He indicates that he will continue using NI.
Did he actually say that? I thought he just said he liked and respected them.
And NI said, pretty clearly, they are currently doing nothing with Rossi. My impression was also, that when they did talk to him, it was a slaes engineering conversation. I based that on what they said, to include the follow up final back peddle by them.
Rossi claimed "weeks of training". NI said they only talked about what pieces parts he could use. The same treatment they give any potential customer was how they stated it.
P, I really think you may be reading more into it than there is.
What do you think about Rossi's refusal to post any photos of his "Factory"?
He claims it is being set up here in the states. He hints at it being either Mass or FLA, but then says if he posts any photos, everyone will instantly know where it is, and then it will be a mob scene and no work will be accomplished.
I find it odd he says that, considering everyone knows where his "test lab" is in Italy. It even has the never departing "1MW" unit (which in case you forgot he clearly stated was re-instrumented by NI, but, oh, not now), and there is no mob scene there.
Andrea Rossi
January 20th, 2012 at 4:51 PM
Dear Stefan:
As I answered to Giuseppe B., I never said that the 1 MW E-Cat has been already delivered to the Customer, probably it has been a misunderstanding due to not precise translation. As I repeatedly said, the 1 MW E-Cat is still in our Bologna Factory to complete the control system upgrading we are making with National Instruments and to make modifications asked from the Customer. The plant will be delivered in the next 1, maximum 2 months.
Warm Regards,
A.R.
I would also say that it is pretty easy to take some photos inside a building such that no-one will know where the building is located. Not a challenge at all.
What gives? The man begs to be doubted. It does not help him at all.
I fully appreciate your perspective to separate the man from the E-Cat. I get that most folks argue the issue incorrectly as Circumstantial Ad Hominem and/or a Burden of Proof. But, I would add in Rossi's case, he has offered no real proof to date, and bases most of his argument on rhetoric. It is just so frustrating that he could easily prove if he actually has something. I for one, will not accept he has it, until it is demonstrated realistically. That said, I also fully understand that I can not prove he doesn't have it. And that said, Rossi's behavior is sure not self-supportive, so that does not help either. Thus, in the aggregate, as you know already, although I can not prove he doesn't have it, my current qualitative assessment is that odds are he doesn't.
As the Rossiworld Turns. We shall see.
Edit: Added the comment from Rossi about NI working on 1MW instrumentation.
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)