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2005/11/17-19 [Science/Physics] UID:40637 Activity:kinda low
11/17   Warp Drive Patented:
        http://tinyurl.com/dhp8q
        \_ While this patent is clearly bullshit, it is not completely clear
           that Podkletnov's work is all bullshit.  It's true that no one
           has been able to duplicate it, but Podkletnov is a very odd
           person, and has been very paranoid about giving out certain key
           details about how to duplicate the experiment because he hopes
           to perfect it on his own with a shoestring budget and get rich
           off of it.  A friend of mine is totally obsessed with this work,
           and is neither a believer nor a total skeptic, but has spent time
           sniffing around in Europe, talking to some of Podkletnov's
           co-authors trying to get to the bottom of this, and he's still
           not convinced either way.  Part of what's interesting about it
           is that since no honest person seriously claims that high T_C
           superconductors are understood, there's plenty of room for crazy,
           unanticipated physics, and some theorists have been able to make
           crap up that might support Podkletnov's work.  Definitely worth
           keeping an eye on.
           \_ "yeah, who needs a Nobel Prize, I'll just advance the frontiers
               of science by screwing around in my garage."  The guy's an
               obvious crackpot.  -tom
        \_ You might want to listen to Act III from This American Life:
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Apparently the USPTO has violated its rules and guidelines, patenting a device that defies the known laws of physics. Patent Number 6,960,975 was issued to Boris Volfson of Huntington, IN, wh erein the device is described: quote: A cooled hollow superconductive sh ield is energized by an electromagnetic field resulting in the quantized vortices of lattice ions projecting a gravitomagnetic field that forms a spacetime curvature anomaly outside the space vehicle. That is, changing local curvature field at the ship in such a w ay as to shape the timelike geodesic, with small tidal geodesic deviatio n over the scale of the ship, as desired. Vlad ------- UPI news: The journal Nature said patent 6,960,975 was granted Nov. One of the main theoretical arguments against anti-gravity is that it imp lies the availability of unlimited energy. "If you design an anti-gravity machine, you've got a perpetual-motion mac hine," Robert Park of the American Physical Society told Nature. Park said the action shows patent examiners are being duped by false scie nce. Copyright 2005 by United Press International --------- Bill Alek writes: "Abstract of US6960975 A space vehicle propelled by the pressure of inflationary vacuum state is provided comprising a hollow superconductive shield, an inner shield, a power source, a support structure, upper and lower means for generating an electromagnetic field, and a flux modulation controller. By creating a spacetime curvature anomaly associated with low ered pressure of inflationary vacuum state around a space vehicle, with the lowest vacuum pressure density located directly in front of the vehi cle, a condition could be created where gravity associated with lowered vacuum pressure density pulls the vehicle forward in modified spacetime. 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The levitating and rotating superconductor disk, which Podkle tnov used to protect the object of experiment from the attraction produc ed by the energy of the vacuum, was externally energized by the external ly-powered solenoid coils. Thus, Podkletnov's system is stationary by de finition and not suitable for travel in air or space. Even if the superc onductive disk is made part of the craft, and if it is energized by the energy available on the craft, the resulting anomaly is one-sided, not e nveloping, and not providing the variable speed of light (VSL) environme nt for the craft. In a supposed vacuum, there is nothing existing which can cause pressure, by definition of the term "vacuum". There is a REAL substance making a REAL pressure and a REAL density, whic h factors result from the measurable activities of the consituent subqua ntum particles comprising the aether plenum. What exactly is this so-called "Inflationary vaccum state"? 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There does exist a plenu m filled with subquantum particles, which is inhabited by creatures of a ll velocities, from zero velocity to infinite velocity, and everything i n between. We can create density gradients in this media by various means, and gener ate propulsion, by various means. But the descriptions in this document are not at all accurate descriptions of any of any the correct means of attaining propulsion in interstellar space. The document is purely misleading deception, in my opinion, based on elep hants of various colors, rather than on reproducably observable and inst rumentable facts. That being said, there is some grain of truth in it, that can only be dis covered when one knows the actual physics involved, which are in fact, a ether physics. None of this "inflationary vacuum state pressure density" nonsense. Get the idea of a plenum of subquantum particles, which can vary in local density and velocity, then look at the text again. 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