WHAT’S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 23 Apr 10 Washington, DC
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From: Sam on 24 Apr 2010 17:12 On 4/24/10 1:27 PM, Robert Park wrote: > WHATS NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 23 Apr 10 Washington, DC > > 1. CELL PHONES: FIVE BILLION ARE IN USE AROUND THE WORLD. > In spite of unsubstantiated reports that cell phone radiation increases > the risk of brain cancer, sales soared in the first decade of the 3rd > Millennium. Cell phones became a $1 trillion business. There was no > corresponding increase in brain cancer, but perhaps there is a long > latency period. Cancer victims have no way of knowing what caused their > cancer, but the media had made their cell phones the suspect. The clear > scientific conclusion that cell phone radiation could not be the cause, > http://jncl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/93/3/166 , went largely > unreported. In short, microwave photons do not have enough energy to > create a mutant strand of DNA. That cant happen until you get to the > blue limit of the visible spectrum. In the interest of full disclosure, > let me state that although I own a cell phone I dont normally carry it, > and cant even remember my number. I find cell phones to be rude and > intrusive. My wife insists I carry it when I travel so I can dial 911 in > an emergency. Thats OK. > > 2. COSMOS: THE COHORT STUDY ON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS. > Yesterday, the cell-phone controversy was taken to a new and substantially > lower level. The Cohort Study on Mobile Communications (COSMOS) was > launched in the UK to determine whether microwave radiation from wireless > devices can induce cancer. It will track 250,000 users for 30 years to > catch any slow growing cancers. Note the built-in job protection. The > study will look for neurological diseases such as Parkinsons and > Alzheimers as well. Participants aged 18-69 are being recruited in > Britain, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. In Britain, COSMOS > is inviting 2.4 million cell phone users to take part, and hoping 100,000 > or so will accept. If they do the study really well, it will confirm > Albert Einsteins 1905 explanation of the photoelectric effect, for which > he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize. Of course, the photoelectric effect > is confirmed thousands of times annually by students in elementary physics > lab courses. If it is done badly, this tedious and expensive study could > perpetuate the publics unfounded fear of radiation below the ultraviolet > threshold. This must be stopped. > > 3. WALL STREET: DERIVATIVE-CRAZED PHYSICISTS 15 YEARS AGO. > Derivative trading bankrupted one of the richest counties in the nation, > it destroyed the oldest bank in England and some think it could bring down > the world banking system. Whos responsible for this mess? Physicists, > according to 60-Minutes on CBS. "When Wall Street fell in love with > computers 15 years ago it hired a lot of very smart people with PhDs in > physics and mathematics, but not much background in finance," the reporter > explains. "They sit around their computers concocting complex formulas no > one can understand." A 60 Minutes financial expert picks up the > theme: "Physicists do well with billiard balls, they do well with atoms. > They do passably well with protons and electrons, but they dont do well > with people they dont understand." The fund managers, bankers and > investors, presumably, were powerless. (This is a verbatim copy > from March 10, 1995.) > > THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. > Opinions are the author's and not necessarily shared by the > University of Maryland, but they should be. > ---
From: spudnik on 28 Apr 2010 15:51
am I a "derivatives crazed physicist," iff I believe that de planes weren't big-enough bombs? thus: 1. The circle that measures ecliptic latitude, that is, the number of degrees above or below the ecliptic of the Moon or the planets. It is properly calibrated when it reads "zero" every day at noon, when sighting the Sun. 2. A half-circle and plumb-bob attached to the sighting arm, which gives the elevation of a star or planet above the horizon. 3. Equatorial plane, points to the celestial equator, by tilting it from the horizontal by an angle equal to the co-latitude. The 14"circle on it is divided up into hours, for sidereal time or right ascension (when necessary, these readings can easily be converted into degrees, since 1 hour = 15 degrees). 4. Base, in the plane of the observer's horizon, oriented so that the axis of symmetry is on the north-south meridian. 5. Ecliptic plane, also known as the 23.5-degree wedge, set parallel to the plane of the ecliptic. The 12"circle on this plane is divided up into 24 hours, giving ecliptic longitude, where the position of the Sun is the sidereal time at noon for that day. 6. Sighting arm, with sights for "shooting"a planet, star, the Moon, or the Sun. Source: Adapted from Sentiel Rommel, "Maui's Tanawa: A Torquetum of 232 B.C.," 21st Century, Spring 1999, p. 75. > Aether is uncompressed matter and matter is compressed aether, so if > you want to say light propagates through uncompressed matter, that > would be correct. > > what ever it says, Shapiro's last book is just a polemic; > > his real "proof" is _1599_; > > the fans of de Vere are hopelessly stuck-up -- > > especially if they went to Harry Potter PS#1. http://www.takethetrashoutofgoogolURL.com/url?sa=D&q=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.... --Light: A History! http://wlym.com |