asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: the conclusive test requires the torsion rotor

asciilifeform: !s rotor

asciilifeform: thin end is rotor flange.

asciilifeform: pictured item is a rotor. thin end gets ptfe ring (in groove not yet cut in piece shown.) rotates inside, surprise, stator (not shown)

asciilifeform: or rather, motor only engages when the little rotor touches the screw

asciilifeform: rotor on bottom, to the right of the lead-screw

asciilifeform was acquainted with one such '1%' - al schwartz. who has an eminently testable hypothesis re: parity violation, and spent a decade (& counting) trying to score 2 weeks on an eotvos rotor balance. while the charlatans build their $b colliders.

asciilifeform: the americans really fucked themselves. 'why bother being strong, let's make everyone weak.' they somehow kept most of the planet using rotor (!) crypto machines through the '70s!

asciilifeform: (for some reason i always thought of this situation as 'rotor/stators')

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: rick and morty do timisoara << lol! morty is 'rotor'!

asciilifeform: AG, even in the mechanical rotor-machine days, was publicly, loudly proven to supply thoroughly-pwnable systems.

asciilifeform: fishing line may even work, considering what will happen when the rotor winds it up.