Comments on: A Quantum Leap http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/03/18/a-quantum-leap/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:27:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Stephen Uitti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/03/18/a-quantum-leap/#comment-26344 Stephen Uitti Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:25:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/03/18/a-quantum-leap/#comment-26344 Urg. RealPlayer. My Ipod does not grok RealPlayer. My car does not have a high speed internet connection. RealPlayer is a non-starter. Is there an mp3? Urg. RealPlayer. My Ipod does not grok RealPlayer. My car does not have a high speed internet connection. RealPlayer is a non-starter. Is there an mp3?

]]> By: Paul Valletta http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/03/18/a-quantum-leap/#comment-26346 Paul Valletta Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:52:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/03/18/a-quantum-leap/#comment-26346 Sorry, a link needed : http://www.bikereader.com/contributors/thurston/kraftwerk.html I of course ment :KRAFTWERK! Sorry, a link needed :

http://www.bikereader.com/contributors/thurston/kraftwerk.html

I of course ment :KRAFTWERK!

]]> By: Paul Valletta http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/03/18/a-quantum-leap/#comment-26345 Paul Valletta Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:38:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/03/18/a-quantum-leap/#comment-26345 Great Interview John, It remineded me of the last throes (echoes) of the collider competition that existed before LHC got the go ahead. The consensus then was that data needed to be of a certain (high) probability, to prove the existence of the Higgs Bosun. As the last runs ocuured in Europe and USA, there was a lot of publications, which potrayed the excitation of the whole particle field enterprise, if's..maybe's..possible's?..all of which went into overall consensus that, bigger and better accelerators were needed, urgently. Nevertheless, the public pays for what is "needed", as you stated in the interview. Even if the results dont match expectations (yet!), it is always good to relay to the public, a status report that is transparent, and as concise as is needed. Relavant P.S story below? P.S the background music to the show was by the German group Kraftwork, from the album: Man Machine. When I heard this album in the 70's, I was amazed! and it was one of my fav albums. As I always had the (best music;)!), my house was always full of friends who came around to listen to my latest music (vast) collection. Anyway, I got wind of the German version of Man Machine,and purchaesed a copy. So without telling my mates, when I asked what they wanted to listen to?..(Kraftwork was a regular), I put on the German version of the Album, which had the monotonic lyrics spoken, by a voice synthezizer?..this act was to instigate conflict among my fiends, firstly they hated it, I actually loved it even more than the english version, so I told them a little white lie!..I explained that the album was called Man v Machine, the subtle introduction of a little letter v = versus, was sufficiant to turn around their one dimensional opinions! If anyone knows Kraftwork and their music, then you would know the moral of this little extra story! ;) Thanks again for the clarity. Great Interview John, It remineded me of the last throes (echoes) of the collider competition that existed before LHC got the go ahead. The consensus then was that data needed to be of a certain (high) probability, to prove the existence of the Higgs Bosun. As the last runs ocuured in Europe and USA, there was a lot of publications, which potrayed the excitation of the whole particle field enterprise, if’s..maybe’s..possible’s?..all of which went into overall consensus that, bigger and better accelerators were needed, urgently.

Nevertheless, the public pays for what is “needed”, as you stated in the interview. Even if the results dont match expectations (yet!), it is always good to relay to the public, a status report that is transparent, and as concise as is needed.

Relavant P.S story below?

P.S the background music to the show was by the German group Kraftwork, from the album: Man Machine.
When I heard this album in the 70’s, I was amazed! and it was one of my fav albums. As I always had the (best music;)!), my house was always full of friends who came around to listen to my latest music (vast) collection. Anyway, I got wind of the German version of Man Machine,and purchaesed a copy.

So without telling my mates, when I asked what they wanted to listen to?..(Kraftwork was a regular), I put on the German version of the Album, which had the monotonic lyrics spoken, by a voice synthezizer?..this act was to instigate conflict among my fiends, firstly they hated it, I actually loved it even more than the english version, so I told them a little white lie!..I explained that the album was called Man v Machine, the subtle introduction of a little letter v = versus, was sufficiant to turn around their one dimensional opinions!

If anyone knows Kraftwork and their music, then you would know the moral of this little extra story! ;)
Thanks again for the clarity.

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