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IP: more on Competition to the NSF (laugh (I hope))
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 10:11:11 -0500
From: "Robert Hollebeek" <bobh () NSCP01 PHYSICS upenn edu> To: <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: RE: Competition to the NSF (laugh (I hope)) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:40:35 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 Importance: Normal Thanks Dave - good to see the State Department is on top of things! I sould add however that sonoluminesence is at least a real phenomena, and should not be confused (or be guilty by parenthetical association) with cold fusion. Due it's very fast and intense pulse, sonoluminescene is actually quite useful for calibrations of optical systems. p.s. the mechanism is not well understood, but we won't hold that against the effect.-----Original Message----- From: owner-ip-sub-1 () admin listbox com [mailto:owner-ip-sub-1 () admin listbox com]On Behalf Of Dave Farber Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 5:38 PM To: ip-sub-1 () admin listbox com Subject: IP: Competition to the NSF (laugh (I hope)) 3. FREE ENERGY: STATE DEPARTMENT OPENS ITS DOORS TO NEW AGERS. from Whats New Something called the Integrity Research Institute has announced the First International Conference on Free Energy (CoFE), April 29-30. IRI markets books and videos with such titles as The Race to Zero Point Energy, Anti-Gravity: The Dream Made Reality, and Holistic Physics and Consciousness. It is headed by a US Patent Examiner named Tom Valone, who has been recruiting other open- minded people to become Patent Examiners (WN 20 Nov 98). The speakers list for CoFE is certainly open minded; topics include: assisted nuclear reactions (a.k.a. cold fusion), sonoluminesence (a.k.a. cold fusion), hydrogen technologies (a.k.a. cold fusion), tabletop nuclear transformations (a.k.a. cold fusion), as well as zero point energy generation, negative resistance and...well, you get the idea. Where would you hold such a uh, um open-minded conference? The notice says CoFE will be "under the auspices of the U.S. State Department in the Dean Acheson Auditorium."
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