Have no idea, you hope to make some money on this? John
On Dec 13, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > What's the Vegas over-under? > >> Folks, it's not Mac but it sure is scientific and according to what I read >> it will mean a lot to the computing world should the announcement today be >> to the affirmative. I won't be able to send the entire article due to size >> limit on the list has but I'll send a short clip below the note I sent to my >> kids and grandchildren. >> >> John >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Today is the day scientist make the announcement if they have indeed >>> discovered the "God Particle", or the Higgs boston. They have built a >>> huge Hadron Collider, it's 17 miles long (I believe) underground in >>> Switzerland. This machine allows them to collide particles into each other >>> at unbelievable speeds. I only learned of this yesterday by reading one of >>> the best Apps I have ever had for the iPhone and iPad, SkyGrid. >>> >>> We have been told for years that matter is always moving, the desk I am >>> using to type this on, the keyboard, my monitor, even myself have particles >>> that are always moving, but how do they take a shape and form, how do they >>> accumulate mass? If I am understanding all this correctly the theory is >>> that the "God Particle" is moving so fast it gives shape to all the lessor >>> particles that form our universe. What they have been trying to prove for >>> years is that this "God Particle" exist and today they will make some kind >>> of announcement as to their years of research. >>> >>> I read four or five articles on this last night off SkyGrid (first time I >>> have ever heard of it) then again this morning before I got out of bed I >>> read three more, finally I found one that was a Question and Answer and it >>> helped me to understand what all the "hysteria" (their words not mine) is >>> all about. Maybe it will be on tonights news. >>> >>> Thought you might like to know and if it exist they say it will >>> revolutionize how we do research in the future, how it will alter the way >>> we do gene testing to how we send data over the internet at unbelievable >>> speeds. Isn't it awesome to be able to fill in many of the blanks in life >>> due to the vast amount of knowledge that is available to us. >>> >>> We'll see what they say, there is much speculation that they didn't find >>> the Higgs boston (named after the Physicist that first developed the >>> theory). >> >> >> GENEVA—Excitement is growing ahead of the revelation of new data by >> scientists seeking an elusive subatomic particle that is believed to be a >> basic building block of the universe. >> >> Physicists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research near >> Geneva — which oversees the world's largest atom smasher — are set to unveil >> the data Tuesday. >> >> CERN scientists have told The Associated Press that the latest information >> from the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border >> helps narrow the region of the search for the particle known as the Higgs >> boson. >> >> The long-sought particle was named for British physicist Peter Higgs, who >> theorized its existence more than 40 years ago to explain the puzzle of how >> atoms — and everything else in the universe — have weight. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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