'Why We Fight'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
In re those clueless about security - every time I have jury duty there seems to be someone (usually a lawyer) who hits the metal detector and has to empty his pockets of change, multiple sets of keys, and other assorted metal items.
And he puts a few metal things in the bowl, goes through and sets off the alarm; puts a few more things in the bowl, goes through and sets of the alarm; puts a few more things in the bowl....
you've been in that line too!
I haven't seen them ask someone to power on their lap top in probably 10 years. Just has to come out of the bag.
InMEMEnews - my sinus infection seems to be back, stronger than before. It would explain the headaches over the last couple of days and the absolute congestion the last couple of days that came out of nowhere.
I have called the doc and asked for stronger anti-biotics. I hope she answers before the end of the day. Blech.
This is funny - my boss asked me to fix two bugs in the web timesheet program that we created for our biggest client. I found and fixed the first bug, but I misunderstood his email about the second bug, so instead I found and fixed a different bug that he didn't know about.
(All the bugs were fairly minor, so it's no big deal I didn't fix the one.)
Are you sure you're not allergic to Colorado?
Ugh, Suzi! I hope you get working drugs....
On my way into my building just now, I saw a note that said they were coming to inspect again, this morning. First of all, it was outside by the mailboxes, apparently delivered yesterday. That doesn't seem like much notice. Second of all, they didn't come! I thought I heard someone knocking when I was in the shower this morning, so now I wonder if that was them, and they just didn't come in? I certainly hope they didn't come in! At any rate, it was not during the time period on the memo. That I JUST SAW. I am Not Impressed with the management here.
Are you sure you're not allergic to Colorado?
HEY! Ummm, maybe? Still no call. Heading home to hit some pain meds.
Toy train used to calibrate fusion reactor
While Princeton University's National Spherical Torus Experiment was shut down for improvements over the winter break, scientists and engineers availed themselves of the opportunity to recalibrate the reactor's neutron sensors. To do so, they assembled a circular toy train track around the torus and ran a toy locomotive carrying a chunk of neutron-emitting californium-252 along it for three days. The New York Times explains:
A stationary neutron source was previously used for the calibration, but that did not fully capture how the neutrons bounced around. Putting the californium on the moving train improved the accuracy by about a factor of 10, Dr. Ono said.
Dr. Ono! He should be in the Muppets. And how brilliant to use the train.
Also, I've loved the Antikethyran device since I've heard about it. I get weird favorite things. I've always wondered what we might have accomplished if the Greeks hadn't been conquered by the Romans.