Correct, good points all....just putting a link on a site to NASA does
not imply a relationship with NASA...hot link just means when you click
on it you go there...I hadn't seen that thing about 1976 which certainly
raises some hackles...how many others have been claiming things for many
years, the late Stan Meyers, Searl, Newman, Hamel, Lee, and on and on.
Something is definitely wrong if nothing comes of it after a few years.
Well, I take the approach that someone who pops up with a claim that is
new should be given a bit of time and attention if they are willing to
provide some details and or a timeline where they ACHIEVE as
predicted...so we'll see what happens over the next couple of years.
Nick Hall wrote:
>
> At 19:09 02/11/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi Folks!
> >
> >Dan LaRochelle sent in this interesting URL claiming to be a magnetic
> >pump that runs itself and the US government is interested in it.
>
> Hmmm.......
>
> I have looked carefully at this site and would make these observations:
>
> 1) The author claims: "This is to announce that `Psitronics Group Systems,
> International` and it's sister-companies [snip]... are now `Hot Linked` to
> the `National Aeronautics & Space Administration`"
>
> What does `hot-linked` mean here????
>
> In the normal usage on the web it means "hyperlinked" - and at the bottom
> of the page there is indeed a hyperlink to the NASA web site.
>
> However, the overall tone of the paragraph is trying to give the impression
> that Psitronics and its sister companies are in a commercial partnership
> with `blue chip` technology companies to develop this motor. In other
> words it seems to be trying to give the impression that NASA is a partner
> (thus giving it credibility) while not actually saying that.
>
> 2) In the author`s resume page, he says "I designed a Self-Sustaining
> Permanent Magnet Motor from scratch in 1976!"
>
> Which begs the question: "Fine - so why 23 years later are you still
> looking for funding????"
>
> If the thing worked, why haven`t we all been using them for years????
>
> 3) More generally, the level of investment asked for is ridiculous:
> 250,000,000 dollars - why so high? You only have to demonstrate one to any
> existing large electromechanical manufacturing corporation and they will do
> the rest and pay a handsome royalty.
>
> 4) The photographs are clearly labelled "Concept model" - why no photo of
> the 600 HP working prototype?......
>
> 5) I`m always suspicious of vague and therefore unverifiable claims such as:
>
> "I am currently working closely with Government and Industry"
>
> - Which agencies?
> - Which companies that are #NOT# just `sister companies` also run by the
> same person?
>
> "These Blueprints have recently been Favorably Evaluated by The United
> States Navy"
>
> - When and where?
> - Official documents proving this claim?
>
> None of the above counts against the validity of the above claims, but it
> causes me to be a little less than enthusiastic.
>
> At the least I feel that it points to an amateurish web site in support of
> an enthusiastic but possibly naive inventor.
>
> However, it does make a testable claim:
>
> "All this is to be a Surprise to the World on January 1st, 2001 When our
> Full-Sized `Millennium Motors` are also released to the Marketplace"
>
> I have emailed the inventor and asked him what he could actually
> demonstrate (i.e. a working model) to potential investors.........
>
> Nick Hall
>
> Manchester, UK
>
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