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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:26 pm
by Giorgio
chrismb wrote:I think the list will go on for dozens of regular items.
Probably the majority of regular items can be considered as a spin off of something that in the past was considered a military technology. But also the other way around is true.

The issue is not in the item, but in the use you make of it.
Unfortunately very few people are enough smart to understand this.

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:45 pm
by Kahuna
More new cold fusion reactor claims although very short on details. Axil may be interested in the fact that this approach reportedly uses an oxide of Zirconium rather than Ni:

http://pesn.com/2011/03/30/9501800_Zirc ... om_Poland/

IIRC...

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:26 pm
by Nik
"...and bulldozers use tank technology for their traction tracks."

Early WW1 tanks used running gear adapted from civilian tractors...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_I

But, there's no arguing with urban legend, especially where 'nukes' are concerned.

IIRC, my home city unilaterally declared itself a 'nuclear free zone'. The expensive signs were barely up before local hospitals' nuclear medicine departments objected. As did the heavy-construction workshops that used cobalt sources to scan deep welds. The Uni reported that their science undergrad courses included a dose of 'nuclear and radio chemistry'. (Half Lives ! Seeded precipitations !) And, yes, the Fire & Rescue folk mentioned that many 'ionising' smoke detectors had a speck of 'hot' Technetium or related isotope there-in...

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:45 pm
by KitemanSA
Oh, and everyone in town emits radioactive waste. Gonna bust them all?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:18 am
by chrismb
Ban The Banana!

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:25 am
by Skipjack
and the smoke detector...

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:41 am
by Giorgio
Figs ad apricots contains twice and three times the K-40 content of bananas.
Let's declare all manufacturers terrorists and proceed to a holy war for the safety of our children.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:13 am
by Skipjack
Brazil nuts are the worst in regards to content of radiactive isotopes, I believe.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:23 am
by KitemanSA
Giorgio wrote:Figs ad apricots contains twice and three times the K-40 content of bananas.
Let's declare all manufacturers terrorists and proceed to a holy war for the safety of our children.
Hmmm.. the Fig-Newtron! :D

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:32 am
by Giorgio
Nice one :D

Delicious cookies by the way. Too bad is hard to find them here.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:27 pm
by Kahuna
Short paper on Rossi's site addressing the transmutation rate (30% in 6 Months) of Ni -> Cu in the Rossi E-Cat which some have questioned:

http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.c ... 3#more-473

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:19 pm
by ladajo
Google translate at its best.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:42 pm
by Giorgio
This is the first time in my life that I see data coming from "many blogs in the Internet " as a data source to try to prove a scientific theory....
According to many blogs in the Internet “One hundred grams of nickel powder can power a 10 kW unit for a minimum of six months”.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:07 pm
by Enginerd
Giorgio wrote:This is the first time in my life that I see data coming from "many blogs in the Internet " as a data source to try to prove a scientific theory....
A uniquely specious variant on Argumentum ad populum.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:20 pm
by Giorgio
Enginerd wrote:A uniquely specious variant on Argumentum ad populum.
Unfortunately is exactly as you stated.