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Amazing. The same old hand-waving abracadabra is trotted out with new fanfare and presented as if it were something new. I guess the current crop of rubes investors is drying up, so a new crop needs to be cultivated.

A while back, someone posted a link to a story of a con artist a century ago, who used an approach almost identical to Rossi's to keep a scam going for decades. When he died and people were able to actually examine his device, they found a very clever mechanism for producing the effects--but no actual device. I'm guessing we'll see the same with Rossi. The main difference between that 1800s scammer and Rossi is that the 1800s scammer had some artistic talent, so that his "devices" were nice to look at. Rossi has no sense of style at all.

16 posted on 08/21/2013 5:51:47 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: exDemMom

There are other researchers besides Rossi. Read Beaudette’s book yet?? Or ANY published research paper on LENR??


20 posted on 08/21/2013 6:24:45 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: exDemMom
Amazing. The same old hand-waving abracadabra is trotted out with new fanfare and presented as if it were something new. I guess the current crop of rubes investors is drying up, so a new crop needs to be cultivated.

A while back, someone posted a link to a story of a con artist a century ago, who used an approach almost identical to Rossi's to keep a scam going for decades. When he died and people were able to actually examine his device, they found a very clever mechanism for producing the effects--but no actual device. I'm guessing we'll see the same with Rossi. The main difference between that 1800s scammer and Rossi is that the 1800s scammer had some artistic talent, so that his "devices" were nice to look at. Rossi has no sense of style at all.

Amazing. The same old hand waving abracadabra fake debunking trotted out as if it were something new.

I remember a story posted by my friends uncle that talked about a guy who knew someone who tried to trade the Brooklyn Bridge to someone who owned swampland in Florida. As a result, it's clear that Rossi's work doesn't have to be clearly explained or analyzed, because well over five people related to my friend's uncle would have built it by now. After all, when my friend's uncle died, no one could find the Brooklyn bridge in Florida.

30 posted on 08/21/2013 3:15:24 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: exDemMom

Wasn’t there a guy named John Neuman (or similar) that had a motor he claimed worked on the energy from ‘pulses’ generated when a circuit is switched on or off?

This would be about in the 70’s or early 80’s

He used to hook it up to a battery to start it, then disconnect the battery and it would still run (no gas or external fuel or wires)

Never knew what happened to that


37 posted on 08/29/2013 6:58:50 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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