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by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 9:26 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Where are the signed up members from?
Replies: 286
Views: 584631

Not until I drive. Neither half of my family is cut out for driving: my mom's blind, my stepdad hates camping and refuses to go on vacation without a motor home, and my dad works six days a week for Verizon. Hmm...if I was in L.A. I could at least take the Metrolink to Union Station, where I'd hop o...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 9:19 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: What can we learn from these particles?
Replies: 7
Views: 9191

Yes, in this aspect of our universe. Remember, in our...dynamic universe, understanding the universe involves the understanding of the extra six (and SOMETIMES seven) microdimensions, and also the malleability (sp?) of space. :D
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 9:14 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Where are the signed up members from?
Replies: 286
Views: 584631

As in Boulder, CO? Cool. That's where Sax Russel from RGB Mars was supposedly from...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 6:39 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Will there be Stardust things to buy?
Replies: 19
Views: 29241

I want a pin or a hat. I collect hats, but one hat in particular (and I wear it all the time at the Living Desert) is reserved for my pin collection.
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 6:36 pm
Forum: Message Board Archive
Topic: Forum numbers
Replies: 15
Views: 22879

The count we are using is for those who have signed up, not just those who have posted. See the "Memberlist." You don't have to sign up to read the board. And many people don't check every page of the site, they just look at the news, and may not know about the message board. And others s...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 6:32 pm
Forum: In the Classroom
Topic: How would a student go about teaching?
Replies: 18
Views: 65498

How would a student go about teaching?

What do you think is the most effective way to teach about the Stardust project? I was considering burning a disc so I could use my teacher's computer and projector for examples of VM movies. But really, these kids are total idiots, not all of them, but most of them (you know the type: shaved head, ...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 6:25 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: What do your families think of your participation?
Replies: 59
Views: 87313

my parents were surprisely supportive, i've expected when i'll tell them about the project they'll find me crasy, but they show a great concern in the project and support me, and they encourage me to do my best. but if i'll gonna tell my workmate or the people i know they'll make fun of me, you kno...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 6:17 pm
Forum: Message Board Archive
Topic: Getting family involved?
Replies: 7
Views: 10371

Well, let's all be glad that the volunteers don't get actual microscopes. I'm not good at any electronic things besides the computer. It took me over an hour once to figure out how to use a Xerox machine, plus the twenty minutes it took me to work up the nerve to tell a staff member that I didn't kn...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 6:12 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Will all the images be taken from the same perspective?
Replies: 8
Views: 11294

I beleive that it was not cubes, and if so, certainly not as small as the field of view we'll get. Most of the images are from the impact surface, at least on the tutorial (granted, those are examples and were used with a particle-shooting thing, but what's used in the tutorial they want to make sim...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 6:01 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: What will you name it?
Replies: 111
Views: 336977

LOL! Good old Q... I've been thinking, and I am shying away from naming it after a great person because there are already thousands of things named after great people. If anything, I'd name it after some sort of physicist or some character (Bob Wiley? Lenny Briscoe? District Attourney Jack McCoy?), ...
by Siegfried
Wed May 24, 2006 5:54 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Discussion
Topic: Are the particles stardust or comet dust?
Replies: 24
Views: 33765

This makes me wonder, how did they keep the comet dust from the comet from entering the Stardust collection plate MEANT for collecting stardust? Perhaps I'm thinking too commonly--that space will be displaced and then the dust will bend back in to go fill it, which I know is utter nonsense. But isn'...
by Siegfried
Tue May 23, 2006 6:57 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Media coverage of Stardust & Stardust@home
Replies: 25
Views: 71856

Another thing that comes to mind in respect to the landing, why was the helicopter idea used instead of someother landing technique? The first thing that comes to mind for me is the airbag system used on the MERs and Pathfinder. Combined with parachutes that remained deployed until touch down, ther...
by Siegfried
Tue May 23, 2006 6:50 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: What will you name it?
Replies: 111
Views: 336977

Oh! I got it! I'll name it Bernstein, for Leonard Bernstein, the conductor/composer!
by Siegfried
Tue May 23, 2006 6:45 pm
Forum: Message Board Archive
Topic: What exactly is expected from us
Replies: 14
Views: 20644

Likewise, I'm not doing this for finding a particle, but to say I looked for a particle. I want to help scientific research.

Unrelated, this trait often causes problems. I'm now debating whether to help SETI@Home or SZTAKI more.
by Siegfried
Tue May 23, 2006 6:36 pm
Forum: Message Board Archive
Topic: Forum numbers
Replies: 15
Views: 22879

Alright, this is something I kinda feel should be brought up. If for nothing other then to explain why there are only 186 forum members. First and foremost, a lot of those signed up emails are probably duplicates, ie. someone making sure they get an email indicating the beginning of testing. This i...