Even if you were pulling from data domains or similar, 20TB isn't a trivial amount of data and as had been pointed out, knowing exactly what to restore is more than half the problem. The other key is that if they are any kind of decent hackers, they would have gone after the backup system too.

I don't think this approach is going to have the desired effect.

Full time WFH (because the office is 900km away) since before the pandemic. The pandemic saved the role for me as I found it untenable before everyone started taking webex/teams more seriously. I was a contractor for 2 years and was offered a management role full time also during WFH towards the end of covid, there is zero chance I'll give up WFH and I don't want my teams to either. *However* there is additional effort required to bridge the gap, especially for those that already don't work well in groups. Being online, saying "good morning", "going to drop kids at school", "I'm off for lunch", "back from lunch" and at least a little idle chatter... That is much harder for some. I seriously want this to work, having the extra few hours I'd otherwise waste commuting before and at end of each day would be a huge cost to my family life and time with kids. Here is to hoping more employers can see it's worth the risks.

Your summary and interpretation of the muon's anomalous magnetic moment, the g-2 experiments, and the significance of the results is quite thorough and accurate. The ongoing experiments, particularly at Fermilab, have generated a lot of interest in the physics community, primarily because of the implications of the results. If the discrepancy between the calculated and measured values continues to grow or is confirmed, it may point towards new physics beyond the current understanding provided by the Standard Model of particle physics. To reiterate a few key points you made: 1. **Muon vs Electron**: Due to the muon's larger mass compared to the electron, it is much more sensitive to possible new particles or interactions. This makes the muon a useful probe for new physics, even though we still rely on the electron for precision QED tests. 2. **Virtual Particles**: Quantum field theory predicts that particles can interact with each other by exchanging virtual particles. These interactions cause small corrections to the g-factor. For the electron, the leading correction (from photon exchange) gives the famous result \( g = 2 \), but the interactions involving higher numbers of virtual particles give increasingly smaller corrections. 3. **Beyond the Standard Model**: If there's an unknown particle or force not included in the Standard Model, it could show up as a discrepancy between the predicted and observed anomalous magnetic moments of the muon. 4. **The Significance of Five Sigma**: In particle physics, a five sigma significance is a general threshold for claiming a discovery. If Fermilab achieves this with the g-2 experiment, it'll be a strong indication of new physics, but as you correctly pointed out, independent verification would still be essential. 5. **Limitations of the Method**: Indeed, there's a practical limit to how precisely we can compute the g-factor using current techniques and technology. The increasing complexity of higher-order corrections becomes computationally challenging, even for powerful supercomputers. However, it's essential to remember that the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is just one of many avenues through which physicists are searching for evidence of new physics beyond the Standard Model. If there is a genuine discrepancy between theory and experiment, combining the results from different experimental approaches will be crucial in determining the nature of the new physics.

Probably a Goa'uld ship...

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Sounds like more and more companies are getting on the subscription bandwagon. Just another device manufacturer to avoid. With companies like BMW selling subscriptions to use the seat heater you paid for and are carrying around in the car with the fuel you purchase, and HP locking you out of printing if you don't buy the right ink... The more people give bad reviews and vote with their wallets, the better!

Well, considering the same story was published a week or so back. What a shocker.

Serendipity is the source of numerous useful scientific discoveries...

So does anyone have actual experience with Project78? Beyond using LEAPP?

There is a lot wrong with the patent system, this is just a clear example of how broken it is.

What a huge tragedy, all due to inadequate controls on industry and insufficient water testing to safeguard health.

Pure Storage specialises in 100% FLASH storage. Are you surprised to see them heralding the death of spinning rust? Sounds like marketing to me.

This isn't gene editing, they're just swapping out the mitochondria which is defective, the DNA remains in place. The ability to edit DNA had been around for a while and already applied to editing out genetic defects. Look up CRISPRâ"Cas9.

The idea of locking away the full capabilities of the car I buy should come with a Caveat subscriptor, that if the car has say 100kw battery but the seller locks away 25% of that behind a subscription, then the owner should be reimbursed for having to drag around 25% dead weight... because you are paying to transport it everywhere with you. Similarly locking up the full capacity of the engine, or heated seats, or whatever means you shouldn't have to pay to maintain that thing any more, it's clearly a leased item and the maintenance of it should fall to the lessor. I would definitely vote for this. We're basically barreling down a road where we don't really own anything and just lease or rent it. It's a slippery slope that consumer protection bodies should be all over.