Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: Synchrotron

2012-10-02 Thread Robert Sweet
Good questions! I have off topic questions. Not exactly off topic. Why can't electrons continuously circulate the ring at synchrotrons instead being refilled every few hours? The electrons are traveling in pretty small packets. Eventually they get too close to one another, and they repel

[ccp4bb] Off topic: Synchrotron

2012-10-02 Thread Theresa Hsu
Dear all I have off topic questions. Why can't electrons continuously circulate the ring at synchrotrons instead being refilled every few hours? Does new electrons injected into the ring affect MX data collection? Secondly, is it impossible to have all MX beamlines with insertion device as th

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-12 Thread Derek Logan
Hi Harry, Apple, GCHQ, what's the difference? http://petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker/ /Derek P.S. Apple seem to have done a significantly better job of the car parking issue... On 12 Jun 2011, at 21:17, Harry wrote: > Hi > > Hmmm. I was actually struck by the similarity between Apple's n

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-12 Thread Harry
Hi Hmmm. I was actually struck by the similarity between Apple's new HQ and GCHQ, the UK government's "top-secret" communications monitoring station - http://www.google.co.uk/searchq=gchq&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1175&bih=764&prmd=ivnsm&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=hA_1TYeHJYOw8gOC1NSXBw&s

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-12 Thread Derek Logan
Hi everyone, The latest update on the Apple story is that they are actually going to build their new headquarters in Southern Sweden: http://www.maxlab.lu.se/media_press/research/pm_exteriornew.html You can see that the lawn outside has been severely affected by the reality distortion field. A

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-09 Thread Felix Frolow
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Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-09 Thread William Scott
Yeah, I know what you mean. That Zalman 3D LCD monitor put me back almost $300, and the mac mini I hooked it to, nearly another $600. My SGIs only cost $12K each in 1998. On Jun 9, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Mayer, Mark (NIH/NICHD) [E] wrote: > The sad thing is, although Macs are great crystallograph

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-09 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:43:07PM -0400, Mayer, Mark (NIH/NICHD) [E] wrote: > The sad thing is, although Macs are great crystallography platforms, > stereo is hard at best, ridiculously expensive compared to Linux systems, > and still requires the use of CRTs which have not been manufactured for >

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-09 Thread Mayer, Mark (NIH/NICHD) [E]
The sad thing is, although Macs are great crystallography platforms, stereo is hard at best, ridiculously expensive compared to Linux systems, and still requires the use of CRTs which have not been manufactured for years ...

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-09 Thread Jim Fairman
Perhaps the shape is meant to amplify the Steve Jobs' "Reality Distortion Field"? On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Vellieux Frederic wrote: > Sorry, a bit off topic. But in the news today (check google news for > example): Steve Jobs (Apple) has revealed his plans for the new "Apple > campus" (A

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: Synchrotron look alike

2011-06-09 Thread Bosch, Juergen
Unfortunately it won't be in such a nice setting as ESRF though. http://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linuxjournal.com/linuxjournal/articles/036/3612/3612f1.jpg And who knows there might be an App for that (Remote Data Collection on your iPhone). I heard rumors that SSRL is implementing iRDC soon. Cu