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From: Peter on 4 Apr 2010 18:40 I found this video interesting and thought a lot of the lingo would attract you lot... :-) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e00_1270407720 :-P
From: Kevin Gleeson on 4 Apr 2010 19:22 On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:40:42 GMT, Peter <someone(a)microsoft.com> wrote: >I found this video interesting and thought a lot of the lingo would attract >you lot... :-) > >http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e00_1270407720 > >:-P Good explanation. There's a guy I keep in touch with who works at CERN on the LHC, he's really good at giving little insights as to what they are up to. Kev
From: Andrew Price on 5 Apr 2010 00:08 Peter wrote - > I found this video interesting and thought a lot of the lingo would attract > you lot... :-) The commentator sounds a lot like The Book in the BBC radio version of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy - trying to explain Vogon poetry to simple carbon based life forms from earth. Speeding thingies up to the speed of light, crashing them head on into each other and watching what happens - what's not to love? We usually make our best discoveries when we are looking for something else - the integrated circuit was required for power and weight limits of space travel and the micro chip it begat will I believe play a significant role in human education and the way we do things, not space travel. As an example, traction control on a bike or car does it better then any human can - so let the chip do it kiddies. The trick, is in seeing the useful application in the discovery - but no looking, no discovery. Best, Andrew
From: Andrew on 5 Apr 2010 03:35 On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:05:25 +0000, Kevin Gleeson wrote: > I'd also prefer 9 billion on education, health, etc, but there's > buggerall chance of that eh? > > Kev You wouldn't, you know. The law of diminishing returns kicks in real quick. Cast an eye over the 'BER' stimulus schemes for schools. It was designed to prop up the building industry, not education, but nevertheless, many schools got something like a new assembly hall or a new library, when there wasn't a heck of a lot wrong with the old ones. It will still be accounted for as spending on education even though it didn't deliver any education outcomes at all. Spend money on educating people when they're just going to die anyway? Waste of effort! Spend money on health care for people when they're just going to die anyway? Pointless. Bring on LHC2, I say. -- Regards Andrew
From: Kevin Gleeson on 5 Apr 2010 04:43
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:35:30 GMT, Andrew <amckNOSPAM3047(a)telNOSPAMstra.com> wrote: >On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:05:25 +0000, Kevin Gleeson wrote: >> I'd also prefer 9 billion on education, health, etc, but there's >> buggerall chance of that eh? >> >> Kev > >You wouldn't, you know. I would actually. I wasn't talking specifically about any particular package or political party. I was speaking in general about edumacating people and keeping them healthy. I can't see how that can be a bad thing. >The law of diminishing returns kicks in real >quick. Cast an eye over the 'BER' stimulus schemes for schools. It was >designed to prop up the building industry, not education, but >nevertheless, many schools got something like a new assembly hall or a >new library, when there wasn't a heck of a lot wrong with the old ones. >It will still be accounted for as spending on education even though it >didn't deliver any education outcomes at all. > > >Spend money on educating people when they're just going to die anyway? >Waste of effort! Spend money on health care for people when they're just >going to die anyway? Pointless. Bring on LHC2, I say. Well apparenlty the LHC is going to kill all of us so there's no need for a health system really . . . Kev |