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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:06 PM Original message |
Less than five hours until the Large Hadron Collider greets the world |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm so excited I can't stand it... The inner geek in me is escaping |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. My inner geek is right out in the open |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Can't wait! A "kid" I used to babysit for is part of this--so cool |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Is he or she a researcher? Engineer? Particle physicist? |
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Bright Eyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm going to bed soon. |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Every time I see the phrase "Large Hadron Collider" |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
61. "non-Euclidean prime spot" - my favorite math term. nt |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. Yes, you have to be very careful typing that word. (nt) |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
75. Not surprising that violent penetration of the cosmos or the earth |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. If I hide under a blanket with Fritos and a flashlight |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. If it's just a microscopic black hole, you've got nothing to worry about |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. As far as we know... |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Right....... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Some Folks Disagree With You |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. It all depends if the mass can resist its own gravitational pull |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. So These Teeny Black Holes Of Doom (If They Existed) |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. They would have extremely tiny event horizons |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. But Why Would The Event Horizon Be So Small? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. This might help... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Thanks! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. Thanks Again - that *Was* Helpful |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. You're welcome! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
62. As I said elsewhere, some people believe in unicorns, jesus and atlantis too. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
78. You were right - the threat was as formidable as Palin's FPE |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am thinking this will be the rapture I have heard about. |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think it is one of the most exciting things in |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. They really should postpone this until about mid November. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Speghettification is my preferred way to go . |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, I'm there with ya. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. The CERN testing will not occur for weeks. They are just going to power up and align the beam. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Right, my understanding is weeks until it is "up to speed" |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is it a large collider of hadrons.. |
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kurth_ (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Bigger Badder Proton Smasher |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. Both! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. I love the collider. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder if my dad's keeping track of it. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. By all rights, Texas should already have one running by now |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Don't remind me. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. My boss used to work at the SSC medical wing before they pulled the plug |
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kurth_ (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. The SSC would have been a better machine |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. This is what happens when you cut R&D. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #35 |
73. I am seriously hoping that Obama will boost R&D funding |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. My dad just told me that the MSU cyclotron's expanding. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. But who needs science when Jesus is ridin shotgun for the good ole USA n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. We couldn't hook it up to anything military |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:32 PM Original message |
Tell me about it. I'm married to one |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. My dad was an engineer. So's my brother and his wife. |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. Pig roasts, volleyball and good friends |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Potlucks are always good. |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I've noticed that too |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Chill out. It will be a month before there are any real results. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Look like an alien landscape of Tanguy |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. Anyone else kinda WISH it created a blackhole that swallowed up the earth? |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Nope. I like it here. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Not until I get back to the US... |
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mile18blister (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Give me a crystal ball so I can see |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. No, but I think it would be freakin' awesome if it proved the existence of wormholes. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. You assume that an object can't exceed the speed of light. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. They are just turning it on tomorrow |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. Will there be any television coverage? nt |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. CERN will have streaming live broadcasts |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Live webcast starts 2:30 AM EST |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Thanks! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. Stephen Hawking has a £50 bet the Higgs boson will be a no-show - |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. the 2 physicists in this household |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. That seems to be the consensus around here |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I'll have to ask them more questions re Lisi's theory |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I agree with him. |
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Spock_is_Skeptical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. I am so excited! |
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pointblank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. If all of this talk about this thing being a "threat " were plausible |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
53. This stuff is way over my head |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Me too. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
77. My dad explained it to me like this as a kid: |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep......If I Die Before I Wake.......nt |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have no idea what your post means |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
59. Let's party like a mini big bang. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. I feel like we're living in a black hole now. This would only make it official. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
64. what is this thread about? what are you talking about?? n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. The world's largest, strongest, fastest atomic particle smasher |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
74. Live webcast from LHC in progress right now! |
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