Comments on: The animated ATLAS http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:05:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: elis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/comment-page-2/#comment-86040 elis Mon, 12 May 2008 08:35:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/#comment-86040 Ehm i was to lazy to read the whole discussion but all the music information was provided in the titlescreen of the movie (: and yes, the hadron collider is sort of huge and impressive! Ehm i was to lazy to read the whole discussion but all the music information was provided in the titlescreen of the movie (:
and yes, the hadron collider is sort of huge and impressive!

]]> By: Mike Torr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/comment-page-2/#comment-86039 Mike Torr Wed, 07 May 2008 00:39:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/#comment-86039 The videos of the detector components blew my mind. As others have said, it's wonderful that so many people can work together and build something so awesome. Our species has its faults, but is not beyond hope. One loose end (for me) is the absence of information about computational power. Are they really going to collect data from billions of collisions per second, and from what looks like many thousands (millions?) of detection components? If so, I'd love to see a diagram of the data flow... The videos of the detector components blew my mind. As others have said, it’s wonderful that so many people can work together and build something so awesome. Our species has its faults, but is not beyond hope.

One loose end (for me) is the absence of information about computational power. Are they really going to collect data from billions of collisions per second, and from what looks like many thousands (millions?) of detection components? If so, I’d love to see a diagram of the data flow…

]]> By: icemith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/comment-page-2/#comment-86038 icemith Mon, 05 May 2008 18:37:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/#comment-86038 Oh, and I almost forgot to ask, what do they use for a fuse for that thing? A Rail Line? A Bridge Girder? The Bridge? Ivan. Oh, and I almost forgot to ask, what do they use for a fuse for that thing?

A Rail Line? A Bridge Girder? The Bridge?

Ivan.

]]> By: icemith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/comment-page-2/#comment-86037 icemith Mon, 05 May 2008 18:33:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/#comment-86037 I love this:- "CERN asserts that there is no risk to the planet, even though the Large Hadron Collider will create conditions not seen in nature since the first fraction of a second after the big bang." (# JTanekrson (LHCConcerns.com) 04 May 2008 at 8:37 pm) Though there is a rebuttal from CERN, I think they should have been honest and claimed that, if successful, it would be not so much a "Mini Big Bang" as really a "Big Wimper". I don't like our chances if it is even a Significant Bang! Harking back in History, was there any documentation before the first test of the Atom Bomb, of a real appreciation that they could have annihilated the Earth. Or was that all "Top Secret"? Ivan. I love this:-

“CERN asserts that there is no risk to the planet, even though the Large Hadron Collider will create conditions not seen in nature since the first fraction of a second after the big bang.”
(# JTanekrson (LHCConcerns.com) 04 May 2008 at 8:37 pm)

Though there is a rebuttal from CERN, I think they should have been honest and claimed that, if successful, it would be not so much a “Mini Big Bang” as really a “Big Wimper”. I don’t like our chances if it is even a Significant Bang!

Harking back in History, was there any documentation before the first test of the Atom Bomb, of a real appreciation that they could have annihilated the Earth. Or was that all “Top Secret”?

Ivan.

]]> By: fr3ddie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/comment-page-2/#comment-86036 fr3ddie Mon, 05 May 2008 17:11:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/#comment-86036 amount of video i dont understand: 99.58% amount of video i find very cool: 100% amount of video i dont understand: 99.58%
amount of video i find very cool: 100%

]]> By: Droog57 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/comment-page-1/#comment-86035 Droog57 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:54:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/#comment-86035 Excellent animation, part of a 3 part series from CERN, you can search Youtube for these names for the full featurette or just go to the ATLAS web site, there are links there along with other related videos. Bring on the Relitavistic Fireballs!! 1/. ATLAS - Episode 1 -A New Hope 2/. ATLAS - Episode 2 -The Particles Strike Back (Part 1) 3/. ATLAS - Episode 2 - The Particles Strike Back (Part 2) Apart from the music, I am amazed that notoriously protective Lucasarts gave permission to use the Star Wars Theme, both visually and musically. Good "Ol George must be an LHC fan... Excellent animation, part of a 3 part series from CERN,
you can search Youtube for these names for the full featurette or just go to the ATLAS web site, there are links there along with other related videos.
Bring on the Relitavistic Fireballs!!

1/. ATLAS – Episode 1 -A New Hope
2/. ATLAS – Episode 2 -The Particles Strike Back (Part 1)
3/. ATLAS – Episode 2 – The Particles Strike Back (Part 2)

Apart from the music, I am amazed that notoriously protective Lucasarts gave permission to use the Star Wars Theme, both visually and musically. Good “Ol George must be an LHC fan…

]]> By: ideonexus.com » Blog Archive » Science Etcetera, Moonday 20080505 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/comment-page-1/#comment-86034 ideonexus.com » Blog Archive » Science Etcetera, Moonday 20080505 Mon, 05 May 2008 08:01:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/02/the-animated-atlas/#comment-86034 [...] Ionian Enchantment-inducing computer-animated video of the Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS detector. It’s aptly scored with Holst’s Jupiter classical piece (HT Bad Astronomy): [...] [...] Ionian Enchantment-inducing computer-animated video of the Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS detector. It’s aptly scored with Holst’s Jupiter classical piece (HT Bad Astronomy): [...]

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