Higgs boson: Excitement builds over 'glimpses' at LHC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16116230)
More data needs to be collected to make a formal discovery but suggest that within the next year we will know for certain if the particle exists.
:o Now THIS is nice. I've been waiting for the Higgs boson. The near future should prove very interesting indeed ;D
That's so cool, but after the neutrino measurement, I'll wait until next year when they have more certain results - either way.
Nail biting stuff!
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2011, 02:46:42 PM
Nail biting stuff!
...For those of us still posessing nails */lament*
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 03:01:05 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2011, 02:46:42 PM
Nail biting stuff!
...For those of us still posessing nails */lament*
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Quote from: Davin on December 12, 2011, 05:23:48 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 03:01:05 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2011, 02:46:42 PM
Nail biting stuff!
...For those of us still posessing nails */lament*
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YES! Added to collection! ;D
Methink I need a christmas avatar. Can someone put one of those shimmering fire-hazard christmas whatevers around The Asmo's head like a wreath, Caesar style? ;D Pudding? Any one?
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 06:47:00 PM
Quote from: Davin on December 12, 2011, 05:23:48 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 03:01:05 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2011, 02:46:42 PM
Nail biting stuff!
...For those of us still posessing nails */lament*
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YES! Added to collection! ;D
Methink I need a christmas avatar. Can someone put one of those shimmering fire-hazard christmas whatevers around The Asmo's head like a wreath, Caesar style? ;D Pudding? Any one?
:o Oh no, he should not be encouraged! ;D
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2011, 07:22:07 PM
:o Oh no, he should not be encouraged! ;D
DO feed the megalomania! :D
The Higgs boson sounds so working class! Why couldn't they call it the Eberschwanz-Arschkratzer boson, or some such? Much more sciency.
Anyway, they'd better find it soon - the Pope wants it urgently because you can't have mass without it.
Call it HIGGS. Then assign some random sciency words to each letter :P
I was hoping they would be available in time for Christmas.
Quote from: Crocoduck on December 12, 2011, 07:59:11 PM
I was hoping they would be available in time for Christmas.
So you could give yourself some mass..? You know, the Xmas food will do that with great success :P
Quote from: CrocoduckI was hoping they would be available in time for Christmas.
Maybe they are responsible for Rudolph's glowing nose.
The faster than light neutrinos I ordered arrived in plenty of time for Christmas gift giving but proved imposable to wrap.
Quote from: Crocoduck on December 12, 2011, 08:10:06 PM
The faster than light neutrinos I ordered arrived in plenty of time for Christmas gift giving but proved imposable to wrap.
There's your problem, right there! Try
warping them in stead of wrapping. :D
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 08:13:18 PM
Quote from: Crocoduck on December 12, 2011, 08:10:06 PM
The faster than light neutrinos I ordered arrived in plenty of time for Christmas gift giving but proved imposable to wrap.
There's your problem, right there! Try warping them in stead of wrapping. :D
Also, send them the day after Christmas so that they get there by Christmas.
Actually, I think that physics joke has a hole in it - for instance, the light travels from the Sun here in about what..? Eight minutes? So something that would get here in four minutes and cover the same distance would need to be faster, yes? But it would still take four minutes of time in a "forward" direction. See what I mean, yes?
Aye, that's the problem with jokes.
I am fairly impressed by the number of half-bad (And I use the term "half" very loosely here :P) nerdy physics jokes we managed to conjure up though ;D
Mine are almost fully bad, if not filled to the brim with bad. If they get too nerdy though, fewer people can enjoy them, so I generally stick to colloquial knowledge on jokes. Hence the bad physics in my bad jokes.
I thought they were particularly good.
Quote from: OldGit on December 12, 2011, 08:32:45 PM
I thought they were particularly good.
NERD! :P
(Actually, we the nerdier sort are supposed to find them good. Everyone else is supposed to like... Shake their head and divert the topic of conversation to pies)
See what I did there?
Pies..? ;D
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 08:41:19 PM
Quote from: OldGit on December 12, 2011, 08:32:45 PM
I thought they were particularly good.
NERD! :P
(Actually, we the nerdier sort are supposed to find them good. Everyone else is supposed to like... Shake their head and divert the topic of conversation to pies)
See what I did there? Pies..? ;D
It looks like you're trying to show that you're not a nerd by saying that those who aren't nerds do the thing that you're trying to do now. But I do like me some pies!
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Quote from: Davin on December 12, 2011, 09:06:30 PM
It looks like you're trying to show that you're not a nerd by saying that those who aren't nerds do the thing that you're trying to do now. But I do like me some pies!
A huge nerd and I'm the first to admit it. ;D
Tank and
Crow: and WHAT exactly is wrong with pies?! >:(
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 10:25:22 PM
Quote from: Davin on December 12, 2011, 09:06:30 PM
It looks like you're trying to show that you're not a nerd by saying that those who aren't nerds do the thing that you're trying to do now. But I do like me some pies!
A huge nerd and I'm the first to admit it. ;D
Tank and Crow: and WHAT exactly is wrong with pies?! >:(
I can never finish a whole Pi
Quote from: Asmodean on December 12, 2011, 10:25:22 PM
Tank and Crow: and WHAT exactly is wrong with pies?! >:(
Nothing just an excuse to use the ASCII facepalm at the pi /pie pun. In fact I love pies I had a venison, red wine, and roast vegetable pie for dinner and it was amazing.
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2011, 10:28:17 PM
I can never finish a whole Pi
AHAHAHAHA!*SNORT*HAHA! ... ... Heh...
...Hehe...
Brilliant! ;D
Best Tank joke I have seen so far.
Quote from: Crow on December 12, 2011, 10:43:59 PM
Best Tank joke I have seen so far.
Be honest, that's not saying a lot now is it :D
This thread's hilarious with the nerdy jokes, though after Tank's I wouldn't dare give it a go :D
Fermilab just posted this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrqMCz_vnA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrqMCz_vnA)
Quote from: Crocoduck on December 12, 2011, 11:14:12 PM
Fermilab just posted this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrqMCz_vnA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrqMCz_vnA)
Excellent post!
Quote from: Crocoduck on December 12, 2011, 11:14:12 PM
Fermilab just posted this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrqMCz_vnA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrqMCz_vnA)
Shared immediately with my Facebook friends, six of whom may even care. ;)
Article: says it's a "two sigma" level of certainty, which I understand to mean "maybe."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16158374
CERN just uploaded this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK4Qp9l8BG8&feature=g-all (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK4Qp9l8BG8&feature=g-all)
No real news, just more talk of what an exciting time this is and that we should know more soon.
This is a pretty interesting.
QuoteIs it the Higgs discovery? In exclusive interviews with UCSD-TV's Rich Wargo, UC San Diego Physics Professor Vivek Sharma, director of Higgs research for the CMS detector, explains the massive efforts to discover the Higgs Boson using the LHC at CERN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TdEbu7kM_Q&list=FL5pYL0jzMue5TJd-KsojoEQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TdEbu7kM_Q&list=FL5pYL0jzMue5TJd-KsojoEQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video)
It's a little over 43 minutes long but worth the time if your interested in the Higg's or the LHC.