Comments on: large hadron collider: the new rubber chicken? http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/ the digital soapbox of rick marshall Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:52:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: anna http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19398 anna Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:41:35 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19398 thanks for the links those were pretty good comics for a laugh (love the black hole in the guy's stomach) though the scary go round has me wanting to take a spoon, shove it through my eye, and scrape off the part of my brain that has the hard on collider stuck in it. phd comics is right on the money even down to all the wheeling and dealing and truly brilliant ideas occurring in the CERN cafeteria - they have a love for coffee there that i will never be able to comprehend. rick - have no fear - i'll be happy to walk you through it if you've got the time. it is a lot to wrap your head around if it's new to you. i'll pass on the wil wheaton superpowers info to the guys stationed at CERN so we can have him on speed dial should the need arise - always good to have a plan E right? thanks for the links those were pretty good comics for a laugh (love the black hole in the guy’s stomach) though the scary go round has me wanting to take a spoon, shove it through my eye, and scrape off the part of my brain that has the hard on collider stuck in it.
phd comics is right on the money even down to all the wheeling and dealing and truly brilliant ideas occurring in the CERN cafeteria – they have a love for coffee there that i will never be able to comprehend.
rick – have no fear – i’ll be happy to walk you through it if you’ve got the time. it is a lot to wrap your head around if it’s new to you.
i’ll pass on the wil wheaton superpowers info to the guys stationed at CERN so we can have him on speed dial should the need arise – always good to have a plan E right?

]]> By: Ronan http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19394 Ronan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:39:31 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19394 Figures... damn bureaucracy! Figures… damn bureaucracy!

]]> By: RM http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19391 RM Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:45:43 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19391 Good point. ... Although I think there was a span of about 2.5 hours a few months ago when you were officially NOT on notice. Unfortunately, you went back on notice before we could notify you. Good point.

… Although I think there was a span of about 2.5 hours a few months ago when you were officially NOT on notice. Unfortunately, you went back on notice before we could notify you.

]]> By: Ronan http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19390 Ronan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:37:33 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19390 When have I even NOT been on notice! ? When have I even NOT been on notice! ?

]]> By: RM http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19389 RM Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:32:33 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19389 Okay, Ronan, the humor of this comment makes up for that last one about the Vanilla Ice "Ninja Rap." But you're still ON NOTICE, sir. Okay, Ronan, the humor of this comment makes up for that last one about the Vanilla Ice “Ninja Rap.” But you’re still ON NOTICE, sir.

]]> By: Ronan http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19385 Ronan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:08:54 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19385 Being a Pastafarian I believe the LHC is the Flying Spaghetti Monter's (or "God's) attempt at retconning our continuity/multiverse. In this metaphor the LHC = Superboy Prime, and the really hard smacking together of particles = "punching time". I'm interested in seeing who survives! Being a Pastafarian I believe the LHC is the Flying Spaghetti Monter’s (or “God’s) attempt at retconning our continuity/multiverse.

In this metaphor the LHC = Superboy Prime, and the really hard smacking together of particles = “punching time”.

I’m interested in seeing who survives!

]]> By: Jessicca http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19381 Jessicca Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:08:56 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19381 I'm still learning how to count blackjack cards at MIT, and there's not enough room in my brain for this LHC stuff. I’m still learning how to count blackjack cards at MIT, and there’s not enough room in my brain for this LHC stuff.

]]> By: Sal Loria http://www.mindpollution.org/2008/09/15/large-hadron-collider-the-new-rubber-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-19380 Sal Loria Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:05:16 +0000 http://www.mindpollution.org/?p=1201#comment-19380 I was chatting with a buddy the other day when this story "broke," and he asked me "End of the world, or the beginning?" My reply was pretty simple, and a tad bitchy, but when it comes to things like these (science getting pushed a little too far), I don't tend to hold back. My reply? "The end of the world will come when some idiot tries to play God, and succeeds." You're right... scary stuff. I was chatting with a buddy the other day when this story “broke,” and he asked me “End of the world, or the beginning?” My reply was pretty simple, and a tad bitchy, but when it comes to things like these (science getting pushed a little too far), I don’t tend to hold back. My reply?

“The end of the world will come when some idiot tries to play God, and succeeds.”

You’re right… scary stuff.

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