dave9000
Re:Magical Realism: "Northern Exposure" 25 Years Later (2015)
on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @02:29AM (#48189940)
In Italy it was "Un medico tra gli orsi": "A doctor among the bears".
Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels
on Monday July 07, 2025 @06:11AM (#44488631)
"dig deep enough and you will disappear"
Re:Bending Spacetime in the Basement
on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @02:11PM (#43346072)
Yes, the accelerometers were mounted on an optical bench and of course we could detect any minor earthquake (sensitivity was around 1e-10 ms^-2).
The bending of the floor due to the presence of people in the room was noticeble indeed.
Re:Bending Spacetime in the Basement
on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @07:15AM (#43342013)
For the accelerometers the problem was the tiny tilting of the sensitive axis in the gravity field. In this case you're probably right that this doesn't matter -
but in general it is difficult to rule out every second-order effect when the forces at play are so small with respect to g.
Re:Bending Spacetime in the Basement
on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @03:17AM (#43329968)
A caveat.
I had the change to perform a similar experiment at work testing very sensitive accelerometers. Believe it or not, the biggest source of errors was the bending of the floor due to the test masses!
A better setup would be to suspend the spheres exactly like the tuna cans, and test two configurations rotated by 90 degrees.