Hi Jim,
>On a recent motorcycle trip to Arizona I broke down bigtime in the middle of
Please let me make four points and then a suggestion:
1) You are reliant on third party information (not a criticism but needs to
be made explicit)
2) If the third party had seen the thing run with the permission of the
owner then the owner had `disclosed` sufficient information to them for
them to tell you `the secret` (which you have now made public domain on the
`net). It is doubtful he did so under a formal nod-disclosure agreement.
3) Therefore it will be more difficult for him to patent his discovery,
particularly in view of the fact this guy is dyslexic and barely literate
(according to your report to the bladeforum).
4) Even if he does get a patent, in the future someone could dispute his
patent if they can prove that he (via third parties and you) have disclosed
information about the unique factors that make this thing work and which
therefore deserve a patent (for a unique and previously unknown `proces`).
So here is a suggestion.
You say this about your plans:
>I intend to build a working model; what
>I'm *not* going to do is steal this guy's work,
Good for you - we need more of this attitude in free-energy research.
>I hope to build a small
>working model and help him show the critter off, which is why I'm being
>sketchy on a few details here; basically, it's not my tale to tell in it's
>entirety.
Jim, why bother (literally) trying to re-invent the wheel`?????
_IF_ this guy has a working model then it would be very, very easy for a
few of us to arrange for the following:
A) Get him help in patenting it if that is what he wants
B) Get him publicity in showing it off - he would get nationwide
(international) coverage and be able to tell his story to the full......
Othwewise, you are going to join the legion of the "I`ve nearly got a
working model" for who knows how long (but experience suggests you multiply
any estimate by at least ten!).
If this guy is elderly he might not last too much longer, then he won`t
enjoy any of the rewards that he deserves. Somebody else can easily steal
it etc etc.
Jerry - please correct me if I am wrong, but _IF_ right now some guy in the
middle of the Mojave has a working free-energy magnetic machine, then it
would take no more than say a couple of weeks (given some fast networking)
to arrange for three or four key people to go and talk to this guy and
verify these claims - right?
If it proves true then the rest is just time and coffee....and there are
plenty of `prizes` and grants out there to recover the costs of this
investigation - right?
Three final questions Jim:
- What of his equipment/workshop/materials did you actually _see_?
- What was the relationshiop of the third party you spoke with and
this old man?
- How big is the community in which he lives (rough order of magnitude)?
Thanks Jim,
Nick Hall
"The wise man proportions his belief according to the evidence" - David Hume
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