It could be Prof. Hawking's habit of backing something both ways.
i.e. If the LHC finds something, he loses $100 but gets the joy of CERN having discovered something. If CERN fails to find anything, at least he gets $100.
He did something like this for his black hole theory (a complete set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica vs. a year subscription to Playboy IIRC).
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Well, not quite. He says they won't find the Higgs boson, but goes on to say this:
I work on supersymmetric dark matter. Nuff said.While questioning the likelihood of finding Higgs Bosons, Hawking said the experiment could discover superpartners, particles that would be "supersymmetric partners" to particles already known about.
"Their existence would be a key confirmation of string theory, and they could make up the mysterious dark matter that holds galaxies together," he told the BBC.
I think they should find the Higgs, because almost any theory suggests you should see it. To hedge my bets though I have a paper on a Higgsless model, because frankly we don't know and I don't want to be out of a job if they don't find it!
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http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdest...eworldyet.com/
I saw that over on the RPTools forum thread and just about fell out of my chair laughing. That is awesome!!Originally Posted by torstan
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Gotta like it, short and to the point!
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http://hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/
Heh I thought they were the same. Anyways, I'm kinda on the fence about how it went today. I mean awesome we're still here, but I was hoping it would all end, I have it in my mind it would be hilarious. Maybe I'm crazy
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Is the new world rising, from the shambles of the old
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Check out the HTML source for the site. Specifically look at the comment tags.
Oh, and if you don't find it. He created an RSS Feed for the page.
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Bill Stickers is innocent! It isn't Bill's fault that he was hanging out in the wrong place.
Please make an effort to tag all threads. This will greatly enhance the usability of the forums.
Oh man, that's just hilarious! I love it.Check out the HTML source for the site. Specifically look at the comment tags.
Oh, and if you don't find it. He created an RSS Feed for the page.
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Um... it looks like we may have a problem. Webcam at the collider:
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
Here is a great "rap tutorial" on the collider. Actually quite educational.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
Big_Mac over the RPTools forums posted these links. Thanks go to him.
Bill Stickers is innocent! It isn't Bill's fault that he was hanging out in the wrong place.
Please make an effort to tag all threads. This will greatly enhance the usability of the forums.
That was quite funny. I've seen that link floating around for a while now but this was the first time i actually looked at it.
I agree about the rap tutorial. It is a great link so that is why I posted it back on page 9 (post 86) of this thread.
Cheers,
Tim
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