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I am no "physicist" by any chance, but the remark "There's a lot of complacent self-deception... among physicists" made by Charles Dillingham (Clarkston, GA USA - Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 12:55:21,PDT) has caught my empathetic attention.
A remedy has to be found, though. (It's possible that critic C.D. has some remedies up his sleeve, but he hasn't spelled them out anyway.)
As for special relativity, I have tried to address the issue in some modest degree at the site mentioned above [http://www.geocities.com/srmrao1/ -- courtesy (software rights) Shara Digitals Pvt,Ltd, Bangalore-560054]. Would C.D. be inclined to approve of this little effort?
Next, as for the question on electronic spin, it was real botheration to me for many months on end, but now I hope I've at last unearthed the relevant down-to-earth answer with all the snobbish math discarded. Would C.D. be interested to hear how -- or has he already resolved the issue to his satisfaction?
SRM RAO, (India)

SRMadhu Rao
Mysore-570009, Karnataka India - Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 22:35:59 (PST)
Your chance to combine the theory with practical hands-on learning! Just found a brand new site that brings science to you. http://www.sublimescience.com
Sublime Science
New York, NY USA - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 21:10:03 (PST)
Hello, I want to thank you for the wealth of useful information on your website. I came across it by accident, but I will be returning.
e-okul
istanbul, 21 Turkey - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 08:47:17 (PST)
Hi, My son successfully built the hovercraft using your online instructions and is trying to adapt the idea to make a 'hover skateboard' but cannnot get it to lift despite having tried many variations. Any suggestions/insights as to why it is not working will be greatly appreciated!
Leslie
Phoenix, AZ USA - Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 21:10:38 (PST)
This site was very informative, but I have a question about stun guns. The way I understand it they have a very high voltage which will stop you but not kill you. I am still learning but if voltage is electricall pressure and the "electricity" which flows through human bodies is charged particles that are already inside our body why is it that when you add the extreme high voltage of the stun gun it doesn't kill you? I was told it was becuase it was very low amps. If voltage pushes charge and amps=one coulomb of charge per second and the charge is charged particles that are already in the body how is amps reduced?
mike
clinton, mo USA - Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 10:11:35 (PST)
Hello, I want to thank you for the wealth of useful information on your website.
mgaidys
New York, NY USA - Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 08:29:28 (PST)
Your sci hobbyist forum is very interesting - keep it up.
Bob D
Las Vegas, NV USA - Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 21:54:37 (PST)
Very much it was pleasant to me. It is very fine site!!!! Best regards!
Tonny
USA, Colorado USA - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 11:48:26 (PST)
Hey Bill! Just a quick note to let you know I've enjoyed your site for over ten years now. In fact, your site was one of the very first websites I EVER visited when my family subscribed to an internet provider the first time in 1998. I was a high school student, and my first fascination with the internet was the possibility of finding cool science project ideas. Naturally your site came up high on the list. Anyway, while I don't browse here as often as I used to then, I still have you in my bookmarks list, and every once in a while it's fun to see what's new and cool -- like melting a beer bottle in the microwave! Thanks for all the great entertainment, education and for getting me in trouble with my mother for trying things with electricity and smoke rings "at home" way back in the 90's. -Dan
Dan Lanphear
Scranton, PA USA - Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 23:55:10 (PST)
Great page! Greetz from germany!
Susanne
Berlin, Germany BRD - Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 14:28:40 (PST)
Hi!! Very much it was pleasant to me. It is fine!!!! To you I shall come to a bowl! Best regards!
Adams
USA, Colorado USA - Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 18:31:33 (PST)
Great site, but need more information and images...
Mouse
New York, 24 USA - Friday, January 11, 2008 at 13:30:45 (PST)
Thanks for the resourceful page
J
San Diego, ca USA - Monday, January 07, 2008 at 13:37:10 (PST)
is very well.
Carlos Barrera
Monterrey, Mexico - Tuesday, January 01, 2008 at 13:26:48 (PST)
super
miki
mindki, fl USA - Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 06:55:07 (PST)
I love science and I must admit that your website is really interesting! I didn't like some articles because they were a bit boring, but most of the website is veeeery helpful. I'm definatelly gonna use it in my next paper! Thx
tanie noclegi
Poland - Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 14:51:20 (PST)
To which email should I send the proof of my student status to get the discount?
[I'm not selling anything, so I don't know which discount you're talking about. Is this something from Google Ads? You'll have to contact the actual advertiser. -billb]

Biff
New-York, USA Continental - Friday, December 28, 2007 at 04:07:03 (PST)
Hi, I find your site honest and informative. Something for anybody interested in science. Good Job.
Leonard
Krugersdorp, Gauteng SA - Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 23:08:34 (PST)
Just learned about this awesome application. Is there a Windows version? If not, are there any plans to release a Windows version anytime soon? thanks!
Irene Miller
Billings, MT USA - Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 23:11:20 (PST)
Hello, I want to thank you for the wealth of useful information on your website. I came across it by accident, but I will be returning.
Demond Jackson
Lansing, MI USA - Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 21:47:03 (PST)
A great science fair project could be developed from this work. A simple and inexpensive apparatus can be used to measure a spin force around humans, animals, plants, bowls of fruit. This fills a gap between spin of sub atomic particles and spin of planets, stars, galaxies, and super galaxies. The amplitude of the spin force around humans has been found to vary with solar/geomagnetic activity, vitality of the subject, phase of the Moon, and sometimes, for some subjects, intention. Remote healing by 20 subjects influenced the amplitude in 17 trials. Observations by one Russian, indicated that spin forces radiate very much faster than light. It is suggested that 'spin' be assumed to be a fundamental force, replacing magnetism, which is a special case of spin. Please check my website, www.buryl.com . Click the "Spin" link. There you will find more information on my discovery.
Buryl Payne
Soquel, CA USA - Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 12:36:10 (PST)
Comprehending The Bernoulli Principle http://svbutchart.com could be a good addition to the reference list.
stan Butchart
Seattle, Wa USA - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 21:10:35 (PST)
Your theory regarding the capacitors is genious. Thank you for your great contribution in form of this site.
Hariton Gusman
San Diego, CA USA - Monday, December 17, 2007 at 02:37:20 (PST)
cool
tele
USA - Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 02:13:53 (PST)
In the case of the UFO binoculars seen on a different page that had a link to this one. Use a reflecting telescope and place the solar cell over the top of the secondary mirror. I suppose this could be done with a huge telescope and clean electronis to reduce the "hiss" noise but have not read about that being done.
Barry Stephens
San Marcos, TX USA - Monday, December 10, 2007 at 19:33:01 (PST)
Great site. Better than 4hv.org 4hv.org really sucks big time.
Chris Russell
USA - Sunday, December 09, 2007 at 15:48:07 (PST)
Great site with tons of great info and love the utube vids by Beaty which I would like to hear from; check out my website! I am on the way to detecting esoteric types of energies using and verifying new and other peoples' detectors! MrZeta7@yahoo.com
Mistah Gray
Rockland, Me USA - Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at 21:42:38 (PST)
How about something on less fantastical potential alternative energy sources: hydrogen producing algae or bacteria, elecricity-producing bacteria, biological fuel cells, synthetic photosynthesis and so forth... No matter what it is, all the scientific brainiac orthodoxy always seem to say it'll take 20 years regardless. Maybe several someones not so rooted such science dogmatism, and/or without too much vested interesed in jeopardizing petroleum-stock portfolios might just actually come up with something and be able to make it public knowledge, that is, before the petroleum/neocon police come knocking on their doors with an offer that s/he couldn't refuse, i.e.: "hand over the patent and the prototype... or we'll ruin you...or worse."
Karl
MN USA - Saturday, December 01, 2007 at 21:06:48 (PST)
No! I only wanted to click and get quick satisfaction - and your magnificent site is HUGE! I'll be coming back for more, and putting you on my poor, baby blog. Brilliant stuff. I'm an unemployed physicist - you might just help cure my awful cravings. Respect.
Amanda Gipson
Sheffield, UK - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 12:26:56 (PST)
At my site you could find the project of superluminal particle accelerator soon. Paradoxically, it is deduced from Einsteins Special relativity
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Samobor, croatia craoatia - Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 13:54:59 (PST)
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Phoenix, FT USA - Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 19:28:06 (PST)
Who owns this place? I'm doing research and want to know when this site was published and your last name and first initials please. put it on your website. Thanks! bye
jagex
New york, NY USA - Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 19:25:47 (PST)
Great site. just what i was looking for.
Dining Room Furniture
USA - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 08:06:17 (PST)
Wery good website. Thanks.
andy
Brooklyn, NY USA - Monday, November 19, 2007 at 07:18:39 (PST)
What an excellent and refreshing site. I have copied quotes onto "myopia free". I get "beaten up" or a regular basis by the majority-opinion ODs -- that myopia can not be prevented. On the basis of pure-SCIENCE I say that it can be. But that is scientific truth for me. Otis
Otis Brown
Waynesboro, PA USA - Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 14:09:42 (PST)
I will agree with my last comment and say that its been 7 years,and this place is still a big ass waste of time. :)
James Villella
Colorado Springs, CO USA - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 08:52:16 (PST)
this site is the bomb like a Andrew-splosion
Andrew Johrendt
Cocoa, FL USA - Monday, November 12, 2007 at 12:04:33 (PST)
Here's a website that hosts a Java based traffic simulation that allows you to alter road and traffic conditions at your whim with unexpected results( http://vwisb7.vkw.tu-dresden.de/~treiber/MicroApplet/ ). For example a higher speed limit will not always result in traffic moving faster; in most cases having a lower speed limits reduces bottlenecks and improves traffic flow.
Elliot
Los Angeles, CA USA - Monday, November 05, 2007 at 10:34:35 (PST)
Some are wise and some are otherwise.
denny
dallas, ko usa - Saturday, November 03, 2007 at 12:03:39 (PDT)
i am a freak the c.d skips when i am stressed, if i am in a bad mood i blow the amplifier, if i am feeling energetic i turn my car head lights off and the light remains on, every car i used to go in - the car battery would go flat, street lights on off, if i am tired brand new batteries go flat, my laptop computer won't turn off, machines hate me as i tend to break them - i really think i am the interference disk to stop humans from being mind controlled by aliens, i think i am a genetically modified human, perhaps i have alien implants in me and these cause interferrance, i use to wake up in middle of night and go outside - always i would see at least two satellites going past - perhaps my thoughts bounce off satellite and onto another, i saw four alien ships - the control room they wrapped me in green light and when i went to bed they said were putting me in hospital and i saw a green light scanner on my ceiling - i was terribly ill at that time and they healed me - i know i not crazy - they told me to put my helmet on - (perhaps they meant my virtual reality helmet - they said i from andromeda and since i got da green light i have been able to heal people - miracles - my boyfriend had a brain tumor and i saw green light over him and he now lives, other people had made me take my hands away as they have felt electric shock and a lot of heat go through the parts on them that need to be healed - they say they can still feel the heat days later - they then become healed - i am scared that i may be found out as a freak and scientists will want to cut my brain up and do tests on me - i heard in my bedroom a voice that said i was a fine specimen - they think i am just an animal but that makes them not very highly evolved to think of me and treat me like an animal - they have also saved my life however i use to hear invisible helicoptors and had an ongoing fight with machines on a radio - the machines started to hate me and eventually disowned me as i think i did their poor heads in ha ha i say their experimenmt got out of hand and i toughened up and kicked their arss as in dreams the hypnotising grey aliens now have to wear protective glassers as i will hypnotise and over power them these days - yeah i a human - not superhuman just a super human
julia
auckland, new zealand - Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 12:18:56 (PDT)
I found your site in a reference listing.I would like to coment on what a terrific informative site that it is.Great job,well done!
Fred Hansen
de - Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 15:19:03 (PDT)
Another man's mind is a closed book.
astana
denver, kolorado kolorado - Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 10:17:17 (PDT)
From where does electron flow, from higher potential to lower potential or vice versa. The lecture of college said that it was vice versa in a DC circuit. It means that current flow from higher to lower potential. But in the case of a condutor connected to an ac outlet, current flows due to the movement of electrons(i know it is the real fact about the conduction in solid metal) and the current flows from higher potential to lower then what about the direction of electron. Please help out as quick as possible. Trusting in ur answer
[ "higher" and "lower" can be misleading, since a large negative potential is "high" voltage, yet it's negative, so it's "low?" Better to say that electrons in a passive load will flow from MORE NEGATIVE to MORE POSITIVE potential. Positive ions flow the other way. Wires conduct because of their movable electrons. But most non-metal conductors (plasma, salt water) contain movable positives AND movable negatives. (Also, electrons in a generator coil or on surfaces of battery electrodes will flow backwards against any potential measured on the generator or battery terminals! "Charge pumps" such as batteries and generators push electrons backwards against potential, that's why they are sources of energy. -billb]

Faisal
Banglore, India - Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 05:07:05 (PDT)
HI and good day to all! I qualified as an Electronics Engineer and spent the latter part of 20 years working with radar, television and finally VHS video signal processing. But, after all those years, I feel like trying my hand at a valve (you guys call them tubes in the USA!)project. Finding your site was a blessing! By the way, where in Seattle are you based? I spent around 5 yrs trying to get into the USA via a suitable job but gave up in the end :(
Jag
Olde Englande, UK - Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 09:28:57 (PDT)
I have just stumbled across your site whilst doing some research and I have to say it is one of the best written technical sites I have come across. The business I work for website is nowhere near as well written as yours, informative but easy to read and an enjoyable read. Thank You
simon johnstone
Huddersfield, England - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 04:18:59 (PDT)
I simply wished to point out this article: http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.html In reference to confirmation of your page on water threads: http://amasci.com/freenrg/wasser.html The Physorg article appears to confirm the results. Moreover, they didn't even require the initial thread, or "bridge," apparently they simply used high voltage DC and the water did the rest! Cheers, ~Michael Gmirkin
Michael Gmirkin
Beaverton, OR USA - Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 02:37:53 (PDT)
Liked you site, lots of information, will try to send you an e-mail. Microwaves.
don v
Fort Mcmurray , ab Canada - Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 10:59:55 (PDT)
I inform about the new Gearturbine, power by barr, with retrodynamic dextrogiro vs levogiro effect, an non parasitic looses system, and over-unit engine. To see details: www.geocities.com/gearturbine
Carlos Barrera
Monterrey, Mexico - Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 10:43:50 (PDT)
I first came upon the concept of 'wave theory' and 'friction' as they relate to traffic, in a book I read in the 1970's called "Expert Driving". I have also noticed the 'calming' effect that a single vehicle can have on a huge traffic stream. It won't take very many people operating in this manner to have a HUGE effect on traffic, accidents, and commute time! Resonance is a truly amizsing thing! -bob
Bob Audlee
Leominster, MA USA - Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 19:01:01 (PDT)
I was reading your eletrical people story, but didn't find one like mine. I have no control over it or when it happens, but plenty of witnesses. I feel an eletrical current running through my hands sometimes when I touch them together or touch another person, usually when I am very at peace and feeling a lot of love. I can actually touch another person's face when this is happening and rub the outside of their ear and they will hear a buzzing noise like I was running something electrical over their ears. It freaks them out and me too. Ever hear of anything like it?
Tanya
Houston, TX USA - Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 01:25:41 (PDT)
Beware. This site will convince you that light(and emr generaly)is a wave and possibly show you that a lot of your life has been in vain.
geoff harries
munich, Germany - Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 06:32:07 (PDT)
Hi, I appreciate your views on transistor's working.I think it will be nice if you add your view on relationship between collector,base,and emitter current. sale
Sara
New York, USA - Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 04:37:14 (PDT)
Karen, I send you mail and it's coming back as eskimo won't allow it to go through. Can you contac them? Otherwise I have no way to send you the notes to the class you registered for.
Maria Marsala
USA - Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 00:48:26 (PDT)
Its a nice job you are doing... people worldwide require science awareness..
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OL, CA USA - Saturday, September 08, 2007 at 09:17:55 (PDT)
Bill, yours is one of the few websites that I have read, and read, and read, and read... and read again... and again. It has been a great help to me and helped me to figure out many of the things that have helped me to understand alchemy a bit. Thanks! Your website is a treasure! It looks great. Thanks! -Josh
Josh Gulick
Portland, OR USA - Monday, September 03, 2007 at 20:04:02 (PDT)
In a way to be exhaustive in your web site, you could had the following address: http://membres.lycos.fr/degravitation/intro/html/intro1.htm. This French searcher (Dct in physics) has published 2 books in French (ed: Manuscrit.com) that are very interesting. Congratulations for your excellent website Best regards MH
Franck Hollender
Paris, france - Monday, September 03, 2007 at 01:32:32 (PDT)
Hi, Bill! I've enjoyed your website for years. I found it early on in my mad (read, 'amateur') scientist haunts. I started to build a tesla coil years ago. Got as far as a really AWESOME secondary coil; it took many hours, many nights to wind it myself by hand. Then I tucked it away in a corner of the garage, out of site, out of mind. I rediscovered it last spring when cleaning. Picked it up; it was heavy at one end, so I gave it a slam, dislodging the rat's nest, turds, etc, that came plopping out on the concrete floor. So, that coil was tossed. But it got me back on track. This time I've acutally bought a nice, new, suplus flyback transformer, and a 4" sphere for the topload. I think this time I'll actually build the thing (but will buy the secondary, pre-wound, from eBay!)and maybe even have some fun and not fry myself in the process. Keep up the good work!
Jerry Slack
SF Bay Area, CA USA - Friday, August 31, 2007 at 23:46:04 (PDT)
Thank you for putting my anger and frustration toward the "teachers" in this field so eloquently into english. I KNOW HOW TO MAKE A TRANSISTOR WORK. I WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS. Thank you. And your theory on capacitors. Brilliant. I'm one of those that dont accept crap that my brain cannot wrap around. (crap, wrap.....hmmmm). Then I refuse to move on. I'm stuck. Then I suffer. Not the teacher and the blind followers, only too happy to waddle on...not knowing. I also have a problem with the convention direction of "current". Any help you can lend me on the subject? Thank you and I, bless you.
Adrian Bartholomew
Leawood, KS USA - Friday, August 31, 2007 at 07:36:18 (PDT)
Hello,I'm a middle school student who needs an idea for a science project and i stumbled upon your video on youtube,thus finding your site here.So do you have any tips for me as a student who would like to try your project? I mean this is like the coolest thing i have ever seen as a science project =) Please email me at Knownas23@aim.com,if you cannot reach me on here =) thanks,You rock! for a physics teacher anyway =D
Tyler
Loxahatchee, FL USA - Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 14:46:38 (PDT)
Hello Good job!!! Alex
Alex
New York, NY USA - Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 07:38:06 (PDT)
I could kiss you right now for FINALLY clearing the 5year "how the $&@! do transistors work?!" fog from my head. Your explanation was perfect. I hope you do someday find the time to replace the ascii drawings w/ animations but I highly commend you for the excellent "drawings". : )

I've finally found someone who understands my sensical dilemma. How very compassionate of you to take the time to dispell the wall of confusion facing so many people. I graduated in physics, took an electronics course, walked away w/ ZERO electronics knowledge and still don't know a single person who graduated w/ me that could explain transistors. It took your site + a 35year IBM veteran to place me where I really wanted, and should have been, my senior year of college. thank you! matt --=[tweakman at mac.com]=--
MATTHEW TWYMAN
AUSTIN, TX USA - Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 23:05:51 (PDT)


The web site http://www.sailmag.com/cclasscats/ shows an example of an sail for class c catamaran that is symetrical and is a good example of your assertion that a "wing" does not need to be curved above an flat below to generate lift. I saw this up close in Bristol, RI yacht club recently (Aug 2007). Since a yacht has to tack in both directions into the wind it would have to be symetrical. Interestingly, the flap at the back is very large.
David Ramage
Rahway, NJ USA - Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 18:25:58 (PDT)
I inform about the new Gearturbine, power by barr, with retrodynamic dextrogiro vs levogiro effect, an non parasitic looses system, and over-unit engine. To see details: www.geocities.com/gearturbine
Carlos Barrera
Monterrey, Mexico - Friday, August 24, 2007 at 16:49:44 (PDT)
After ages spent re-reading Wikipedia articles, I finally found William Beaty's fantastic explanation of transistors. I really, finally, fundamentally, understand them, and I do thank him for all he has done for us electronics newbies.
Elen Baxter
USA - Friday, August 24, 2007 at 07:26:22 (PDT)
I would like instructions how to build youyr model that repells gravity at one end and attracts it at the other end email is www.timetraveler6666@yahoo.com
bill
visalia, ca USA - Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 17:33:26 (PDT)
I have enjoyed (only briefly, so far) your web site. Just a quick comment: Have you ever considered that some of the more advanced concepts in physics are also ... well, simply wrong. For example, no one on Earth actually knows what electron spin is. Sure, I understand the Dirac equation and its derivation, but no on knows what electron spin "IS" in terms of bouncing balls and walls you can punch with your fist, and so on. And, another example: The universe we live in is three-dimentional. Duhh. Einstein published the SR articles in 1905, and when the mathematicians came along (I forget which ones) and described it all as four-vectors, Einstein said something like, "They've taken my theory and recast it into a form that I don't even understand!" (He was being hyperbolic, of course.) And, BTW, time is NOT the fourth dimension. The "fourth dimension" (which is merely a mathematical convenience and does not actually exist) is not "t", it is "ct" -- it's the *distance* that light would travel in vacuo in time "t". And never mind string theory. Don't take me there.

Physicists believe that if they understand the math, then that's all there is to know and if you ask questions, you're just naive and dumb. Nobody even knows why inertia exists! (Yea, yea, OK ... maybe it's the Higgs boson.)

Anyhow ... these are just friendly comments ... There's a lot of complacent self-decption out there among physicists.

Regards ...
Charles Dillingham
Clarkston, GA USA - Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 12:55:21 (PDT)


I have had a long time interest in high frequency energy production.I found your site very interesting. Thanks.It worked really well. dzordz
dzordz
New York, NY usa - Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 06:58:32 (PDT)
Hi, I appreciate your views on transistor's working.I think it will be nice if you add your view on relationship between collector,base,and emitter current.
sale
Bangkok, CA Thailand - Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 17:02:19 (PDT)
Mr Beaty, I have been an electronics technician for more than 30 years, have made plenty of money, am confident in my trade but have to admit, don't really know that much about electronics. After sufing the web for a better understanding of transistors, I found your sight. Thanks for being down to earth and straight forward. I look forward to developing my own gut-feeling about the trade that I "thought I knew" a lot about. I know you're busy but I would enjoy staying in contact with some of your other readers. V/R David Yutzy (...ftsccs@batelco.com.bh++==)
David Yutzy
USA - Friday, August 17, 2007 at 09:43:53 (PDT)
Weird phenomena in Seattle... On Columbia ave, walking up the hill between 2nd/3rd on the sidewalk next to the United Way building, something strange is oozing from the cracks in the pavement. It's been there for several weeks, and hasn't evaporated or washed away. It looks like water, but it's solid!

I've stepped in it to see if it was water, it's not, it's some kind of glassy material. At first, I thought it might be spilled resin, and the largest patch appears to be 'emerging' from a intentional seam in the concrete, which would make sense if someone spilled some there, and it ran downhill. But further down there is more 'weeping' from a stress crack in the concrete, like water can do. This stuff has been there for a month or more now, and it hasn't changed. It seems to have emerged sometime in the past, and then set up.

I've seen small 'soda straws' and other cave-like things growing from the undersides of old concrete bridges, but this material is water-clear! It looks like water-glass, but I can't think of a way it would form in concrete.

I may try getting a sample later.
Daniel
Seattle, WA USA - Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:57:05 (PDT)


This theme is closed, or here it is possible to ask a question? Thanks...
MIkeeeee
MOS, RUS - Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 10:03:10 (PDT)
Wopps Forgot to say the name of the who's CD that came from. It is called "Endless wire".^^ We are learning what we have forgotten....
John F. Hendry
White Salmon, WA USA - Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 15:15:03 (PDT)
Look at what you are reading because what you are reading is relative to what you are thinking. Look at what you are thinking because what you are thinking is relative to what you are feeling. Look at what you are feeling because it is relative to what time it is relative to an initial inertial frame of reference.

You need to learn to count cycles of feeling and where to start counting from. I need to learn what you know. Stop moving and you will find the point of reference I am talking about.

I owed you one;-) Great site sir. I often end up here doing my searches for my book on Relative Relativity. This time it was in reference to the Neurogenetic reflex action. The search on Google was "matter equal positive and negative charge."

Who - Unholy Trinity Lyrics
three kids from the neighborhood
three different lives
three different ways to be
the identical smiles
we're not the same
but we can talk
we kiss and link our arms
we take a walk
we watch the tide ever way
carry our ides through the sea
we hear the music
remember being free
we are unholy trinity
and love forever
but we are the sea
we are the ocean
we are the free
we are unholy trinity
Who do you think the three kids from the neighborhood are?
Watt happens when they take a walk?
Why is the song on track twelve?
What law measures time?
Why are you thinking this?
Does matter create life?
What is matter? Just a feeling I had because time is not relative.^^ John F. Hendry was here X.^^

John F. Hendry
White Salmon, WA USA - Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 15:04:42 (PDT)


Cool site. Thank you.
George
Wilmington, DE usa - Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 07:37:19 (PDT)
Ref Tesla's mistake. Take a look at Konstantin Meyl's work: http://www.etzs.de/onlineshop/products_new.php and especially get to grips with his scalar waves experimentation kit, that demonstrates the interaction of the spherical antennae. Have a think too about his spiral coils (as Tesla used) and think what the electromagnetic induction properties are of constant speed waves around a coil of decreasing radius. There is still more to this than regular school physics. For example Tesla measured the Schumann frequency of the resonant cavity between ionosphere and planet surface which was later corroborated, and also the scalar frequency, which Meyl corroborates.
Andy Davidson
UK - Friday, June 22, 2007 at 13:41:22 (PDT)
Taos Hum sound balancer wanted
Trent Smith
Taos, NM USA - Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 10:42:00 (PDT)
Mr. Beaty, I just want to say thanks for the infrared goggles project. When I came across it last year, I had been looking for ways to make ultraviolet pass goggles - obviously considerably more dangerous when looking around outside, but still fun. I happened to break one of the filters I was using a few weeks ago, and figured what the heck, let's order some Congo Blue gels as well.

I received my gels today and was thoroughly amazed by the results, especially with regards to flowering plants. Blood red sunflowers look pretty amazing. I plan on trying these in tandem with my UV-pass filters eventually, so if I notice anything particularly interesting with that combination I'll let you know.

Thanks again, and keep experimenting!
Duncan A.
TX USA - Monday, June 18, 2007 at 21:56:49 (PDT)


I am pretty damn sure my mom and me have this problem -or ocurrance andy thing not grounded Expt) labtops and cell phones we tend to fry or just develope odd problems with I found that ensureing its plugged in and useing wire less key boards help It seems to come fronm her side (her and I are physicly simmuler and my brother who looks more like my dads side dosent seem to have it he parents and sybolings aren't big into computers or cells really so i don't know about them, also not knowing if it may be related we both have a relitivly larger amount of dreams that end up happening expcially when it comes to tramatic events there never exact but the referance to deaths its expecilly clear I don't know that could just be that were parinoid though. Sjomspearbar@hotmail.com
sally
enning, sd USA - Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 07:46:48 (PDT)
I have been looking into the Scalar Wave Weaponry. Some of the weather events may have been caused by this, worth looking into.
Lu
Fort Myers, Fl USA - Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 17:50:40 (PDT)
on page http://amasci.com/amateur/neodymium.html#fall dead link: "The info about this is now on John Lahr's page."

old adress: http://lahr.org/john-jan/maglev/maglev.html

new adress: http://jclahr.com/science
jake
il, il - Friday, June 08, 2007 at 01:34:13 (PDT)


Hello, have loved this site for years, thanks. My comment goes to the science museum page, concerning an addition. The Teylers Museum, in Harlaam, Netherlands (outside Amsterdam). It's website is in Dutch at http://www.teylersmuseum.nl/index_flash.html I always think it's fun surfing in languages I don't know. However, they have a great *.pdf tour at the rather long address of http://www.teylersmuseum.nl/dossiers/files/Dossier%20Welcome%20to%20Teylers%20Museum.pdf

Enjoy, add to the list, and if you want to visit Amsterdam, I recomend staying in Harlaam. dennis lee trabue
Dennis Lee Trabue
Eureka, CA USA - Tuesday, June 05, 2007 at 07:21:13 (PDT)


Many years ago, when I was working for SLAC in Menlo Park, CA, a friend of mine came in on the midnight shift with a Toyota rear axel and two bearings. He said he needed a 40 ton press to press the bearings on the axel. I said I didn't know where they had such a thing, but I knew another way to do it. We cleaned the axel off real well and went over to the liquid nitrogen tank they kept in the research area. It was three stories high, and about 10 feet in diameter. We poured some LN2 on one end of his axel and the bearing went right on....After it warmed up, we did the other end the same way......Saved a lot of time not having to search for a 40 ton press!
William E. Graham
Salem, OR USA - Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 13:49:16 (PDT)
Just a thought about your traffic model. I thought about the phenomena too, but it seems that you've left out one of the rules I considered key: When the cars/road ratio increases -- even for very small lengths of road -- cars tend to slow to adjust back to "safe" following distance. There's more than one idea in that, but it's similar to a "virtual" accident at the point of increased car density -- which takes on a life of its own. By the way: Neat site!
Alex
New-York, NY USA - Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 05:38:06 (PDT)
I discovered this week that my house is not grounded. When I had the original galvanized plumbing replaced with the latest and greatest Plastic pipes I lost my ground line. Before cooling my house this year I had an ominous feeling about the status of the evaporative cooler. For some reason I remembered the cut line hanging off the exterior of my historic home which now hung from the electric box into thin air. Just dangleing there. I called the plumber. He is licensed. He is a professional. Well, the company is anyway. Intially the company came to bid the job as if I was a new customer. After showing the plumbber the dangling wire his eyes got large. The Manager of the company is coming tomorrow to place an 8 foot metal rod into the ground. He says casually that I need a sticker on my electric box indicating I have a "non metalic" home. I told him I think I need more than a sticker. I am not sure what the actual danger has been living in a non grounded home.I am getting a long rod after a long difficult conversation. I am an educated woman. This may be a hinderence. I think it is serious not to ground a house. I think it is really amazing nothing has happened. I am thinking that perhaps this is a big deal. I have gone on line to look up "Grounding". Your article makes sense to me. It appears to be important to a lot of people that everything be grounded. I am confused how anything actually worked since the house is not grounded. The refrigerator is running. My phone is charging. I am using my laptop un-plugged now that I know for sure the house is non-grounded. I won't use the dishwasher, the washer machine or even my juicer. I feel fear. I feel unsafe. If they don't complete the rod installation tomorrow I am planing on sleeping elsewhere until the job is complete. Am I over reacting? Electricity seems like a big deal to me. I am flabergasted that the plumming company is so relaxed about making the install of the rod. I called three times after the plummer saw the situation to get a solution scheduled. The owners would not take my call. The poor receptionist had to listen to me go on and on each time explaining that it is 103 degrees outside and I can't turn on my cooler. My house happens to have air conditioning too, but I can't imagine using it as it is a brand new appliance installed just prior to the severance of the ground line. I don't want to fry out my new machine and burn my house down. Am I being over dramtic? Last week three houses burned down in Tucson. It caught me attention on the news. It is what actually prompted me to remember the dangling ground line.That and the 103 degrees creeping in. What do you think Bill B. I see you are swamped. I will post this note and see what others might think. Thanks for not spamming, Thanks even more for the information.
Gaia
Tucson, AZ USA - Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 23:29:22 (PDT)
Thank you for your section on "BIONS", LEUKOCYTES, AND "FLOATERS." I'd been wondering whether there was something wrong with my eyes, and this site is the first I've found with a valid-sounding explanation.
Marie
Canton, MI USA - Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 14:22:04 (PDT)
I found by reading your explanation of "How a transistor works" that I also think from a physicists' "Babylonian viewpoint". I knew I wasn't crazy sensing something being wrong in regards to textbook explanations.... How about the explanation of how a MOSFET works. I think I have a good idea now but would love to read your explanation.... GREAT SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John P Nawoh
Edison , NJ USA - Friday, May 25, 2007 at 12:16:55 (PDT)
Awesome cite! Keep up the good work!!!
Samantha
USA - Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 08:49:52 (PDT)
Hey Bill! I think I finally managed to release the ID monsters you talked about.

I was at a holiday, at the bathroom, about to take a poo. But the toiler paper was inconveniently placed at the back wall, same as the toilet. Annoying to reach for.

The obvious solution would be to simply place a roll of toilet paper in front of me on the ground. But in a fit of creativity I decided to ignore the obvious. I instead figured that since toilet paper is normally placed on a wall to your side, it might be the best place. So I turned 90 degrees left on the toilet.

But the shape of a toilet is such that it was too short now. So I decided to turn another 90 degrees and sit on the toilet backwards, with my legs around it. But I had my pants pulled down to my ankles, so I couldn't. The obvious solution would be to take off my pants completely. I ignored the obvious solution.

I instead lifted my legs ABOVE the water reservoir sitting backwards on the toilet, ready for action! Then I realised how riddiculous this whole thing is and fell off the toilet from laughing too hard.

I reached the insanity phase. I wonder if genius will follow. Cheers, Vlad
Vlad
Belgium - Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 08:14:00 (PDT)


what a nice site you've got. just signing the guestbook for the heck of it have a nice day.
Noodles
Columbus, IN USA - Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 09:24:22 (PDT)
Hi all, I can only imagine the frustration of inventers in the quest for alternative energy. As a simple housewife, with no time to experiment, only a limited knowledge of the currently available options, and even less money to try anything of significance, I am totally frustrated that no one can find a simple, affordable system that the individual homeowner can put in place, that wouldn't conflict with local zoning, or look like crap up on my roof. I'm tired of seeing projects that would ultimately still depend upon those wires on poles sending me the energy I use. (read also as - big gov't bucks to fund the power companies' efforts that in no way will lower the bills) Somebody, PLEASE - power a home for a year!! There would be no better proof in a product. If it can be done for under $5k for the equipment, you will find investors, believe me. Shoot, forget investors, just start making/selling it yourself. Isn't that how Bill Gates started? In the garage?
Jean
Winston-Salem, NC USA - Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 08:08:05 (PDT)
Hi Dear Bill B., I have a few questions for you if you don't mind answering or if you have the time to do that, here they are:

Are Wommelsdorf Generators and Van der Graaf Generator both electrostatic generators? Can they also be called Potential Generators? What about Tesla coils?

Which one is better or what are the applications where you would use one over the other one?

Are Van der Graaf Generators amplifiers by nature or can you obtain amplification by cascading them?

What's a better device, a regular Tesla Coil or a Van der Graaf Generator? A "Real" Tesla Coil ( I saw your explanation for this on the net, having a "third coil", forgot now the purpose) or Van der Graaf Generator?

If you wanted to create huge voltages (millions upon millions of volts), could you use a Van der Graaf Generator to create your initial "BIG" potential and then use a Tesla Coil or Real Tesla coil to further Magnefy your initial BIG voltage?

Thank you, and I hope my questions are of interest for you too, regards, Joaquin trickyeve@hotmail.com
Joaquin
Cost Mesa, CA USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 04:49:32 (PDT)


After I read the explanations on electricity and related topics on your website, I had for the very first time began to understand what exactly electricity is. First the first time I could perceive the subject matter of electricity so clearly. If all teachers and text books in the world were as precise and as clear as your explanations here, the world would have been a much better place. Thank you very much for your great service and please keep it up.
Fan
Stuttgart, Germany - Monday, March 26, 2007 at 05:12:55 (PDT)
Thank you.
I am just an old layman, who likes to have gut-feeling understanding of my universe. About 2 months ago I saw a physics article without to many scary equations, so I decided to read it. It lead to my most intense study period yet experienced and with plenty of despair. Your site finally got me through. It probably sounds lame to others that what I finally realized is just that energy has no mass, not even a snip of plasma or a single electron. Those things have energy but aren't. I always tried to pin something to it, a beam, a wave... Now I get it as nothing but a principle. 3 days ago I understood it. 2 days ago I really-really got it, and yesterday I accepted it.

Sincerely, Rasmus
Rasmus
Pituffik, Greenland - Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 10:15:46 (PDT)
First, thank you so much for helping me realize that I, too, also think from a physicists' "Babylonian viewpoint". I have always stuggled with the textbooks now I know why.

I have some invention ideas that I like to prototype. I'd like to find a hobbyist type of person that 1) knows what electronics components are out there...off-the-shelf and widely available. 2) is willing to do small projects and not ask too much money for it.
Can you give advise where I can find someone like this? If any hobbyist is interested, I can be reached at dannyhcwang(@)yahoocom

Danny Wang
Los Angeles, CA USA - Friday, March 23, 2007 at 15:07:32 (PDT)
My 6 year old grandson is very interested in science of any kind. He is currently reading a book about weather. My son would like to find a science club in the Orland Fla area for him. Any suggestions? Thanks
Howard Bierley
USA - Friday, March 23, 2007 at 14:45:23 (PDT)
I tried the microwave and steel wool approach for "bigger better balls" of ball lightning and can confirm it worked four times out of four i na standard doemstic 750W oven. Power only needed for 2 seconds. Would suggest the bigger the Pyrex container around the steel wool the better to enable the discharge to last a bit longer. Kids were scared, wife was out, the only damage was when stupid me dropped the glass turntable on the floor!!
Tim Bunce
Vale of Glamorgan, UK - Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 04:03:47 (PDT)
I try to be courteous to drivers merging in to my lane when things get tight on the freeway. But what of the motorist who feels that he/she is too good to wait in line with the others and seeks unfair advantage by driving up in a free moving lane such as an exit only lane or even the shoulder, and then wants to merge in at the last moment? I am not so kind to these arrogant types. F.M.
[ But nobody can stop cheaters, they can force their way in. If you try to block them, your fight causes traffic to come to a halt. Also, in many situations the "cheaters" are perfectly normal people who missed seeing the end of a very long backup, and nobody is letting them in near the back of the line. It's not like a queue at a bank teller; since they cannot drive backwards to take their fair place at the back. When I'm in that situation, I see the close-packed people in the line as having an "I've got mine" attitude. If they won't let anyone in near the rear of the line, then we're justified to take our fair place: at the front. In actual practice, I like to get in line early, then let huge numbers of people get in ahead of me, still at the back of the line. This often shatters the traffic jam as I approach it, since the jam was entirely created by people who pack tightly together and prevent all merges except at the very front of the line. By letting people in early, I eliminate the supply of cars that have to butt their way in at the front. Since this technique works, it shows that those people weren't cheaters at all, since they happily take their place near the back end of the line... but only if the people back there open up some space. -billb]

F. Monaco
Coconut Creek, FL USA - Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 19:51:53 (PDT)
You have a mistake on your 'ridiculed' page. The tv camera guy is *John* L. Baird, not James
Bill
Vancouver, BC Canada - Monday, March 12, 2007 at 20:17:34 (PDT)
Dear sir,

I am a electrical and electronics engineerign student(India) and I would like to now more about "Kelvin's Thunderstorm" in depth.
Some questions on this topic is
what is the range of the voltage?
where we can apply this?
any reache are going on in world?
If Any research center(India) are researching in this stream please give me the address or email Id

Manjunatha.N
manjunatha5 yahoo com

Manjunatha.N
Bangalore, india - Thursday, March 08, 2007 at 20:59:35 (PST)
Thank you for the wonderfull website.
After finding your article on maglev trains on this web site, I have come up with a solution to propell the "simple" maglev train: Attach a strong electro magnet at the begining of the track, when you swich it on it should push the maglev train quite nicely.
thanks

Science Student
MI USA - Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 16:17:05 (PST)
My 8 yr old son was researching projects for his science fair and came across your website.... under Electric Projects is a link entited "Pikas Shoes" - the site it takes you to IS NOT a site for an 8 yr old boy.......It was story a regarding Pikachu from Pokemon with extremely BAD LANGUAGE!!!!! What kind of website are you running??? This website is supposed to be for Science Projects....

Kim
USA - Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 14:27:18 (PST)
I am a math/physics prof w 20 refereed publications. Over the past few years I have concluded the following:

1)My research is useless unless students are involved.
2)Students won't do research for free unless it's fun.
3)Very few students are sufficiently dedicated even if it is fun.
4)To get those who are truly interested, I have must collaborate on-line with students outside my particular school.

Hence I came up with the science of boatbuilding. For more details, as well as ideas for science fairs projects in "boatology", visit my non-comercial website at:

http://faculty.valpo.edu/gvandegr/

Guy Vandegrift
Valparaiso, IN USA - Friday, January 12, 2007 at 10:15:34 (PST)
HI William.
I appreciate your views on transistor's working.I think it will be nice if you add your view on relationship between collector,base,and emitter current.

Abhishek singh
Bangalore, Karnataka India - Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 23:12:40 (PST)
i hate your site and it hurts my head i dont understand

good day

kiki
spokane, wa USA - Friday, January 05, 2007 at 08:45:15 (PST)
 

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