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- Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:10 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: There Could Be Problems
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6853
By the mid-1980s, the environmental movement had abandoned science and logic in favor of emotion and sensationalism, The timing on this fits with my own personal experiences. I started college in 1981, and was a bit of a "green" at the time (I climbed mountains and did other outdoor sports, so appr...
- Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Things just get weirder and weirder, and more weird, too!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4801
Podkletnov...
This is Podkletnov. Podkletnov is the guy who claimed to have demonstrated anti-gravity effects with rotating superconductors in the mid 90's. I know a technical journalist with an interest in "new" energy who went to Finland to interview Podkletnov around 2002 or so. He came back and said it still ...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16019
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16019
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:46 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: New Alan Boyle article
- Replies: 49
- Views: 31418
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Cold Fusion/LENR Wisdom from Tom Ligon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9215
I have been following the cold fusion stuff sporadically since around 1995. Personally, I think its bunk. There have been a large number of self-financed people involved in this, including Blacklight Power (even though they do not like to be associated with "cold fusion"). To date, no one has been a...
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:44 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ray Kurzweil, Cyberprophet or Crack-Pot?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65097
It's conceptually easy. Actually coding a high level of self-awareness would require a large amount of programming effort, processing power, and input devices with high throughput. Computers do already monitor and modify their own code to some extent. Anti-virus programs could be said to be a primi...
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:42 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Spaceship could fly faster than light
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42592
Once again, all paths lead to the LHC. We can all just sit back and watch for the next few years.gblaze42 wrote:
there is also these;
http://www.physorg.com/news88786651.html
or http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 113207.htm
if you need more.
the ideas for testing seem endless.
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:59 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Spaceship could fly faster than light
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42592
1) http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2008/04/10/News/Test-Of.String.Theory.Proposed-3315086.shtml 2) http://www.news.wisc.edu/13422 and 3) http://www.physorg.com/news10682.html and there are many more if you google it. I mean it sounds that people who believe in heim theo...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:03 pm
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Injection Molded Ceramics
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4221
Re: Injection Molded Ceramics
I wonder if there would be any outgassing from the polymer component if the ceramic part made by this process is used in a high vacuum application.
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:11 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Spaceship could fly faster than light
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42592
Also don't know if the high-Tesla fields are still required for the putative FTL application. All work since Tajmar's initial reports two years ago have indicated vastly reduced technical requirements for the STL "normal" propulsive experiment. I find EHT/LQG more attractive as a massively elegant ...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ray Kurzweil, Cyberprophet or Crack-Pot?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65097
One of Ray K's points of emphasis is the combination of machine and biological intelligence/technology. We are arguing over whether the future will be "wet" or "dry." The reality is probably "damp." Kurt9, you mentioned you work in the semiconductor field. Ray K mentions 3D architecture to chips, n...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Spaceship could fly faster than light
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42592
I'm not sure how to approach this as It sounds like a few people are believers of "Heim Theory" but the original theory hasn't even been peer reviewed! I'm not even sure mainstream scientists are looking at it seriously. String theory, even though, at the moment isn't tested, has quite a bit of sol...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:01 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ray Kurzweil, Cyberprophet or Crack-Pot?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65097
Kurzweil, on the other hand, believes in the possibility of "dry" nanotech, which is "machine phase chemistry carried out in vacuum environment. Work in this direction has been carried out for a number of years, though it's still in an early stage AFAIK. Mechanosynthesis has been performed by pushi...
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Vasmir Engine To Be Tested In Space
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3062