[NewCandle] Persona no-gooda arrives

Mon Sep 29 19:07:53 EDT 2008

Yeah, ran silent for a couple years and I just couldn't take it anymore... I 
pushed it all out to curb and left it for garbage man.  I am really not sure 
why I let it get to me so much... ah well.  What's done is done.

The main page on my site is just a dead end storefront to keep the bots at 
bay.   I know I can write rule files that are supposed to stop them from 
crawling down all your links, harvesting email addresses, and caching 
everything that isn't nailed down, but that's only if they are programmed to 
respect the rule file.  Cynical? prudent? call it what you like.  I send 
deep links to select people only when appropriate now.

The last 5 years have been brutal on many fronts.  My focus has been on 
putting food on the table for my family so unfortunately my basement is a 
wash with dozens of half started / half completed projects on indefinite 
hold until time / money permits (probably typical for most here).  Most of 
my research is still focusing on simple combinations of systems / 
technologies that can get the average Joe off the grid into more of a less 
dependent, more distributed power model.... low rpm dynamos, sterling 
oscillators, heat exchange systems, northern latitude solar collection, 
practical electrolysis, etc.  Stuff you can get / make inexpensively and 
hide in your basement without attracting too much attention from the 
neighbors, the utilities, or the authorities.  I am a ME, so my general goal 
is not to kill myself with my own ignorance when I start playing in the EE & 
Chem sandboxes... ha ha.

It's been a long while since I've had anyone to drill through theoretical 
discussions.  To be honest I am a bit gun shy now.  I have notebooks and 
notebooks of stuff, but I don't really see NewCandle for that sort of thing. 
I am probably deluding myself with the actual worth of any of it.  That 
said, I will do my best not to clog your pipeline with it unless it's called 
for.  It's reassuring to see others actually getting some experimenting done 
though.  I can live vicariously through them until I get my own activities 
back on track.

If anyone on this list needs / wants design engineering work done, feel free 
to ask... SolidWorks, ProE.  NDA's are no problem.  If it's fun and 
interesting, I don't mind doing it pro bono.  Happy to help move the ball 
forward anyway I can, even if it's someone else's.  My specialty is plastics 
and high volume disposable medical devices, but I have a solid background in 
most materials and manufacturing processes.

Thanks again for extending the invite.  I will not abuse the privilege.  I 
hope to be a valuable / valued contributor.

-john

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From: "Keith Nagel" <NewCandleAdmin at ipdiscover.com>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 5:18 PM
To: "New energy for the new world." <newcandle at ipdiscover.com>
Subject: Re: [NewCandle] Persona no-gooda arrives

> Hey John,
>
> Thanks; from the looks of the recent Vo. archive, it's a 27 piece
> matching luggage set with a sedan chair and slave bearers...
>
> That said, why don't you give us an update concerning things in
> tetrahelix land. The website pic was nice but no links?
>
> K.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newcandle-bounces at ipdiscover.com
> [mailto:newcandle-bounces at ipdiscover.com]On Behalf Of John Steck
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:54 AM
> To: New energy for the new world.
> Subject: Re: [NewCandle] Persona no-gooda arrives
>
>
> Hello Keith,
> Escaping the baggage, not driving a moving truck.  I've been on the list
> since you started it and I think I've been a good lurker.  8^)
>
> Happy to follow the rules.
>
> -john
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Keith Nagel" <NewCandleAdmin at ipdiscover.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:40 PM
> To: "New energy for the new world." <newcandle at ipdiscover.com>
> Subject: Re: [NewCandle] Persona no-gooda arrives
>
>> Hi Kyle and John,
>>
>> Nick pretty well summed up the thinking here; if you
>> have an interest in new physical phenomena and aren't
>> afraid to get your hands burned on the soldering iron
>> the door is open. We've somehow managed to go 3 years
>> without a flame war or other unpleasantness,
>> so if you don't mind the slower pace, you'll be rewarded
>> with better correspondence. Theory is welcome, but watch
>> out, this is a steaming nest of gear heads. If it
>> can't be dragged into the lab for study, it probably should
>> go elsewhere.
>>
>> As for the technical details; you can send attachments
>> but there is a limit to the size. For some reason I
>> can't find that option on the configuration menu, so
>> you'll have to find out the size limit by experimentation
>> (sort of in keeping with the theme here...) A perhaps better
>> alternative is to send me the images and I'll put
>> them on the list server and post an URL in that message thread.
>> You can see what that looks like by looking at the archive.
>> That is probably the best way to ensure what you have gets
>> through to everyone, and people on slow connections won't
>> get bogged down by a megabytes of attachment unless they
>> really want it.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: newcandle-bounces at ipdiscover.com
>> [mailto:newcandle-bounces at ipdiscover.com]On Behalf Of Nick Reiter
>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 5:09 PM
>> To: New energy for the new world.
>> Subject: Re: [NewCandle] Persona no-gooda arrives
>>
>>
>> Hi Kyle,
>>
>> Welcome, and howdy.
>>
>> Not to speak for our Keith, but I think that you'll
>> find the big difference here with this group is that
>> we are about 80% first hand experiments and results,
>> and 20% science articles and science news discussions.
>> I look forward to any experimental results you care
>> to share.  Discussions here have tended toward OU,
>> LENR found in odd places, anode and cathode glow
>> discharges, and scanning electron microscopy.  Not
>> been much kerfuffle about gravity, propulsion, drives,
>> thrusters for a while... Bring up some goodies to the
>> table, bitte!  Do you have a patent number or favorite
>> linked paper?  So many drives have come and gone, I
>> can't quite place this one by name.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> nr
>>
>>
>> --- "Kyle R. Mcallister" <mcallister at fdscience.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy all,
>>>
>>> I'm the rat that jumped the Vortex ship. Keith, I
>>> remember you inviting
>>> me to this list some months back, but as things go
>>> (especially when
>>> you've got a wife), I never got around to it. But,
>>> at John Steck's
>>> suggestion, I dug out my old emails and found the
>>> list again. So, here I
>>> be. So how do you all do?
>>>
>>> Fair warning: I do some strange experiments. I
>>> haven't said much about
>>> them on Vortex, and from the archives, I know many
>>> of you come from
>>> there. But, maybe with a list a bit more relaxed and
>>> 'homey' as this one
>>> seems, I'll have some stuff to say from time to
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Uh...lets see where to start. Anyone familiar with
>>> Rex Schlicher's
>>> "NEMPS" thruster? Supposed to give reactionless
>>> thrust with proper
>>> applied current. The late John Schnurer, a great
>>> friend of mine, swore
>>> that it works. Maybe we ought to see if it does? Not
>>> sure exactly how to
>>> power it, though. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> If you're thinking that building one is going to be
>>> a problem, fear not.
>>>   If I look straight upward, right NOW, at the
>>> ceiling over my
>>> head...yeah, that's about where the damn thing is
>>> at. In my attic. Put
>>> less ridiculously, I have a NEMPS thruster, built by
>>> John when he worked
>>> at Wright-Patterson AFB, under the instructions of
>>> Schlicher. This is
>>> the one he says works. All made of copper. It's
>>> kinda pretty. Anyone
>>> want to see some pictures?
>>>
>>> Dig out the patent. It's a fun read.
>>>
>>> --Kyle
>>>
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>>
>> The Holy Grail 'neath ancient Roslin waits.
>> The blade and chalice guarding o'er Her gates.
>> Adorned in the masters' loving art, She lies;
>> She rests at last beneath the starry skies.
>>
>>
>>
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