XPost: sci.physics.relativity   
   From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 14/02/2026 5:00 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   They didn't flatter you as energetically as you hoped, and you resent   
   that a lot.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   You aren't the only person to have used that phrase.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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