The sum of human knowledge could be massively increased on Wednesday - but Professor Stephen Hawking could find himself $100 poorer.
As Cern prepares to switch on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) below the French-Swiss border, the physicist has a bet that it will not find the Higgs boson - the most highly sought-after particle in physics.
The sum of human knowledge could be massively increased on Wednesday - but Professor Stephen Hawking could find himself $100 poorer.
As Cern prepares to switch on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) below the French-Swiss border, the physicist has a bet that it will not find the Higgs boson - the most highly sought-after particle in physics.
I am with steve on that one... Any takers on a little action???
Ladbrokes puts the Odds at 6 to 1 by year 2010
Interesting they were taking action on Ligo detecting gravitational waves
Well, it's going to start around 2am my time and while I'd love to be awake to see it, I don't think I can. Oh well.... at least I'll go out peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car! ;)
PS: New avatar for your three-year E@H anniversary, Es99?
Oooooh well spotted. I hadn't noticed :) Has it really been that long?
The avatar was drawn by my son..i really like the way the cat is peeping in to the picture.
Only a few more hours 'til the physicists destroy the earth (cos that's how we roll). We'll be throwing an End of the World party in my lab while we watch the big event. I'll get extra cookies in.
The avatar was drawn by my son..i really like the way the cat is peeping in to the picture.
That is well done by your young fellow isn't it? Captures the feline curiosity aspect and the face suggests a "wot's all this about?" caption. Subtext "food please, while you're at it". :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
This time it'll work...the
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This time it'll work...the previous 10,000 times the universe as we know it was destroyed was just the warm ups...
Yeah, the history of science
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Yeah, the history of science can be summarised by the
WET PAINT
DON'T TOUCH
approach/scenario ...... so bring it on!! :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Is today going to be
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Is today going to be Groundhog Day?
Shih-Tzu are clever, cuddly, playful and rule!! Jack Russell are feisty!
RE: Is today going to be
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No, that's tomorrow for me.
I leave Korea on Wednesday morning and get into Cleveland on Wednesday afternoon.
Kathryn :o)
Einstein@Home Moderator
My apologies to Es99 for
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My apologies to Es99 for forking her thread into unlikely directions (some humorous responses though)...
On the hunt for the Higgs boson
RE: My apologies to Es99
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I am with steve on that one... Any takers on a little action???
Ladbrokes puts the Odds at 6 to 1 by year 2010
Interesting they were taking action on Ligo detecting gravitational waves
Odds
There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot. - Aldo Leopold
Well, it's going to start
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Well, it's going to start around 2am my time and while I'd love to be awake to see it, I don't think I can. Oh well.... at least I'll go out peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car! ;)
(Okay, old and bad joke, but it fit so nicely!)
Oh ptooey! it's all a big
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Oh ptooey! it's all a big media rip-off, they've got to pay for the damn thing somehow...
See you all Thursday ;-)
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
RE: ... PS: New avatar for
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Oooooh well spotted. I hadn't noticed :) Has it really been that long?
The avatar was drawn by my son..i really like the way the cat is peeping in to the picture.
Only a few more hours 'til the physicists destroy the earth (cos that's how we roll). We'll be throwing an End of the World party in my lab while we watch the big event. I'll get extra cookies in.
Physics is for gurls!
RE: The avatar was drawn by
)
That is well done by your young fellow isn't it? Captures the feline curiosity aspect and the face suggests a "wot's all this about?" caption. Subtext "food please, while you're at it". :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal