And here I thought, after reading the thread title, that the LHC had already violated causality to deliver pizza [i]from the future[/i]. Maybe that will only happen for energies of 1.21 gigawatts and up.

First law of TD still holds!
 

[quote=ewmayer;141741][URL="http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080910/ap_on_sc/big_bang"]Massive particle collider passes first key tests[/URL]


Whenever I read about big particle colliders, I can't help but think back to that classic non-sequitur line from the 50s Sci-Fi classic [I]This Island Earth[/I], in which the 50s babe with the classic 50s biconic brassiere is showing the hunky male scientist around the secret nuclear lab, and he is startled by a cat jumping up onto of a huge slab of lead shielding. At which point she says brightly: [I]"Oh, that's our lab mascot, [spoiler]Neutron[/spoiler]. We call him [spoiler]Neutron [/spoiler]because he's he's always so [spoiler]positive[/spoiler]!!!"[/I][/quote]

You've outdone yourself with this one. It reminded me of a Gal I picked up hitch-hiking from Kealekekua to Kailua-Kona one Sunday after church. I had removed the cigarette lighter which I never use anyway. She asked or rather claimed that it was very dangerous, to which I responded by sticking my finger into the hole. 'After that she said, "I couldn't do that, I'm a [spoiler]negative[/spoiler]". I wondered what I had gotten myself into. At least the Universe still has a balanced charge.

nelson

Pizza's off for 2 months.
Electrical fault apparently:(

... and now, NewScientist has three photos of the damage:

[URL]http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16254-damage-that-derailed-higgs-hunt[/URL]

[quote=davieddy;143273]Pizza's off for 2 months.
[/quote]

Yes indeed. This was optimistic:cry:

[QUOTE=Nelson;143084]You've outdone yourself with this one. It reminded me of a Gal I picked up hitch-hiking from Kealekekua to Kailua-Kona one Sunday after church. I had removed the cigarette lighter which I never use anyway. She asked or rather claimed that it was very dangerous, to which I responded by sticking my finger into the hole. 'After that she said, "I couldn't do that, I'm a [spoiler]negative[/spoiler]". I wondered what I had gotten myself into. At least the Universe still has a balanced charge.[/QUOTE]

On a lighter note, that lends new meaning to the phrase "picking up a smoking hot babe" ... but was she wearing a biconic brassiere, or perhaps one in the shape of some other (rotated) conic section, or none at all? But enough titillating hasion discussion - to recast your encounter in terms a 50s SciFi movie buff might appreciate:

"We call her a 'moron' because there's so much less to her than meets the eye..."

[QUOTE=ewmayer;153459]On a lighter note, that lends new meaning to the phrase "picking up a smoking hot babe" ... but was she wearing a biconic brassiere, or perhaps one in the shape of some other (rotated) conic section, or none at all? But enough titillating hasion discussion - to recast your encounter in terms a 50s SciFi movie buff might appreciate:

"We call her a 'moron' because there's so much less to her than meets the eye..."[/QUOTE]Perhaps this paper may be of interest?

[url]http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kyushumfs/42/1/42_21/_article[/url]

Paul

[QUOTE=xilman;153480]Perhaps this paper may be of interest?

[url]http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kyushumfs/42/1/42_21/_article[/url]

Paul[/QUOTE]

Written by a bosom buddy of yours, perhaps?

Thanks for keeping us abreast of your Japanese colleague's manifold talents. He is, as the latinate birdwatcher might say, a "primus inter [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/29/bbc_related_link/]parus[/url] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/249.shtml]major[/url]".

titillating?
 

The chemists from Iran recently shocked the (slavic) community with the synthesis of another important [URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18280775"]taboo[/URL]. Ask any Russian (Bulgarian, Polish... there must be someone at your workplace) to read this article's title for you.

[QUOTE=Batalov;153527]The chemists from Iran recently shocked the (slavic) community with the synthesis of another important [URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18280775"]taboo[/URL]. Ask any Russian (Bulgarian, Polish... there must be someone at your workplace) to read this article's title for you.[/QUOTE]Some years back, IUPAC had to change their nomenclature rules when chemists managed to synthesize an arsenic containing five-membered aromatic ring compound. The compound would have been called tetraphenylarsole under the old rules. So, I'm not surprised that another bunch of chemists are maintaining the old traditions.

The French had to come to terms with Lisp nomenclature many years ago.

Paul

[QUOTE=Batalov;153527]The chemists from Iran recently shocked the (slavic) community with the synthesis of another important [URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18280775"]taboo[/URL]. Ask any Russian (Bulgarian, Polish... there must be someone at your workplace) to read this article's title for you.[/QUOTE]

LOL - Back in college I used to get my hair cut at a salon owned by a Slavic lady with two grown sons who hung around the place sometimes, so that's a word I know well.

If I recall correctly, the French have a similar reaction to certain exotic alloys composed of Plutonium, Tantalum and Indium.