tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post5440742982016977990..comments2024-03-28T04:15:44.459-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: APS March Meeting, day 4Douglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-45351397615157157582016-03-22T21:59:17.835-05:002016-03-22T21:59:17.835-05:00"It's an active, thriving field, with dee..."It's an active, thriving field, with deep ideas, open questions, and some topics that could well have major technological impact. "<br /><br />Nah, I think you're living in a fantasy world.<br /><br /><br />"More than ever, I feel like there is an untapped potential here for informing the public about this stuff."<br /><br />Yeah, you'll be "saving" the world (by printing money for "renewable" junk) by 2030, 2040, 2050, never....<br /><br />I don't think you can make a paper airplane. Prove me wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-42984268369532028452016-03-22T17:27:01.536-05:002016-03-22T17:27:01.536-05:00I think the APS could make the March Meeting more ...I think the APS could make the March Meeting more useful if there are overview talks in which the speakers review the progress (if there is any) in their field over the past year. I tried to go to those invited sessions / focus sessions to have a better idea about what's going on outside of my own field. However, more often than not, the presentations are often very narrow in scope and the presenters (understandably) focus exclusively on their own works. I find it is very hard to grasp the big picture through these talks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-10085013850014448442016-03-21T21:07:07.125-05:002016-03-21T21:07:07.125-05:00Thanks for posting the link to The Atlantic articl...Thanks for posting the link to The Atlantic article. It is a fascinating but tragic story.Ross H. McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-56914672362640147732016-03-20T15:41:58.918-05:002016-03-20T15:41:58.918-05:00Anon@3:33, close but not quite right. He actually...Anon@3:33, close but not quite right. He actually had his talk accepted, but shot a secretary anyway because he was seriously mentally ill. See here: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/09/american-physical-society-murder/407650/Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-40018522345578971762016-03-20T15:33:52.859-05:002016-03-20T15:33:52.859-05:00I heard a rumor that at one point APS used to reje...I heard a rumor that at one point APS used to reject talk applications for APS March Meeting, but that one day, one such rejected applicant went into the APS office and shot up the place, killing several APS members. Supposedly, since that moment, APS' policy has been to never reject anyone who applies for a talk - at the very worst, they will 'demote' it to a poster. Does anyone know if this rumor is true or if it is just an old wives' tale? It would certainly explain partially why the March Meeting has grown so unsustainably large in the past few decades...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-49583701867575891292016-03-18T10:13:54.244-05:002016-03-18T10:13:54.244-05:00Honestly I have been completely overwhelmed by Mar...Honestly I have been completely overwhelmed by March Meeting since my first one. Everything is happening *so much* *all the time.* I'm not sure what the answer is -- regional meetings? Making it much more difficult to get a talk accepted? Breaking up into topic-specific meetings rather than one big "condensed matter" meeting? But this feels like it can't be sustainable; there comes a point where a conference that big is more of a pain than it is a benefit... and also the bigger it gets, the fewer venues there are that can handle it.MattPatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775023603075404205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-51988745895893590812016-03-18T06:25:06.232-05:002016-03-18T06:25:06.232-05:00I feel so excited on reading what you have written...I feel so excited on reading what you have written and you must have felt so full of energy while writing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com