From: Winston on
On 3/16/2010 3:49 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:

(...)

> I think you are taking Dr. Adey's results a lot too seriously - his
> explanation is (to put it kindly) unlikely to be the only explanation
> that fits the data he presents.

Very good. Thank you Bill.

Resolved:
>> Do you agree that Dr. Adey controlled the eye muscles of a lab
>> animal only by stimulating it's brain with modulated non-ionizing
>> radiation, as shown in Dr. Adey's paper?

Dirk Bruere: No
Bill Sloman: No
Bill Beaty: No
AZ Nomad: No
JosephKK: No
Steve: No

Saved a lot of time and money there!

Thanks everyone

--Winston
From: Winston on
On 3/11/2010 6:47 AM, Winston wrote:
> Could you use amplitude modulated microwaves to disable a bad guy?
>
> Picture this:
> A robber enters a restaurant, swings a pistol around and demands money.
>
> Secreted in the ceiling of the dining room is a microwave transmitter
> equipped with a parabolic dish that can be aimed to cover any portion
> of the eating area.

(...)

What *was* I thinking.

It's clearly impossible.

http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=elCiAAAAEBAJ&dq=US+2007/0249959

:)

--Winston
From: Bill Sloman on
On Mar 18, 5:49 am, Winston <Wins...(a)bigbrother.net> wrote:
> On 3/11/2010 6:47 AM, Winston wrote:
>
> > Could you use amplitude modulated microwaves to disable a bad guy?
>
> > Picture this:
> > A robber enters a restaurant, swings a pistol around and demands money.
>
> > Secreted in the ceiling of the dining room is a microwave transmitter
> > equipped with a parabolic dish that can be aimed to cover any portion
> > of the eating area.
>
> (...)
>
> What *was* I thinking.
>
> It's clearly impossible.
>
> http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=elCiAAAAEBAJ&dq=US+2007/0249959

There are plenty of nonsense patents in the system. The ban on
patenting perpetual motion machines reflects the fact that they are a
particularly popular with mad inventors, so the ban save the patent
examiners a useful amont of time.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
From: Winston on
On 3/18/2010 4:48 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:
> On Mar 18, 5:49 am, Winston<Wins...(a)bigbrother.net> wrote:

(...)

>> It's clearly impossible.
>>
>> http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=elCiAAAAEBAJ&dq=US+2007/0249959
>
> There are plenty of nonsense patents in the system. The ban on
> patenting perpetual motion machines reflects the fact that they are a
> particularly popular with mad inventors, so the ban save the patent
> examiners a useful amont of time.

The grantee had a couple DoD development contracts and demonstrated the
device at the 2007 Navy Opportunity Forum at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal
City Virginia.

http://www.navysbirprogram.com/NavySearch/Award/award.aspx?pk=C18BA979-DADB-4892-896A-1E89970EA8BD
http://www.fortliberty.org/us-navy-seeks-vomit-ray.html

Not too many perpetual motion machines make it that far. :)

Thanks, Bill.

--Winston
From: Bill Sloman on
On Mar 18, 3:07 pm, Winston <Wins...(a)bigbrother.net> wrote:
> On 3/18/2010 4:48 AM,Bill Slomanwrote:
>
> > On Mar 18, 5:49 am, Winston<Wins...(a)bigbrother.net>  wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> >> It's clearly impossible.
>
> >>http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=elCiAAAAEBAJ&dq=US+2007/0249959
>
> > There are plenty of nonsense patents in the system. The ban on
> > patenting perpetual motion machines reflects the fact that they are a
> > particularly popular with mad inventors, so the ban save the patent
> > examiners a useful amont of time.
>
> The grantee had a couple DoD development contracts and demonstrated the
> device at the 2007 Navy Opportunity Forum at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal
> City Virginia.
>
> http://www.navysbirprogram.com/NavySearch/Award/award.aspx?pk=C18BA97....http://www.fortliberty.org/us-navy-seeks-vomit-ray.html
>
> Not too many perpetual motion machines make it that far.  :)

The US military isn't too good at filtering out charlatans - they put
time and money into telepathy and clairvoyance at one point.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen