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[uclaLabrat]

I took a pic from my desk. I've been reading a bit about the history of this place, and the things I'm surrounded by every day continually amaze me. Here's a pic of the adjacent building:

So, internet detectives, what building is this, what famous person(s) have worked here, what major discoveries have they made, and how have they impacted our society?
Anecdotal evidence I have posted in other threads about where I work and what I do may be helpful, along with any other clues in the pic.

 

[El Guaraguao]

Looks like the world trade right before it collapsed. (your pic is broke)

 

[corwin]

Maybe a working embedded pic would be helpful..

 

[uclaLabrat]

Don't know how to fix it, works fine on my end.

 

[corwin]

Don't know how to fix it, works fine on my end.

Appears to require authentication of some kind, like probably your gmail account, why don't you just let us all know that and we'll get back to you

 

[Fausto]

Don't know how to fix it, works fine on my end.

Simple, rehost it.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Simple, rehost it.

Working on it, flickr and shutterfly won't let me upload it, seems like it may be blocked.

 

[blackdogdeek]

http://pics.bbzzdd.com

 

[Fausto]

From your building, you can see Terasaki, BSRB, and maybe Slichter or Young depending where your office is situated, correct?

 

[Gothgar]

Working on it, flickr and shutterfly won't let me upload it, seems like it may be blocked.

fail

 

[Fausto]

fail

Give him a sec, the shimp's treadmill is not providing quite enough power for the upload.

 

[DesiPower]

Working on it, flickr and shutterfly won't let me upload it, seems like it may be blocked.

tinypic.com, simplest fastest evar

 

[JTsyo]

Give him a sec, the shimp's treadmill is not providing quite enough power for the upload.

he's too cheap to spring the the hamsters huh?

Reminds me of the GIECO commercial with the guy that trained the gerbils to row for power.

"Took me 6 months to teach that one to say "row". it's such a simple word."

 

[uclaLabrat]

From your building, you can see Terasaki, BSRB, and maybe Slichter or Young depending where your office is situated, correct?

I'm not at UCLA anymore.

 

[El Guaraguao]

Just ban the OP. Hes obviously useless to the community.

 

[Fausto]

I'm not at UCLA anymore.

Lol, dammit. I thought I had you cornered.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Pic work now?

 

[Fausto]

Ah, you are now in NYC.

 

[corwin]

Pic work now?

Ding Ding...we have a winner!

 

[uclaLabrat]

Ah, you are now in NYC.

The projects in the background give it away?:biggrin:

 

[Fausto]

The projects in the background give it away?:biggrin:

Nah, googled your name and filtered for 2011 results only. Found your group home page.

 

[Gothgar]

Finally, though now we dont care about the pic any more... unless is was wimminz

 

[uclaLabrat]

Nah, googled your name and filtered for 2011 results only. Found your group home page.

Shit, I knew I made it too easy. Need to change that.

 

[Fausto]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupin_Hall

The building is a landmark due to the advances in nuclear research made there during the Manhattan Project to develop the first nuclear weapon. It is connected to the university tunnels, from which one can occasionally access the Manhattan Project's leftover cyclotron and other historic research facilities. Sadly, many of these have been sealed off since the 1980s, when Ken Hechtman wrought havoc with nuclear materials he stole from Pupin's basement.

Other discoveries and breakthroughs achieved in Pupin include:

The discovery of deuterium by Harold Urey
The investigation of neutron phenomena by George Peagram
The construction of one of the country's first cyclotrons (it remains in the basement)
January 25, 1939: the first splitting of a uranium atom in the United States, by Enrico Fermi




That's pretty badass. I can see why you are enjoying your time there.

 

[bobdole369]