Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean. Shorter, more focused posts specialising in astronomy and data visualisation.

Monday, 12 September 2016

Schools Out For Summer

I spent this week tutoring a group of students the difference between a radio telescope and a radio...
http://summer2016.asu.cas.cz/program.html

The introductory talk was a lot of fun :


... the software installation, not so much.

Non-standard software installation. It's like wrestling a bear. Only, this particular bear is quite cross. He's just had to fill in a lengthy tax return while having Justin Beiber scream into his ear and he's lost all his pens. He's also been covered in grease, set on fire, attacked by a vicious horde of rabid squirrels and thrown on to a trampoline. He is not a very happy bear at all.
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