tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post4585379303170698161..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: ConCERNedGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-61726787074355344342011-12-12T04:36:32.435-08:002011-12-12T04:36:32.435-08:00The truth is that Tobias Baer himself talked of UF...The truth is that Tobias Baer himself talked of UFOs ...<br /><br />T 86.9 Mi 18:50 30.22: 020<br />LHC Machine Protection challenges for 2011 — ∙Tobias Bär<br />— CERN, Genf, Schweiz — Universität Hamburg, Deutschland<br />The Large Hadron Collider has an unprecedented stored beam energy<br />of up to 362MJ per beam. In 2011, 100MJ could be reached. In this<br />talk, crucial machine protection challenges for 2011 and beyond are<br />discussed. Especially, UFOs as potential show-stoppers are addressed.<br />UFOs or ”Unidentified Falling Objects” were first observed in July 2010<br />and are since then a major source of emergency beam dumps. They are<br />prospectively micrometer sized dust particles that lead to fast beam<br />losses when they interact with the beam. The state of knowledge and<br />mitigation strategies are presented.<br />http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/2011/karlsruhe/t86.pdfremorothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479216492975574368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-19534829051280886752011-12-01T21:49:00.913-08:002011-12-01T21:49:00.913-08:00I buy sics in 50 kilo bags now, keep 'em here ...I buy sics in 50 kilo bags now, keep 'em here by the computer in a bucket with a scoop. The 'beauty' of the net is that we now know just how illiterate that un-assuming passer-by really is.<br />The CERN facility is truly an engorging erection, but my beef with the name is more subtle: Reminds me of when I bought a Sears 'Best' Large Ant Farm, It was fair-sized, I'll<br />admit, but my species (avg lngth-2,2 cm.) couldn't fit through the tiny holes between rooms.<br />I share your glazed-over reaction to attempting to follow the job-description for this goddamn particle. When the dense Greek alphabet-soup part starts even before scroll-down I usually just pay the bill and check out right away.<br />So yeah, dust. This is bound to happen when <br />you're working with the only model of a cutting-edge machine. At least the press isn't asphyxiating Einstein on this one.<br />Anyway, Godron, (-sp?) there is a subscribe by email link here, but it doesn't differentiate between replies and simple additional comments. I'm fairly sure the reply feature is deliberately left out, to inflate page-hits as victims do a maddening page-by-page re-search<br />for reactions to their thoughts.<br />Check my recent Xanga posts for a reminder of what you may be missing. www,xanga,com/jsolberg. (commas deliberate)jsolberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841488269105958013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-81906828649091923222011-12-01T12:52:59.107-08:002011-12-01T12:52:59.107-08:00http://www.ted.com/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theor...http://www.ted.com/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_everything.htmlbnglasnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721235793090527283noreply@blogger.com