Quark and Antiquark February 8, 2010
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Etcetera, Pretty!, Technobabble, The News, Words.Tags: antiquark, CERN, Etymology, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, Meson, quark, Uncyclopedia, xkcd
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>> REPORT: LARGE HADRON COLLIDER PRODUCING TONS OF AWESOME COLLISIONS
NOW: Though still operating at low gear dawdling speed, everyone’s favourite particle collider has produced PLENTY <alt=”unexpectedly high numbers“> of mesons*, Thank You Very Much.
THEN> The LHC will run at half power — you know, only 3.5 trillion electron volts [TeV] or so — until 2013.
LATER>> Full speed ahead!
In the mean time, amuse yourself over at xkcd. (As if anyone ever needed an incentive.)
*In case you couldn’t be bothered with the link (but could be bothered with post-scripted footnotes?) a meson = a quark + an antiquark. Yes, I know. I did just link another link. But it was under pressure of absolute necessity, for I certainly do not possess the intellectual faculties to explain said topic myself. Wikipedia, on the other hand, is the font of all knowledge… though admittedly, Uncyclopedia might be more fun:
The Large Hadron Collider, also known as the DESTROYER OF WORLDS, is the largest particle accelerator ever built by humans. It has not destroyed the world yet. [1] When activated, it will accelerate protons to almost the speed of light, before colliding them at precisely 13.5 billion kerjigatrons. It may also dim the lights all over Western Europe, and possibly will cause human hair to stand up on end as far distant as Sweden. Hailed by some as Earth’s own Death Star, the LHC is a milestone in human technology as it is capable of both explaining the universe and blowing it to Hell, unless James Bond reaches the control room just in time to avert it.
“Colliding hadrons is the greatest pleasure one can experience while fully clothed.” ~ Oscar Wilde on the LHC
DEFINITELY RELATED:
Large Hadron Collider now actually colliding protons!
LHC too cool/broken for its own good; helium-based hilarity ensues
Dear xkcd, You are awesome August 12, 2008
Posted by Olivia McDowell in Art, Blogging, Etcetera, Laughing, The Ether.Tags: Blogging, comics, livejournal, the internet, xkcd
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Bored With The Internet - xkcd
Replace ‘Livejournal’ with facebook/tumblr/myspace (if you’re still that way inclined), and this is so right it hurts.
First published at tumblr Proof (v.)
