The origin of Homeopathy was based on the fact that quinine (sp?) cured malaria in sick people but caused fevers and tremors in otherwise healthy people. The "doctor" extracted from that one observation the "law of similarities" (or whatever it's called). He then began experimenting with various substances to see what symptoms they produced and prescribed them as cures for X ailment. Unfortunately, quite a few natural substances are pretty toxic so the good "doctor" began prescribing less and less of X substance -- thus the "law of infinitesimals" (less is more). The dilutions involved in homeopathic medicine literally makes it impossible for a single molecule of a substance to remain in the dilution (30c -- a dilution factor in many homeopathic remedies -- means take substance X, mix it with 100 times as much water, take the rusult and repeat 30 times -- do the math). So once it became clear that the "medicine" didn't have any medicine left in it, homeopaths decided that the medicine's special properties were imparted to the water! Wonder of wonders...so that's what brownian motion is! Many homeopathic remedies are now in the form of pills where a drop of the 30c solution has been aplied to a sugar pill. How does the pill aquire the memory? Especially when the water has evaporated.
Read "Voodoo Science" by Robert L. Park.
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Okay, book reviews are generally better than about any other kind I know of. But movie or television reviews aren't (IMHO). They generally sum things up in a manner similar to most game reviews -- are we supposed to expect something better?
You still need a source of hydrogen to convert to helium smart guy. That comes from water. You need to apply electricity to to water to get the hydrogen out. The technology is still basically a furnace. The reaction produces heat which is used to turn liquid water into steam which is used to turn a turbine. It isn't a simple as you'd like to think. Write back when you know what you're talking about.
You can't get something for nothing is one of the fundamental laws of physics. Statements like hydrogen being a nearly limitless source of fuel fails to note that energy (electricity) needs to be applied to water to get the hydrogen out. Also, the statement in the article that the reaction would generate five times the amount of energy it consumes doesn't seem to square with the law of entropy -- otherwise you could just plug the thing into itself and have the equivilent of a perpetual motion machine. Efficiency of power generation is the only thing that will make a difference.
This is another clear signal that the advertising industry is in deep do-do. It's getting harder and harder to actually get the consumer's attention with almost anything anymore and it's the result of a spiral effect. Labeling something "New" or Improved" isn't enough anymore -- we've seen that label so much that it's lost any real meaning...so advertisers have to up the ante and soon use up the new lingo too. Same thing goes for alot of the "creative" ideas like a mini-game between beer bottles during a real game (boring now right?). Since none of it works as well anymore and sub-liminal is still illegal -- I think -- they just have to outlaw our ignoring these banal attempts to get ous attention.
"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero." F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The origin of Homeopathy was based on the fact that quinine (sp?) cured malaria in sick people but caused fevers and tremors in otherwise healthy people. The "doctor" extracted from that one observation the "law of similarities" (or whatever it's called). He then began experimenting with various substances to see what symptoms they produced and prescribed them as cures for X ailment. Unfortunately, quite a few natural substances are pretty toxic so the good "doctor" began prescribing less and less of X substance -- thus the "law of infinitesimals" (less is more). The dilutions involved in homeopathic medicine literally makes it impossible for a single molecule of a substance to remain in the dilution (30c -- a dilution factor in many homeopathic remedies -- means take substance X, mix it with 100 times as much water, take the rusult and repeat 30 times -- do the math). So once it became clear that the "medicine" didn't have any medicine left in it, homeopaths decided that the medicine's special properties were imparted to the water! Wonder of wonders...so that's what brownian motion is! Many homeopathic remedies are now in the form of pills where a drop of the 30c solution has been aplied to a sugar pill. How does the pill aquire the memory? Especially when the water has evaporated.
Read "Voodoo Science" by Robert L. Park.
Okay, book reviews are generally better than about any other kind I know of. But movie or television reviews aren't (IMHO). They generally sum things up in a manner similar to most game reviews -- are we supposed to expect something better?
You still need a source of hydrogen to convert to helium smart guy. That comes from water. You need to apply electricity to to water to get the hydrogen out. The technology is still basically a furnace. The reaction produces heat which is used to turn liquid water into steam which is used to turn a turbine. It isn't a simple as you'd like to think. Write back when you know what you're talking about.
You can't get something for nothing is one of the fundamental laws of physics. Statements like hydrogen being a nearly limitless source of fuel fails to note that energy (electricity) needs to be applied to water to get the hydrogen out. Also, the statement in the article that the reaction would generate five times the amount of energy it consumes doesn't seem to square with the law of entropy -- otherwise you could just plug the thing into itself and have the equivilent of a perpetual motion machine. Efficiency of power generation is the only thing that will make a difference.
This is another clear signal that the advertising industry is in deep do-do. It's getting harder and harder to actually get the consumer's attention with almost anything anymore and it's the result of a spiral effect. Labeling something "New" or Improved" isn't enough anymore -- we've seen that label so much that it's lost any real meaning...so advertisers have to up the ante and soon use up the new lingo too. Same thing goes for alot of the "creative" ideas like a mini-game between beer bottles during a real game (boring now right?). Since none of it works as well anymore and sub-liminal is still illegal -- I think -- they just have to outlaw our ignoring these banal attempts to get ous attention. "Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero." F. Scott Fitzgerald