Brought old laptop today and was able to sign onto ASU wireless with a little help from Kirill. Also called helpdesk and got a generic sign on for the computers in the afternoon class.
Dmitry went over some more background information this morning. I can understand the pictures/diagrams on the board, but the formulas are full of symbols I do not know. Was feeling much like my own students, just lost. I am not even sure what questions to ask.
Dmitry showed us how to get on his and the other researcher's pages today, so will do that tonight.
John Morris helped me understand the size of Nano and Pico seconds today with a great analogy using Redwood trees, human hairs, and an inch on a ruler.
He said imagine holding a one inch piece of ruler up next to a redwood tree. Now the redwood tree is the size of a human hair, with the piece of ruler in a matching scale. About 3 Nanos would fit in that inch.
I can understand almost anything if I can make an analogy for it.
Looking forward to the "mini-workshops" in the afternoon. Can do most of the topics, but could do a lot more with them.
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