Dhondy Posted June 20, 2009 Author Posted June 20, 2009 The single most important thing that CERN taught me was a huge respect and admiration for engineers. Being a theoretical Physicist it is very easy to fall into the trap which is specially prevalent among graduate students that engineering is nothing but an application of what we conceive, theorize, and prove. Watching CERN operate at close quarters was a revelation. It is an engineering marvel - the science which will come out of it is of course going to change our perceptions of the universe - but make no mistake that it was the engineers who laid the ground work for it. There were some unexplained signals during it's calibration and it turned out the noise was coming from some railway tracks miles away. The entire system was re-calibrated and partially re-engineered to account for things like this - so delicate and sensitive is the entire system. I have always been in awe of them- my dad was one! His specialty was fuels, and back in the days when most people in India didn't have gas fired cookers, he designed a tiny capsule that could fire your chulha in seconds. Sadly he made no money out of it, bless his soul. What I admired about him though was his incredible curiosity even about things that were completely unrelated to his subject. More than once I caught him going through my medical textbooks, a bit like people read an Alistair MacLean or a Desmond Bagley. As I grow older, I understand a bit of how he used to think... that all dividers between the sciences are blurred. That scientific thinking is a way of life, not a vocation. And that if you are curious, you never age. And sure enough, that's how medicine works today. The PET scanner uses anti-matter, you can work out the rate at which MRSA on a bedcloth will double using differential calculus, and if you want to know what is the real contribution of genetic variations to phenotypic differences, you better be prepared to use integration. I do hope that in your new field of work, you get plenty of opportunities to draw upon your scientific training. Friedman & Samuelson showed quite clearly, albeit many years ago now, that the use of maths and statistics can underpin your reading of finance, although the emotional overtones, the anxiety and fear that money carries around itself like a miasma can and often muddies things, as it did recently, and can make scientific principles difficult to validate.
Guest Gunner Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 If you were given a free run of the world' date=' an unrestricted right of access to the greatest of monuments, the most secret of places, or a visit to the earth's greatest natural or manmade wonders, which place would you pick? You may cash in by choosing a chopper ride over Grand Canyon on a clear, sunny, frosty cold morning, or be devious enough to inveigle yourself into the White House during one of Obama's top level meetings, or perhaps ask for the Eiffel Tower to be emptied just for you, so that you may survey the magnificence of Paris across the silvery Seine as dusk falls. Take your pick.[/quote'] This was the question in the OP to which four guys gave an aswer talking abt the kabba etc. Apart from that you, outsider and Sree have been talking on and on off topic about CERN, bell research and what they do. When I said "nerds", it was not an insult but merely pointing out the remarkably small view of the world you have been expressing with your discussion about CERN. Of all the magnificent natural things this world has on offer, where you not even able to name one? Isn't it a bloody shame? More importantly the arrogance and dishonesty in deleting my posts when I pointed the short sightedness out. If you wanted to have a discussion of me, myself and outsider why don't you open a thread on CERN or which lab you would like to visit? You have ruined this thread with all the offtopic posts about CERN and science. PS: Please delete this honest response as well.
Dhondy Posted June 20, 2009 Author Posted June 20, 2009 This was the question in the OP to which four guys gave an aswer talking abt the kabba etc. Apart from that you, outsider and Sree have been talking on and on off topic about CERN, bell research and what they do. When I said "nerds", it was not an insult but merely pointing out the remarkably small view of the world you have been expressing with your discussion about CERN. Of all the magnificent natural things this world has on offer, where you not even able to name one? Isn't it a bloody shame? More importantly the arrogance and dishonesty in deleting my posts when I pointed the short sightedness out. If you wanted to have a discussion of me, myself and outsider why don't you open a thread on CERN or which lab you would like to visit? You have ruined this thread with all the offtopic posts about CERN and science. PS: Please delete this honest response as well. Had you written what you felt in this detail, your posts would never have been deleted. It's very difficult to read your thoughts from one word posts, don't you think? Now tell us what you'd do with your dream ticket please.:--D
Ram Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Interesting thread, here are my picks; No 1: The seat of the Pope, the Vatican: No 2: Machu Picchu (Lost City of the Incas), Peru No 3: A nuclear submarine
Guest Gunner Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Had you written what you felt in this detail, your posts would never have been deleted. It's very difficult to read your thoughts from one word posts, don't you think? Now tell us what you'd do with your dream ticket please.:--D I thought I had already replied. My post seems to have disappeared. I would like to be able to visit the amazon rain forests and spend time there. Last of the truly great natural habitats with ultimate mix of unique flora and fauna. :--D There are too many amazing beauties and great wonders in this world, it will take more than a lifetime to experience them all.
Guest Gunner Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 I kenw an Australian girl who spent six months studying the Aurora Borealis.
ludhianvi Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Hmmm...I would probably like to stay home and have my quiet time. At the end of the day, nothing beats some quality time by yourself listening to some beautiful music and discover yourself. But that's just me.
Guest Gunner Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 I want to go to the mongolian steppes. Cool! Btw are you Mongolian brah?
Temujin Khaghan Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Cool! Btw are you Mongolian brah? no... i am just a lone wolf... I run like the wind and stand proudly on top a rocky knoll where i can see my entire kingdom gifted to me by my father Irca, the wolf king I howl in the silverlight of the moon once my mate but parted from me in this lifetime mourning the distance between us lovers I lie on the grasslands and watch the stars when the gentle wind soothes my burning passion until i fall asleep like an innocent cub... until my mum wakes me up and starts yelling at me to stop wasting time and prepare for CAT! :haha:
Guest Gunner Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 no... i am just a lone wolf... I run like the wind and stand proudly on top a rocky knoll where i can see my entire kingdom gifted to me by my father Irca, the wolf king I howl in the silverlight of the moon once my mate but parted from me in this lifetime mourning the distance between us lovers I lie on the grasslands and watch the stars when the gentle wind soothes my burning passion until i fall asleep like an innocent cub... until my mum wakes me up and starts yelling at me to stop wasting time and prepare for CAT! :haha: Well writtern verse. Is it your work, brah?
Temujin Khaghan Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Well writtern verse. Is it your work' date=' brah?[/quote'] gee thanks... yeah i made it in about 15 minutes... nothing like a good picture to give some inspiration is'nt it?
Guest Gunner Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 gee thanks... yeah i made it in about 15 minutes... nothing like a good picture to give some inspiration is'nt it? Well done, excellent verse. If you write something interesting PM me. I appreciate good poetry.
Temujin Khaghan Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Well done' date=' excellent verse. If you write something interesting PM me. I appreciate good poetry.[/quote'] will do. :winky:
Aditi Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Uluru (Ayer's Rock). Right now, I'm just happy finding a cheap ticket to globetrot from Melbourne to Los Angeles to Bombay :--D
Sooda Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Another person I would like to meet is "Marilyn Manson" ... I cant think of one other musician, past or present, living or dead, that gave me a different perspective of life as much as Marilyn Manson did That IS hard to believe. I have seen him being interviewed and yes he is quite an intelligent guy but 'moral in his songs?' Im clearly not listening closely enough! Id like to spend a while at the white house just to see the President and his immediate circle in their decision making process. I imagine it would have been far more entertaining in the Bush era...
EnterTheVoid Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 That IS hard to believe. I have seen him being interviewed and yes he is quite an intelligent guy but 'moral in his songs?' Im clearly not listening closely enough! Id like to spend a while at the white house just to see the President and his immediate circle in their decision making process. I imagine it would have been far more entertaining in the Bush era... I found it hard to comprehend it at first, but strip him of his outlandish make up, his satanic appearence and his bizzare stage stunts and you'd have someone who is intellectually very well versed and able to articulate his thoughts in a clear and concise manner without being arrogant or abrasive. Have you seen his interview on the O Reily factor ? I've held him in high regard ever since. As for his songs, the message or moral that is present or absent is a matter of personal interpretation. He is definitely a person I want to meet for he gave me a different perspective on life and taught not to judge a book by its cover
Sooda Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Just watched it on Youtube on your say so, ive only ever seen him interviewd before in bowling for columbine, and he does come across well. Make up aside. ...ill be honest i dont listen to song words closely - particularly rock and metal stuff i just listen for head banging element. I know a lot of metal has deeper meaning but its all lost on me. On a side note 'arma godamn..etc' from his new album isnt bad!
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