3 ms·

That's kindof like asking, "If it weren't for this expensive building project, nobody would have ever invented this new type of hammer". If $X buys you an LHC a

That's kindof like asking, "If it weren't for this expensive building project, nobody would have ever invented this new type of hammer". If $X buys you an LHC and the WWW, you could spend less than $X to buy the WWW. I think experimental physics has plenty of its own utility, though it probably won't become relevant to engineering for decades. My overall point is that you should account for the value of different components properly.

Create 15y ago
On values at CERN: "The cost [...] has been evaluated, taking into account realistic labor prices in different countries. The total cost is X (with a western equivalent value of Y)" [where Y>X] source: LHCb calorimeters : Technical Design Report ISBN: 9290831693 http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/494264 http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/494264 Long PR story short: RPC was prevalent, that is how you control(led) your stuff remotely. Like Tim. Today, if you'd ask for a NeXT-like toy, you'd be denied were you an average Eastern. But western equivalent asked for it and got one, and put the gopher link address ptr in the reserved field of the text font properties (where things like bold and italics properties are stored) and voilà. You can also hire a cheap student to actually write the web client to be cross platform (its true virtue/value). Thanks to Nicola Pellow, of whom almost nobody knows about. Would the "web" have just run on NeXT, it would be long extinct, let alone take off. On linking and hypertext: all post-war era stuff is spin. The real stuff comes from Belgium: For ADD-ers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRN5m64I7Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRN5m64I7Y The story: http://www.archive.org/details/paulotlet http://www.archive.org/details/paulotlet http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/forgotten_forefather_paul_otlet http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/forgotten_forefather_paul... "How should we make it attractive for them [young people] to spend 5,6,7 years in our field, be satisfied, learn about excitement, but finally be qualified to find other possibilities?" -- H. Schopper http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1127343?ln=en http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1127343?ln=en The answer is a nice PR story on the web -- https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Spin_(public_relations)#Techniques https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Spin_(public_...

Create 15y ago

On values at CERN: "The cost [...] has been evaluated, taking into account realistic labor prices in different countries. The total cost is X (with a western equivalent value of Y)" [where Y>X] source: LHCb calorimeters : Technical Design Report ISBN: 9290831693 http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/494264 http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/494264 Long PR story short: RPC was prevalent, that is how you control(led) your stuff remotely. Like Tim. Today, if you'd ask for a NeXT-like toy, you'd be denied were you an average Eastern. But western equivalent asked for it and got one, and put the gopher link address ptr in the reserved field of the text font properties (where things like bold and italics properties are stored) and voilà. You can also hire a cheap student to actually write the web client to be cross platform (its true virtue/value). Thanks to Nicola Pellow, of whom almost nobody knows about. Would the "web" have just run on NeXT, it would be long extinct, let alone take off. On linking and hypertext: all post-war era stuff is spin. The real stuff comes from Belgium: For ADD-ers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRN5m64I7Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRN5m64I7Y The story: http://www.archive.org/details/paulotlet http://www.archive.org/details/paulotlet http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/forgotten_forefather_paul_otlet http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/forgotten_forefather_paul... "How should we make it attractive for them [young people] to spend 5,6,7 years in our field, be satisfied, learn about excitement, but finally be qualified to find other possibilities?" -- H. Schopper http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1127343?ln=en http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1127343?ln=en The answer is a nice PR story on the web -- https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Spin_(public_relations)#Techniques https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Spin_(public_...