Some old radio signals...

[nigel99 474]

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/antenna-in-wa-outback-receives-signals-from-180-million-years-ago-20180301-h0wtyj.html

This is pretty cool, I designed parts of the analogue front end for this about 4 years ago.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[IJskonijn 45]

That title is about 13.6 billion years wrong...

But yeah, the science (and equipment) is sweet. And it's going to be even sweeter once the Square Kilometer Array is really up and running.

[RonD1120 62]

What can be done with this knowledge?

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[gowlerk 2,192]

RonD1120

What can be done with this knowledge?

We don’t know yet. What can you think of? For me it helps maintain my sense of wonder.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[RonD1120 62]

gowlerk

***What can be done with this knowledge?

We don’t know yet. What can you think of? For me it helps maintain my sense of wonder.

About the same, wonder. I have always maintained that any advancement in scientific investigation can be used to broaden and solidify the foundation of theological study. Unfortunately, that does not work in reverse.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[jakee 1,489]

RonD1120

About the same, wonder. I have always maintained that any advancement in scientific investigation can be used to broaden and solidify the foundation of theological study. Unfortunately, that does not work in reverse.

Hehehe, pretty funny that pretty much anyone would interpret that to mean that science is more useful than theology, yet I’m sure you meant the exact opposite

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[kallend 2,027]

RonD1120

What can be done with this knowledge?

I'm pretty sure people said the same thing about Faraday's experiments, Maxwell's work, JJ Thomson's results and Dalton's theories.

Knowledge is power.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[IJskonijn 45]

One practical improvement brought along by the SKA is a boost to computing and algorithms. Once the SKA is up and running, it will produce a staggering amount of raw data, something like 160 Gbps per radio dish. At 3000 dishes, that's 480 Tbps of data generated, not including all the other detectors. This is about equal to the entire internet traffic as estimated in 2019 (note: the SKA website states it generates 10 times the internet traffic, I'm basing my stuff on Cisco's claim of 2 zettabytes per year in 2019).

All this data needs to be filtered and transported from the middle of nowhere (Western Australia and somewhere in South Africa) to wherever the scientists are sitting comfortably doing their analysis. The necessary computing equipment does not exist yet, and needs to be developed. Of course, once developed for the SKA, it should quite quickly become generally available as well.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

RonD1120

What can be done with this knowledge?

Nothing Ron. Not a damn thing. It's nothing but background noise.

[ryoder 1,590]

kallend

I'm pretty sure people said the same thing about Faraday's experiments, Maxwell's work, JJ Thomson's results and Dalton's theories.

Knowledge is power.

I'm pretty sure Newton & Leibniz had no idea 300+ years ago that the calculus they developed would be the foundation of all the electrical engineering I studied in college.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[gowlerk 2,192]

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It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[kallend 2,027]

gowlerk

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It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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kallend

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It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

I wonder how much life developed during the period when the universe's "room temperature" was Goldilocks zone-like temperatures.

Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

[JoeWeber 2,720]

kallend

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It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

Jesus, John,

It was a Jesus Joke.

That said, you meant 2.725K, yes?

[gowlerk 2,192]

JoeWeber

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It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

Jesus, John,

It was a Jesus Joke.

That said, you meant 2.725K, yes?


Or, 2.72548 +/- 0.00057 K. But somehow brilliance happened anyway.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[jcd11235 0]

gowlerk

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It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

Jesus, John,

It was a Jesus Joke.

That said, you meant 2.725K, yes?


Or, 2.72548 +/- 0.00057 K. But somehow brilliance happened anyway.

Or, to three significant figures, 2.73K.

Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

[kallend 2,027]

jcd11235

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Quote

It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

Jesus, John,

It was a Jesus Joke.

That said, you meant 2.725K, yes?


Or, 2.72548 +/- 0.00057 K. But somehow brilliance happened anyway.

Or, to three significant figures, 2.73K.

And 2.73K * 100 = 273K

Coincidence? Or just all wet?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[JoeWeber 2,720]

kallend

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Quote

It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

Jesus, John,

It was a Jesus Joke.

That said, you meant 2.725K, yes?


Or, 2.72548 +/- 0.00057 K. But somehow brilliance happened anyway.

Or, to three significant figures, 2.73K.

And 2.73K * 100 = 273K

Coincidence? Or just all wet?

Raising the bar fractionally?

[gowlerk 2,192]

JoeWeber

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Quote

It's nothing but background noise.

Brilliant!

The background is 2.73K, not brilliant at all.

Jesus, John,

It was a Jesus Joke.

That said, you meant 2.725K, yes?


Or, 2.72548 +/- 0.00057 K. But somehow brilliance happened anyway.

Or, to three significant figures, 2.73K.

And 2.73K * 100 = 273K

Coincidence? Or just all wet?

Raising the bar fractionally?

Just crystallized brilliance.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[wmw999 2,447]

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Raising the bar

I'll drink to that!

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)