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(1) From: Victor Martinez Date: 10/27/05 05:17:51 Subject: Stanford Univ Engineers Report Breakthrough in Laser BeamTechnology!
(2) The Dan Burische Affair
www.nytimes.com/
TECHNO BREAKTHROUGH: STANFORD UNIVERSITY ENGINEERS REPORT BREAKTHROUGH IN LASER BEAM TECHNOLOGY / CAN SWITCH ON AND OFF A BEAM OF LASER LIGHT 100,000,000,000 TIMES/SECOND! / IS 10 TIMES FASTER THAN THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TODAY! – By John Markoff, N Y Times Staff Writer, Thursday, October 27, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 – A team of Stanford electrical engineers has discovered how to modulate, or switch on and off, a beam of laser light up to a 100 billion times a second with materials that are widely used in the semiconductor industry.
The group used a standard chip-making process to design a key component of optical networking gear potentially more than 10 times faster than the highest-performance commercial products available today.
The team reported its discovery in the current issue of Nature, which was published on Wednesday. Such an advance could have broad applications both in accelerating the already declining cost of optical networking and in potentially transforming computers in the future by making it possible to interconnect computer chips at extremely high data rates.
Currently, the communications industry uses costly equipment to transmit data over optical fibers at up to 10 billion bits per second. However, researchers are already experimenting with optically linked computers in which components may be located on different sides of the globe. Cheap optical switches will also make it possible to create data superhighways inside computers, making it possible to reorganize them for better performance.
"The vision here is that, with the much stronger physics, we can imagine large numbers – hundreds or even thousands – of optical connections off of chips," said David A.B. Miller, director of the Solid State and Photonics Laboratory at Stanford University. "Those large numbers could get rid of the bottlenecks of wiring, bottlenecks that are quite evident today and are one of the reasons the clock speeds on your desktop computer have not really been going up much in recent years."
The modulator, or solid-state shutter, reported by the team, could also have a dramatic effect on the telecommunications industry, which is already being transformed by the falling cost of optical fiber networks. The device, which is constructed from silicon and germanium, would alternately block and transmit light from a separate continuous wave laser beam, making it possible to split the beam into a stream of ones and zeros.
The effect, known as a Quantum-Confined Stark Effect, or QCSE, has been previously demonstrated, but was not expected in the germanium, a material that is compatible with the industry's silicon-based manufacturing technologies. The Stark Effect allows materials to act as shutters for particular wavelengths of light as an electrical field is switched on and off. In the past, however, the effect has been achieved in optoelectronic applications by using exotic materials like gallium Aarsenide, which are not easily compatible with standard chip-making techniques.
"What we achieved is somewhat surprising," said James S. Harris, a Stanford University electrical engineering professor, who is a member of the research group. "No one thought it would work." The research project was supported both by the Intel Corporation and by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Intel has been intensely interested in the possibility of designing optical communications components with standard chip-making tools, both for networking and computer communications applications. Theodore I. Kamins, a quantum materials specialist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, also contributed to the research effort.
"They've made a big leap," said Mario Paniccia, director of Intel's Photonics Technology Laboratory. That research group has made a number of announcements about progress in development of similar components that could lead to low-cost optical network systems in the future. He acknowledged, however, that there is a significant gap between research results and commercial availability of devices based on scientific breakthroughs.
Other designers working in the field were also cautious about direct applications of the technology. Alex Dickenson, chief executive of Luxtera, a Carlsbad, Calif. start-up firm that announced a 10-billion bit per second optical modulator using a different silicon-based approach earlier this year, said that he believed there would significant hurdles to the commercialization of the Stanford discovery.
He cautioned that while the display was interesting from an academic perspective, the researchers had yet to prove that the effect works at the standard frequencies of light used by the telecommunications industry. Several industry executives said the advance was significant because it meant that optical data networks were now on the same Moore's Law curve of increasing performance and falling cost that has driven the computer industry for the past four decades.
In 1965, the Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noted that the number of transistors that could be placed on a silicon chip was doubling at regular intervals. The semiconductor industry has held to that rate of change since then, giving rise to the modern era of microelectronics that has transformed the global economy.
Now that rate of change could be directing the future of the telecommunications industry. Computer and communications industry executives believe that advancements in inexpensive optical networks will transform the computer industry and other major industries ranging from the financial marketplace to Hollywood. © Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company ****************
(2) The Dan Burische Affair
Subject: Open letter from George Knapp to Rob Blair aka "Boomerangaboom!"
From: GEORGE KNAPP, KLAS-TV,Las Vegas, NV
To: ROB BLAIR aka "Boomerangaboom"
Subject: OPEN LETTER TO ROB BLAIR ON PROPOSED INTERVIEW Re: "Dr" DAN BURISCH
Dear Mr. BOOMERANG:
I received your message. Here is my response.
1) The fact that you would threaten me with a lawsuit BEFORE we have ever spoken or communicated in any way is a "first" for me as a journalist. People generally wait until a story airs or is printed before they pursue libel or slander actions. I'm not sure how it works in Britain, but attempts at "prior restraint" don't fare well here.
For future reference, a person who is requesting an interview with a reporter generally has a better chance of getting it if he or she does not threaten the reporter from the outset. Journalists don't usually respond well to such entreaties. Plus, it borders on bad manners.
2) I do not participate in the forum where your message was posted and am pretty sure I would never be welcome to do so. I was informed about your message by other persons who saw it. Frankly, I am puzzled by your choice of venues. I am not a hard person to find. All of your fellow Burisch believers are well aware of where I work and how I can be reached. In the future, I invite you to contact me directly at:
It seemed to me that your message was aimed at persons other than myself, for whatever reason. This is not the first time I've seen this tactic used in the context of this case. If this was meant to rally the troops, that's fine, but if that's all there is to it, please leave me out of it.
3) I'm interested in talking to you on camera, but only if you have NEW and VERIFIABLE INFORMATION about Burisch. I have NO interest in debating the merits of the specious supporting material that has already been made public. If you can provide me with documents or records that can be INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED, then we have much to discuss. Somehow, I doubt it. No offense, but you have no standing in this matter.
The fact that you are a Burisch fan and manage a website devoted to this case is interesting but not germaine. Dan is the central figure in this story and is the one who supposedly had hands-on experience. Deborah and Marcia are lesser figures, but are unquestionably important, since they seem to be the principal authors of this imaginative scenario. Try as I might, I can't envision what you bring to the table that is new and verifiable.
It's hard to believe that you possess previously unreleased facts about the case unless that information came from the above trio. If I am wrong, please enlighten me. I don't expect you to spill everything prior to the interview, but I would like to have some indication that it will be worth my time. As mentioned, I see little value in merely debating the case with someone who has no personal knowledge of he various claims and who lives thousands of miles from where the events allegedly occurred. Tell me what you have in mind.
4) While I am not opposed to an interview, I have absolutely NO intention of agreeing to your terms. You demand that I air your interview intact, with no editing.... or else? That simply isn't going to happen, and no TV news organization in the world would agree to do anything of the sort. I am producing a news story that will air inside a 30 minute news broadcast.
It is highly unlikely that my employers would agree to forego coverage of all other news events of the day so that I could air your comments in unedited form. If the interview lasts an hour or more, should I inform CBS that my TV station is suspending network programming so that the world can hear your unedited comments about Dan Burisch? I admire your zeal, but you have no idea how TV news works.
Your assumption that I am producing "a documentary" is incorrect, although I find merit in your idea and am now thinking about doing just that in order to allow a complete and thorough review of this fascinating case. In a longer format, there might be room for an expanded version of your comments, but even then, there would be editing involved.
(If you really want to disseminate your own unedited statements, perhaps you should produce and distribute a program of your own. Other members of the Burisch group have done so.)
From what I've read, it seems that you are a passionate advocate for Burisch and have been willing to devote your own time and resources to proving the story. I admire those traits, even though I suspect you have hitched your star to the wrong wagon. I am certainly willing to meet with you and to record your comments for broadcast, but ONLY if you are BRINGING SOMETHING NEW TO THE TABLE and only with the understanding that KLAS-TV reserves the right to edit the interview without any conditions imposed by you or anyone else.
The news organization I work for has been in Las Vegas since 1953 and has an excellent reputation. We do not edit interviews in a deceptive or dishonest way. Any TV station that allowed such tactics could not maintain the public trust for the long haul. No matter what you may hear from other persons in the Burisch circle, I am a forthright journalist and have a good reputation in my community. If you can provide new and verifiable information about this case, I will report it in an open and honest way, even if it conflicts with my personal views. That's my job.
Feel free to contact me directly with your response.
GEORGE KNAPP KLAS-TV, Las Vegas NV
Subject: Knapp & Rob Blair go at it! / Friday Phenomena: UFO Sightings onKLAS!
Part 1: Burisch Cult Ringleader Rob "Boomerangaboom" Blair's response to George Knapp's open letter
Part 2: George Knapp's rebuttal to Boomerabang's stinging, inflammatory rebuke!
Part 3: UFO SPECIAL on the HISTORY CHANNEL ON HALLOWWEEN 10-31-05! Part 4: UFO INVESTIGATIVE PIECE BY GEORGE KNAPP OF KLAS-TV ON 10-29-05 WITH Col JOHN ALEXANDER INTERVIEWED!
Part 1:
From: ROB "Boomerangaboom" BLAIR, 10-28-05
FOR THE ATTENTION OF Mr KNAPP AND/OR HIS ASSISTANT
Dear Mr KNAPP:
A few words and then some point by point comments following your own post.
I offered to speak with you because I was misled into thinking that your presentation was more than a small slot (See original post broadcasting this scenario below). I have no desire to be involved in a news item that can be portrayed to suit your own agenda (you are biased, please don't attempt to say otherwise, everything you write about Dr Burisch is negative). From what I have seen to date, this is NOT an honest investigation on your part,... it's a witch-hunt.
The reason that I originally suggested the meeting was two fold:
a) If my visit to Las Vegas had produced a degree of success with regard to witnessing the events and surroundings mentioned previously on this board, I was prepared to forgo my dislike for your style of investigation in order to offer you a first hand witness account. It was not meant to be a case of debate about the veracity of Dr Burisch insofar as his academic credentials or past history.
b) I wrongly thought that I would be assisting you in your desire to produce a report that was to take into account as much evidence as possible from all sides. You indicate that such a witness is irrelevant to your programme, I find that to be a strange decision, however, you have the right to decide what the content is (see above criticism).
Part 2:
From: GEORGE KNAPP, KLAS-TV, 10-29-05
To: BOOMERANG
Dear Mr. BOOMERANG:
How nice to hear from you again. If my response seems disjointed or unfocused, it's probably because I am petrified with fear after reading the numerous threats, both veiled and overt, that you made in your e-mail. My knees are knocking so loudly that the neighbors are starting to complain. Hopefully, I will calm down in a day or two.
I don't know if you ever attended charm school, but I'm reasonably confident you weren't the valedictorian.
Just to recap the exchange so far, YOU contacted me and offered to grant me an interview as someone who could independently verify the claims of Dan Burisch, then you dictated to me the terms and conditions of such an interview (including the proviso that you would not answer questions that you didn't like and that I would be required to air the interview in its entirety with no edits whatsoever), then you threatened that you would sue me if you didn't like the subsequent broadcast.
How could anyone refuse a generous offer like that?! Truly, I was bowled over by your tact and graciousness. My only regret is that the mobsters and Death Row convicts I have interviewed in the past haven't been so accommodating.
In your most recent message, you must have blistered your typing fingers by stringing together so many forceful and heartfelt threats in just a few pages. It's pretty impressive. First, you won me over by calling me biased, dishonest, and dislikeable. (Someone must have tipped you off that I'm a sucker for flattery.)
Then you really turned on the charm. You not only issued a warning, you gave me a SERIOUS warning, vowed to return to the U.S. to testify against me in a court of law, assured me that you do not make empty promises, told me again that you would return to the U.S. if needed, told me that you are prepared to act with others, and advised me to think twice about anything that I write. OK, I've thought about it. Twice at least.
Operating under the assumption that I am brain dead, you then offered another "prior warning," assured me that you are doing me a favour, told me that you will talk to me only as part of a documentary -- not a mere news story, informed me that "things will soon change," and predicted that I will have "professional regrets" unless my attitude changes. And then to make certain that I understood things, you again told me that you have the time and money to see this through and that, within 12 months, I will be eating my words.
Whew! STOP with the sweet talk,... my head is reeling!
Where to begin?!
First of all, in this country, anyone can sue anyone else for any reason, no matter how specious. Generally, the courts do a good job of sorting it all out. My advice to you? Take your best shot. You won't have much standing with the courts, I fear, since you will not be included in anything that I will be reporting.
You claimed that your testimony would amount to a verification of the Burisch claims by an independent witness. To put it mildly, you don't come close to such a lofty status. You are a witness to what?! Can you personally verify that Dan earned a PhD at SUNY? Were you there at the time? Did you take him to lunch at the campus cafeteria? Did you dissect frogs as his lab partner? Which of his courses did you teach?
Can you personally verify his employment at S-4? Were you present when he and the J-ROD compared notes about how to save humanity? Did you participate in his chats with the angels, and if so, was your conversation also in Latin? Did you engage in any time traveling, and if so, which years did you visit? If the world is going to end in 2012, can you tell me which month?
Are you yet another member of MJ-12? Did you order that his records should be destroyed? Did you ask the secret government goons to beat him up? Did you help him in his creation of biological weapons for use in the Gulf War? Was it your idea to try to minimize toxic contamination caused by Hurricane Katrina?
Are you the guy who maintained possession of his passport so that he can't prove he made trips abroad on behalf of the Maji? What, if any, role did you play in the development of his cancer cure? During those MJ 12 board meetings, did you ever ask Henry Kissinger about his sex life? Was Edward Teller jealous about Dan's friendship with the ET?
You get my point. You are NOT an independent witness who can verify Dan's claims. You were not present during any of the alleged events. Your knowledge of this matter is based entirely on what you have heard from Dan, Marcie, and others. You admit this yourself. I asked you to give me a hint about what things you could independently verify. This was your response:
"If my visit to Las Vegas had produced a degree of success with regard to witnessing the events and surroundings mentioned previously on this board, I was prepared to forego my dislike for your style of investigation in order to offer you a first hand witness account."
I don't know what you expect to witness during your upcoming visit, but I would argue that this horse has already left the barn. You were prepared to tell me about things you have yet to witness? I may be mistaken, but the latest fairy tale from the true believers is that Dan no longer works in the program. Are you going to be granted access to S-4 and take the elevator down to enjoy a cup of coffee with J-Rod?
Will MJ-1 pop into town to meet with you, unveil the secret documents, and then allow you to tell me all about it? What events could you possibly witness at this point in time that would verify all of the claims that have been made over the past 16 years? The only information you will receive during your visit will be provided by Dan or Marcia or Deborah.
Maybe they will take you to Frenchman's Mountain to dig up some buried bunny rabbits made out of tin foil. My guess is that you will believe it, no matter how outrageous or ridiculous it might be. A "first hand witness" needs to see things that actually happen. There is little value in regurgitating the third-hand allegations as related to you by the imaginative yarn-spinners who have authored this unverifiable scenario in the first place.
In one of your many threats, you advised me to think twice before airing anything "that is not 100% verified as accurate." It's hard to believe you can write such a sentence with a straight face. I suggest you hold Burisch and Co. to the same standard. Even the high priest and priestesses of this religion would not assert that the story has been 100% verified.
I know that you are very passionate about this, but surely you are not saying that the story has been verified beyond all doubt. It's not even worthy of an argument. If the situation changes, if you somehow obtain some amazing fact or verifiable document that proves me wrong, slap me in the face with it. Embarrass me, rub salt in the wound, flaunt it. I promise you, I will report it, assuming that it is legitimate.
As for threats, well, it's a free country. Threats are easy to make. It's also easy to make up stories. I suspect that, by the time this is over, I will hear more of both. Enjoy your visit to Las Vegas.
GEORGE KNAPP KLAS-TV Las Vegas, NV ------------------------------------------- EDITOR's NOTE:
As some of you have heard through the grapevine, George Knapp of KLAS-TV is doing a major investigative piece on the entire Dan Burisch/Crain affair set for mid-November 2005. If you have ANY information – either in support or disfavor of Mr Burisch – you're urged to contact Mr Knapp privately with your FACTS and EVIDENCE at:
------------------------------------------ From: BURISCH CULT RINGLEADER, ROB BLAIR
With regard other matters, such as the threatened lawsuit, please review the post below.
And now a SERIOUS warning to George Knapp & Co.
If you attempt to use information that is in any way false in your programme, I will return to the USA at my own expense and offer my testimony to any person that may be able to use it in a court of law to sue you and/or your company.
Thank you.
I don't make empty promises Mr Knapp. I repeat and stand by every word that I wrote above. To return to the States at short notice means nothing to me. I have done it before, I am doing it on Sunday, and will do so again if required at some point in the future. What exactly have I stated above that doesn't agree with your disposition? I mention the fact that I expect you to tell the truth, is this a problem?
I say that I am prepared to act with others if you choose to offer facts or evidence that is subsequently shown to be untrue, is this a worry to you? What you see above is a statement of possibilities, and the outcome is in your hands. Think twice before airing any material that is not 100% verified as accurate by your company. ----------------------------------------- Part 3:
HISTORY CHANNEL UFO SPECIAL: HALLOWEEN, October 31, 2005!
A new program about Soviet UFO phenomenon will air Monday, October 31 @ 10 p.m. ET/PT on History Channel. I was interviewed for this program (mainly about Russian UFO history, some famous cases and sightings), but have not seen the actual finished product.
I do hope it is an interesting program (it is titled "Russian Roswell" by History Channel).
Ancient Rus, the Russian Empire, and subsequently, the Soviet Union and modern Russia have a fascinating history of paranormal phenomena in general and UFO phenomenon in particular.
PAUL STONEHILL
Author of "The Soviet UFO Files" (1998) Co-author of "UFO-USSR," with Philip Mantle (2005)
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