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Jul 4, 2012 8:42 AM

Seems as the old Science thread has disappeard so I'm starting a new version

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1. Hudechrome,

Jul 4, 2012 8:44 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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The search for the Higgs Bosun may have yielded results:

http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/2012/Higgs-Search-LHC -20120704.html

At any rate, they found something.

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2. gener7,

Jul 4, 2012 5:16 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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One of the odd trending topics on Twitter is over the use of Comic Sans in the CERN presentation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jul/04/higgs-boson-comic-s ans-twitter?CMP=twt_gu

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3. Hudechrome,

Jul 4, 2012 7:52 PM in reply to gener7

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At first when I read the announcement posted today, a holiday, I thought maybe "April Fool" a couple of months late.

Do you suppose it is a joke?

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4. gener7,

Jul 5, 2012 9:17 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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I would have to wait for the official "gotcha" press release. Particle physics jokes tend to go over my head like a 126 GeV balloon.

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5. Hudechrome,

Jul 5, 2012 9:25 AM in reply to gener7

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I know. But it was strange.

That release by CERN has been characterized as a leak. Some leak! Wilson Hall at Fermilab was acked at 2:30AM for the video.

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6. gener7,

Jul 5, 2012 10:44 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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Who is calling this a leak? The Daily Mail released their article on the press conference 0217 EST.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2168557/Higgs-boson-Sci entists-God-particle-40-year-search-momentous-day-science.html

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7. Noel Carboni,

Jul 5, 2012 11:52 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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Hudechrome wrote:

Do you suppose it is a joke?

-Noel

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8. Hudechrome,

Jul 5, 2012 1:04 PM in reply to gener7

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Leon Lederman's book, which was named The God Particle"..."actually called it the god damn particle because it was so hard to isolate. People all over, including some prominent posters here, challenged my assertion that science isn't about god and it doesn't enter into the consideration.

Now since Lederman was the Fermilab Director, of course that title was held up as falsifying my assertions. I had no answer until I found an interview with him about that title.

Anyway, here's an article about the bosun, it's imminent announcement and Lederman:

http://www.inquisitr.com/267872/the-god-particle-the-*******-particle- and-the-higgs-boson/

Oh well, my new Ati 7750 works great!

Noel, I plumb forgot to search Dilbert! (we need a head slapping icon!)

Edit: Well as I live and breathe! The editor took out god d*mn from the link!

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9. Bill Hunt,

Jul 5, 2012 6:31 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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Oh well, my new Ati 7750 works great!
At the end of this day, that might be all that we can embrace.

Enjoy!

Hunt

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10. gener7,

Jul 5, 2012 6:33 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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Anyway, here's an article about the bosun, it's imminent announcement and Lederman:

http://www.inquisitr.com/267872/the-god-particle-the-*******-particle- and-the-higgs-boson/

Ok, makes sense now. What a job, I'm glad Higgs lived to see his prediction come true.

A Higgs Boson walks into a church. The priest looks at it and says, "You can't be here!". The Higgs Boson replies, "But without me, how can you have mass?"

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11. Bill Hunt,

Jul 5, 2012 6:39 PM in reply to gener7

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Good one!

Hunt

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12. Hudechrome,

Jul 5, 2012 7:09 PM in reply to gener7

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Of course! The priest is a bosun's mate! Third or fourth down from God.

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13. Hudechrome,

Jul 6, 2012 7:35 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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The current Fermilab Today has an article by Don Lincoln on the discovery and the caution necessary to determine if it actually is the elusive particle. They found something, but what?

http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/

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14. Hudechrome,

Jul 6, 2012 7:39 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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And another article:

http://www.sciencecodex.com/physicists_discover_a_new_particle_that_ma y_be_the_higgs_boson-94549

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15. Hudechrome,

Aug 20, 2012 2:16 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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700TB stored on 1 gram of DNA:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/96z6o9y

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16. Hudechrome,

Aug 24, 2012 8:30 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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More on data collection:
http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000989

....and no, I didn't mean moron data collection. That's another story!

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17. Noel Carboni,

Aug 25, 2012 3:12 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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The funny thing is that we mere mortals can almost relate to data of that gargantuan size.

26,000 terabytes, where I have what, 8 terabytes of disk space of my very own in this office. Single disk drives easily offer more than 1 terabyte, which is a million megabytes.

Not long after I first started in computers a Corvus 5 megabyte hard drive for an Apple II sold for $5,000 and could hold as much as a couple hundred floppy disks. At that price, today with the storage I have here I would have $8 billion invested in disk drives!

How far we've come in 30 years. How much storage will we have at our fingertips in 10 more years? What will the cost of a petabyte SSD be then?

-Noel

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18. Hudechrome,

Aug 25, 2012 7:35 PM in reply to Noel Carboni

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The SSD will be so last ....what?

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19. Hudechrome,

Aug 30, 2012 8:52 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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The end of the line for high energy physics?

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/08/27/pierre-auger-obser vatory-tests-particle-knowledge-beyond-reach-of-lhc/

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20. Noel Carboni,

Aug 30, 2012 5:36 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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Imagine a time traveler, on his merry way across space-time at nearly 1.0 C, when the Argentine team throws up a target and BOOM, no more time traveler.

Oops.

-Noel

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21. Hudechrome,

Aug 30, 2012 6:32 PM in reply to Noel Carboni

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Yeah, Einstein knocked off his photon!

Sonava....!

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22. Hudechrome,

Sep 25, 2012 2:35 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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The Dark Field camera finally producing images!

http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/2012/DES-DECam-201209 .html

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23. gener7,

Oct 20, 2012 11:53 PM in reply to gener7

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My apologies to recently departed "the internet is a series of tubes" Senator Ted Stevens. http://www.engadget.com/photos/inside-google-s-data-centers/

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24. Hudechrome,

Nov 8, 2012 9:00 AM in reply to gener7

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The deepest particle physics lab in the world::
http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/november-2012/voyage-to-snolab

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25. Hudechrome,

Jan 8, 2013 8:21 AM in reply to Hudechrome

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Here is an interesting article from my favorite engineering company, NI.

Two statements in this article to which I direct your attention:

"The continuity of the software along the spectrum from education to industry also allows users to stay focused on the original goals of each application without getting bogged down by the continual need to learn new, more complex tools as they advance their skills."

and

"the best is never too good", LEGO's motto

The first one is the one, I believe, Adobe needs to consider fully in their upgrade process.

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26. OldBob1957,

May 19, 2013 12:32 PM in reply to Hudechrome

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Resurrecting this thread after 4 months, and in a completely different branch of science, paleontology;

Dracorex Hogwartsia (yes, really!)

It is hard to believe this thing is real. It's just too good of a dragon. If you don't believe it is real, search on the name for yourself.

--OB

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