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FREE ENERGY by June 20th!!

Posted April 28, 2008 4:34 PM
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From Engadget:

See that scary man? That there is Archer Quinn, self-proclaimed savior of mankind. He's prepping a free energy device that he plans to unveil on June 20th of this year, on which date he predicts "the oil reign and those who governed by their money and crushed the people by the taxes and control of the most basic of needs shall be put down for all time." Yeah, pretty wild stuff. And if that wasn't enough, he's decided to nickname his gravity-based device the "Sword of God." His prior experience involves some sort of "thermal accelerator" (pictured) and a myriad of other inventions, so he doesn't seem to think breaking Newton's laws should be much of a problem. Guess it won't take long to find out. This should be a fun one.

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04/28/2008 5:33 PM

Oh boy, here we go again!

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04/28/2008 9:40 PM

It's real! The tooth fairy told me so.

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04/28/2008 11:02 PM

Look closely you will recognize it's Sean McCarthy with fake stash and spy costume.

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04/28/2008 11:34 PM

Check out the following website to get an idea of what Archer Quinn the man is like:

http://www.inventored.org/caution/archer-quinn/

By the way, he claims to have become a lawyer at age 13 without having to go to school. (Funny, I always thought that lawyers in Australia need to take a bar exam before getting their licenses, just like anywhere else.)

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04/29/2008 3:32 PM

Perhaps it was a prize in a pack of Skippy cornflakes.

Given what I have read about him so far (some of his dialog is just......terrible) I am not going to hold my breath over this one. Seems like yet another free energy nut the media has latched on to.

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04/29/2008 10:48 PM

He's also a script-writer. Maybe all this nonsense is meant to spice up an autobiographical movie on his life. It'll probably be entitled "Diary of a Madman".

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05/02/2008 1:14 AM

Hey, leave Ozzy's title alone... Ok Ani?

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04/29/2008 12:33 AM

I think you people are way too negative.

He's already done the important part ie. given it a really cool name. The rest of the stuff (overturning that outdated "conservation of energy" thingy) is just details.

The "SWORD OF GOD", wow, where do I send the money?

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04/29/2008 1:19 AM

Think he wants US money for it or just a payment in something more useful like Crack ?

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04/29/2008 10:50 PM

I'd say a lifetime of free therapy with a shrink would be appropriate payment for him.

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04/29/2008 6:00 AM

Those who are familiar with quantum mechanics all seem to have a somewhat diminished view of Newtonian physics. Many of the greatest thinkers/inventors were thoroughly rejected by the society in which they lived. I prefer to give such individuals a bit of latitude.

And still, the claims made and the manner made seem to have a bit of odor to them...♣

I will withhold comment, but I expect to sleep just fine from now to the announcement date.

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04/29/2008 8:22 AM

Is it me or does that "thermal accelerator" look like one of those conical dog bonnets made so they won't bite themselves with a vacuum cleaner attached to it? I would love to see someone come up with a method of producing energy that would get us off our dependency on fossil fuels, but this...this is just like every other thread titled "free energy". But strangely, I keep opening the link and reading out of pure curiosity as to how crazy the next snake oil salesman will sound. Anyway, it was entertaining to read all the thread entries.

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04/29/2008 3:00 PM

Now I know where I can invest my (surely inevitable) lottery winnings!

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04/29/2008 10:52 PM

I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that Archer Quinn will not have a real honest to goodness working free energy device on or before June 20th 2008 or even later. No one to date has provided verifiable proof that a device exists that violates the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. The likely hood of anyone doing so in the future is next to zero.

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04/29/2008 11:00 PM

Yeah, the far side of zero.

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07/23/2009 7:45 AM

More like absolute zero!

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04/30/2008 1:12 AM

Maybe it is a coincidence, but this report is coming out about the same time the "stimulus payments" are.

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05/02/2008 1:32 AM

HUH?!? You mean my $100 was a waste of time? Damnit! D'ya think I can get a refund from that snake in the grass? What is up with that picture? Someone needs to adjust their meds.........

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