Hi Juoko -
Actually, I'm a Brit.
You seem to have a pretty jaded view of American development. Interesting,
since as I understand it CASPER originated here.
Anyway, thanks to this list, I've already made connections to the Bologna
group, so you and I probably won't need to interact further.
Regards,
Richard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jouko Ritakari [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:16 AM
> To: Richard Prestage
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [casper] Collaborator at University of Bologna
>
> Actually,
>
> Here in Europe everything seems to be very unorganized, at least in
> radio
> astronomy. That is our main strength, you americans usually spend six
> monthths applying for money from NSF, then discover in one week that
> the
> idea was wrong and three men have to spend three years trying to get
> the
> wrong idea to work.
>
> Yes, I have some connections to Bologna and some very much weaker to
> SRT.
>
> Cheers,
> Jouko
>
> "Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You
> do
> more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you
> do
> something else. The trick is to do something else."
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Richard Prestage wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Casper people –
> >
> >
> >
> > I see the University of Bologna is listed as a member of the CASPER
> > collaboration, but I cannot find a list of individual members
> anywhere. Can
> > anyone tell me where to find this, or point me directly to an
> individual
> > from Bologna? I’m going to be talking to the Sardinia Radio
> Telescope group
> > about potential collaborations with NRAO on next generation GUPPI
> clones,
> > and I’d like to know what their previous exposure to CASPER has
> been, if
> > any.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Richard
> >
> >
> >
