This is one of a few difficulties I have with the paper. They do not talk about what specific neutrino-nucleus interactions would be stimulated, nor do they ballpark numbers for rates based on the known solar neutrino flux.
Also, their proposed method of testing their hypothesis may hit a snag: while the sun produces a very pure flux of neutrinos, reactors produce a nearly-pure flux of antineutrinos. There are differences in how the two interact, so more investigation should be done to determine if such a proposed experiment could return a signal.
If it means anything, I do happen to be a graduate student working in the field of neutrino physics.
Anyone who's ever tried to bring a less-than-common piece of electronics through airport security has probably had them happen to this. I've had TSA agents inquire about my TI-89 on two separate occasions.
Is this story really news? or just cleverly embedded marketing?
speaking of neutrinos... Hi from the MiniBooNE control room! Keep sending those protons our way! Just started the Owl Shift, here.
But along the same lines of what you said, not all physics in the next decade will come from having the biggest, sexiest ring collider. Examples: beam neutrino experiments (MiniBooNE, Minos, NOvA), reactor neutrino experiments (Double-CHOOZ, Daya Bay), dark matter experiments, etc. If there is beyond-standard model physics to be found, it's probably not going to appear on the same plot as the Higgs' bump.
and if the SSC had been built, we'd already know...
A funny thing happens when the power goes out in a High Energy Physics lab:
That afternoon everyone came out of their labs, immediately saying "It wasn't *my* lab, we didn't even have anything plugged in! Who did it?! Who turned something on! 'Fess up now!"
Then everyone began to get worried when they noticed that the library across the street was also without power. "Ohhh no. What did we do? I thought the transformer was meant to shutdown if something happened!"
Of course someone had a dynamo radio on them, and we all breathed a sigh of relief when we found out that it was the entire Eastern US and Canada that was without power, not just the area around our lab...;-)
I used to live in one of the towns along the Connecticut shoreline near Plum. My friend's family owned a boatyard in said town.
He told me a story once of a guy whose old motorboat, for some reason or another, began to swamp. The guy frequented to boat yard my friend owned, so they knew him to be reputable.
So, he made haste for the nearest spot of land, which happened to be Plum Island. Within not five minutes of beaching his limping craft, a jeep drove up. In the back were four soldiers, in fatigues, carrying M-16's.
"You must leave the island now. This is Government property, and you are trespassing."
"Hey, my boat's having trouble. Do you have a radio I could use to call ashore and have someone come get me."
"No, you must leave now."
"But my boat is sinking."
"Sir, for the last time, you must leave immediately, otherwise we will use force!"
So the guy pushed off the beach and began motoring back towards the CT shore. A few minutes later, a Coast Guard cutter just happened to spot his almost-sunk boat, after they had received a radio call from a source who identified themself as a shore radio.
So yeah. Plum has a local history of intrigue and mysteriousness that goes way back.
This patch fixes a security bug in Internet Explorer that could allow someone who actually knows what they're doing to repair buggy programs on your computer.
My favorite mouse is my Gyration Ultra. At first glance, it's a normal wireless optical mouse. But pick it up, hit the trigger button, and it's like moving your cursor with a laser pointer. Works great as a remote-control device when I'm watching DVD's or listening to music, and works fine as a regular mouse when I'm actually doing work with my computer.
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This is one of a few difficulties I have with the paper. They do not talk about what specific neutrino-nucleus interactions would be stimulated, nor do they ballpark numbers for rates based on the known solar neutrino flux. Also, their proposed method of testing their hypothesis may hit a snag: while the sun produces a very pure flux of neutrinos, reactors produce a nearly-pure flux of antineutrinos. There are differences in how the two interact, so more investigation should be done to determine if such a proposed experiment could return a signal. If it means anything, I do happen to be a graduate student working in the field of neutrino physics.
Anyone who's ever tried to bring a less-than-common piece of electronics through airport security has probably had them happen to this. I've had TSA agents inquire about my TI-89 on two separate occasions. Is this story really news? or just cleverly embedded marketing?
speaking of neutrinos... Hi from the MiniBooNE control room! Keep sending those protons our way! Just started the Owl Shift, here.
But along the same lines of what you said, not all physics in the next decade will come from having the biggest, sexiest ring collider. Examples: beam neutrino experiments (MiniBooNE, Minos, NOvA), reactor neutrino experiments (Double-CHOOZ, Daya Bay), dark matter experiments, etc. If there is beyond-standard model physics to be found, it's probably not going to appear on the same plot as the Higgs' bump.
and if the SSC had been built, we'd already know...
"Physics is cool and all, if you're not quite bright enough to make it in Math" "Physics is to math as sex is to masturbation." -R. Feynman
We have nearly a monoculture, but it's http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N19/history_of_athe.1 9f.htmlours [mit.edu], and open source to boot.
Didn't the PDA become a market-standard device some after Apple *dropped* the Newton?
The same was said back in the early 1900's, that physics would "be dead in 20 years."
Then a few guys happened upon laws of physics never seen before that allowed us to do some cool stuff. Like make cellphones, computers, and MRI scans.
There's no telling how today's abstract theory will become tomorrow's can't-live-without household gadget.
A funny thing happens when the power goes out in a High Energy Physics lab:
;-)
That afternoon everyone came out of their labs, immediately saying "It wasn't *my* lab, we didn't even have anything plugged in! Who did it?! Who turned something on! 'Fess up now!"
Then everyone began to get worried when they noticed that the library across the street was also without power. "Ohhh no. What did we do? I thought the transformer was meant to shutdown if something happened!"
Of course someone had a dynamo radio on them, and we all breathed a sigh of relief when we found out that it was the entire Eastern US and Canada that was without power, not just the area around our lab...
...sticking it to the competition.
I doubt you'd be able to stay on the beach long.
I used to live in one of the towns along the Connecticut shoreline near Plum. My friend's family owned a boatyard in said town.
He told me a story once of a guy whose old motorboat, for some reason or another, began to swamp. The guy frequented to boat yard my friend owned, so they knew him to be reputable.
So, he made haste for the nearest spot of land, which happened to be Plum Island. Within not five minutes of beaching his limping craft, a jeep drove up. In the back were four soldiers, in fatigues, carrying M-16's.
"You must leave the island now. This is Government property, and you are trespassing."
"Hey, my boat's having trouble. Do you have a radio I could use to call ashore and have someone come get me."
"No, you must leave now."
"But my boat is sinking."
"Sir, for the last time, you must leave immediately, otherwise we will use force!"
So the guy pushed off the beach and began motoring back towards the CT shore. A few minutes later, a Coast Guard cutter just happened to spot his almost-sunk boat, after they had received a radio call from a source who identified themself as a shore radio.
So yeah. Plum has a local history of intrigue and mysteriousness that goes way back.
Do the computers come bundled with Duke Nukem Forever?
Well, it would give new meaning to "Blue Screen of Death"...
...it wasn't promised a treat or its favourite chew toy at the end of the mission.
Anyone know if these things are good places to pick up chicks? "Hey babe. You say you support open source? Mind if I take a peek at your code?"
And here I thought the article was about youth Shakespeare groups!
3 words:
Bubba. Ho. Tep.
This patch fixes a security bug in Internet Explorer that could allow someone who actually knows what they're doing to repair buggy programs on your computer.
My favorite mouse is my Gyration Ultra. At first glance, it's a normal wireless optical mouse. But pick it up, hit the trigger button, and it's like moving your cursor with a laser pointer. Works great as a remote-control device when I'm watching DVD's or listening to music, and works fine as a regular mouse when I'm actually doing work with my computer.