Comments on: Cited on Science Magazine http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/ private thoughts of a physicist and chessplayer Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pokies http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-116611 Pokies Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:13:36 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-116611 Dorigo, It seems you a quite a funny guy, betting $1000 on accumulation of data. You should be working as a professional gambler if you ever get tired of science. Hilarious post, I love it. Dorigo,

It seems you a quite a funny guy, betting $1000 on accumulation of data. You should be working as a professional gambler if you ever get tired of science.

Hilarious post, I love it.

]]> By: Here be dragons « Peculiar Velocity http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100483 Here be dragons « Peculiar Velocity Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:36:36 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100483 [...] about the fundamental structure of matter. All across the blogosphere people are putting forth their predictions for what the Large Hadron Collider will find. The best prediction award goes to [...] [...] about the fundamental structure of matter. All across the blogosphere people are putting forth their predictions for what the Large Hadron Collider will find. The best prediction award goes to [...]

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100229 dorigo Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:10:33 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100229 Hmmm now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure that's also what the italian version has.... :( Oh well, these latin quotes are all interchangeable. Qui habet aures audiendi audiat. Cheers, T. Hmmm now that I think of it, I’m pretty sure that’s also
what the italian version has…. :(

Oh well, these latin quotes are all interchangeable. Qui habet aures audiendi audiat.

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: munch http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100228 munch Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:06:53 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100228 <blockquote> “Do ut des, Doctor Lektar” Sorry to reveal my ignorance, but I don’t understand this allusion. Would you like to explain?</blockquote> The English soundtrack actually says "Quid pro quo, Dr. Lecter"

“Do ut des, Doctor Lektar”
Sorry to reveal my ignorance, but I don’t understand this allusion. Would you like to explain?

The English soundtrack actually says
“Quid pro quo, Dr. Lecter”

]]> By: Luboš Motl http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100223 Luboš Motl Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:48:52 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100223 Mine is bigger because yours is really minus 1,000 dollars: you got the sign incorrectly. Mine is bigger because yours is really minus 1,000 dollars: you got the sign incorrectly.

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100203 dorigo Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:48:46 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100203 Ok, then it is not "bigger" than mine, which is also a 1000$ bet. Also, being private, it is intrinsically less interesting, because it can be withdrawn, changed (as it has), etcetera. It is not transparent, so to speak. I would encourage you to make it public, by explaining the details.... Such things are interesting to the public, and indeed mine has already fruited two articles in magazines. Cheers, T. Ok, then it is not “bigger” than mine, which is also a 1000$ bet.

Also, being private, it is intrinsically less interesting, because it can be withdrawn, changed (as it has), etcetera. It is not transparent, so to speak. I would encourage you to make it public, by explaining the details….

Such things are interesting to the public, and indeed mine has already fruited two articles in magazines.

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: Luboš Motl http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100202 Luboš Motl Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:53:57 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100202 It's USD 1,000 but the details are private. It was not meant to be a public enterprise. It’s USD 1,000 but the details are private. It was not meant to be a public enterprise.

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100201 dorigo Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:45:37 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100201 Hi Lubos, reference of your bet ? I seem to remember it was re-negotiated after the delays of LHC. Do you have a link describing it ? How much did you bet ? Cheers, T. Hi Lubos,

reference of your bet ? I seem to remember it was re-negotiated after the delays of LHC. Do you have a link describing it ? How much did you bet ?

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: Luboš Motl http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100200 Luboš Motl Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:14:46 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100200 Marco, I have already made a bet, bigger than Tommaso. I am, of course, on the same side as Gordy Kane, probably including the predictions about the speed. Incidentally, the CMS detector has just been made immune against the looming destruction of the world, see http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/09/lhc-is-safe-cms-stop-button.html Best Lubos Marco,

I have already made a bet, bigger than Tommaso. I am, of course, on the same side as Gordy Kane, probably including the predictions about the speed.

Incidentally, the CMS detector has just been made immune against the looming destruction of the world, see

http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/09/lhc-is-safe-cms-stop-button.html

Best
Lubos

]]> By: island http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100197 island Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:07:29 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100197 <i>We do need them. He just let go with a down-to-earth remark… And who knows if he’s been misquoted.</i> You're right on both counts, of course, and I was being at least half-way sarcastic, but I am very much disenchanted with a field that strictly constrains every last ounce of its brainpower to a single angle of attack for thirty straight years of zero *established* advancement. Lumo always rants about how time isn't a factor, but time without progress leans exponentially harder in the direction of crankdom. luv, the "show-me" world We do need them. He just let go with a down-to-earth remark… And who knows if he’s been misquoted.

You’re right on both counts, of course, and I was being at least half-way sarcastic, but I am very much disenchanted with a field that strictly constrains every last ounce of its brainpower to a single angle of attack for thirty straight years of zero *established* advancement.

Lumo always rants about how time isn’t a factor, but time without progress leans exponentially harder in the direction of crankdom.

luv,
the “show-me” world

]]> By: Anonymous http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100195 Anonymous Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:29:52 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100195 I forgot the "up, up, and away!" I forgot the “up, up, and away!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100194 Anonymous Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:28:17 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100194 Nice try. My identity shall never be revealed! Fame awaits, my friend! Nice try. My identity shall never be revealed! Fame awaits, my friend!

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100193 dorigo Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:11:01 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100193 Actually, anon, I am going to bet a dime you are dr. Justin Albert, a member of the ATLAS group in University of Victoria. Cheers, T. Actually, anon, I am going to bet a dime you are dr. Justin Albert, a member of the ATLAS group in University of Victoria.

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100192 dorigo Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:58:57 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100192 Marco, Lubos has another bet out already. Very good then, anonymous poster from the dept. of physics and astronomy at University of Victoria. ;-) Island, tsk tsk. We do need them. He just let go with a down-to-earth remark... And who knows if he's been misquoted. Cheers, T. Marco, Lubos has another bet out already.

Very good then, anonymous poster from the dept. of physics and astronomy at University of Victoria. ;-)

Island, tsk tsk. We do need them. He just let go with a down-to-earth remark… And who knows if he’s been misquoted.

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: island http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100189 island Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:37:23 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100189 Distler says: <i>“History has always been, you explore a new energy range and you see something new,”</i> With logic like that, we don't need theoretical physicists... and thank "god" for that! Distler says:
“History has always been, you explore a new energy range and you see something new,”

With logic like that, we don’t need theoretical physicists… and thank “god” for that!

]]> By: Anonymous http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100186 Anonymous Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:25:53 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100186 I personally intend to find fame with my anonymous messages, rather than from gambling. I personally intend to find fame with my anonymous messages, rather than from gambling.

]]> By: mfrasca http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100178 mfrasca Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:37:10 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100178 Tommaso, I appreciate your boldness but I wonder why Lubos, a true believer, did not accept the bet. Ciao, Marco Tommaso,

I appreciate your boldness but I wonder why Lubos, a true believer, did not accept the bet.

Ciao,

Marco

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100175 dorigo Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:42 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100175 OMG good to know tulpoeid! Cheers, T. OMG good to know tulpoeid!

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: tulpoeid http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100174 tulpoeid Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:51:37 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100174 Nice article! Btw opening mozilla on lxplus allows you to read it. Nice article! Btw opening mozilla on lxplus allows you to read it.

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cited-on-science-magazine/#comment-100173 dorigo Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:19:56 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1463#comment-100173 "Silence of the Lambs", a cult movie. Lektar is Hannibal Lektar, the psychopath played by Anthony Hopkins, interviewed by the FBI investigator played by Jodie Foster. Cheers, T. “Silence of the Lambs”, a cult movie. Lektar is Hannibal Lektar, the psychopath played by Anthony Hopkins, interviewed by the FBI investigator played by Jodie Foster.

Cheers,
T.

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