There is already a SO for science. General chemistry questions can be asked there: http://sciencestack.com/
2009/11/11 Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]>: > This is a fantastic idea. Well done Egon. (I was considering myself but > somehow had failed to connect BO and SO). > > I am an addict for SO and I think the rep model is addictive. I have spent > the last few eeks thinking about how it could be adopted for chemistry. FWIW > I went to areal-life SO meeting in Cambridge 2 weeks ago. > > The question of availability of SW is unclear but I think we should > definitely go with what Egon has set up. I had seen wider questions like: > * what is a good introduction to Lewis structures? > * what are the restrictions on using controlled substances int he laboratory > * why has F-F a weak bond? > * what is the accepted melting point of glycerol > * what software can build a reliable 3D model of SF4? > > I'm an optimist and see this as gaining critical mass. I had thought it was > harder to get the SO software stack than it is. > > I'd say - go for it and lets' invite a whole range of questions. I have a > fairly good idea of what works on SO and how it could translate to > chemistry. > > We should publicize it, santize the questions to start with (we have to > moderate non-chemistry questions like - "Why did Obama win the election?" > and argumentaive like "why does program X suck?" > > I think it has HUGE potential if we get it right. > > Peter M-R (http://stackoverflow.com/users/130964/peter-murray-rust on SO - > you can see the Q's I have asked and answered). > > A series of responsible open answers to chemistry questions could have > enormous value in chemistry. > > Main question is can we run it as it scales? > > We need to set up BO moderators at the start so some of us need particular > permissions. > > BTW where is it mounted? SO have made quite a play about there hardware > stack - they have done it themselves. > > P. > > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Egon Willighagen > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Egon Willighagen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Oh, and questions like "Who is going to Conf Z and wants to meet up >> > for a BO dinner/lunch/wii event?" are very much encouraged too, in my >> > opinion :) >> >> "Is website/product BAR ODODOS or not?" ++ >> >> (and I will now shut up...) >> >> Egon >> >> -- >> Post-doc @ Uppsala University >> Homepage: http://egonw.github.com/ >> Blog: http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/ >> PubList: http://www.citeulike.org/user/egonw/tag/papers >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus >> on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss > > > > -- > Peter Murray-Rust > Reader in Molecular Informatics > Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry > University of Cambridge > CB2 1EW, UK > +44-1223-763069 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
