Scientists make startling discovery

[Brekkie]

I was surprised at the nature of the error. Isn't the FIRST thing you do when you suspect faulty operation to check to make sure all your connections are good? I'm not a particle physicist and even I know that.

[Skye1013]

Didn't you know Occam's Razor has that fine print where it doesn't apply to particle physicists?

[aureon]

Not when there's thousands of possibly faulty connections.
And it wasn't "broken", it was very slightly damaged.

[Fridmarr]

Well physically checking each connection is probably not realistic, but I would have expected a diagnostic sweep/mock run/simulations etc of some sort tuned enough to catch delays in transmission given the critical nature of small amounts of time in this experiment. That said, if that comes to my mind, it likely did theirs too, so the actual problem likely had a bit of nuance to it that explains how it got missed.

[Skye1013]

/necro

Ok, so I couldn't think of any other "sciency" type threads, but I'd say this still (mostly) fits with the thread name (maybe not the "startling" part.) And, it's (imo) pretty cool, too.

100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Recorded in Amber:


http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/ ... er-attack/

[Klaudandus]

but can we clone dinosaurs out of them?

[Skye1013]

They aren't mosquitos... so unless the wasp and/or spider was also feeding on dinosaur blood, I'm going to have to say no.

[Sagara]

but can we clone dinosaurs out of them?

Giant, eight legged dino-spiders? Yes please!

[Passionario]

but can we clone dinosaurs out of them?

No, but we can do their dailies for Klaxxi rep.

[Fridmarr]

On a different and very sad note, some Italian scientists were convicted of manslaughter for not providing adequate warning about an earthquake that killed some 300 People.

I honestly don't know the scientific arguments around this case so please correct me if I'm way off base here, but my gut reaction is that holding people criminally responsible for something like this, even if they read the warning signs wrong, is a dangerously slippery slope.

Http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/ ... tsrc=yahoo

[halabar]

On a different and very sad note, some Italian scientists were convicted of manslaughter for not providing adequate warning about an earthquake that killed some 300 People.

I honestly don't know the scientific arguments around this case so please correct me if I'm way off base here, but my gut reaction is that holding people criminally responsible for something like this, even if they read the warning signs wrong, is a dangerously slippery slope.

Http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/ ... tsrc=yahoo

And they aren't going after the contractors for shoddy construction?

[Klaudandus]

Those shoddy contractors are part of the mafia, the scientists arent.

[degre]

I think is a poor translation, as what is happening is similarly idiot but slightly different.

There was some retard trying to make a name for himself and announcing a big one coming based on some radon crap, gained quite a following and there was panic in the population, so these scientists invited to calm and pushed in the opposite direction, preaching calm and trying to chill out people saying that was just a quake swarm and nothing big was coming.

Based on these they have put on trial the scientists trying to calm the public, as they claim that by inviting the population to chill and saying that nothing was coming, the population didn't react properly when the big one came.

What pisses me off is not only that they have put on trial the people that tried to avoid panic spread, but that the retard that started and fuelled all the panic is not being trialled instead.

[Koatanga]

I think is a poor translation, as what is happening is similarly idiot but slightly different.

There was some retard trying to make a name for himself and announcing a big one coming based on some radon crap, gained quite a following and there was panic in the population, so these scientists invited to calm and pushed in the opposite direction, preaching calm and trying to chill out people saying that was just a quake swarm and nothing big was coming.

Based on these they have put on trial the scientists trying to calm the public, as they claim that by inviting the population to chill and saying that nothing was coming, the population didn't react properly when the big one came.

What pisses me off is not only that they have put on trial the people that tried to avoid panic spread, but that the retard that started and fuelled all the panic is not being trialled instead.

Correct me if I have it wrong, but what I think you're saying is a guy predicted a big one, then the rational scientists calmed people down so they weren't prepared when the big one came. Whether through luck, legitimate science, or quackery, it sounds to me as if the original guy did predict a big one, so why should he be put on trial? He may have something with his radon crap that might warrant further investigation. Or it could be dumb luck.

[Klaudandus]

that makes as much sense as me panicking the world because I say there's a big asteroid, that somehow remains undetected, that is gonna hit earth on december...

I have no proof, and if I am right its pure dumb luck...