This isn't Scientific Linux, though SL and the team that
supports it would be involved in implementation.

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AFAIK, we are still in the middle of Long Shutdown 2,
with the Large Hadron Collider /not/ sending terabytes
of experimental data through the dedicated HEP network.

Meanwhile, gathering musicians on stage for a symphony 
orchestra is a big health risk during the COVID pandemic.

The speed of sound across a symphony stage is 500,000 times
slower than bits on an optical fiber.  In theory, musicians
could be connected through the HEP network, spread out over
5000 kilometer distances compared to the 10 meter distance
across a symphony stage.  Distances are smaller than that
between groups of European or North American cities.

There are probably more symphony fans than high energy
physics fans (many physicists are both), so using the HEP
network for concerts during the COVID crisis could earn
a LOT of political capital, and help with future funding,
including funding for the next upgraded HEP network.

It would also develop new techniques for synchronizing
planet-scale sensor networks.  There are likely some 
excellent astronomical and geophysical uses for that.

I'd guess that readers of this list know the people who
know the people who know how to do this.  What could we
slap together in a hurry?

Keith

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