What's new: March 2010

Monday, March 29, 2010

Electronics...DIY, soldering, EAGLE pcb design...

Start with: http://tangentsoft.net/elec/
(See Tangent Tutorials for intro DIY electronics videos:
http://tangentsoft.net/elec/movies/ )

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

No black holes ?

MALAPPURAM: A Kerala college student, who had disputed the famous black
hole theory of noted scientist Stephen Hawking, has become part of the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment. The LHC, a gigantic instrument
placed near Geneva, is studying the impact of particle collision.

C.V. Midhun, a second semester B.Sc. Physics student of the Majlis Arts
and Science College at Puramannur in Valanchery, is taking part in the
LHC experiment online from his home at Naduvattom.

Midhun was given online access to the experiment by the European
Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world's largest particle
physics laboratory, following the "relativity theories" put forth by
him. He had claimed that there would be no black hole when protons
collide. He made his point by measuring the energy generated by the
cosmic rays coming out of particle collision and comparing it with that
of the cosmic rays from the sun.

"The energy of the sun's cosmic rays has been found much more than that
of the cosmic rays from particle collision," he says. "As there is no
black hole in the sun, it is unlikely that there will be a black hole
when subatomic particle beams collide at very high energy inside the
circular accelerator."

Midhun, son of Vallabhan Namboothiri, a temple priest, and Sreedevi, a
teacher, first sent his theory to the Indian Institute of Sciences
(IISc) in Bangalore. The IISc scientists, realising the significance of
his theories, directed him to the CERN.

Impressed by his theories, the CERN authorities inducted him into the
LHC experiment. They made him part of the ATLAS collaboration, one of
the six particle detector experiments of the LHC.

On Saturday, the Malappuram District Panchayat felicitated Midhun at a
function. Union Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed presented him
with a memento and he was congratulated by a host of political leaders
and people's representatives.

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Phy. student says no black hole and joins Geneva LHC expt

"...He had claimed that there would be no black hole when protons collide. He made his point by measuring the energy generated by the cosmic rays coming out of particle collision and comparing it with that of the cosmic rays from the sun.

``The energy of the sun's cosmic rays has been found much more than that
of the cosmic rays from particle collision,'' he says. ``As there is no
black hole in the sun, it is unlikely that there will be a black hole
when subatomic particle beams collide at very high energy inside the
circular accelerator.''

... more at
http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/23/stories/2010032364002000.htm
(Thanks Charu)

Puzzle, Fallacies, Logic, Children's Storybooks.....

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PUZZLES

Puzzle Page from Japan...
http://math.josai.ac.jp/fun/index.html
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FALLACIES
Appealing to Fear, Guilt by association, Post Hoc ergo Propter Hoc, Red
Herring...
==> http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
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CHILDREN's LITT.

* Best Online Classic Children's Books: (all titles)
==> http://www.mainlesson.com/displaybooksbytitle.php

* Jataka tales (Ellen C. Babbitt)
==> http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=babbitt&book=jataka&story=_contents

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BASTIAT on.... TAXES and the ARTS etc

* How much taxes is right ? Should the State fund the arts ?

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) has, not the ready answers, but the
questions.

That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen
==> http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html

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