Comments on: God Hates the Hadron Collider

By: Greg0658

Greg0658 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:57:10 +0000

update: Dr Michio Kaku last night on Countdown .. beams into our tv minds (and space to its attracted black hole) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/33922441#33922441
in short and for www infinitiy of the printed word .. that the Earth Sun Galaxy-center aligns .. “that happens every December” and reassured us 20121221 is nothing to be afraid of .. its just a new cycle
(Earth Sun Galaxy not necessarily in that order) searching for that order found: (but not the order)
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/07/08/planetary-alignment-dazzles-weekend-skywatchers/

By: sjtall

sjtall — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:52:42 +0000

This reminds me of the Babel fish:

“The argument goes like this : “I refuse to prove that I exist”, says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”

“But”, says Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn’t it? it could not have evolved by chance. it proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.”

“Oh dear”, says God, “I hadn’t thought of that,” and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.”
- Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

By: Greg0658

Greg0658 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:01:51 +0000

my 2 cents
fyi – Bush I grabbed the concept from Fermilab Batavia IL and sent its bigger brother to Texas were fireants shut it down – then the super big brother went overseas and became CERN .. having said that in fun – I agree with what mpavan says (visited from pictures/video only)

more on .. mpavan – would you like to comment on whether the supposed galactic alignment on 12/21/2012 would be good for the project and/or bad for earth? I hear the project could never breach containment or be longlived enough to be significant if it did, because the system can’t sustain past a breach

my nickels worth – like space exploration beyond the moon – imo this project is more about advancemnet of a tribe than all the people of the earth .. but what do I know .. I guess ya gotta be there ….. then again hows that old cap’ism saying go “hard to convince a man otherwise when his livelihood depends on its belief”

By: O2

O2 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:21:40 +0000

I’m gonna surmise a guess that they don’t get this thing working properly until around December 21st, 2012…

By: eren

eren — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:25:25 +0000

he hates the bears too

By: Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:01:52 +0000

I dont doubt it a second — I just loved the headline . . .

By: mpavan

mpavan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:47 +0000

Barry,

I am a nuclear physicist and spent 2 months at CERN last year, preceded by a 2 week gig the year before doing a show for a CBC science program. Got to see in detail almost every square inch of the place.

So… believe me when I tell you, that machine is so unbelievably freaking complicated that it is truly astonishing that it works at all. It is not ‘plagued’ with anything – a machine that insanely complex will suffer problems in all sorts of crazy places. The space shuttle is a lego house in comparison. The problems are most certainly not “unexpected”. They are expected, though of course unpredictable, and quite frankly, far fewer (so far) than feared.

The LHC is a testament to the amazing power of humans to get the most seemingly unbelievable things done when they put their minds and convictions to it. Like the man-on-the-moon program.

It certainly will suffer more ’setbacks’ before they get that puppy running smoothly. We all know that.
But it will be worth the trouble.

“subtle is the lord, but malicious she is not” – Albert Einstein

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:58:46 +0000

She doesn’t hate it, she’s just playing hide and seek.

By: Stillaway

Stillaway — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:58 +0000

Since it’s Science Night…

It’s alive!

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/boston-dynamics-petman-bipedal-robot-evolution-bigdog

Assuming one could eliminate the umbilical, what are examples of offshoot consumer products?