Yesterday the ATLAS Inner Detector (ID) Barrel was tranported and installed into ATLAS. This includes the Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) barrel which is the machine I am mostly working on…
It’s getting closer and closer to the point where the real physics will start…
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Splashdiving World Championship 2006
We’ve done it all at least once… splashdiving!
But now you can get professional… at least sort of!
You might consider taking part in the 2007 championships since this year’s end today…
But that will give you enough time to study the rules and train you technique…
Have a look at the
official website for more information…
Left Handers Day
Yeah right… there is a day for everything!
But it’s more this time… it’s the “Left Handers Day” today. And just about a year ago I wrote an entry about my observation that a lot of theorists around me are left handed (and/or color-blind)…
And now guess what… someone made a paper out of this… suspicious isn’t it?
Anyway… some guys from the Lafayette College in Pennsylvania published a paper which actually supports my theory… hah! They could even show (more or less) that among males with an university degree, left handers earn between 13 to 21 percent more in their jobs… hmm
Anyway²
Greetz to all left handers…
One is enough!
Just for those who are interested in science (as everyone should be)!
The Carnegie Mellon University just published some pictures and videos of their “Dynamically-Stable Mobile Robot” called Ballbot.
It’s pretty impressive… have a look at http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ballbot/
Ever heard about “Straight-Edge”?!
I just found out that I am (at least sort of) living the “Straight-Edge“-Way-Of-Life…
Without even knowing about the existence of this “culture” I followed the principle rules quite well (even though the reasons might differ): no cigarettes, no alcohol and no recreational drug use! Even some additional commitments like abstaining from promiscuous sexual behavior and caffeine are fully or partially (this refers only to the caffeine, since cola has it too) fulfilled.
I would actually be the perfect Straight-Edger, if I just refused eating meat and listened to Hardcore Punk of some kind.
Which are “unfortunately” two things I could definitely not live with… never!
So besides these discrepancies I would be eligible for wearing a black cross tattoo on the back of my hands. Which apparently is the “sign” to identify a “real” Straight-Edger… and again another fact I just wouldn’t like…
Well… one thing I have in common with these people is the fact that many other people just do not (want to) understand…
Greetz to Thomas at this point ;-)