Posted by Jonathan (68.14.212.239) on October 04, 2003 at 01:22:53:
In Reply to: Re: Question for John,Scott, and Oyvvus posted by John Collins on October 03, 2003 at 12:18:41:
I agree. It is my plan, assuming I succeed in perpetual motion, of course :), to quickly and completely devoldge all my information regarding the device, its construction and working, to everyone who listens. It really helps this plan if all of you, as I will certaintly tell you all, to spread this around to everyone you know, etc., so that the information will spread virus-like. And in this way I hope to side-step greed, paranoia, conspiracies, and fraud alligations.
: Good point. I've never given much consideration to the pendula since they didn't seem to me to be a vital ingredient of the wheel's mechanism. I think it's clear that they were not present at any of the tests otherwise someone would have mentioned them. However I personally don't think its necessary to make any statement to that effect, as I'd rather people formed their own opinion as to the relative importance of the pendula.
: Again, my own opinion is that Bessler was no more paranoid than we are. He was charismatic and energetic and knew the value of his machine and understandably got intensely frustrated at the negative reactions to his machine. He blew his top frequently and I guess you can assume he had a short fuse and he was extremely suspicious of other people, but then I would be in the same circumstances. He had a secret that was worth a lot of money but he had a real problem in negotiating a deal. The minute someone saw the inside of his machine and knew the secret, then the secret was shared. He had to keep a tight grip on negotiations and not waver one little bit, otherwise he could be robbed of it. Money first then then the buyer could have the wheel and just to make sure that he could prove he was the originator of the idea he secreted full details in his published works, but encoded, just as Gallileo, Christopher Wren and many other also did. It was an accepted practice. So even though he had buried papers proving his construction, maybe someone might say that they could have been manufactured at a later date, but if he could point to a published work of some years earlier and say there is the proof that I was first, encoded in such and such a publication, then no one could deny his right to be the originator of the idea.
: John Collins
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: : Hi.
: : If the general thought is Bessler included pendulums as speed modifiers only, then wouldn't it be wise to mention this in the areas mentioned on the respective boards? I am saying this because too many people look at the information posted up and come away with the wrong idea.
: : Also a question to all. Has anyone thought of doing a measurement on Bessler himself? If Bessler was as paranoid as stated (enough to drive him half mad to make him very unsociable) then doesn't it only stand to reason he would take EVERY percaution NOT to reveil anything? Doesn't it also,then, also stand to reason that everything he did produce (except for the papers he hid or buried) was meant to lead one away from what the real means of his machine were? This would include TM of course and all writtings (except of course eyewitness testimony.) For anyone questioning the idea that he may want something as proof if he didn't have a wheel up and running at a certain point, he did know where he buried his own papers.
: : Best regards,
: : Mike