Comments on: Who am I ? http://dorigo.wordpress.com private thoughts of a physicist and chessplayer Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:30:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: William Lee http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-117180 William Lee Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:20:46 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-117180 Our website Science.org is a informational databases and online news publication for anything and everything related to science and technology. We recently ran a poll asking our website users regarding what online informational resources they use to keep up to date or even to simply find great information. It seems many of our users have labeled your blog as an excellent source of Space information. We have reviewed your blog and must say, we absolutely love the information you have made available to the public and would love to make your blog a part of our top science blogs. After browsing your blog, our research team has decided to award you a Top science Blogs award banner. It is a distinction we offer to the blogs that our team feels is ahead of the curve in terms of content. Thanks again for the great information and we look forward to the great responses your blog will receive from our site. Your blog presence will be very effective for our users (top science blogs). We have put great efforts in making this decision to give deserving with award acknowledgment. For listing please reply to request banner. Our website Science.org is a informational databases and online news publication for anything and everything related to science and technology. We recently ran a poll asking our website users regarding what online informational resources they use to keep up to date or even to simply find great information. It seems many of our users have labeled your blog as an excellent source of Space information. We have reviewed your blog and must say, we absolutely love the information you have made available to the public and would love to make your blog a part of our top science blogs. After browsing your blog, our research team has decided to award you a Top science Blogs award banner.
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]]> By: Alfred Schrader http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-116696 Alfred Schrader Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:17:54 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-116696 Oh, and if you are looking for the Graviton Particle, I've already got it. Alfred Oh, and if you are looking for the Graviton Particle, I’ve already got it. Alfred

]]> By: Alfred Schrader http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-116695 Alfred Schrader Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:15:39 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-116695 Hello Thomasso- If you do more testing on protons, you will find that they can be "split" into photon groupings. The number of photons in a "group" will signify the type of lesser particle resulting I.E. Quark, Meson, etc. But the really beautiful thing is, you can re-assemble photons back into protons. Email me for details (How many Chess games have you won ?)alfredschrader@aol.com Hello Thomasso-
If you do more testing on protons, you will find that they can be “split”
into photon groupings. The number of photons in a “group” will signify the type of lesser particle resulting I.E. Quark, Meson, etc.
But the really beautiful thing is, you can re-assemble photons back into protons. Email me for details (How many Chess games have you won ?)alfredschrader@aol.com

]]> By: saveferris94 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-111388 saveferris94 Sun, 03 May 2009 16:59:28 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-111388 Hello! I was wondering: are you going to be covering the upcoming chess tournament in St. Louis? Hello! I was wondering: are you going to be covering the upcoming chess tournament in St. Louis?

]]> By: ChessFanatic@live.com http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-110932 ChessFanatic@live.com Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:17:07 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-110932 I’ve been reading you blog and I just wanted to let you know the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship is coming up! It is May 7-17 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in of St. Louis. The nation’s top 24 players will seek to steal take the title from last years year’s winner Yury Shulman–including the top 12 American players by rating, the 2008 U.S. Junior Closed Champion, the 2008 U.S. Open Champion and the 2009 U.S. State Champion of Champions. Not to mention, over $200,000 in prizes are on the table! Anyway, here is a link to the media kit: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009. And Also, here is a link to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis website: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org, where you can RSVP for the free tickets. This website will also provide daily coverage! And both have player bios, chess facts, tournament history, etc. Just figured you and your blog readers would love to know about all this as fellow chess buffs! Let me know if you can help me get the word out! I’ve been reading you blog and I just wanted to let you know the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship is coming up! It is May 7-17 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in of St. Louis.

The nation’s top 24 players will seek to steal take the title from last years year’s winner Yury Shulman–including the top 12 American players by rating, the 2008 U.S. Junior Closed Champion, the 2008 U.S. Open Champion and the 2009 U.S. State Champion of Champions. Not to mention, over $200,000 in prizes are on the table!

Anyway, here is a link to the media kit: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009. And Also, here is a link to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis website: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org, where you can RSVP for the free tickets. This website will also provide daily coverage! And both have player bios, chess facts, tournament history, etc.

Just figured you and your blog readers would love to know about all this as fellow chess buffs!

Let me know if you can help me get the word out!

]]> By: little pen http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-108357 little pen Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:51:25 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-108357 I like your plans!!!! I like your plans!!!!

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-107660 dorigo Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:56:34 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-107660 Wow, thank you! That's a good demonstration that calculating by heart is dangerous. So it's about one tenth of a photon per second with unaided eye, and a thousand with the instrument. Hmm. This does change some of my conclusions. I think I will add a comment to the post too. T. Wow, thank you! That’s a good demonstration that calculating by heart is dangerous. So it’s about one tenth of a photon per second with unaided eye, and a thousand with the instrument. Hmm. This does change some of my conclusions. I think I will add a comment to the post too.
T.

]]> By: Michael Luciuk http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-107614 Michael Luciuk Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:37:51 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-107614 Hi Tommaso, I may have found an error in your "Ten photons per hour" calculations. I believe it occurred where you converted the Sun's output, 2.5E21 visible quanta per m**2 to the 20 mm**2 pupil, which is equivalent to 2E-5 m**2. Your conversion was2E-7 m**2. Therefore your final results were too low by two magnitudes. Thank you for a fine blog. I especially learned from the "physics made easy" section. mike Hi Tommaso,
I may have found an error in your “Ten photons per hour” calculations.
I believe it occurred where you converted the Sun’s output, 2.5E21 visible quanta per m**2 to the 20 mm**2 pupil, which is equivalent to 2E-5 m**2.
Your conversion was2E-7 m**2. Therefore your final results were too low by two magnitudes.
Thank you for a fine blog. I especially learned from the “physics made easy” section.
mike

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104751 dorigo Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:07:35 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104751 Hi Paul, I think it is a rather far-fetched, if imaginative, theory. The LHC might be able to see these particles, or rule them out in a wide mass range. There is a lot of information on the LHC around in the web, but I guess what you want is a book on the possible future discoveries of the LHC, and I am not sure there is anything that suits you. If you hang around this blog, however, you will read things about this (or just look at the "LHC" or the "CMS" tags in the tag cloud on the right). Cheers, T. Hi Paul,

I think it is a rather far-fetched, if imaginative, theory. The LHC might be able to see these particles, or rule them out in a wide mass range. There is a lot of information on the LHC around in the web, but I guess what you want is a book on the possible future discoveries of the LHC, and I am not sure there is anything that suits you. If you hang around this blog, however, you will read things about this (or just look at the “LHC” or the “CMS” tags in the tag cloud on the right).

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: Paul Sutton http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104749 Paul Sutton Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:31:05 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104749 I did read Lisa Randall's book about warping and membranes. I found it very interesting. What is your take on a gravity membrane? She also discussed other dimensions and how K.K. particles would confirm their existence. It all goes back to the L.H.C. I have tried to find info. about it's next start up attempt. Do you know where I can find info. on this. Regards , Paul I did read Lisa Randall’s book about warping and membranes. I found it very interesting. What is your take on a gravity membrane? She also discussed other dimensions and how K.K. particles would confirm their existence. It all goes back to the L.H.C. I have tried to find info. about it’s next start up attempt. Do you know where I can find info. on this.

Regards , Paul

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104628 dorigo Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:40:58 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104628 Ciao, I replied by mail, anyway I will be in Padova next week, come when you want. Cheers, T. Ciao,
I replied by mail, anyway I will be in Padova next week, come when you want.
Cheers,
T.

]]> By: Fran http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104625 Fran Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:25:06 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104625 Hello Dorigo...I'll be in Padova soon and would like to meet to ask you some things related to quantum ... kindly reply Francesca Hello Dorigo…I’ll be in Padova soon and would like to meet to ask you some things related to quantum … kindly reply Francesca

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104235 dorigo Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:32:59 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-104235 Hi Paul, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. No, I do not believe in the theory of extra dimensions -not until I see more evidence of it. I think your best bet is to read a popularization book that Lisa Randall wrote about it. Search and you'll find... Cheers, T. Hi Paul,

sorry for taking so long to get back to you. No, I do not believe in the theory of extra dimensions -not until I see more evidence of it.
I think your best bet is to read a popularization book that Lisa Randall wrote about it. Search and you’ll find…

Cheers,
T.

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]]> By: Paul Sutton http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-102430 Paul Sutton Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:03:19 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-102430 I have been reading about m theory and multidimensions. I find this a very interesting topic. I am trying to visualise what an object might appear like in 3 spacial plus space time plus a 5th dimension. do you believe in this theory? Can you help me to get my head around the extra dimensions? I have been reading about m theory and multidimensions. I find this a very interesting topic. I am trying to visualise what an object might appear like in 3 spacial plus space time plus a 5th dimension. do you believe in this theory? Can you help me to get my head around the extra dimensions?

]]> By: Wilson http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-101212 Wilson Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:06:48 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-101212 Yes V its printer friendly Yes V its printer friendly

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100911 dorigo Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:55:15 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100911 Hi V, sorry - the format is not decided by myself. I use wordpress for the blog, and theirs is the fault... However if you save the page, I think you can then print it alright. Click on the title of the post (which loads just the post), and then click "save page" on your browser. Then I think it should work it if you printed it. Cheers, T. Hi V,

sorry – the format is not decided by myself. I use wordpress for the blog, and theirs is the fault… However if you save the page, I think you can then print it alright. Click on the title of the post (which loads just the post), and then click “save page” on your browser. Then I think it should work it if you printed it.

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: V http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100909 V Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:33:27 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100909 why your posts are not printer friendly? i like them a lot... especially if i can read them on the metro going home. it's a real pity. I can read always just the first page. Ciao why your posts are not printer friendly? i like them a lot… especially if i can read them on the metro going home. it’s a real pity. I can read always just the first page. Ciao

]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100306 dorigo Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:00:18 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100306 Hello Rhea, thanks and welcome. I hope you will be able to read interesting stuff here. Hello Jim, hmmm higgs vs graviton. Yes, both are bosons. The graviton is a spin-two particle, the higgs has spin-zero. This has some consequences. The Higgs "gives mass" to other elementary particles by coupling to them in proportion to their mass (squared), the graviton is suggested to carry the gravitational force - which depends on the mass. They are not competing, they might one day fit both in the same theory. Only, the Higgs is already almost established (we will be surprised not to see it, with the mass we think it has); the graviton is a bit less clear business right now. I am unable to point to anything particular about this right now, but let me think about it. If I forget to answer, please don't hesitate to insist. Cheers, T. Hello Rhea,

thanks and welcome. I hope you will be able to read interesting stuff here.

Hello Jim,

hmmm higgs vs graviton. Yes, both are bosons. The graviton is a spin-two particle, the higgs has spin-zero. This has some consequences. The Higgs “gives mass” to other elementary particles by coupling to them in proportion to their mass (squared), the graviton is suggested to carry the gravitational force – which depends on the mass. They are not competing, they might one day fit both in the same theory. Only, the Higgs is already almost established (we will be surprised not to see it, with the mass we think it has); the graviton is a bit less clear business right now.

I am unable to point to anything particular about this right now, but let me think about it. If I forget to answer, please don’t hesitate to insist.

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: Jim CaJacob http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100296 Jim CaJacob Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:33:39 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-100296 I think you are a little busy at the moment. For a quieter time, could you possibly point me to a site that compares the Higgs with the (postulated by some) graviton. Both are bosons, both involve mass in some way, right? Are they from competing theories of Everything? Molto grazie! Jim USA I think you are a little busy at the moment. For a quieter time, could you possibly point me to a site that compares the Higgs with the (postulated by some) graviton. Both are bosons, both involve mass in some way, right? Are they from competing theories of Everything?

Molto grazie!

Jim
USA

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