[Brahms-l] Fw: A-SPY news: No Time Meeting tomorrow (Dec. 7, 2004) ... unbelievable German precision !!

This is the most recent update from the interrim scheduling phycisist. If
nothing else of good news his
style may humor you.
Basically there is lots of uncertainty in the schedule at this point.

Flemming

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Flemming Videbaek
Physics Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory

e-mail: videbaek@bnl.gov
phone: 631-344-4106
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kin Yip" <kinyip@bnl.gov>
To: "Christoph Montag" <montag@bnl.gov>
Cc: <Dennis.Kovar@science.doe.gov>; <chaudhari@bnl.gov>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: A-SPY news: No Time Meeting tomorrow (Dec. 7, 2004) ...
unbelievable German precision !!


> ====== Acting Scheduling Physicist -YIP (ie. A-SPY) news channel ========
>
> (0) There will be NO "Time Meeting" tomorrow (Dec. 7, 2004).
>
> Because there is no operation in RHIC/AGS/Booster right now in this
"shutdown"
> period --- aiming to fix the "shorts" in the RHIC magnet power supply
chain.
>
> See ?! This is the the first "useful" thing that I do :-)
>
>
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>
> (1) RHIC warm-up/"shorts-searching" operation
>
> >From the experts, the warming up of two sextants of the Yellow ring (~ 12
o'clock
> and ~ 10 o'clock) may finish tomorrow evening.    Then, people need to
"open
> the vacuum" and then "cut" the magnets.  As I understand it, locating the
precise
> location of the "shorts" in the quadrupoles at 12 o'clock will be a
pain-staking
> process.  We're hoping that the location of the shorts is somewhat in an
> accessible place in the quadrupoles; otherwise, it may take a long time to
fix.
>
> The cool-down for the sextant ~12 o'clock for the Blue ring will start
immediately
> after the two sextants of the Yellow ring are warmed up.  Both rings are
in the
> same "triplet" quadrupoles and so both need to be warmed up,
unfortunately.
>
>
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>
> (2) Schedule ?
>
> If we're very lucky, we may know the future schedule better in a few days.
I
> won't/can't elaborate on other scenarios :-)
>
> Since we don't know how long exactly this "shutdown" may take, it's
probably
> too complicated right now to determine the long-term schedule.  But just
by using
> simple mind like mine, since we are warming up the Cryogenics system, the
present
> daily power (and therefore finance) consumption is significantly lower
than that
> if we're running RHIC.     I can't tell you the exact numbers though (in
this email).  :-(
>
>
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>
> (3) Informal/personal comments ... unbelievable German precision  !
>
> I don't have movie review this time as Christoph has hinted.  People's
usual way of
> teasing or greeting me this morning is to say that I am the root of all
the problems.
> But of course, my humor would say without shame that the problem should be
the
> lack of my presence :-)
>
> Many people have said that I've "picked" the easiest 2 weeks to be the
Scheduling
> Physicist again.  But actually, shouldn't we admire how Christoph has
miraculously
> scheduled his business travel in Germany (his homeland) for exactly these
2 weeks
> (without losing much duty of the Scheduling Physicist) ?   The German
precision is
> really unbelievable !!!
>
> :-) :-) :-)
>
>
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>
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>
> You'll be paid back with loads of gratefulness :-)
>
> =================================================================
>
> Disclaimer: Whatever is being said here is not always 100% accurate though
I try my best
> to avoid being 100% inaccurate :-)
>
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>
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>
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>
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