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Good physicists are not necessarily good engineers. That is why ITER will never work.
Tullio (theoretical physicist)
GEO600 might be a counter-example, tho. I've read that because of a very tight budget, much of the hands-on-engineering was actually done by physicists themselves instead of subcontracting it. And it seems to work nevertheless ;-).
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Good physicists are not necessarily good engineers. That is why ITER will never work.
Tullio (theoretical physicist)
GEO600 might be a counter-example, tho. I've read that because of a very tight budget, much of the hands-on-engineering was actually done by physicists themselves instead of subcontracting it. And it seems to work nevertheless ;-).
CU
Bikeman
Yes but they are German physicists! Deutschland Deutschland uber alles...
Tullio
From LHC@home forum I learned that damage is worse than expected and a two months delay is foreseen. A faulty electrical connector between two magnets melted and provoked havoc. Big currents always are big risks.
Tullio
Es better rename this thread to "The big LHC switch off." ;-)
Actually, I'm surprised it's worked as well as it has so far. These things never run smooth.
Although I was talking with my students yesterday, and they wanted to know about the British equivalent of NASA..so I told them about our Mars Beagle that we sent up there...and how it didn't work.
They concluded that clearly there aren't enough girls working for them. I suspect that is also the problem with the LHC ;)
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Good physicists are not necessarily good engineers. That is why ITER will never work.
Tullio (theoretical physicist)
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GEO600 might be a counter-example, tho. I've read that because of a very tight budget, much of the hands-on-engineering was actually done by physicists themselves instead of subcontracting it. And it seems to work nevertheless ;-).
CU
Bikeman
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Yes but they are German physicists! Deutschland Deutschland uber alles...
Tullio
RE: Yes but they are German
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:-)
... and British (GEO600 is a joint German-British project), but yes, it's located in Germany.
CU
Bikeman
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OK. I've read that the Brits have built the first example of Boole's Analytical Engine. Tremble, IBM!
Tullio
Es better rename this thread
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Es better rename this thread to "The big LHC switch off." ;-)
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It is always Big Science, whether On or Off.
Tullio
From LHC@home forum I learned
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From LHC@home forum I learned that damage is worse than expected and a two months delay is foreseen. A faulty electrical connector between two magnets melted and provoked havoc. Big currents always are big risks.
Tullio
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-
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http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=lhc-helium-leak-will-shut-collider-2008-09-20
Well, I sure know I wouldn't want to go into a tunnel to make repairs until the place had gotten a little warmed up after a liquid helium leak.
That'd even be worse than a Canadian winter!
RE: Es better rename this
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Actually, I'm surprised it's worked as well as it has so far. These things never run smooth.
Although I was talking with my students yesterday, and they wanted to know about the British equivalent of NASA..so I told them about our Mars Beagle that we sent up there...and how it didn't work.
They concluded that clearly there aren't enough girls working for them. I suspect that is also the problem with the LHC ;)
Physics is for gurls!