XPost: sci.energy, sci.physics   
   From: sno@opelc.com   
      
   On 1/27/2012 1:00 AM, BJACOBY@teranews.com wrote:   
   > On 1/26/2012 1:07 PM, amdx wrote:   
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   >>> It would probably fit better as alt.energy.lenr - but it's worth asking   
   >>> yourself "who is going to post" and "who is going to read", and then   
   >>> considering what signal-to-noise ratio the group is likely to have...   
   >>>   
   >> I had thought about signal to noise, my real concern is the noise I've   
   >> been putting on the group we share. But the group hasn't had much else   
   >> lately.   
   >   
   > This is doubtless a bad idea. First because the interested parties are   
   > few and second because it will be a MAJOR noise target for "debunkers"   
   > determined to disrupt any reasonable civilized discussions with the   
   > usual name-calling and thread highjacking.   
   >   
   > If you want an example just go take a peer at ANY of the UFO groups.   
   > Have you EVER and I mean EVER seen ANY reasonable discussion of credible   
   > UFO data there? Nay. Instead it's a personal posting ground for all UFO   
   > "strategic writers". Expect the same for any LENR group.   
   >   
   > I urge you to consider setting up a forum instead. You know like   
   > PhysicsForums and the guitar forums etc. There are a million of them out   
   > there and the all seem to use the same software. The downside is you   
   > have to find a server and pay for software etc. but it allows a couple   
   > of things that are essential. One would be moderating the discussions to   
   > keep disruptors out. And the other would be that it would provide a nice   
   > centralized storage area for all the important fundamental papers   
   > (including user-supplied data) on the subject. You know, sort of a   
   > combination discussion group and LENR "wikipedia" in one site.   
   >   
   > The downside of a forum, is that once the "wrong" people get in charge,   
   > it loses it's open character and becomes an organ of establishment   
   > agenda (like PhysicsForums or Wikipedia).   
   >   
   >   
   > Think about that. Like I said, go check the UFO groups to see what   
   > happens to specialized groups like alt.LENR would be.   
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   sci.physics.fusion is a newsgroup for fusion and especial cold fusion....   
      
   see description here....   
      
   http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics.fusion/topics   
      
   have fun.....sno   
      
      
      
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   Theory - a hypothesis that has been checked by enough experiments   
     to be generally assumed to be true.   
   Law - a hypothesis that has been checked by enough experiments   
     in enough different ways that it is assumed to be truer then a theory.   
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