~e; Electromagnetic News & Views #130
From
brian carroll <human@electronetwork.org>
Date
Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:27:42 -0500
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Electromagnetic News & Views -- #130
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00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (7/27/2004)
01) Top Stories of Electromagnetism
02) Electromagnetic health & safety
03) Electromagnetic trash & treasure
04) Electromagnetic security & surveillance
05) Electromagnetic power & energy
06) Electromagnetic current & human affairs
07) Electromagnetic transport & communication
08) Electromagnetic matter & information
09) Electromagnetic trends & inventions
10) Electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
11) Electromagnetic business & economics
12) Electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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00) --commentary-- (electromagnetic context...)
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01) --top stories--
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Energy efficiency - how do you measure up? // 10 question online quiz.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3915245.stm>
Heating up a cold theory // knocked down but not knocked out. via
PHYS-L...
MIT professor risks career to reenergize discredited
<http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2004/07/27/
heating_up_a_cold_theory?mode=PF>
'Now the soft-spoken Hagelstein, who won accolades in the 1980s for
conceptualizing a laser critical to Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" defense
plan, and cold fusion have a shot at mainstream science again. Three
months ago, the US Department of Energy quietly agreed to examine what
cold fusion supporters say is increasing evidence -- culminating at a
conference at MIT last summer -- that the reaction exists and is
reproducible. If the agency agrees, it will likely mean an injection of
both funding and legitimization for the forgotten research.' .. 'The
Department of Energy review is focusing attention on a small band of
scientists, including Hagelstein, who continue to work on cold fusion
long after its public demise. There are an estimated 100 to 200 of
these researchers in the world, many suffering from stagnated careers
or damaged reputations because of their refusal to give up on a concept
the vast majority of scientists say doesn't exist.' .... '"These are
smart people" studying cold fusion, said Mildred Dresselhaus, an MIT
institute professor who served on the Department of Energy review board
that recommended against funding cold fusion work. "What are the
reasons they are still doing it?"' .... '... over time, cold fusion
scientists have become members of a small, close-knit culture unto
themselves. They visit each other's labs. They have their own
newsletters. They have their own conferences. And every year, their
results get stronger, the group says, results that cannot be explained
away by error or any other reason other than a new nuclear process.'
[and] The Saint. 1997 // cold-fusion movie referenced above...
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120053/>
[and] Scientist's violent death shocks cold fusion research network //
thanks *
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2004/07/27/
scientists_violent_death_shocks_cold_fusion_research_network/>
Iran carries out threat to resume building nuclear equipment
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=545342>
'"We are back to where we were six months ago," a Foreign Office
official said, after Iran carried out a threat to resume manufacture
and assembly of uranium enrichment centrifuges.' .. 'According to
diplomats, Iranian officials several weeks ago broke seals placed on
the equipment by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It then
resumed building and testing the centrifuges, which can be used to make
fissile material for a nuclear weapon.' .. 'Iran was angered by a tough
resolution passed by the IAEA in June, and threatened to resume uranium
enrichment after being rebuked for failing to come clean on its
suspected weapons programme.'
The Electric-Cosmos.org
<http://www.electric-cosmos.org/>
'There is a revolution just beginning in astronomy/cosmology that will
rival the one set off by Copernicus and Galileo. This revolution is
based on the growing realization that the cosmos is highly electrical
in nature. It is becoming clear that 99% of the universe is made up
not of "invisible matter", but rather, of matter in the plasma state.
Electrodynamic forces in electric plasmas are much stronger than the
gravitational force.' .... 'Instead of wasting time in a futile battle
trying to convince entrenched mainstream astronomers to seriously
investigate the Electric/Plasma Universe ideas, a growing band of
plasma scientists and engineers are simply bypassing them. A new
electric plasma-based paradigm that does not find new discoveries to be
“enigmatic and puzzling”, but rather to be predictable and consistent
with an electrical point of view, is slowly but surely replacing the
old paradigm wherein all electrical mechanisms are ignored.'
[and] Electrical Cosmology
<http://www.electric-cosmos.org/hrdiagr.htm>
Birkeland and the Electromagnetic Cosmology // 1985. .pdf
<http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/downloads/BirkelandCosmology.pdf>
[and] THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE by Wallace Thornhill - // CD-rom
<http://www.redprods.com/electric.php>
'The Electric Universe exposes the ignorance underlying modern
cosmology. It shows that the key to a true understanding of our
universe and the recent history of the solar system comes from
acknowledging simple electrical interactions between all matter in the
universe. The result is an astounding concordance between ancient
testimony of planets battling in the sky with thunderbolts, and modern
plasma physics. Proof of the thesis comes from the unique electrical
scars of battle seen on the surfaces of those planets. The result is a
glimpse of the exciting new science of the third millenium."'
[and] Synopsis 2. The Electric Universe
<http://www.holoscience.com/synopsis.php?page=2>
<http://www.holoscience.com/index.php>
'The Electric Universe model is a coherent "Big Picture" of our
situation in the universe, spanning many disciplines. It highlights
repeated electrical patterns at all scales that enable laboratory
experiments to explain the strange, energetic events seen, for example,
in deep space, on the Sun, and on Jupiter's moon, Io. The Electric
Universe works backward in time using observations rather than forward
from some idealised theoretical beginning. It provides simple answers
to problems that are now clothed in fashionable metaphysics and
mysticism. It is more interdisciplinary and inclusive of information
than any prior cosmology. It points to practical possibilities far
beyond the limits set by current science.' .. 'The Electric Universe
model grew out of a broad interdisciplinary approach to science. It is
not a technique taught in universities. The Electric Universe is based
more on observations and experiment than abstract theory. It recognizes
connections between diverse disciplines. It concludes that the crucial
requirement for understanding the universe is to take fully into
account the basic electrical nature of atoms and their interactions.
Strangely, this is not the case in conventional cosmology where weaker
magnetism and the infinitely weaker force of gravity rule the cosmos.
Such a simplification may suit a theoretical physics based on
electrical neutrality of matter in Earthly laboratories but it does not
apply in space where plasma dominates.'
[and] Preface: The Electric Universe
<http://www.holoscience.com/synopsis.php?page=1>
'Given the extreme fragmentation of established science today it is
difficult to imagine that the enterprise as a whole could ever
"correlate all its contents." Yet extraordinary strides toward that
"someday" envisioned by Lovecraft may now be possible through a new
approach - one in which electrical phenomena receive the full attention
they deserve, and all appropriate fields of evidence are included. To
some, the prospects may appear every bit as disturbing as Lovecraft
imagined. But for those who instinctively seek out unifying principles,
the new horizons will be at once breathtaking and hopeful...' .. 'This
introduction will present a new "deep focus lens" for viewing the
physical universe, from sub-atomic particles to galactic realms unknown
before the Hubble telescope. The Electric Universe is a holistic answer
to myopia* -that narrowing of vision which naturally accompanies the
fragmentation of knowledge and learning. For those with the courage to
see clearly, the required "unlearning" of fashionable ideas carries no
real cost whatsoever. The terror Lovecraft envisioned is only the first
rush of uncertainty, when ideas long taken for granted are thrown into
question by facts and simple reasoning previously ignored. The "piecing
together of dissociated knowledge" will only require us to confront the
deep contradictions in things experts have long claimed to know. With
the courage to see clearly, the adventure itself could well be "the
most merciful thing in the world," adding new insights into the
greatest dramas of early human history and vital perspective to
humanity's situation in the cosmos...'
[and] The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence // free online
lecture...
<http://murl.microsoft.com/LectureDetails.asp?1035>
'We have been brought up to believe that the mind is located inside
the head. But there are good reasons for thinking that this view is
much too limited. Recent experimental results show that people can
influence others at a distance just by looking at them, even if they
look from behind and if all sensory clues are eliminated. And people's
intentions can be detected by animals from miles away. But perhaps the
commonest kind of non-local interaction mental influence occurs in
connection with telephone calls, where most people have had the
experience of thinking of someone shortly before they ring, or knowing
who is calling when the phone starts ringing. Recent experiments on
telephone telepathy have given highly significant positive results. So
have experiments on email telepathy. Rupert Sheldrake will show how his
hypothesis of morphic fields and morphic resonance could provide a new
way of understanding the extended mind, and of going beyond the usual
mind/brain problem.'
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02-- electromagnetic health & safety
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US nuclear clean-up carries major risks // DoE is 35 years ahead of
schedule...
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996199>
'Allyn Boldt, who was a senior chemical engineer at Hanford for 25
years, fears that any problems at the site will jeopardise the
expansion of nuclear power he believes is necessary to meet the world's
future energy needs. "The clean-up decisions at Hanford are being made
by administrators driven by political and career considerations," he
told New Scientist.' .. 'That may not lead to the best decisions, he
says. Even if the clean-up goes according to plan, Boldt claims there
will still be 260 square kilometres of groundwater exceeding drinking
water safety limits for over 10,000 years. And ground contamination
means "several square miles will be a national sacrifice zone that
cannot be excavated for hundreds of thousands of years", he says.' ....
'According to Alvarez's study, a risk estimate from US Nuclear
Regulatory Commission implies that there is a 50-50 chance of a major
radiation or chemical accident at Hanford over 28 years of operation...'
Boy in Norway Rides Luggage Conveyor Belt // like a merry-go-round...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-norway-
child-baggage,0,30401.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Surrounded by bags and suitcases, the boy rode the entire length of
the belt, passing through an X-ray scanner in the process.'
Risky Mines Stuck in Stone Age // wireless sensor nets...
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/
0,1282,64351,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5>
Our Dangerous Electricity Infrastructure // NYC stray voltage
<http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/tech/20040727/19/1069>
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03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
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E-waste: send to trash? // relates to flooding and e-waste dangers.
<http://www.ewaste.ch/services/news/cached/ewaste_send_to_trash.asp>
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04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
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Writing is on the wallpaper for noisy mobiles // follow-up. via
engadget.com
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1268797,00.html>
'British scientists have found a way to mass-produce
frequency-selective 'wallpaper' screens (FSS) on a large scale for the
first time. The screens are metal grids designed in an intricate
pattern which filter out some radio signals and allow others through,
depending on their wavelength. They can be fitted to walls and
covered with real wallpaper so they disappear from view.'
Energy Department Bans Some Removable Storage July 26, 2004
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/
showArticle.jhtml?articleID=25600426>
[two cartoons] Mother Goose & Grim
<http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2004/MGG0726.gif>
<http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2004/MGG0727.gif>
Feds take relics from a small biz // near nuke lab. via engadget.com
<http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/news04/072304_news_hole.shtml>
'Federal Bureau of Investigation agents seized a roll of "Secret"
stickers, an old hard drive and music case from a Los Alamos business
that has sold lab salvage for the past 50 years, said Ed Grothus, owner
of The Black Hole.'
Pentagon memo reveals bugging // via drudgereport.com
<http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040726-122303-7795r.htm>
'Sorting out why the listening device was inside the walls of the
office, with a cord leading to another office, is just one issue that
had to be addressed by Joseph E. Schmitz, President Bush's pick three
years ago to be the Defense Department's top cop.'
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05-- electromagnetic power & energy
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// similar issue yet the opposite spectrum to what is going on in Iraq
with air
// conditioning in the desert. as if AZ.US is a walk-in grocery cold
storage.
Phoenix residents urged to conserve energy as temperatures rise // ***
drudge
<http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/nation/story/1519787p-9033347c.html>
'Phoenix-area utilities started asking customers to conserve energy
after fires at two transmission stations earlier this month reduced
their capacity to deliver electricity. One of the first energy-saving
suggestions: Push the thermostat a few degrees higher.' .. '"It all
starts with the air conditioner. That is the piece of equipment that is
responsible for 50 to 60 percent of the total bill in the summer," said
Scott Harelson, a spokesman for Salt River Project, a utility serving
the Phoenix area.' .. 'If customers raise their thermostat a degree,
they can save 2 percent to 3 percent on the air conditioning portion of
their energy bill, according to Arizona Public Service Co., the area's
other large electrical utility.' .. 'But in this desert city where
temperatures regularly climb above a scorching 110 degrees in the
summer, people just love the cold air blowing over them.' .. 'It was
artificial cooling, after all, that helped turn Phoenix into a booming
Sun Belt city in the first place. After World War II, when air
conditioning became cheaper and more available, people and corporations
moved in. Between 1950 and 1995, Arizona's population grew 462 percent.
By 2002, Arizona was the second fastest-growing state.'
VILLAGERS relish electricity
Fiji Times - Fiji
U.S. Oil Co. Helicopter Missing in Nigeria
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-nigeria-
helicopter-missing,0,93588.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
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06-- Electromagnetic current & human affairs
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An Open Letter to Closed Minds
<http://www.holoscience.com/news.php?article=zj49j0u7>
'Cybernauts' Gather in Spain for Party
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-spain-
computer-bash,0,4782377.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
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07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
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Making fast food that much faster // interstate call center drive-in
orders...
<http://startribune.com/stories/462/4895882.html>
'Each time a [Minnesota] drive-through customer places an order at the
speaker box and menu board, it is transmitted to a computer screen at
the [Colorado] call center, where an employee reads back the order to
confirm it.' .. 'The order, along with a photograph taken at the
drive-through location, is then instantaneously printed on a video
screen in the food preparation area of the restaurant where the order
was placed.' .. 'A photo? It's taken to match customers with their
orders, and it's destroyed after the food is served, Bigari said.''
.... 'Cook called a phone company, which installed a high-speed data
line for use once the restaurant remodeled and reopened in September.
The restaurant also offers dine-in service where customers can place an
order from a table-side phone. Those orders are routed through
Colorado, too.' .. 'In the event the call center service would fail,
Cook said, the restaurant still has the capability and technology to
take orders in house.'
Two Pepper Sprayed Over Phone Call At Fla. Movie // via drudgereport.com
<http://www.local6.com/news/3581522/detail.html>
Space images show relentless floods in Bangladesh-- The worst flooding
in
15 years has displaced 20 million people in the low-lying country //
image.
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996205>
'Satellite images have revealed the devastating impact of recent
flooding in Bangladesh, with two thirds of country submerged in water.'
.. 'Pictures taken by the NASA satellite Aqua on 22 July show water
covering areas of Bangladesh and eastern India.' .... 'In one image
produced by MODIS - coloured to show different spectral signatures -
vast regions of flooding are shown across Bangladesh. The flooding is
shaded as both dark blue and white. Blue represents the spectral
signature of water while white represents light from the Sun reflected
by ground water.'
Stuttering More Than Talk – Research Shows Brain's Role In Disorder
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/07/040723085902.htm>
'"Adults who stutter often have great language skills, meaning they
don't have problems with rules of grammar or with the sounds we use to
code the words of our language," Weber-Fox says. "When they speak,
however, their motor output falters, so they pause or trip over words.
We wanted to evaluate the brain activity when they were not stuttering
and, in fact, when they were not having to engage their speech motor
systems."'
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08-- electromagnetic matter & information
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MP3 creator returns with 3D sound // pen-based iosono workstation.
gizmodo.com
<http://news.com.com/MP3+creator+returns+with+3D+sound/2100-1026_3-
5280535.html?part=rss&tag=5280535&subj=news.1026.20>
[more] MP3 Pioneer Debuts Spatial Sound // with photos of
hardware/software...
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64353-
2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1>
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09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
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China's Internet Population Grows 28 Pct. // e-commerce and world
trade...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-china-
internet,0,3217556.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
// sensor networks could have a large impact on information
environments and
// the ability of data to be collected, compiled, shared, and analyzed.
issues
// with powering such devices could go beyond batteries to vibration
and micro-
// solar and wind, to keep a datalogger running, then to burst out
radiowaves.
// in the domestic realm, wired sensors systems could help in an
automation of
// future dwelling functions, related to activating various adaptations
based
// on heat, humidity, wind-speed, weather forecasts, sun-position, smog
index,
// if one were using a weather station atop a house tied into a home
servernet.
Wireless Sensor Networks Spread to New Territory
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/26/business/26sensor.html>
'Wireless sensor networks can be deployed in hours in places where it
could take months to set up wired networks. Analysts estimate that
wiring accounts for 80 percent of the cost of many sensor networks. And
wireless networks, unlike wired systems, can be easily rearranged:
moving a node can be as simple as pulling it off a Velcro mount and
sticking it somewhere else.' .. 'Each point or node on the wireless
network needs components like radio chips and an antenna, and each node
also needs a battery or some other power source.' .. 'But individual
nodes, already sometimes as small as a deck of cards, are steadily
shrinking as more functions are integrated into their digital cores.
The nodes broadcast data to a central computer for processing, either
directly or, in large networks, through intermediate traffic management
devices called gateways.' .... 'Sensor networks are being designed not
only to collect data but also to serve as the nervous system for
electronic controls that turn other machines on and off in response to
changing conditions.'
[and] 'Thin client' concept returns // via macsurfer.com
<http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2004/07/26/business.20040726-
sbt-MICH-B8-_Thin_client__concep.sto>
"In a server-centric computing system, software updates can be pumped
to every machine at once, and individual computers can be shielded from
viruses and attacks."
// like an old stereo cabinet, computer servers and media servers could
fill up
// such a rack-based modular system though the distribution model of
wiring in-
// wall or wireless brings up the question of the basic/core design of
dwellings
// themselves. as with woodden balloon-frames, potentially the
functionality of
// office design could be incorporated into residential housing, or the
utility-
// telecom/datacom closet could be a data hearth around which
structures build,
// such as several storey vertical access with radiating ceiling/floor
access,
// with back-up power generators and integrated security systems
working as one.
// then multiple devices could access the data on a variety of platform
screens.
[and] The X-mediazone Sage 103 digital home entertainment server
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/4452561724735569/>
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10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
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Techies Reshape 9/11 History // relates to Vivisimo's and other WWW
adaptations
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/
0,1283,64346,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1>
[and] The 9/11 Commission Report // 12.2 page 374. (pdf page 391)
'Recommendation: The problems in the U.S.-Saudi relationship must be
confronted, openly. The United States and Saudi Arabia must determine
if they can build a relationship that political leaders on both sides
are prepared to publicly defend-- a relationship about more than oil.
It should include a shared commitment to political and economic reform,
as Saudis make common cause with the outside world. It should include a
shared interest in greater tolerance and cultural respect, translating
into a commitment to fight the violent extremists who foment hatred.'
Vanunu ordered to stay in Israel // nuclear whistleblower freed from
jail...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3925643.stm>
'Mr Vanunu says that he has no more secrets to reveal and that the
travel ban infringes his civil rights.' .. 'The Israeli government
argues that he is still a security risk.'
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11-- electromagnetic business & economics
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Oil hits $42 on supply gloom ahead of U.S. data // via drudgereport.com
<http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/
story.jsp?id=2004072714190002051630&dt=20040727141900&w=RTR&coview=>
Google Stock a Big Ticket // IPO per-share target price of $108 to
$135...
<http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=26038>
PluggedIn: Back-To-School Gadget Prices Take a Fall // 5-10% decline in
prices
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/
20040727/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc>
'Because many popular electronics products have been around for a few
years, their prices are dropping and their quality is improving, making
them both more attractive and more affordable for students, analysts
said.'
[EM-related] Defense Firms Have Better Earnings //
network/comm/screens/radio
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/
20040727/bs_nm/arms_earnings_dc>
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12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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// found this funny.... campaign e-mail artifact:
From: "Bill Clinton" <info {at} johnkerry {dot} com>
To: human {at} electronetwork {dot} org
Subject: Setting the stage for victory
Date: 27 Jul 2004 11:54:50 PDT
Reply-To: "Bill Clinton"
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