Prosecutors Seek OK to Create Phony Files
February 18th, 2007They hate us for our freedom.
Via: Miami Herald:
Florida’s prosecutors are floating a proposal to the Legislature to give them the power to secretly falsify public court records — with a judge’s approval — for undercover law enforcement purposes.
Spurred by Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle, the draft bill would limit the authority to manufacture and plant fake documents in court files to 180 days. But it also provides for an unlimited number of 30-day extensions.
Research Credit: David
Natural Gas Storage with Material Derived from Corncob Waste
February 17th, 2007Via: Sietch Blog:
The National Science Foundation reports of a very interesting breakthrough. Using corncob waste as a starting material, researchers have created carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas at an unprecedented density of 180 times their own volume and at one seventh the pressure of conventional natural gas tanks.
This corncob “sponge†will allow for the storage of methane, a natural gas derived from rotting bio-waste. With this new technology comes the possibility of using waste methane from cow manure, food waste, heck even human waste to power your car.
Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership for Innovation program, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) and Midwest Research Institute (MRI) in Kansas City developed the technology. The technology has been incorporated into a test bed installed on a pickup truck used regularly by the Kansas City Office of Environmental Quality.
The briquettes are the first technology to meet the 180 to 1 storage to volume target set by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2000, a long-term goal of principal project leader Peter Pfeifer of MU.
“We are very excited about this breakthrough because it may lead to a flat and compact tank that would fit under the floor of a passenger car, similar to current gasoline tanks,†said Pfeifer. “Such a technology would make natural gas a widely attractive alternative fuel for everyone.â€
Research Credit: ME
Modified Bedini Cole Window Motor
February 17th, 2007UPDATE: Bedini Shows Mike Motor Is a Fraud
John Bedini wrote that Mike must have hidden a 9v battery in the switch:
The Final Word – 2007/02/28 23:46 Everybody,
Here is the final word from ME!!!
I have spent all day duplicating every variation of Mike’s circuit and SS Relay switch. I did find a curious inductive current loop but I was not able to run the motor or produce Mike’s waveforms with it.
Rick is uploading the video we just shot of the “Mike duplication” tape to the Yahoo Bedini_Window_Energizer group. You may view it there.
The bottom line is, Mike cheated!!! The only way to get the motor to duplicate Mike’s performance is for there to be a hidden 9 volt battery in the SS Relay box. The system works just the way Ossie said it would, with the capacitor rising to about 6 volts.
You can stop it, short out the cap, and restart the motor in either direction.
Sorry everybody. Mike’s demo was a fraud and I am done with this project.
John
(with Peter and Rick)
There you have it for now. I’ll continue to monitor the situation for any substantial developments.
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The rotor is started by hand. Not only does the rotor accelerate, the device charges a capacitor. It’s using a Bedini-type circuit. I’ve been keeping an eye on this for a couple of days, waiting for the punchline, but instead of going away, interest is snowballing. I know a couple of you guys are builders, so I’m posting this for whatever it’s worth.
The project is totally open source. If you want to work on a replication, go for it. This PES Wiki page is a central repository for key info. The builder, Mike, is remaining anonymous for the moment, but he’s holding nothing back, in terms of the design, and is trying to help others get their machines going.
Here’s a higher quality version of the clip below:
Note: I love the hostility that posts like this bring out in some people. I can talk about lunatic religions all day and never raise an eyebrow. But point to stories that cause people to question things written in science text books and… woooooh: The spit and hair are going to fly. The level of certainty that some people derive from their high school physics class is as stupid and hilarious to me as a good ole’ down home Southern Pentecostal revival meeting. It’s tough to know which is more entertaining: some “expert” rambling about thermodynamics, or snake handlers in West Virginia.
Mummified Body Found in Front of Blaring TV
February 17th, 2007A blind man died gazing at the television.
Via: Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police called to a Long Island man’s house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set.
The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died of natural causes. Police said on Saturday his body was discovered on Thursday when they were called to the house over a burst water pipe.
“You could see his face. He still had hair on his head,” Newsday quoted morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus as saying. The home’s low humidity had preserved the body.
Officials could not explain why the electricity had not been turned off, considering Ricardo had not been heard from since December 2005.
Neighbors said when they had not seen Ricardo, who was diabetic and had been blind for years, they assumed he was in the hospital or a long-term care facility.
Balloons to Float Above Pentagon to Test Defenses
February 17th, 2007Ninety nine luftballons? No, just three. Hmm…
Via: Reuters:
Three large balloons will float above the Pentagon on Saturday as the U.S. Defense Department tests its chemical and biological weapons defenses, department officials said on Friday.
The balloons, each 6 feet in diameter, will be tethered to the Pentagon and sent 100 feet above the Virginia building from four different locations through the day.
According to department officials, the balloons are part of a series of tests the Pentagon does on its building defenses regularly.
“We do tests all the time. This one is just more visible,” a spokesman said.
The tests will be conducted by a unit of the Defense Department agency created to protect the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001, attacks, when al Qaeda hijackers flew a plane into the building, killing 125 people.
Officials would not say what role the balloons play in protecting the building against chemical and biological weapons, or when during the day they will be lifted.
Hitachi Develops RFID Powder
February 16th, 2007Via: Pink Tentacle:
RFID keeps getting smaller. On February 13, Hitachi unveiled a tiny, new “powder†type RFID chip measuring 0.05 x 0.05 mm — the smallest yet — which they aim to begin marketing in 2 to 3 years.
By relying on semiconductor miniaturization technology and using electron beams to write data on the chip substrates, Hitachi was able to create RFID chips 64 times smaller than their currently available 0.4 x 0.4 mm mu-chips. Like mu-chips, which have been used as an anti-counterfeit measure in admission tickets, the new chips have a 128-bit ROM for storing a unique 38-digit ID number.
The new chips are also 9 times smaller than the prototype chips Hitachi unveiled last year, which measure 0.15 x 0.15 mm.
At 5 microns thick, the RFID chips can more easily be embedded in sheets of paper, meaning they can be used in paper currency, gift certificates and identification. But since existing tags are already small enough to embed in paper, it leads one to wonder what new applications the developers have in mind.
Research Credit: Dermot
Cryptogon Readers Contribute $20 and $35
February 16th, 2007Longtime reader and frequent contributor, MW, sent $20. JS sent $35. Thanks to both of you!
HOME PRICES FALL BY LARGEST AMOUNT EVER
February 15th, 2007* yawn *
Via: CNN:
The slump in home prices was both deeper and more widespread than ever in the fourth quarter, according to a trade group report Thursday.
Prices slumped 2.7 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the fourth quarter of a year earlier, according to the report from the National Association of Realtors. That’s the biggest year-over-year drop on record, and follows a 1.0 percent year-over-year decline in the third quarter.
In addition, 73 metropolitan areas reported a decline in the fourth quarter, compared to a year earlier. That outpaced the 71 that saw a gain. It was both a record number and percentage of markets showing a decline in the group’s quarterly report. Five markets saw prices unchanged.
FLASHBACK: British Gave Bomb Technology to the IRA Which Is Now Being Used by Iraqi Insurgents
February 15th, 2007… while Iran is being blamed.
Ask these SAS guys about it. What else were they doing besides dressing up as Arabs and shooting at Iraqi police?
Via: Independent:
Eight British soldiers killed during ambushes in Iraq were the victims of a highly sophisticated bomb first used by the IRA, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.
The soldiers, who were targeted by insurgents as they travelled through the country, died after being attacked with bombs triggered by infra-red beams. The bombs were developed by the IRA using technology passed on by the security services in a botched “sting” operation more than a decade ago.
This contradicts the British government’s claims that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is helping Shia insurgents to make the devices.
The Independent on Sunday can also reveal that the bombs and the firing devices used to kill the soldiers, as well as two private security guards, were initially created by the UK security services as part of a counter-terrorism strategy at the height of the troubles in the early 1990s.
According to security sources, the technology for the bombs used in the attacks, which were developed using technology from photographic flash units, was employed by the IRA some 15 years ago after Irish terrorists were given advice by British agents.
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Even more alarming is the claim that the devices were supplied by the security services to an agent inside the Provisionals as part of a dangerous game of double bluff.
According to investigators examining past collusion between the security forces and paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, members of the shadowy army undercover outfit, the Force Research Unit, and officers from MI5 learned in the early 1990s that a senior IRA member in south Armagh was working to develop bombs triggered by light beams. They decided the risks would be diminished if they knew what technology was being used.
“The thinking of the security forces was that if they were intimate with the technology, then they could develop counter-measures, thereby staying one step ahead of the IRA,” a senior source close to the inquiry explained. “It may seem absurd that the security services were supplying technology to the IRA, but the strategy was sound.
Related: My Comments About Visiting Northern Ireland
Research Credit: David
Amazing Stirling Engines
February 15th, 2007Insane!
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