Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass
Abstract: The exponential dependence of resistivity on temperature in germanium is found to be a great big lie. My careful theoretical modeling and painstaking experimentation reveal 1) that my equipment is crap, as are all the available texts on the subject and 2) that this whole exercise was a complete waste of my time.
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I sifted through the box of germanium crystals and chose the one that appeared to be the least cracked. Then I soldered wires onto the crystal in the spots shown in figure 2b of Lab Handout 32. Do you have any idea how hard it is to solder wires to germanium? I'll tell you: real goddamn hard. The solder simply won't stick, and you can forget about getting any of the grad students in the solid state labs to help you out.
Once the wires were in place, I attached them as appropriate to the second-rate equipment I scavenged from the back of the lab, none of which worked properly. I soon wised up and swiped replacements from the well-stocked research labs. This is how they treat undergrads around here: they give you broken tools and then don't understand why you don't get any results.
Trudy, saris are so comfortable and feel very elegant in them.
You need the sari but also an underskirt and a top. I just wore a t-shirt under mine since I was borrowing everthing else, and noone had a top to fit me. There are sites on the internet that show you how to wrap a sari, but there's different styles from different regions of India.
The movie has parkour! I totally have to check that out, Jesse. Thanks for the heads up.
Congratulations Florida, you're getting a Scientology Super Power training center!
That's funny to read. I've never read a lot of fan fic, and never before read any RPF. But there's a Veronica-Mars/Dawson's Creek cast-based RPF on LJ that was too cracktacularly funny to resist: The Liberation of Katie Holmes. Much of it takes place in the Tampa area.
Seven of the eight parts have been posted. I linked the first part, above. There are links to parts 2-6 in it. Part 7 is here: [link] The thought of part 8 fills me with nearly as much anticipation as the actual VM finale, tonight.
Cindy-- that was the first thing I thought of, too!
Heh! I just checked the lj. Part 8 still isn't up, Sophia. *sigh* I imagine with the finale coming tonight, that we probably won't see it for a few days.
I got called by my Mom this morning with the news that my aunt (76) had suffered a stroke last night. According to my uncle, the bearer of the bad news, she's in the hospital and already showing some good signs of recovery. Continued aunt-ma would be helpful, as she deserves as many more good years as she can get....
Much health~ma to your aunt, Theodosia.
Oh, Theo. Much health and recovery to her.
From what I remember when my f-i-l and grandfather had strokes, sometimes it takes a little while to determine how the patient is doing (swelling has to subside, or the like), so I think it is good they're already seeing good signs.
My grandfather's only permanent after-effect was slightly limited use of his right thumb, which really only caused him difficulty in removing bills from envelopes. My f-i-l has the teensiest of aphasia (if you could measure aphasia via microscope, it still might not show up) that is really only noticeable to him. If he were a member of my mother's family, we wouldn't even consider it aphasia.
