Comments on: Congress saves Fermilab!

By: Melusine

Melusine — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:48:51 +0000

Good thing! I’m sure Foster made a good case. FermiLab, of course, is important for science and as noted above, fostering international collaboration. They are also good environmental stewards of their land/property and I applaud that too. I’d love to visit it if I ever get to Chicago.

From the article: “The furloughs ended in May after an anonymous donation of $5 million.”

I love anonymous donations; while some argue that parading one’s name encourages others to donate, I’d say “Anonymous” has good character.

By: aleph1=c

aleph1=c — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:28:13 +0000

Yeah, bozon trap is a good one too. That’s a pun with Bozo the Clown, right? But with Viagra and strap-ons, it’s nearly 100%.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:20 +0000

Okay … so it is good to have independent tests of some of LHC physics. But I wouldn’t pay for it. One world, one half generation (~10 years), one collider.

[Bad news. I had to add "collider" to my spellchecker. Seems we need more than Congress approval.]

Btw, Congress doesn’t strike me as a hard-on collider as much as a bozon trap.

By: spyderkl

spyderkl — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:34:34 +0000

Gah…in, not on. I need more coffee.

By: spyderkl

spyderkl — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:33:57 +0000

Mena: Nope, we live on CO now – our representative is Tom “a wall will fix all our problems” Tancredo. And I sympathize with your having to deal with the Wheaton loons…always hated that about living there.

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:03:39 +0000

I worked at Fermilab…

I live about a mile from the Fermilab grounds…

I went to Fermilab…

Um. I saw a picture of it once.

Mmmyep.

(kicks pebble)

By: Mena

Mena — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:48:31 +0000

Spyderkl, am I wrong in that you are also being represented by Peter Roskam? I’m so tired of Wheaton loons speaking for me…