Roll on the 20th June

[g4macdad]

Where did capthook say we need to let the thread die? 

I think it would be a shame for this thread to drop out of sight.  If it were up to me, I would sticky it, so it could serve as a warning to other prospective gravity/magnet wheel builders. 

Don't worry. This thread ain't dying any time soon. I just wish people would quit worrying about AQ being a con. If they are so against dolts and idiots, I would think they would want them to get conned.

But as I said before they are not kidding anyone.

[madsen]

Don't worry. This thread ain't dying any time soon. I just wish people would quit worrying about AQ being a con. If they are so against dolts and idiots, I would think they would want them to get conned.

But as I said before they are not kidding anyone.

Well, you do have a point.  I don't think it's fair to label AQ a conman---a true conman deliberately lies.  I really think AQ believes in everything he says.

[Bomber]

Hi Exx, I must admit I didn't read all of your post that was directed at me because it really doesn't matter.  For the record, in my original post on this thread I didn't have you in mind with what I was saying because you were actually contributing and building and I enjoyed your videos...  no need to respond mate.  Have a good one.

Thanks also for the answer to my thought re: using repulsion... I am sure it must have been tried a million times before but I just see the 'wall' be far less than that of the attract wall.  The logic in my head sees a weight being pushed up and out at say the 1 o'clock position and then up and in at 7 o'clock.  There needs to be something to hold the weight in that position once it is moved by the magnet...  maybe just a continuous bank of magnets from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock pushing the weight out and then the opposite from 6 to 12 again...  I understand that this will surely fail because the universe doesn't want it to work at this time for whatever reason that we yet do not fully understand and for the same reason that it looks logical to conclude that X00013's latest attempt 'should work with all 8 gates completing the loop but it appears to defy reason that it doesn't...  pity that.

Regards, Dave

[TinselKoala]

Bomber what you are describing has been done, in my version of Mondrasek's magnet-assisted gravity wheel. A strand of magnetic wire is used to keep the magnets in their positions. I made 2 videos, one showing the rundown testing of the basic wheel, and one showing the addition of the "JK" magnetic wire retainer.
I believe these are the videos that Archer referred to as a "well-funded hoax", although I can't imagine why. I spent about 20 dollars on magnets and plastic, and a Sunday afternoon in the machine shop, and shot the video basically in one take.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wuldel0syug
http://www.mediafire.com/?xhtlsgmm2tt

[exxcomm0n]

Maybe if AQ could sell a patent, he'd resume the work I contributed to. He has a new link on his site for another patent.
(The Bit Lock Tag - An anti-skate device for drill bits on hard surfaces)

Gratzi!

I'll admit it's been a couple of days since I checked.....and supposedly we have only a couple more days to find out.

While I'm here, (I'm a lurker, 2nd post ever) I would like some opinions on rising sea levels.
The oceans consist of 179.7 million square miles. Assuming that the area would not change when the global warming starts, how many gallons would it take to make a 1 foot rise? My answer comes up to 23,371,637,595,429 gallons. The real question is, is there that much ice above sea level? I know this doesn't have much to do with "roll on 20th" but y'all seem like a fairly intelligent bunch. I welcome your opinion and have a thick enough skin to admit my mistakes. Anyone have a use for 300 neos? LOL.  Steve

Thick skin will serve you well.

As to the melting ice (apropos today, since I was just listening to an NPR report on how the polar ice is shrinking as a habitat for Polar Bears and Walruses)..........

There are a couple of points I'd like to make.

The cubic measurement of the sea (if rising) has to have even more area as the land that it encroaches upon is that much more recessed than the land that is its present barrier and so should allow more water to be needed for each foot of rise as the area that is now underwater has to be that much wider to be able to cover that much more shore line. (IMHO)

There is a LOT of ice above sea level, but even more below (insert debate about water density in solid vs. liquid form here. It's a tricky one as water is different than just about any other element in this way).

The really scary thing about the ice @ the poles melting is that it probably won't re-freeze (unless temperatures all over the globe take a significant dip [-10 degrees]).
It (polar ice) is pure un-salinated water that has a much higher freezing point than salt water, and once it melts and mixes with sea water it will never freeze at such a high temp again.

Supposedly, the polar caps were formed when the earths seas were much purer and had less of the salt content from leaching  the land during the cloud/rain/stream/river/sea/evaporation cycle, and were able to form at a much higher temperature than would be possible now.

Another theory is that they were formed from eons of polar storm activity that never melted.

Either way, it's still not a good prognosis for the next 50 years.

It's an important topic. Keep bringing it up in all sorts of places.

P.S. If the neos are up for grabs, I'd like to submit my humble self for consideration of donation.