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Journal of Applied Physics, NASA, and the Hydrino
Erik Baard writes "I wanted to bring you the last on a story that was slashdotted in June: NASA's investigation of the 'hydrino' rocket. In June I reported for wired.com that the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts was
funding a six-month study of rockets propeled by plasmas created by BlackLight Power Inc. The company claims that energy is released when it shrinks hydrogen atoms, bringing the electron closer into its nucleus than thought possible. Here's the scoop: the researcher told NASA that *something* was indeed generating plasmas with more kinetic energy than would be expected for the power input. And the kicker is that BlackLight founder Randell Mills scored a paper about his plasmas in the mainstream Journal of Applied Physics -- after a few years of following this bizarre startup, that floored me." Here's the Village Voice story with these updates.
I can't make up my mind if this shall be modded "Troll" or "Funny"....
No, that requirement should be for posting to the site. Poor spellers should still be allowed to read it, as long as they realize this will not improve their spelling!
Seriously, I am not criticizing anyone specific here, but when you misspell common words, it takes a lot of credibility away from your thoughts. I wish slashdot allowed me to automatically mod down the poor spellers by a point or two. A system to correct them before they post incorrect spellings would be better. Though admittedly I like being given indications that the poster is a fool before bothering to read some badly reasoned nonsense, which sometimes can delay me for some time before jumping to erroneous conclusions in a digusting logical error which I immediately dismiss in annoyance. Watching for the misspelling of words gives an early warning that the poster is not thinking clearly and may be attempting to disguise an opinion in the garb of a fact.
Bear in mind that this very criticism is just an opinion. There are surely exceptions to this rule, but in general I doubt I am the only one that feels this way. I honestly believe that if you are uncertain how to spell a word, you should never use it in written communication.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
-attribution uncertain, sometimes given as Mark Twain
I probably missed a word somewhere in this post, and that means the trolls will eat me alive. I had a good run I guess.
No bravery involved. I just don't care.
Who else here is sick of seeing the ad in your signature for yersex.tilegarden.com? It can't be just me.
For those that haven't seen the page, allow me to recreate this hilarious joke for you:
Please choose one:
- I have a penis.
- I have a vagina.
You press the submit button and the next page says either "you are a man" or "you are a woman." If you select both or neither, an equally hilarious response is displayed.
Oh, and there's an oh-so clever plug to three 'humorous' books on Amazon. I can only hope they are as funny as this page. I may bust a gut.
ENOUGH WITH YOUR LAME-ASS PAGE. I would rather look at a gaping asshole.
Lol crackhead.