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Hakaimono
Seekers of a Silent Paradise
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Posted - 2012.07.04 05:46:00 -
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Can find the live broadcast on CERN's site here
CERN live webcast
An article with a little more info about the Higgs Boson particle.
Higgs Boson article
I'm watching this stuff later on. |
Vicky Somers
Rusty Anchor
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Posted - 2012.07.04 08:47:00 -
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Was just watching this myself. Very exciting years to come.
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity. |
FloppieTheBanjoClown
The Skunkworks
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Posted - 2012.07.04 14:25:00 -
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I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?
It's time to put an end to CCP's war on piracy. Fight your own battles and stop asking CCP to do it for you. |
Vicky Somers
Rusty Anchor
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Posted - 2012.07.04 16:32:00 -
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FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?
IRL Star Trek ^_^
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity. |
Unimaginative Guy
Daralux
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
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Posted - 2012.07.04 18:05:00 -
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Small stuff like this is cool, because eventually sci-fi games can become real!
Actually now that I think about it thatd be very bad, assuming most sci-fi games end in destruction/endless war |
Morgorathi
Unironically Bad
Silver Dragonz
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Posted - 2012.07.05 07:12:00 -
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Is this my chance to finally after all these years get a jetpack that I was promised back when i was a child? the 2000s were gonna be bad ass but so far its just been crap. |
Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2012.07.05 09:48:00 -
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FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?
Theoretical physics doesn't really have practical applications in itself and no one really knows what advances it can bring in advance. It's vital to applied physics though, which brings us all the nifty gadgets. You can think about the theoretical part as raw material for applied physics, which then uses it to come up with new things, that will in turn help aid the theoretical research. It's a positive cycle where both parts are needed and feed each other. |
Kirjava
E X C E P T I O N
Persona Non Gratis
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Posted - 2012.07.06 00:46:00 -
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Well, they've done it, the Higgs Boson has been located in the 125GeV range.
And Prof Hawkins is down a hundred dollars too...
My hats off to you guys at CERN, you've done Europe proud 
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Cardinal Kirjava - Redeclaring the Crusade in the name of the Goddess since 2012. |
Grammaticus DeVere
POS Builder Inc.
Silent Requiem
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Posted - 2012.07.07 14:18:00 -
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Well the Chinese will steal one and produce a cheaper, faster, lighter H-B particle in the next few years...and so the rest of the universe will really be screwed
LOL |
Taurich Vorsel
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Posted - 2012.07.07 14:43:00 -
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FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:I'm always curious what practical application such research will have. It's cool and all, but...now that we (might) have the Higgs, what are we going to do with that information?
So they've discovered a new particle, what use will it be to us?
Nothing. Absolutely no use whatsoever. It'll be completely useless to us for now. But let me give you some examples of Scientific discovery.
In 1895 Wilhelm R+¦ntgen accidentally discovered a new part of the electromagnetic spectrum which he called R+¦ntgen Rays. They were useless and in his publication of his results he noted that they travelled in straight lines and occasionally caused shadowing and fogging on images. In fact he actually re-named them to identify them as a secondary ray or unidentified value and he called them X-rays...
In 1928 a Scottish scientist called Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial properties of a mould called Penicillin. However 3 years later he gave up his research deciding that it wasn't strong enough to be useful to humans. It wasn't until 1942 that two doctors claimed to have saved a life using penicillin as an antibiotic.
Today itGÇÖs the 4th of July 2012. Every year millions of X-rays Photographs are taken in hospitals to help doctors identify illness or injury. Every year millions of lives are saved by the use of Penicillin.
So, if you ask me that question: Now that we've discovered a new particle, what use will it be to us? I'll tell you.
For now, it'll be completely useless.
For now.
--G. Brancazio, admin of Epic Lab Time
Copine Callmeknau disappeared one day
now we are left with Taurich Vorsel AKA BIZARRO COPE! |
jason hill
The Riot Formation
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2012.07.07 18:28:00 -
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lol ...this reminds of a quote from a british primeminister to a junior minister back in the 18 century when electricity was discoverd ... it went something on the lines of " ok now this electricity malarky thingy bob has now been discovered WTF are we gonna do with it ?" the reply was "dunno boss ! ...but sooner or later we will be able to tax it "
interesting times ahead methinks  |
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