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DOE Report on Cold Fusion

Posted by samzenpus on from the mr.-fusion dept.

thhamm writes "The DOE Report on Cold Fusion (mentioned here too) is out. Take a look at it on the DOE Website. Well, looks like there is nothing really new since Pons & Fleischmann in 1989, because "While significant progress has been made in the sophistication of calorimeters since the review of this subject in 1989, the conclusions reached by the reviewers today are similar to those found in the 1989 review.""

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  1. Damn that's cool, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    though I recently read something that refutes this, maybe on JunkScience or somewhere (btw, google cache).

  2. Re:ColdFusion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please stick to the format:

    In Korea, only old people use X.

    We don't want to munge up our new /.ism before it's quite born.

    -The Humor Police

  3. In Korea jokes by commodoresloat · · Score: -1, Troll

    There is clearly anti-Asian bias on slashdot. There are "In Korea" jokes, "...in Japan!" jokes, and "IN SOVIET RUSSIA" jokes. Soon we will see jokes such as "In Khmer Cambodia, Cold Fusion reports on DOE!" or "Sure, Cold Fusion works.... in Federated Micronesia!" But it is unlikely that we will see "In Sandinista Nicaragua, DOE reports on itself, then loses report!" or "In Slovak Bratislava, only cold people listen to fusion." Why? Because of persistent and quantifiable anti-Asian discrimination on slashdot. I'm appalled, really, and I'm writing my Congressman about it....

  4. Innovative technology... by rice_burners_suck · · Score: -1, Troll
    "While significant progress has been made in the sophistication of calorimeters since the review of this subject in 1989, the conclusions reached by the reviewers today are similar to those found in the 1989 review."

    Let's analyze this a little bit.

    "While significant progress has been made...", in other words, "While significant taxpayer dollars have been spent,"

    "...since the review of this subject in 1989...", in other words, "since the last time we realized that no progress has been made,"

    "...the conclusions reached by the reviewers today are similar to those found in the 1989 review.", in other words, "the result of that expense and effort is exactly ONE BIG FAT ZERO because we have found nothing new."

    Sounds pretty innovative to me.