90	e'er	4	0.21	thubtenN	12	0.63
91	RogerJ	4	0.21	TimBitts649	3	0.16
92	Robw	4	0.21	tomee	7	0.37
93	ricinro	4	0.21	tvillars	14	0.73
94	downsdc	4	0.21	unipres	14	0.73
95	Y_No	3	0.16	wcushman	31	1.62
96	seslaprime	3	0.16	Y_No	3	0.16
97	parallel	3	0.16	Y_Po	6	0.31
98	Eetarded	3	0.16	Yukon	6	0.31
99	EEwaiting	3	0.16	zawy	34	1.78
100	TimBitts649	3	0.16	Zenner	4	0.21
		1689	88.48
	Total Posts	1909	100.00

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Summary of 2011 top 100 Chat posters

Rank	Login Name	Posts	%	Alphabetically	Posts	%
1	whiskeythief	51367	6.89	Antipodean	2101	0.28
2	PNeilson	45877	6.15	armstrong	4335	0.58
3	Fibb	38134	5.11	bEEnhead	1201	0.16
4	Eenigma	31864	4.27	BigMig	11059	1.48
5	pageman99	31359	4.21	Boba Fett	1221	0.16
6	Y_Po	28709	3.85	Bretspot	2476	0.33
7	nekote	27119	3.64	cabb	2221	0.30
8	hbert	25293	3.39	CaptainObvious	1114	0.15
9	Daniel R Plante	21529	2.89	ccmcmm1	1119	0.15
10	PaulF	18967	2.54	colorodo	8003	1.07
11	dfwrunner	17872	2.40	Daniel R Plante	21529	2.89
12	Lensman	17143	2.30	DAP	2655	0.36
13	teslafan49	16757	2.25	dardog	920	0.12
14	Excessive	16083	2.16	DaveM	4692	0.63
15	wasm	15702	2.11	dfwrunner	17872	2.40
16	Texas Bear	14619	1.96	duph	5403	0.72
17	EEDreamer	11475	1.54	Eddie	5812	0.78
18	Muftee	11452	1.54	ee-tom	2798	0.38
19	BigMig	11059	1.48	EEDreamer	11475	1.54
20	Shere Khaan	10939	1.47	eeinterested	2486	0.33
21	Eetarded	10496	1.41	eelect_tron	7625	1.02
22	Y_No	10346	1.39	EEME	1189	0.16
23	TimBitts649	10066	1.35	Eenigma	31864	4.27
24	Mark	9977	1.34	eentangible	2390	0.32
25	eestorblog	9478	1.27	eeshock	1651	0.22
26	FUTUREMAN ALMIGHTY	8140	1.09	EEsnore	707	0.09
27	EEventually	8041	1.08	eestatic	3524	0.47
28	colorodo	8003	1.07	eestorblog	9478	1.27
29	eelect_tron	7625	1.02	Eetarded	10496	1.41
30	matt	7140	0.96	EEventually	8041	1.08
31	jimp	7049	0.95	eevestor999	690	0.09
32	farmEEr	6844	0.92	eexpectresults	588	0.08
33	HEEman	6391	0.86	Excessive	16083	2.16
34	Liberty	6288	0.84	farmEEr	6844	0.92
35	Technopete	5962	0.80	Fibb	38134	5.11
36	Eddie	5812	0.78	flyer	1413	0.19
37	Yukon	5427	0.73	FUTUREMAN ALMIGHTY	8140	1.09
38	duph	5403	0.72	G	1240	0.17
39	taa	5132	0.69	Generic	1315	0.18
40	DaveM	4692	0.63	glassgirl	3770	0.51
41	mjtimber	4608	0.62	hbert	25293	3.39
42	Lowell	4535	0.61	HEEman	6391	0.86
43	armstrong	4335	0.58	hillcountry	2587	0.35
44	ONeil	4074	0.55	iostt	604	0.08
45	p37	3925	0.53	jam	1558	0.21
46	pfujimoto	3917	0.53	JCatania	1571	0.21
47	glassgirl	3770	0.51	Jeet Do	748	0.10
48	Ken123	3729	0.50	jimp	7049	0.95
49	eestatic	3524	0.47	Ken123	3729	0.50
50	picoman	3471	0.47	kowligia	2120	0.28
51	scupper	3304	0.44	Lensman	17143	2.30
52	ee-tom	2798	0.38	Liberty	6288	0.84
53	DAP	2655	0.36	Lowell	4535	0.61
54	hillcountry	2587	0.35	Mark	9977	1.34
55	eeinterested	2486	0.33	matt	7140	0.96
56	Bretspot	2476	0.33	mikewinssail	1251	0.17
57	eentangible	2390	0.32	Miles	1613	0.22
58	cabb	2221	0.30	mjtimber	4608	0.62
59	nobody	2149	0.29	Motorman	641	0.09
60	kowligia	2120	0.28	Muftee	11452	1.54
61	Antipodean	2101	0.28	nekote	27119	3.64
62	thubtenN	1982	0.27	nobody	2149	0.29
63	Paulcummings55	1975	0.26	Nobody_	1333	0.18
64	Taylor	1919	0.26	ONeil	4074	0.55
65	Schneibster	1683	0.23	p37	3925	0.53
66	eeshock	1651	0.22	pageman99	31359	4.21
67	Miles	1613	0.22	Paulcummings55	1975	0.26
68	JCatania	1571	0.21	PaulF	18967	2.54
69	jam	1558	0.21	pfujimoto	3917	0.53
70	flyer	1413	0.19	picoman	3471	0.47
71	ricinro	1387	0.19	PNeilson	45877	6.15
72	spaceballs_3000	1353	0.18	popeyEE	1101	0.15
73	Nobody_	1333	0.18	ricinro	1387	0.19
74	Generic	1315	0.18	Robw	601	0.08
75	rt	1305	0.18	rt	1305	0.18
76	mikewinssail	1251	0.17	sammyn	989	0.13
77	G	1240	0.17	Schneibster	1683	0.23
78	Boba Fett	1221	0.16	scupper	3304	0.44
79	bEEnhead	1201	0.16	Seeonee	1177	0.16
80	EEME	1189	0.16	Shere Khaan	10939	1.47
81	Seeonee	1177	0.16	ShortEE	1075	0.14
82	ccmcmm1	1119	0.15	ShortEE2	944	0.13
83	CaptainObvious	1114	0.15	spaceballs_3000	1353	0.18
84	popeyEE	1101	0.15	Stormn	902	0.12
85	Unplugged	1089	0.15	syklops	994	0.13
86	ShortEE	1075	0.14	taa	5132	0.69
87	syklops	994	0.13	Taylor	1919	0.26
88	tvillars	991	0.13	Technopete	5962	0.80
89	sammyn	989	0.13	teslafan49	16757	2.25
90	ShortEE2	944	0.13	Texas Bear	14619	1.96
91	dardog	920	0.12	thubtenN	1982	0.27
92	Stormn	902	0.12	TimBitts649	10066	1.35
93	Jeet Do	748	0.10	tvillars	991	0.13
94	zawy	714	0.10	Unplugged	1089	0.15
95	EEsnore	707	0.09	wasm	15702	2.11
96	eevestor999	690	0.09	whiskeythief	51367	6.89
97	Motorman	641	0.09	Y_No	10346	1.39
98	iostt	604	0.08	Y_Po	28709	3.85
99	Robw	601	0.08	Yukon	5427	0.73
100	eexpectresults	588	0.08	zawy	714	0.10
		724674	97.20
	Total Posts	745573	100.00

Last edited Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 6:25am by nekote

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Summary of 2011 top 100 file uploaders

Rank	Login Name	Files	%	Alphabetically	Posts	%
1	Muftee	1012	33.34	Antipodean	3	0.10
2	Excessive	453	14.93	BCGF	10	0.33
3	BigMig	228	7.51	bEElzebub	2	0.07
4	student	188	6.19	bEEnhead	6	0.20
5	nekote	77	2.54	belectric	4	0.13
6	Daniel R Plante	68	2.24	Big Lee	3	0.10
7	picoman	68	2.24	BigMig	228	7.51
8	Eenigma	66	2.17	Bretspot	5	0.16
9	DAP	56	1.85	broschultz	1	0.03
10	devotEE	41	1.35	CapMan	10	0.33
11	Mark	38	1.25	colorodo	7	0.23
12	Y_No	32	1.05	connerton	2	0.07
13	wasm	31	1.02	Daniel R Plante	68	2.24
14	EEventually	31	1.02	DAP	56	1.85
15	Fibb	30	0.99	DaveM	1	0.03
16	tvillars	29	0.96	devotEE	41	1.35
17	Technopete	28	0.92	dfwrunner	1	0.03
18	PeterP	25	0.82	DGDanforth	22	0.72
19	ee-tom	23	0.76	duph	2	0.07
20	Liberty	23	0.76	ee-tom	23	0.76
21	Lensman	23	0.76	eebluskyspa	1	0.03
22	DGDanforth	22	0.72	EEDreamer	6	0.20
23	zawy	19	0.63	eehugger	3	0.10
24	kowligia	19	0.63	EEken	3	0.10
25	wcushman	18	0.59	eelect_tron	10	0.33
26	farmEEr	18	0.59	Eenigma	66	2.17
27	Taylor	17	0.56	eentangible	2	0.07
28	garyb	17	0.56	EESlicster	2	0.07
29	eestorblog	13	0.43	eestorblog	13	0.43
30	whiskeythief	13	0.43	Eetarded	3	0.10
31	thubtenN	12	0.40	EEventually	31	1.02
32	jam	11	0.36	eggdescrambler	4	0.13
33	Hendershot	11	0.36	evnow	2	0.07
34	sydd	11	0.36	Excessive	453	14.93
35	BCGF	10	0.33	farmEEr	18	0.59
36	eelect_tron	10	0.33	Fibb	30	0.99
37	CapMan	10	0.33	FUTUREMAN ALMIGHTY	7	0.23
38	karl	9	0.30	garyb	17	0.56
39	HEEman	9	0.30	hbert	3	0.10
40	Paulcummings55	8	0.26	HEEman	9	0.30
41	Nobody_	7	0.23	Hendershot	11	0.36
42	FUTUREMAN ALMIGHTY	7	0.23	Hooplehead	2	0.07
43	colorodo	7	0.23	hum	2	0.07
44	PNeilson	7	0.23	jam	11	0.36
45	JCatania	7	0.23	jambon	4	0.13
46	p37	7	0.23	JCatania	7	0.23
47	EEDreamer	6	0.20	jnissen	1	0.03
48	Y_Po	6	0.20	karl	9	0.30
49	bEEnhead	6	0.20	kowligia	19	0.63
50	Bretspot	5	0.16	Lensman	23	0.76
51	pfujimoto	5	0.16	Liberty	23	0.76
52	belectric	4	0.13	Mark	38	1.25
53	eggdescrambler	4	0.13	Motorman	1	0.03
54	jambon	4	0.13	Muftee	1012	33.34
55	WaistNot	3	0.10	nekote	77	2.54
56	EEken	3	0.10	Nobody_	7	0.23
57	Big Lee	3	0.10	p37	7	0.23
58	hbert	3	0.10	Paulcummings55	8	0.26
59	teslafan49	3	0.10	PaulF	3	0.10
60	Antipodean	3	0.10	PeacekEEper	1	0.03
61	Robert	3	0.10	PeterP	25	0.82
62	eehugger	3	0.10	pfujimoto	5	0.16
63	RmW	3	0.10	pgl	1	0.03
64	WalksOnDirt	3	0.10	picoman	68	2.24
65	PaulF	3	0.10	planetarymechanic	2	0.07
66	Eetarded	3	0.10	PNeilson	7	0.23
67	WeirD_science	2	0.07	radam	1	0.03
68	evnow	2	0.07	ricinro	2	0.07
69	Shere Khaan	2	0.07	rick	2	0.07
70	Sunsavior	2	0.07	RmW	3	0.10
71	Texas Bear	2	0.07	Robert	3	0.10
72	sunnyEEh	2	0.07	Robw	2	0.07
73	hum	2	0.07	Shere Khaan	2	0.07
74	spaceballs_3000	2	0.07	ShortEE2	1	0.03
75	ricinro	2	0.07	spaceballs_3000	2	0.07
76	EESlicster	2	0.07	squid	2	0.07
77	duph	2	0.07	student	188	6.19
78	X_Y_Z	2	0.07	sunnyEEh	2	0.07
79	connerton	2	0.07	Sunsavior	2	0.07
80	squid	2	0.07	sydd	11	0.36
81	Yukon	2	0.07	syklops	2	0.07
82	rick	2	0.07	Taylor	17	0.56
83	Hooplehead	2	0.07	Technopete	28	0.92
84	eentangible	2	0.07	teslafan49	3	0.10
85	bEElzebub	2	0.07	Texas Bear	2	0.07
86	Robw	2	0.07	thubtenN	12	0.40
87	planetarymechanic	2	0.07	tomee	1	0.03
88	syklops	2	0.07	tu1	1	0.03
89	pgl	1	0.03	tvillars	29	0.96
90	tomee	1	0.03	WaistNot	3	0.10
91	tu1	1	0.03	WalksOnDirt	3	0.10
92	ShortEE2	1	0.03	wasm	31	1.02
93	PeacekEEper	1	0.03	wcushman	18	0.59
94	Motorman	1	0.03	WeirD_science	2	0.07
95	jnissen	1	0.03	whiskeythief	13	0.43
96	dfwrunner	1	0.03	X_Y_Z	2	0.07
97	broschultz	1	0.03	Y_No	32	1.05
98	eebluskyspa	1	0.03	Y_Po	6	0.20
99	DaveM	1	0.03	Yukon	2	0.07
100	radam	1	0.03	zawy	19	0.63
		3001	98.88
	Total	3035	100.00

Last edited Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 6:49am by nekote

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Summary of 2011 top 100 Thread Posters

Rank	Login Name	Posts	%	Alphabetically	Posts	%
1	Lensman	2850	5.75	antiguajohn	218	0.44
2	ee-tom	2665	5.37	Basic	142	0.29
3	Fibb	1802	3.63	BCGF	179	0.36
4	Tec	1766	3.56	bEElzebub	113	0.23
5	JCatania	1597	3.22	BigMig	134	0.27
6	TecsFanEE	1548	3.12	Bone	159	0.32
7	Y_Po	1429	2.88	Bretspot	258	0.52
8	student	1313	2.65	CapMan	717	1.45
9	eestorblog	1239	2.50	ccmcmm1	91	0.18
10	Technopete	919	1.85	cechilders	363	0.73
11	HEEman	918	1.85	chacha	274	0.55
12	wcushman	890	1.79	CpctT@0R	156	0.31
13	WalksOnDirt	880	1.77	Daniel R Plante	606	1.22
14	DGDanforth	788	1.59	DAP	477	0.96
15	seslaprime	787	1.59	DaveM	230	0.46
16	Oakthicket	777	1.57	davidg	154	0.31
17	wasm	756	1.52	DeedleTwo	123	0.25
18	EEventually	752	1.52	demalo	163	0.33
19	CapMan	717	1.45	devotEE	251	0.51
20	TimBitts649	704	1.42	DGDanforth	788	1.59
21	Paulcummings55	697	1.41	duph	197	0.40
22	supamark	678	1.37	dvelasco68	277	0.56
23	Daniel R Plante	606	1.22	e'er	168	0.34
24	zawy	580	1.17	ee-tom	2665	5.37
25	teslafan49	568	1.15	EEcosse	109	0.22
26	eeinterested	557	1.12	eehopeful	87	0.18
27	ricinro	548	1.10	eeinterested	557	1.12
28	RmW	536	1.08	Eenigma	508	1.02
29	Eenigma	508	1.02	eeOrange	154	0.31
30	parallel	506	1.02	eeshock	152	0.31
31	DAP	477	0.96	eestorblog	1239	2.50
32	energy investor	474	0.96	EEventually	752	1.52
33	ONeil	402	0.81	eggdescrambler	302	0.61
34	grizz	382	0.77	energy investor	474	0.96
35	cechilders	363	0.73	farmEEr	314	0.63
36	hoarybat	354	0.71	Feel_the_LovEE	110	0.22
37	Lowell	351	0.71	Fibb	1802	3.63
38	Generic	340	0.69	Frogwing	113	0.23
39	farmEEr	314	0.63	Generic	340	0.69
40	eggdescrambler	302	0.61	Geofree	104	0.21
41	PeterP	299	0.60	grizz	382	0.77
42	dvelasco68	277	0.56	HEEman	918	1.85
43	PNeilson	276	0.56	hoarybat	354	0.71
44	chacha	274	0.55	hum	149	0.30
45	Mark	274	0.55	Innishfad	124	0.25
46	Robert	261	0.53	jambon	150	0.30
47	Bretspot	258	0.52	JCatania	1597	3.22
48	Taylor	254	0.51	jimbobway	97	0.20
49	devotEE	251	0.51	jnissen	132	0.27
50	tvillars	242	0.49	jpo234	87	0.18
51	DaveM	230	0.46	Lensman	2850	5.75
52	Robw	228	0.46	Lowell	351	0.71
53	antiguajohn	218	0.44	manthan33	160	0.32
54	Shere Khaan	200	0.40	Mark	274	0.55
55	duph	197	0.40	matt	138	0.28
56	thubtenN	190	0.38	Muftee	127	0.26
57	unipres	182	0.37	nekote	118	0.24
58	BCGF	179	0.36	Nobody_	126	0.25
59	pageman99	173	0.35	Oakthicket	777	1.57
60	e'er	168	0.34	ONeil	402	0.81
61	demalo	163	0.33	pageman99	173	0.35
62	manthan33	160	0.32	parallel	506	1.02
63	Bone	159	0.32	Paulcummings55	697	1.41
64	CpctT@0R	156	0.31	PeterP	299	0.60
65	eeOrange	154	0.31	pfujimoto	121	0.24
66	davidg	154	0.31	PNeilson	276	0.56
67	eeshock	152	0.31	ricinro	548	1.10
68	jambon	150	0.30	RmW	536	1.08
69	hum	149	0.30	Robert	261	0.53
70	Basic	142	0.29	Robw	228	0.46
71	Yukon	141	0.28	sammyn	131	0.26
72	ShortEE	138	0.28	seslaprime	787	1.59
73	matt	138	0.28	Shere Khaan	200	0.40
74	BigMig	134	0.27	ShortEE	138	0.28
75	jnissen	132	0.27	spaceballs_3000	90	0.18
76	sammyn	131	0.26	Starbuck	84	0.17
77	Muftee	127	0.26	StephenB	98	0.20
78	Nobody_	126	0.25	student	1313	2.65
79	Innishfad	124	0.25	supamark	678	1.37
80	DeedleTwo	123	0.25	Taylor	254	0.51
81	pfujimoto	121	0.24	Tec	1766	3.56
82	whiskeythief	120	0.24	Technopete	919	1.85
83	Yazzur	119	0.24	TecsFanEE	1548	3.12
84	nekote	118	0.24	teslafan49	568	1.15
85	bEElzebub	113	0.23	thubtenN	190	0.38
86	Frogwing	113	0.23	TimBitts649	704	1.42
87	Feel_the_LovEE	110	0.22	whiskeythief	120	0.24
88	EEcosse	109	0.22	X_Y_Z	109	0.22
89	X_Y_Z	109	0.22	Y_No	98	0.20
90	Geofree	104	0.21	Y_Po	1429	2.88
91	tomee	103	0.21	Yazzur	119	0.24
92	StephenB	98	0.20	Yukon	141	0.28
93	Zenner	98	0.20	zawy	580	1.17
94	Y_No	98	0.20	Zenner	98	0.20
95	jimbobway	97	0.20	tomee	103	0.21
96	ccmcmm1	91	0.18	tvillars	242	0.49
97	spaceballs_3000	90	0.18	wcushman	890	1.79
98	jpo234	87	0.18	unipres	182	0.37
99	eehopeful	87	0.18	WalksOnDirt	880	1.77
100	Starbuck	84	0.17	wasm	756	1.52

Last edited Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 6:48am by nekote

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Simple question.

If human intervention is to be attempted, *who* or *how* is *what* desired target determined?

Even if, say, some genuinely practically miraculous black swan method does come to be, who decides *what* gets done and *when* some targeted goal has been accomplished?

Since we have a terribly fractious tribal society organized in nation states, I just don't see a practical, serious way to reach an enforcable attempt anything that has any serious level of economic consequences.

Should climate actually be a real concern, I don't see humans on a planetary scale avoiding the fate of the frog in a warming pot of water.

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In recent days, I have noticed a new Internet trend.

The various TLD (Top Level Domain) suffixes (.com, .gov, .us, .ca, .country abbrev, ...) are being cleverly used to incorporate a better domain / site name.

The first such use I'm aware of was .tv
The country code for the islands of Tuvalu.
(Verisign got a deal to use it)

First on my new list is a Google version of TinyURL.com:
Goo.gl
(Google, get it?)
(BTW, a preview version only requires adding a "+" to the end of their short link).
.gl is the TLD for GreenLand.

Example: http://goo.gl/uKNRV+ as a short (previewed) link to TheEEStory.com

Next TLDs that caught my notice is .co, for Columbia and .in for India . Some of the *very* short / highly desirable domain names are (were?) likely available.

Looks like this is an obvious primarily marketing usage of a quirk in Internet domain naming that's going to catch fire.

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Chat snippets of DRP's Chat postings in the wee (ET) hours

Happy Holidays all you numbnutz

Ok, let's see .... nope, magnetics can't possibly have anything to do with generating or holding static a 10,000 J/cc energy density in a material. Fundamentally impossible for that energy to volume ratio. It's like expecting a huge industrial pressing machine to be driven by a 500 hp V8 engine, but linked by a clutch from a gas powered weed-eater. Not possible. The clutch is under-engineered for the task. If it doesn't slip and therefore fail to transmit even 1% of the incident power into the press's energy storage (material strain), then it will shred, depending on the attempted rate of energy transfer. Maybe this analogue helps to put the profound difference in material physical limitations between magnetics and electrics in an every-day perspective?

or not :)

what else.....

Ah - orbitals, bonding, hybridization, etc...... well, yes and no.

I mean, yes these details are relevant at some level, but no because they are extraneous. The material is either conductive or it's not. The conductivity is either n-type or p-type, or both. Both is a disaster due to recombination. N-type does not prevent a purely surface charge at the alumina barrier and will result in breakdown at low applied fields. P-type affords a higher breakdown due to progressively wider barrier thickness, and also allows various other interesting interactions with the bulk CMBT material.

I've mentioned this before - I don't care about the niggling specifics wrt orbitals and their hybridizations.... the various doping approaches of BT to allow conduction of various types has been well covered in the literature for 40 years. The specific doping approach and resultant orbital details are mundane and uninteresting to me. What you can DO with that fact, when coupled with other material properties, is another matter entirely.

Don't get mired in the details. Think about the system as a whole, and how the various (already established) parts work together. This isn't a tough nut to crack unless you mire yourself in quantum/material/chemical detail. The answer lies in an understanding of the wide field of cybernetics. Specifically, Systems Dynamics. Yes, this takes years to learn. Sorry :)

DAP, wtf? I posted on that 3 years ago, and many times since. It's on Lensman'FAC site as well:

percent volume distribution of component materials

  CMBT:   94 %   (6.5 g/cm3)
 PET:    4 %   (1.4 g/cm3)
aluminum electrodes:    2 %   (2.7 g/cm3)

k, what else .......

Ah, packing density. Right.

The stoicheometry of the ink formulations, coupled with the specific poling schedule, pretty much covers that I would think. You can add ultrasonics in there if necessary.

Somebody please tell me that you understand how the different permittivity of the various materials will unavoidably ensure self-assembly of particle orientation/distribution under poling field....

Ratios of materials in the ink also obviously determine the extent of the particle excursion past the plates, and therefore handles fringing.

"Voids" of air pockets are no exception. The permittivity of air (nitrogen/oxygen) is approximately 1. Think about it. Think about the experiment where you introduce a high dielectric between the plates of an air/vacuum capacitor. How does applied field preferentially affect different permittivities of materials?

The differential dispersion between the low K polymer matrix and the high K particles during poling will be no different.

And cracking, yeah....

Seriously? Like a traditional MLCC? The layers in that are pressed/sintered ceramic particles without a polymer matrix. It's like peanut brittle.

EEStor's material is like those rubber blocks with grit embedded in them that are used for polishing metals.

That stuff doesn't "crack" from flexing. Sure, PET plastic has a higher fatigue index than many other plastics/rubbers, so use a mixture or some other formulation entirely. It's not going to "crack" like a ceramic for Pete's sake. Jeez.

Especially not like a ceramic made of an agglomerated press of particles...

There are many different types of polymers.

It's a trade off. Some have higher tensile strength but lower shear (PET)

Some have higher puncture resistance (like rubber), but lower dielectric strength (maybe a propylene, or a flouroethylene compound like Teflon)

Maybe, the answer is a layered approach - something more elastomeric and puncture proof like an ethylene to pre-wrap each particle, but PET as the overall matrix for toughness, like leather.

Hard to say, I'm not very conversant in organic chem, just enough to know what's possible and what's BS.

What else.....

Right, semiconduction....

well first off let's make one niggling detail clear: y'all are using the terminology incorrectly

"semiconductor" strictly means an undoped material. Unfortunately, the "street talk" about this matter seems to have settled on referring to doped (conductive) and undoped materials as "semiconductors". This is incorrect and adds to the confusion.

A true semiconductor (such as undoped crystalline silicon) is somewhere between a conductor and an insulator. Practically speaking, it is closer to an insulator.

Just to put things in perspective: in undoped silicon, the charge carrier availability is so low that it equates to aprox 1 electron (AVERAGE availability) in every group of 100 particles of EEStor's size. Yes, one electron per 100 particles. That's a pure (intrinsic) semiconductor.

That is mind bogglingly low, right? Well, it's mind bogglingly high compared to a decent insulator. Does this put things in perspective for some of you?

Now, let's go on to doped materials - NOT semiconductors - rather, materials that have been doped to conduct - they are not semiconductors anymore, they are conductors.

There are two basic types - n-type and p-type.

In 3.5 years on this blog, I haven't seen evidence from one single person that actually understands the functional, physical difference between these two, except for maybe dfwrunner but he doesn't talk about this enough for me tobe sure.

Ok, doped conductors...

Lets' take silican as a common example. Dope it with Boron to some small fraction. Understand one point here: large fractions of one percent doping is usually considered HUGE doping levels. Just FYI.

Sorry, "silicon".

I think I'm rambling :)

yeah, don;t delete. That's for weenies

OCD ESSU

where was I?

oh yeah.....

semiconductor physics

SK, do you understand the defining distinction, at the molecular/lattice level, between valence band conduction and conduction band conduction? Just curious and whatnot...

OK well, it has to do with the mode of conduction in general and its relation to the material's Fermi energy level (of course) but more importantly, it unavoidably determines the spatial distribution of displaced charge carriers in a mono-doped bulk material (ie, not a fused junction of p and n types) because unlike conduction band electrons, holes are fundamentally related to the lattice itself. Holes are strange because not only do they exist solely through electron hopping in the valence band, but they also necessarily are anchored in place in the lattice because they are simply a deficit bonding aspect of a lattice atom. Free electrons can pile up and exist interstitially, holes cannot.

This is a schematic representation of what goes on at the atom-to-atom level during hole (valence band) conduction. It is actually electron hopping between valence energy states wrt closely situated atoms, but in the the opposite direction to conduction electron drift. If you don't understand this at a fundamental level, you will never understand what's going on in EEStor's material.


Truth be told, it also means you don;t have a grasp of semiconductor physics as well, because this is fundamental.

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