RIP - Dr. Martin Fleishman

Dr. Fleishman died recently on August 3, 2012. He with his partner Stanley Pons proclaimed what is known as 'Cold Fusion'. The controversial experiment was proclaimed prematurely and with the 'fusion' part highlighted became the focus of the controversy and the backlash that followed was enormous.

We are ready to spend billions on research that is far out at the end of galaxies but we are unable to support something on ground about which we know so little, something that is enigmatic. It is true that some of the results are not reproducible but that is not to say that the observed positive results have no value. Even the positive results at MIT did not gain enough traction.

I am not the one for 'conspiracy theories', but given the nature of the subject which pits the proponents against interests represented by Nuclear Fusion, Inertial Fusion, Fossil Energy, Oil, natural gas etc. makes one wonder about the origin of the negative advertisement.

I believe they should get a fair share of funding to continue the quest, if not for producing large scale energy but at least to explain what the phenomena is about.


Here is a recent video on YouTube about 'Cold Fusion':




Related news here:
http://www.lightparty.com/Energy/WarColdFusion.html
http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Fusion-Fire-Water-VHS/dp/189292501X
http://www.infinite-energy.com/iemagazine/issue44/iccf9.html
http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/02/04/iccf-16-chairman-srinivasan-in-times-of-india/
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1897-italian-cold-fusion-machine-passes-another-test.html

Read my Cold Fusion articles

Not the low-temperature nuclear fusion articles but the down to earth Adobe's Cold Fusion. Presently it is version 9.0 but the articles I wrote a couple of years ago are still useful. In fact I am planning to revisit Cold Fusion 9 to savor the enhancements.

I hear there is even a <cfspreadsheet> tag to interact with all kinds of data. This and the <cfchart> tag should be a very interesting combination. To get the latest on Cold Fusion and find out what's new read this article by Ben Forta.

In the mean time brush up your skill set reveiwing the following articles.

Installing the ColdFusion MX Server

My First Applcaition on ColdFusion MX_Server

Everything You Must Know About ColdFusion Variables

What You Must Know About Operators in ColdFusion!

What You Must Know About ColdFusion Flow-Controls

Querying SQL 2000 Server with ColdFusion

CFAjax What it is and how to use it?

Creating a web service with ColdFusion: the basics

CFXML: Probing XMLDOM in ColdFusion

How to Access a SQL Anywhere Database with ColdFusion

Microsoft Products with other software

Enterprises use products from disparate vendors based on their business needs; chronological evolution of their business; plain necessity and for any number of other reasons. Hence there are always occasions that they will be looking beyond a single vendor or product. I have been looking at how Microsoft products mesh with other vendor products with the view of helping to provide some help by writing about my experiences which I list here. It is possible that the list is not complete.

Links to my articles on Web Services

Here is a collection of my articles on web services that you may want to review:

Web Services and SOA will be future trends in business IT get a Jump start on them !!!

Web Service Calling with VB 6.0:

Calling a Web Service using VB6 with SOAP 3.0

Cold Fusion related:

Creating a VB.NET Client for a ColdFusion Web Service

Creating a Web Service with ColdFusion: the Basics

ColdFusion WS Consumer for a WS Created in VS2003

Using Web Matrix:

Creating a Web Service with Web Matrix

Consuming a Service Created with Web Matrix


On Web Services Enhancements 2.0:

Exploring the Pipeline Class Using Web Services Enhancements SP2

Exploring the Header in the WSE 2.0 SoapEnvelope Class

Exploring the SoapEnvelope Class in WSE2.0


Visual Studio .NET Client / Server:

Encoding/Decoding Web Service: Service Consumer

Encoding/Decoding Web Service: Web Service Provider

Client calling with Sun Java Studio Creator:

JSP Consumer for a Visual Studio Created Web Service Using Sun Java Studio Creator

Crystal Report as a service with VS 2003:

Publishing Crystal Report as a Web Service

Using Sybase Central:

Using SQL Anywhere Database with a Web Services Server

Using the Oracle 10G XE IDE:

Creating an Oracle Web Service Client for a Web Service Created in VS 2005

Using Microsoft Access 2003

MS Access Project Using Multiple Web Services