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Ed

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Nov 8, 2009, 8:08:00 PM11/8/09
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Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in
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> From the LHC, hot off the press....
>
> http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/performance/FirstBeam/cms-e-commentary09.htm
>

Cool. And so far the earth hasn't been sucked into a manmade black hole. :)

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Rob Wynne

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Nov 9, 2009, 1:25:38 AM11/9/09
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That we're aware of.

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eilinel

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Nov 9, 2009, 7:31:44 AM11/9/09
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On Nov 8, 7:39 pm, Chickpea <chick...@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> From the LHC, hot off the press....
>
> http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/performance/FirstBeam/cms-e-commentary09.htm
>
> --
> Marc
>
> "To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education.  To accuse onself is a
> sign that education has begun.  To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is
> complete."   Epitectus, Ths Discourses and the Enchiridion.

Layperson's translation, please?

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Ed

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Nov 9, 2009, 10:29:05 AM11/9/09
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Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in
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> In alt.polyamory, (Rob Wynne) wrote in
> <hd8cl2$l04$1...@news.america.net>::


>
>>Ed <edcomm1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in
>>> news:n4pef5pk9r6a2mtcb...@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> From the LHC, hot off the press....
>>>>
>>>> http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/performance/FirstBeam/cms-e-
commentary09.h
>>>> tm
>>>>
>>>
>>> Cool. And so far the earth hasn't been sucked into a manmade black
>>> hole. :)
>>>
>>
>>That we're aware of.
>

> Indeed. A microscopic black hole (which, after all, is all that they
> could have even theoretically created, for certain versions of
> "theoretically") would take a /very/ long time to swallow the earth.

LOL. And I was interpreting Rob's comment as meaning that we might have
been sucked in but just into some parallel universe and so never
noticed. The apaghettification process wasn't as painful as I had
imagined.

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Ed

Rob Wynne

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Nov 9, 2009, 11:12:47 AM11/9/09
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Ed <edcomm1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in
> news:e7bgf5pcq00p7niib...@4ax.com:
>
>> In alt.polyamory, (Rob Wynne) wrote in
>> <hd8cl2$l04$1...@news.america.net>::
>>
>>>Ed <edcomm1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in
>>>> news:n4pef5pk9r6a2mtcb...@4ax.com:
>>>>
>>>>> From the LHC, hot off the press....
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/performance/FirstBeam/cms-e-
> commentary09.h
>>>>> tm
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cool. And so far the earth hasn't been sucked into a manmade black
>>>> hole. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>>That we're aware of.
>>
>> Indeed. A microscopic black hole (which, after all, is all that they
>> could have even theoretically created, for certain versions of
>> "theoretically") would take a /very/ long time to swallow the earth.
>
> LOL. And I was interpreting Rob's comment as meaning that we might have
> been sucked in but just into some parallel universe and so never
> noticed. The apaghettification process wasn't as painful as I had
> imagined.
>

Grin. That was my intent, but Marc's response is equally amusing.

Ed

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Nov 9, 2009, 11:19:24 AM11/9/09
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Ed <edcomm1...@yahoo.com> wrote in
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That was supposed to be "spaghettification." Sorry.

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Ed

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Nov 9, 2009, 1:33:43 PM11/9/09
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Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in
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> In alt.polyamory, (Ed) wrote in
> <Xns9CBE5EBE24770...@188.40.43.213>::


>>
>>That was supposed to be "spaghettification." Sorry.
>

> Should we xpost to alt.religion.pastafarianism?

I kinda think we get enough xposted unwanted religious pontification here
as it is.

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Ed

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Stef

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Nov 9, 2009, 5:39:27 PM11/9/09
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In article <g9cgf5h4ose717num...@4ax.com>,
Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>In alt.polyamory, (eilinel) wrote in
><51d8ebd0-2e54-4375...@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>::
>1) LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is switched on, and is making at least
>some progress with collisions. Not fully operational, but local
>champagne stocks are under threat.
>
>2) World not ended.

In case a few people haven't seen the LHC Rap (now with subtitles!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
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Ed

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Nov 9, 2009, 6:18:42 PM11/9/09
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st...@panix.com (Stef) wrote in news:hda5mv$6nu$4...@reader1.panix.com:

> In article <g9cgf5h4ose717num...@4ax.com>,
> Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>>In alt.polyamory, (eilinel) wrote in
>><51d8ebd0-2e54-4375...@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>::
>>
>>>On Nov 8, 7:39�pm, Chickpea <chick...@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> From the LHC, hot off the press....
>>>>
>>>> http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/performance/FirstBeam/cms-e-
commentary09.h
>>>> tm
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>>> "To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of
>>education. �To accuse onself is a
>>>> sign that education has begun. �To accuse neither oneself nor
>>>> others
>>shows that one's education is
>>>> complete." � Epitectus, Ths Discourses and the Enchiridion.
>>>
>>>Layperson's translation, please?
>>
>>1) LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is switched on, and is making at least
>>some progress with collisions. Not fully operational, but local
>>champagne stocks are under threat.
>>
>>2) World not ended.
>
> In case a few people haven't seen the LHC Rap (now with subtitles!):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

Thank you for the reminder. I love that!

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Ed

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Steve Pope

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Nov 10, 2009, 10:26:56 PM11/10/09
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Ed <edcomm1...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Ed <edcomm1...@yahoo.com> wrote in

>> Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in

>>> In alt.polyamory, (Rob Wynne) wrote in

>>>>Ed <edcomm1...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>> Chickpea <chic...@gmx.co.uk> wrote in

>>>>>> From the LHC, hot off the press....

>>>>>> http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/performance/FirstBeam/cms-e-
>> commentary09.h

>>>>> Cool. And so far the earth hasn't been sucked into a manmade black
>>>>> hole. :)

>>>>That we're aware of.

>>> Indeed. A microscopic black hole (which, after all, is all that they
>>> could have even theoretically created, for certain versions of
>>> "theoretically") would take a /very/ long time to swallow the earth.

>> LOL. And I was interpreting Rob's comment as meaning that we might
>> have been sucked in but just into some parallel universe and so never
>> noticed. The apaghettification process wasn't as painful as I had
>> imagined.

>That was supposed to be "spaghettification." Sorry.

And then there's this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6532614/Surfer-dudes-theory-of-everything-the-magic-of-Garrett-Lisi.html

"Surfer dude discovers theory of everything". (Seriously.)

Steve

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