code, musings and more tag:blog.netherlabs.nl,2005:Typo Typo 2006-08-28T08:31:27+02:00 bert hubert bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl urn:uuid:859ecae2-aefd-4101-8a92-0fea61bca2b8 2006-08-26T20:53:00+02:00 2006-08-28T08:31:27+02:00

<h2>Steorn</h2> <p>The <a href="http://steorn.com">Steorn</a> thing mentioned in my <a href="http://blog.netherlabs.nl/articles/2006/08/20/steorn-free-energy-claims">previous post</a> appears to be going strong, <a href="http://www.steornwatch.com">quite</a> a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steorn">number</a> of people have been investigating the company and their claims. Given the statements made by Steorn, things discovered about their past, the nature of their actions, three possible situations remain possible:</p> <ol> <li>They have found something real</li> <li>They are really really crooked and onto their last straw, and haven&#8217;t thought it through</li> <li>They are deluding themselves</li> </ol> <p>Situation 1 would be cool. Situation 2 requires them not to be thinking straight - it appears they are not going to be accepting or even seeking any money unless their technology is vindicated. Situation 3 has happened in the past. It might be that some of their engineers are faking measurements, and have convinced the rest of the company.</p> <p>I&#8217;m afraid it might be 3, but 1 is still a real possibility. There has been some speculation on forums that the physics of permanent magnets isn&#8217;t as solid as you might think.</p> <p>A nice quote by Tatiana Makarova of Umea University, who has <a href="http://www.discover.com/issues/dec-02/features/featmagnet/">discovered the first carbon magnets</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>&#8220;Only a few people understand or think they understand how a permanent magnet works,&#8221; says Makarova. &#8220;The magnet of everyday life is not a simple thing. It&#8217;s a quantum-mechanics thing.&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <p>So it is not that outlandish that something might be hiding in there. I&#8217;ve tried to follow carbon magnet research a bit, it appears that as of 2006 it has been confirmed abundantly, but not explained. More detail <a href="http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/17/11/7/">here</a>.</p> <p>All very interesting. One sad possibility is that the Steorn device might only be cooling the air around it a bit, because of thermodynamic effects of magnetic domain randomisation/ordering.</p> <p>It appears the Steorn people are aware of this possibility though, given how they stress a full thermodynamic evaluation will be needed. </p>

<h2>Steorn</h2> <p>The <a href="http://steorn.com">Steorn</a> thing mentioned in my <a href="http://blog.netherlabs.nl/articles/2006/08/20/steorn-free-energy-claims">previous post</a> appears to be going strong, <a href="http://www.steornwatch.com">quite</a> a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steorn">number</a> of people have been investigating the company and their claims. Given the statements made by Steorn, things discovered about their past, the nature of their actions, three possible situations remain possible:</p> <ol> <li>They have found something real</li> <li>They are really really crooked and onto their last straw, and haven&#8217;t thought it through</li> <li>They are deluding themselves</li> </ol> <p>Situation 1 would be cool. Situation 2 requires them not to be thinking straight - it appears they are not going to be accepting or even seeking any money unless their technology is vindicated. Situation 3 has happened in the past. It might be that some of their engineers are faking measurements, and have convinced the rest of the company.</p> <p>I&#8217;m afraid it might be 3, but 1 is still a real possibility. There has been some speculation on forums that the physics of permanent magnets isn&#8217;t as solid as you might think.</p> <p>A nice quote by Tatiana Makarova of Umea University, who has <a href="http://www.discover.com/issues/dec-02/features/featmagnet/">discovered the first carbon magnets</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>&#8220;Only a few people understand or think they understand how a permanent magnet works,&#8221; says Makarova. &#8220;The magnet of everyday life is not a simple thing. It&#8217;s a quantum-mechanics thing.&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <p>So it is not that outlandish that something might be hiding in there. I&#8217;ve tried to follow carbon magnet research a bit, it appears that as of 2006 it has been confirmed abundantly, but not explained. More detail <a href="http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/17/11/7/">here</a>.</p> <p>All very interesting. One sad possibility is that the Steorn device might only be cooling the air around it a bit, because of thermodynamic effects of magnetic domain randomisation/ordering.</p> <p>It appears the Steorn people are aware of this possibility though, given how they stress a full thermodynamic evaluation will be needed. </p> 8th street latinas urn:uuid:b896c35a-c034-4ed6-8298-15a9779bb851 2007-05-25T15:41:46+02:00 2007-05-25T15:41:46+02:00 Try validator.w3.org should help ass parade urn:uuid:b1eb62e4-741c-45b4-9199-d39894fff8c4 2007-05-25T04:26:26+02:00 2007-05-25T04:26:26+02:00 Recommend me please some validator, so that i could optimize my html! crissy moran urn:uuid:bf2ec3c6-848a-4d48-9f68-f6b1873958ee 2007-05-24T20:55:16+02:00 2007-05-24T20:55:16+02:00 i want to ask if it is possible to create different mysql base and keep there old not needed messages? sky lopez urn:uuid:6f439e30-bc73-4115-8f05-fce6073d8e53 2007-05-24T04:53:45+02:00 2007-05-24T04:53:45+02:00 Programming is so exciting, you should definetely try it! tera patrick urn:uuid:49ab19a9-aeae-4fe7-9124-f6c5332a1223 2007-05-23T22:28:08+02:00 2007-05-23T22:28:08+02:00 Common mistake is not checking just created sites in all possible browsers, in order to see everything is correct! round and brown urn:uuid:87618864-974e-41f8-a5f8-7bf3861b1e58 2007-05-23T06:35:56+02:00 2007-05-23T06:35:56+02:00 Advice me please mass podcast site for free usage milf hunter urn:uuid:eabaee33-9ca1-4e1c-bfe9-6f2d1970a959 2007-05-22T18:29:12+02:00 2007-05-22T18:29:12+02:00 I am curious how do you manage all posts? is there a html editor fur ruby or rails? amy reid urn:uuid:c333e6df-1fac-43e3-aa52-bd07a43ffc8d 2007-05-22T02:25:59+02:00 2007-05-22T02:25:59+02:00 I am afraid it is impossible to rewrtite code on PHP in this way :( Nikki Nova urn:uuid:7c74aa32-4c0e-4b6d-a8ca-c455bddbefba 2007-05-19T14:43:16+02:00 2007-05-19T14:43:16+02:00 Have you already tried windows vista? how is it? bang bus urn:uuid:3313bf49-597f-428e-b544-01b4465acc11 2007-05-17T18:11:48+02:00 2007-05-17T18:11:48+02:00 making it in ruby or in rails will not give you any opportunity! teen models urn:uuid:8092ad1d-a6f9-447c-b3fc-e55ac342ccb5 2007-05-17T11:19:36+02:00 2007-05-17T11:19:36+02:00 is there any mass edit plugs section? want to change my blog script - it's wp now. 8th street latinas urn:uuid:aa6f0a48-da46-46e8-bef0-7fa526ec0783 2007-05-16T00:35:15+02:00 2007-05-16T00:35:15+02:00 Using self-writed macroses can effect your blog view! be careful! raven riley urn:uuid:3023411c-7edc-4cd9-91d4-2b973517f941 2007-05-16T00:29:53+02:00 2007-05-16T00:29:53+02:00 Logs are usually saved in the folder admin specify for, so ask him big naturals urn:uuid:f89a9804-9a02-46c2-8f7e-d667b4c9fef2 2007-05-15T22:09:51+02:00 2007-05-15T22:09:51+02:00 where do you register domain and host it? aria giovanni urn:uuid:b931f850-bc8f-47fb-b6cc-91df678d814f 2007-05-15T13:05:19+02:00 2007-05-15T13:05:19+02:00 Hello there from Aria. 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