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Yet Another Perpetual Motion Device
The Star reports on this inventor breaking all the laws of physics as far as free energy goes. It even provoked interest from "esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Markus Zahn". I would like to know how this seemingly backyard enthusiast's experimental set up has not been tried a million times over the years. It seems so simple and too good to be true. The article has links to a multi-part video demo of the device accelerating an electric motor under load for free!
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Connect the corpse of Beethoven up to a generator. Generator provides electricity for CD-player. CD-Player plays Britney Spears songs over and over. Beethoven spins in his grave providing mechanical energy to generator.
I don't know what you just said, but it sounds good. Could you tell me how I can short out the brakes on my car?
Yeah... then we will have Micro$oft Motors. I can see it now wile driving down the highway -- we will have to spontaneously close all the windows and restart the car to keep driving!
I think, you shouldn't, use so, many commas, as it, makes it hard to, understand what you're, saying.
DirtyHerring (635192) == William Shatner.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
I think, you shouldn't, use so, many commas, as it, makes it hard to, understand what you're, saying.
Yes, I think, you, are right, I, am starting, now at exactly this point in time to shift my role model from william shatner to james joyce that should work out ok what do you think yes that feels much better
But it, helps, make the, text more, readable, for, people like, Christopher, Walken.
No! I'm! Over! Here! Singing! Lucy! In! The! Skies! With! Diamonds!
I can see the forest perfectly, thank you. I cut down the trees and put in a parking lot.
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I mean no offense; your comma usage is really the only thing wrong with your posts.
That's totally cool. If the only thing that's wrong with my English is my punctuation then that's actually quite flattering.
(This post contains intentionally no commas. But I'm sure there should be some)
Shatner! speaks! with! exclamation! points! Not! commas!
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Nice post. A++++++. Mod up for Interesting OR Insightful! Would read again.
It's certainly true that we can suck energy out of the quantum superstrings that underlie all matter. Researchers have proved that souls work in this way: ESP is possible because E=mc^2. It's well known that ghosts are made of energy particles that are creeping into the visible Universe through holes in the superstring fabric of space-time. All we need to do is find a way to harness this cosmic consciousness energy and we will have access to all the power we'll ever need: just do an astrological survey to find the nearest leyline, plug in your ectoplasmic polter-generator and there you go! Additionally we'll be able to communicate faster than light and possibly open up doorways to other worlds including Heaven. Given an impossible premise, the possibilities are limitless.
Unfortunately mainstream scientists look down on this sort of research even though it would solve all our energy problems. There are lots of parapsychotic researchers but scientists refuse to listen to what they say. Millions of people can't be wrong. Why are "scientists" so closed-minded to ideas? They laughed at Einstein, you know! And he turned out to be right, which proves that all crazy ideas are right or at least worth spending $millions on just in case.
DirtyHerring (635192) == William Shatner
Well...does he or not?
INPB (I'm no physicist but) it looks like a simple positive feedback loop to me. Positive feedback happens all over the place. Audio feedback is the most widely noticed - a sound goes into a microphone, microphone is connected to an amplifier, the amplified sound is picked up by the microphone and repeats until it quickly becomes an awesome screech.
I see no logical reason why a positive feedback loop couldn't exist in an electro-magnetic system and no reason why one would have to be in the violation of any physical law. As hinted at above, the problem is that positive feedback loops are usually unstable and are halted by some part of the loop breaking down or reaching capacity - like the inability of the amplifier to produce a louder sound - or the amp just blowing out. On the other hand, positive feedback used in controlled doses can be a very powerful tool, as in Jimi's version of the National Anthem. It seems to me like this could have the equivalent effect on electric cars.
Therefore, I think the first car using this engine should be called the "Hendrix". Honda, Toyota, are you listening? I demand royalties!
I just had this scary vision of a slashdot where moderators were prohibited from ... err ... "leaving negative feedback".
Can you write without using the letter "e"?
No, I can not.
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Rob Flynn
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It's a Well Known Fact that there are far more research grants for proving already-known scientific laws than there are for efforts to find out things we don't know. Plus, look at what the Nobel prizes are always for: the 2007 prize in Chemistry was for a demonstration that NaCL dissolves in H20, the one in Medicine was for a proof that the ankle bone is connected to the leg bone, and the prize in Economics was for a treatise on how buying low and selling high makes one wealthier. The key to fame and fortune in research science clearly lies in defending the status quo.
OK, but sarcasm aside, there is a tendency among those who teach science to put the Known Laws on an unassailable pedestal... largely in reaction to the rebellious students who refuse to believe anything they say.
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That was the problem with my PMM, I'm still cashing the gov t checks every month... But Im not really sposed to talk about it.