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MARK LOFTS wrote: This proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that information has been transmitted through quantum entanglement. That it might not appear so, given that they used coincidence detectors, is only because these latter were needed to weed out the signal which comprised only 2% of the photons overall. More importantly, it would seem that the researchers themselves have not yet realized the implications of their discovery.

That is just stunning. If this is true, it undoes about a centuries’ work in physics. So, when do you get this in Scientific American or on Nova?

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Not to go on about that sentence, but it is pretty interesting. It is a perfect example of patent legalese, where legibility is thrown to the wind for the sake of legal exactness.

http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/Resources/la/Shorter%20sentences%20for%20better%20writing/Good%20sentence%20length.htm

This link states that average sentences should be around 15-20 words. That sentence has the word “quantum” in it 21 times. That is almost as interesting, to me, as the amazing thing the patent describes.

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http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6057541-description.html

This is the page on Patent storm for Mark Loft’s invention, where you can also read that amazing sentence.

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“A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling the quantum state probability distribution of one quantum object of a pair of correlated quantum objects, which include providing a pair of correlated quantum objects, each of said objects having a uniform quantum state probability distribution, providing a system for controlling the quantum state probability distribution of the one quantum object by using said controlling system to choose the probability distribution of the observable quantum states of the other quantum object of the pair of correlated quantum objects, using said controlling system to choose the probability distribution of the quantum states of the other quantum particle, choosing whether to observe the quantum state of the other quantum object, and subsequently observing the quantum state of the one quantum object of said pair of correlated quantum objects to determine if said prepared quantum state probability distribution of said one quantum object has been altered by an observation of the quantum state of the other quantum object.”

That, sir, is one serious run-on sentence.

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pluto wrote: Hello All

Why do people waste their time even discussing the Big Bang Theory?. It has become the crank pot theory in the last 8 decades.

Because most people believe it, and have no idea what the word plasma means (except in reference to blood).

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I was under the impression that entanglement could not transmit information, aka two photons could be entangled, but any attempt to manipulate one to send information to the other would break the entanglement. Am I wrong here? (I am not a physicist, just an admirer of physicists.)

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Oh, and BTW, cool shirt.

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Cool! Thanks for the reply. This gives me more ammunition.

BTW, what the thing I was referring to about Sandia was this:

http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/rapid-fire-pulse.html

I read an article about it on ArsTechnica, and got on the forums to talk fusion with the science geeks there. Some were already aware of FF, but most were of the “There is other fusion projects than tokamaks?” crowd. It is to them I am trying to proselytize.

A lot of influential people hang out at ArsTechnica. Many are just your normal geeks, but others are people at big tech companies. Fusion, I’ve found, is something they are very interested in, but few know what is happening, relying on mainsteam media for info. I think its an important place for getting the word out.

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One of the things I’ve wondered is, if you can build a spacecraft that uses focus fusion as its main drive, why couldn’t you also use a DPF power plant solely for generating a magnetic “force-field” for shielding the spacecraft from radiation, similarly to the way Earth’s magnetic field shields us? Sure, it would make the spacecaft much larger, but, who cares? Space is big. While you are at it, why not have another for rotating the living quarter to provide artificial gravity so that calcium doesn’t leach from bones and muscles don’t atrophy?

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Duke Leto wrote: Anyone (Glenn) know anything on:

The volume of operating subterranean mines?
The volume of non-operating subterranean mines?
Guesstimate of how much capital/energy/labor will need to go into hydroponics per unit of volume?

Here is the most comprehensive breakdown of US Coal Industry I’ve found on the net.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/acr_sum.html

I hope this helps.

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Duke Leto wrote: If it’s ok, Glenn, can you look at my other thread on repurposing coal mines? I know keeping jobs in mining communities is a major concern of yours.

Sorry I’ve been gone so long. I hope you didn’t think I ignored you. (This goes out to Reswan as well.) Business as been good so far this year, so good that I am one sleep-depravated hombre. Hence I didn’t have a lot of time on my hands. But thinks are cooling down and I hope to devote more efforts towards this site and fulfilling my promises to Reswan. Let me check out that thread.

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I second Transmute about peak oil. If you want a good primer on what we face about peak oil, read The Coming Economic Collapse by Dr. Stephen Leeb and Glen Strathy. Its actually an investment book that turned into a warning as Dr. Leeb learned more about what he was researching.

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One further note relating not only to my previous post but to yours and Dave’s remarks.

The EEStor technology is also being developed to provide on-site high-efficiency storage of electricity generated by a power plant. Part of the problem of using solar and wind is that there hasn’t been a good way to store electricity generated at peak periods (when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining) for use when the sky is dark and the wind is still. EEStor will change that, making both these technologies much more efficient. Still, the costs and energy produced by these technologies are not quite up to what we would want long term, but it certainly makes both much more viable options until something like focus fusion can come online.

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True with electric cars taking up most gasoline you could cut oil use in half (gasoline represents 45-55% of oil use), and thus extand existing supplies, but even if you choose to ignore the probable (we can agree its

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