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09-09-2008, 09:42 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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September 10, 2008: Recreating the Big Bang
 aka faking an orgasm? The image is of the Large Hadron Collider built by CERN, which the BBC reports is ready to be powered up after 30 years of planning and construction. It will be the world's most powerful physics experiment. More on the Science of it all here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7604293.stm I just think it looks cool 
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09-09-2008, 09:46 PM
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Werepandas - lurking in your shadows
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looks like an octopus drawing you in
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09-09-2008, 09:52 PM
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Only looks like a disaster tourist
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Who ever picked the colors must have been a Denver Broncos fan.
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09-09-2008, 09:54 PM
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Doctor Wtf
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There's a passably cool/nerdy rap on youtube explaining it all.
I can't link for you cause I am at work, don't want to look toooooo idle. Some keyword searches should find it.
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09-09-2008, 10:48 PM
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Back in 10
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Black holes drag in matter from their surroundings. Some critics fear the collider could create a miniature black hole that could swell and swallow the Earth
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09-09-2008, 10:56 PM
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Writer of Writings
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09-09-2008, 10:59 PM
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When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
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Particles liberated in this new superdupercollider will exist only for miniscule fractions of second, and they will be the much the same as zillions of particles that zip through us and the planet every second of every day, totally unnoticed. They will simply be liberated where they can be studied.
Hawking has long proven that mini black holes must exist if the rest of black hole theory is reasonably correct, so it is rather likely that we've encountered them before and didn't even realize it. ...or we might all wake up in the 11th dimension in a few days.
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09-09-2008, 11:03 PM
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Disorderly Disciplinarian
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Here's a link to the rap ZenGum was talking about;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM |
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09-09-2008, 11:06 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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Actual conversation in my household when I brought up this thread:
Me: Cool. Hey, want to see a picture of the Large Hadron Collider? Him: Sure, I guess... Yeah, it looks like pretty much any other particle accelerator. Me: I've never seen a particle accelerator before. Him: [laughs] Me: Why is that funny? Him: I don't know. It just is. |
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09-10-2008, 08:09 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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Well I imagine when you've got large Hardons colliding you'd get a big bang. Am I missing something here?
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09-10-2008, 08:55 AM
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09-10-2008, 08:57 AM
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Master Dwellar
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09-10-2008, 08:59 AM
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Snowflake
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OMG you really are one of those freaks from Craigslist, arent you?
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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
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09-10-2008, 09:23 AM
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lives inside a Mobius strip
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Gotta love the work of M.C. Escher.
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09-10-2008, 09:50 AM
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Master Dwellar
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