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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:01 AM Original message |
Massive physics experiment on Wednesday |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Okay, fine. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Can I go? Please? |
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SpookyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. The night I met Comrade Snarky we were in a club with some friends |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. There's definitely a parallel universe... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. I've had this theory for a long time |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Weird how many of us got yanked into that alternate universe. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:58 AM Original message |
I'm so pissed at my alternative life, right now! |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
64. Al Gore: |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. Yes, but... |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
85. Isn't that the truth? |
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Wabbajack_ (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
89. "They called it for Gore. I had another celebratory drink and went back to my hotel" |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
83. .... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Republicans stopped the United States supercollider |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. REPUBS DESTROY ALL |
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jjr5 (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Yeah. :( |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Plenty of Americans working on the LHC - It is one of those (GASP) multinational projects |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Yep, yep, yep.. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. yeah, but we got |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Important lesson: Never try to build a machine that probes the origins of... |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, so Wednesday morning they turn on the black hole. It's been nice knowing all of you! |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Look at the bright side |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. If we put Bush and McCain into the LHC.... |
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Buenaventura (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
60. but, but ... in my universe they're *already* confused. hmm - where am i? |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Large Haldron, Take Me Awayyyyy!!!!!!!!! |
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bobd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
96. Don't know if anyone posted this article yet but it says there are other threats as well |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. lawsuits? |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
82. Now that is optimism. |
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debunkthelies (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. DITTO |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Oh yeah, we'll all be...quite close, lol. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Is that worse than global warming and species die off? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Even when they turn it on... it will be a month before any |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Meh, we've been living with a black hole in the white house for 8 years! LOL nt |
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reclinerhead (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
93. Sounds like the beginning to the game Half-Life |
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kurth_ (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. No actual collisions yet |
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SpookyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I toast you for the information, and for using the word "hitherto".... |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 02:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. In other words, this is a physics NASCAR race? |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. For a couple of weeks yet, it will be slightly less interesting than NASCAR |
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kurth_ (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Even if they find something, it'll be a while before they can announce it |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Look, it's either the LHC or the Vogons! |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. As I understand it, the first few days aren't even complete orbits of the beam. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Scientific American has a nice series on the LHC - I recommend avoiding the "regular" press |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. Awesome pics from boston.com |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Holy crap! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
66. Think of all the spare parts and technicians required to swap them out! |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
80. Matrixesque |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Personally, I prefer the adjective CERNian heh heh |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. Finally! |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Don't worry. Here's another pic from the facility: |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. It's a start... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
56. beautiful |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. So if anything pops out it'll either be this: |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Either way it's gonna be a rough night |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Or These: |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
98. Gordon Freeman has been spotted at CERN: |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. If something goes wrong, I just hope this guy isn't taking his day off. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. Way cool RAP SONG about it! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. That reminds me I have to go watch "The Mist" again |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. What time is that U.S. EST? I want to be drinking a martini, smoking a cigarette... |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. Another dimension "parallel" to our own? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
35. So kool |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. At that time, it will already be September 11 in some parts of the world |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
37. it will create a black hole which will eat Earth |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Is there anything Richard Hoagland doesn't know? Really. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hmmm. I've seen enough episodes of "Doctor Who" |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. And I listen to Coast-to-Coast AM every night |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I guess it's true after all |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. You can listne to the Dr. Who 'Torchwood' spinoff cover this, on Wednesday |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. Very cool- thank you! |
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Tindalos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
77. The Doctor would be right at home. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. Some people believe they are going to break the Time/Space |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. possibly , find hidden dimensions in space and time |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Here's (the beginning) of an article from "New Scientist" magazine about that,,, |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Republicans backward march to 1900 just became obsolete. |
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gaijinlaw (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Methinks its much more likely that the outcome will be |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. More like petabytes. |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. I eat those with hummus |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. Not that we'd be told about it, of course. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. And I'm sure we have all kinds of responsible things planned for that technology |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
97. Well, some people also believe in unicorns, jesus and atlantis. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
99. Or a necessity! |
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kurth_ (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
57. Also, there is a very good article in National Geographic: |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #57 |
92. "That's the essence of experimental particle physics..." |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. It's going to be like Marvin the Martian |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. Last week some nutjobs wanted the project shut down ( cuz itz a doomsday device ) |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. I just hope their calculations are correct |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
68. If they find a parallel universe |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
69. It's the end of the world as we know it |
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The Craw (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
70. Perhaps there is a universe where Republicans aren't evil |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
72. I can haz black hole? |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
74. Searching for the Higgs Boson |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. mean while back in the ole US of Hay, our chimp experiment's gotten out of hand |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #75 |
101. that's funny n/t |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. They'll find some interesting things, I'm betting, but |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. This particular factoid was impressive: |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. My money is on finding the Higgs |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
76. If, by some fluke it does destroy us all then I leave you all with the following |
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Tindalos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
78. This is very exciting |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
81. Super Cool. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
88. are we just another type 13 planet? guess we find out pretty soon... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
91. Sweet |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
94. If they proof that there are other parallel dimensions, we have to go back to our Bible |
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