Humor
"The basic goal for CDF is to measure the energy, momentum, and, where possible, the identity, of particles produced at the Tevatron collider over as large a fraction of the solid angle as practical. Our strategy to accomplish this was to surround the interaction region with layers of different detector components. Starting at the interaction point, particles encounter in sequence: a thin wall Be vacuum chamber, charged particle tracking chambers, sampling calorimeters, and muon detectors."
F. Abe et al., The CDF Detector: an Overview, NIM A271 (1988) 387.
Now if we could just eliminate 1980s neon sunglasses and skinny jeans...
From tfd.
I recently took a look around my department to see what academic scientists are reading. I ignored the stacks of research papers, because I know that no-one ever gets around to reading them. It seems that the most common reading materials for academic scientists are comics (at least for the grad students).
Two of the most common information sources are XKCD (for technical information) and "Piled Higher and Deeper" (for reporting on academic culture). PhD comics are really made for the grad student. If you don't understand the name, think of the common meaning of "BS". Then think of how you…
A Science Spin On Health And Safety
I've sat through a few health and safety talks, often including suchgems as, "don't reach objects on high shelves by standing on a swivelchair while wearing rollerskates", ...
The Lay Scientist:http://www.layscience.net/node/1012
"An intellectual is someone who, sitting opposite a very attractive person on the train, still looks first at what book they're reading."
Thanks to Jack of Kent tweet.
Hank |
The mark of any great comic genius is being able to ridicule two groups at once and still be funny. A few days back Dilbert took on homepathy and he got in some ancient kooks as well.
If you are unfamiliar with homeopathy, take a look at that handy link. No, it is not a link to Homeopathy magazine or anything like that but instead a link to all of the homeopathy articles on this site, in no particular order. Homeopathy deals with supposedly curing ills but gets into odd hypothetical physics/chemistry to make it work, like water memory.
As I wrote in Homeopathy…
Why You Should Read Terms and Conditions
It seems that most people don't read the T&Cs before they click through to sign up at websites.
The news item below is worth reading as a stark, dark and dire warning against signing away your rights.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly...
It Ain't Minnesota
I don't care what the SatNav says - trust me - this ain't Minnesota!
Can you think of a better caption for my photo phakery?
"I am too shy to express my sexual needs, except over the phone to people I don't know"
Garry Shandling