XPost: sci.physics.relativity   
   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 04:26:18 +1100, Bill Sloman    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 13/02/2026 3:21 am, john larkin wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:38:46 -0800, john larkin    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:39:55 +0000, Martin Brown   
   >>> <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 11/02/2026 22:39, john larkin wrote:   
   >>>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:09:43 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.   
   >>>>> Lodder) wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> john larkin  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Why are physics types so often insulting and obnoxious?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Their big big problem is their inability to suffer fools gladly.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Indeed - although it can look rather cruel to onlookers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm curious though is the Demon brand still existent in demon.nl ?   
   >>>> Or is your handle a throwback to times past? Ping says domain not found.   
   >>>> It was exorcised in the UK soon after Vodaphone got their hands on it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Linked to their enthusiasm to call people fools.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> When the cap fits...   
   >>>> You are arguing out of ignorance and unwilling to learn.   
   >>>   
   >>> You must be a physicist to dispense insuts so eagerly in a discussion   
   >>> group.   
   >>>   
   >>> My opinions about the brutality of the physics world were acquired   
   >>> first-hand.   
   >>>   
   >>> I did find the scientists in a few places to be collegial and happy to   
   >>> brainstorm. LANL and LLNL come to mind.   
   >>   
   >> CERN people weren't as nice.   
   >   
   >CERN people were remarkably good at electronics when I ran into them   
   >when I was working in the UK and the Netherlands. I've published about   
   >ten rude comments in the Review of Scientific Instruments over the years   
   >- the first was back in 1972 - and I don't have high expectations of the   
   >electronics skills of most physicists, but people with links to CERN   
   >were pretty impressive.   
      
   I designed the wire chamber electronics and signal processing for a   
   p-p collision experiment at CERN. I sat in on some physics meetings   
   and was impressed by the nastiness.   
      
   Wire chambers produce blinding-fast torrents of noisy data, with a   
   very rare event of interest. It's a challenge to, as we described it,   
   progressively enrich that flood of data.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
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