Rosemary Ainslie Quantum Magazine Circuit COP > 17 Claims

[MarkE]

A blast from the past:


(By the way... if any of the screen images of Ainslie's posts don't bear the date, because they may have been captured the same day as they were made.... just look at the date of creation of the image file.)

Is that oscilloscope that was out for repair the one that she didn't damage?

[TinselKoala]

Actually in July of 2009, it could be that she is referring to one of the Fluke scopemeters she claimed to have used, 123 or 199.
I'm not sure exactly when she borrowed the Coast-to-Coast's LeCroy which she later had to buy, but I'll find out.

In late January 2010, Glen (FuzzyTomCat) representing the "team" at that time borrowed a Tek DPO3054 from Tektronix, for a planned 30 day set of experimental trials. But just a few days later the Tek rep contacted Glen and recalled the scope, and it was returned on Feb 4 or 5, IIRC. I don't think Ainslie herself ever used that scope. I don't know the history of the Tek scope that appears in the March 2011 video.

In the Jan-Feb 2010 incident, Ainslie made a few misrepresentations in her blog postings re Tek's role and purpose loaning the scope. 
Ainslie said,

And that thesis was explicitly referenced in the early chapters of my association with Tektronix.
That was the basis of our use of the equipment. Always a specific condition of use. Never a loan. In
fact we were early advised never to use the term. it did not sit well with Tektronix. This condition
was my assurance to them that all the information would be collated and be made available to the
public to use in any way they chose - strictly in line with good open source tradition. That is also not
open to dispute.
May I ask you therefore, Glen, if there is any variation to this agreement that you have negotiated
with Tektronix? I am satisfied that it was Aaron's understanding that nothing was to be withheld from
the public. And I am certain that he would not do so. Are you, on the contrary, withholding access to
your data? Are you now uncovering information that you are withholding not only from the public but
from the authors in this collaboration? And do you consider that this is your right to do so? It hardly
seems to be in support of Open Source interests nor in the spirit in which you accessed that
equipment through Tektronix's good offices, in the first instance. And is Harvey and Ashtweth aware
of this? And both on record to secure open source interests?
.....................

I suggest, with the utmost respect, that you are somehow negotiating an ownership and a sole right
to this experiment to the entire advantage of yourself and, possibly Harvey and Ashtweth. Again. I
would be glad to hear that this is entirely wrong. If I do not hear from you I will ask Tektronix to
clarify this.

This outrageous misrepresentation caused the Tek representative to contact Ainslie and request that she remove those passages from the blog.


But here are a couple more interesting posts.

-more on the admission of the cover-up and lies about the actual 5-mosfet circuit
-more on the function generator failure
-blatant contradicting herself about who was and was not at the March 2011 demo

[TinselKoala]

Ah yes, the LeCroy makes its first appearance that I can find on November 19, 2010. So it is not the one she is talking about in July 2009.
This was during a time when I really wasn't paying much attention to the Ainslie affair, as I had already debunked the Q17 circuit sufficiently already and was quite bored with Ainslie's posturings and insults.

[MarkE]

While I was not around for the 2011 video, it is a giant screw-up.  The circuit that they showed only bares a small resemblance to what one can determine was on the board from screen captures of the top and bottom shown during the video.  That whole bit about wanting to attract academics and but saying that they knew they were misrepresenting the circuitry is just beyond the pale.  You cover the schematic issue well in your "Donny Blooper Reel".  The schematic, marked up for what it is worth:

[TinselKoala]

Here's the first rough "shakedown run" of the Thermal Efficiency testing of the Quantum -17 Grey Box circuit at around 17 Watts DC input power. I haven't plotted the data yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0QeZf5Q6hY