User:JDodaro
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“If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants.” -Al
About Me
Hello, my name is John Dodaro and I am a junior at Smithtown East. I enjoy playing piano and guitar, but I take more joy in watching people do it right. I have been practicing karate for too many years, but at least the belt comes with bragging rights (I'm still holding on to that card for later). I find everything from chess boards to snowboards interesting and fun. I also attempt to play the clarinet but have had no luck these past years. My favorite movies are "Contact" and the "Star Wars" Saga. Queen, The Beatles, Billy Joel, and Eric Clapton all play good music; that is not an opinion.
MARIACHI Workshop
Day 1
Today we received our tablets and got an intro to the project. We learned about cosmic particles and how the sacred tablet functions. I soon found it can be more of a hassle than it leads on. We were divided into two groups to write a couple of NYT Bestsellers. Our category was Non-fiction and we began by writing down possible questions that could be researched.
Day 2
We continued stations after the excel tutorial. This was our chance to play with oscilloscopes and pow around with Cosmic Chris to see the how different locations would affect Cosmic Chris' consecutive counting of continuous cosmic particles. We learned that because the atmosphere is thicker parallel to the Earth's surface than it is perpendicular, Cosmic Chris was subjected to more rays when he was lying down. The thicker atmosphere absorbs particles so less physically reach his guts. We also tested his counts underground in the accelerator room compared to counts outside. We learned a number of things: the elevator in the NSL has a 2500lb. max capacity, Cosmic Chris gets more hits outside because of the absence of obstructions, and it was the perfect temperature for a picnic that day.
Day 3
Today in the cosmic ray group we made graphs and uploaded counts during a solar flare to see if the detectors picked it up. I think it is safe to say I was not the only one who found this difficult because we had some data issues. When this was fixed, we looked for a correlation and did see a pattern. The problem was that it was a small time frame. We saw some more liquid nitrogen thanks to Rich "saftey first" Lefferts' demos, which work well at parties. Liquid nitrogen, shaken, not stirred.
If it wasn't for Edison, we would have to watch tv in the dark...
Day 4
One good idea would be to use the oscilloscope to measure the energy of the particles but at the same time, perfecting errors that could skew the actual energy. Other highlights
were magnetic tomatoes and a mini identifed flying object MacGyverized by Helio.
Day 5
Today was the last day and I had a great time. We voted on T-Shirts and the best wiki. I learned a lot this week and had fun in the process. I hope to do an experiment with all the data that is being collected or to help improve the system in anyway. I look forward to next year! As they say in show biz, liquid nitrogen ice cream is better than no ice cream at all!
1 trillion microphones = 1 megaphone
1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
10 rations = 1 decoration
10 millipedes = 1 centipede
3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
2 monograms = 1 diagram
8 nickels = 2 paradigms
2 wharves = 1 paradox
E = MCHammer
