Colin,
I hope they finish it...I understand Switzerland is about to join the rest of the world, and that could end a lot of their brilliance.
I've been out of the scientific community for 30+ years, now; and guess I really need to devote my time more to making a living (that is true irony).
Runk,
I wouldn't worry about it...It would happen so quickly that we wouldn't even know it.
Serge,
Just a digression by a couple of us quarkheads...:}}}
Torone
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:33:40 24.242.224.121 Post #: 65300
SuperString = Linear
for some reason that rings a bell; something about gravity being cumulative and therefor uniquely the bane of all unifying theorists RunkGot Gay Traffic? We'll Take It
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:28:59 65.35.94.136 Post #: 65299
(I don't know much about this either).
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Colin...there is such a thing? =)
MrCash!
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:28:06 65.35.95.62 Post #: 65298
did you call Philippo?
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On the schedule for today....already interviewed 2 nannies!
MrCash!
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:25:26 65.35.95.62 Post #: 65297
Serge...aren't you happy Runk did not show up to make us think last Saturday during our funtime?
MrCash!
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not at all,
if he did, who knows, maybe asshole who run me over on his boat wouldn't be in the same place at the same time we were when shit happened!
did you call Philippo?
we are about to order railroad tix and Uffizie to save time standing in line
;-))
Serge
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:23:28 172.173.83.128 Post #: 65296
wonderful..all we need is a subatomic chain reaction out of control; I hope the quarkheads no how to keep their toys in check! RunkGot Gay Traffic? We'll Take It
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:22:50 65.35.94.136 Post #: 65295
The Large Hadron Collider is being built in Geneva now.
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:20:38 24.164.20.236 Post #: 65294
can somebody explain in simple English what everybody talk about for the last 45 minutes???
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Serge...aren't you happy Runk did not show up to make us think last Saturday during our funtime?
MrCash!
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:18:26 65.35.95.62 Post #: 65293
Torone,
It's not Hawking's Theory. He just explains it. All of this is related to M-Theory and SuperStrings theory so you can research more on the web quite easily.
What gives the theory credibility are it's predictions.
Mathematically, it explains why gravity is so weak, it explains "dark matter" (the so called The missing mass), it explains the origins of the Big Bang.
It merges quantum mechanics with gravity.
So far, SuperString theory comes the closest of any theories to explaining what is observed at the quantum level.
What it needs to make the leap to a truly confirmed (for a lack of a better word) "Grand Unified Theory" , I think, is to find one of the predicted particles. High energy accerators are needed for this.
The theory also predicts ripples in Space-Time which have been observed with a satellite designed to measure such ripples (I don't know much about this either).
Colin THE BIG BANG. 4 Free Bucks!
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:18:20 24.164.20.236 Post #: 65292
Colin,
I doubt we'll ever see the new accelerators of which you speak. Remember the one they were building in Texas (the supercollider)? A victim of politics. Now, science has become so politicized that it is used only to prove whatever the pols want it to prove. The scientific establishment believes that it can only function on gov't money, I guess.
The political connection is why I left.
Torone
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:15:45 24.242.224.121 Post #: 65291
can somebody explain in simple English what everybody talk about for the last 45 minutes???
;-))
Serge
Thu, 14 Mar - 05:14:32 172.173.83.128 Post #: 65290
I think the basic idea is that originally there was a unified 10 dimensional world. This 10 dimensional space-time fragmented and now there is a 6 dimensional Universe and a 4- dimensionsal Universe (ours).
The 4-dimensional Universe expanded in the Big Bang and the 6-dimensional Universe did not.
Parts of this theory explains why gravity is so weak (compared to electical forces, etc). This also explains why the Big bang happened (this fracturing).
I should caution I'm not real familiar with this stuff. I have nothing more than a passing knowledge.
Some new particle accelerators are being built and it is hoped by some that certain as of yet unobserved particles (but predicted by the theory) will appear when we have high energy accelerators available.
BTW - anyone see Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back?
Will Ferrell's character in the movie is Federal Wildlife Marshal Wilenholly..get it? lol.. ZebraInsite Adult
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:55:42 65.70.127.33 Post #: 65281
"Good morning,
You live in a 10 dimensional world.
.... It's all a dice game."
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Thanks Colin,
for better or worse, this really is gonna keep my mind busy today :-)
JR
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:53:48 194.58.36.149 Post #: 65280
Yeah, Sleestaks were from Land of the Lost..I just that in as a 70's jab..
I don't remember the good Sleestak's name but I remember the hairy dude that helped them out was Chaka!
Man the 70's had some wacky shit on TV :) ZebraInsite Adult
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:53:08 65.70.127.33 Post #: 65279
Timon,
No way! I'm not telling ya!
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please.... or at least a simple hint...?
pretty please? :-)
Timon
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:52:03 66.181.168.115 Post #: 65278
Colin, when you say "folded up"
do you mean like in correlation to the curvature of space or self -encapsulated? RunkGot Gay Traffic? We'll Take It
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:47:28 24.164.20.236 Post #: 65271
Colin - reading the phrase "blue marble" I can't help but remember watching the show "Big Blue Marble" in the 70's.. anyone remember that? If so you are a Sleestak ;)
Zebra
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:47:28 65.70.127.33 Post #: 65270
Timon,
You confuse me everyday.
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Confuse you? what did I say to confuse a physics buff?? ;-))
Timon
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:43:56 66.181.168.115 Post #: 65269
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:29:06 24.164.20.236 Post #: 65263
Colin, thanks for confusing the hell out of me ;-))
Timon
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:28:33 66.181.168.115 Post #: 65262
Good morning,
You live in a 10 dimensional world.
Last weekend, I read Stephen Hawking's latest book "The Universe in a Nutshell". Having been a physics major, I was a little speculative about reading the book as it is, well, pop-science. The book however was excellent so if ya need some mind bending, give' er a try.
About that 10 dimensions? Three you know about from personal experience and one is defined as time. Then there are six more that are "curled up".
You might ask why the six are curled up. Why are they not visible to us? If they were not curled up, the gravitational force would be so great that planetary orbits and galaxies would be unstable and you wouldn't be here to ask that question.
Why not more than 6 curled up? Can you imagine trying to live life in a two-dimensional world. You'd fall apart.
It's all a dice game. There might be many Universes where the dimensions are different but there's probably not anyone around to ask such questions.
Hoop,
keep your drunk dreams to the boards,
skip "dear abby"
;-)))
Serge
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:12:41 172.173.83.128 Post #: 65260
Somebody wake me when Ashcroft has finally banned free porn....
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Wouldn't that be a dream come true? ;-)
Maybe we can all chip in for a bribe ;-))
Timon
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:06:39 66.181.168.115 Post #: 65259
Somebody wake me when Ashcroft has finally banned free porn....
Zebra
Thu, 14 Mar - 04:04:57 65.70.127.33 Post #: 65258
I forgot all about that, LOL
It was quite a site to see that, I had never thought in a million years he would do that. erikaFresh Amateur Content
Thu, 14 Mar - 03:59:17 24.86.193.227 Post #: 65257
I had to get him turned around, almost had to drive home for the chainsaw to cut him out.
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Erica, in the movie
Animal House, they did just that,
used chain saw to get the horse out of the room
;-))
Serge
Thu, 14 Mar - 03:53:51 172.173.83.128 Post #: 65256
Whats the dumbest thing your pet has done.
Heres what mine did.
Oh what a fun time I had today, I couldnt make it out to the horses yesterday, due to the road conditions,I was out there late monday night, so I knew they would be ok for a day. I get out there and all I could see was spencer and hes nickering away with a distressed tone to his voice, i go running for the barn thinking oh no what did zoink do, i get into the barn, which zoink is a pro at opening the door, and i couldnt see a thing,eyes hadnt adjusted, when they did I still couldnt see him, then i hear this faint nicker coming from my tack room, i turn around and what do I see, his big butt crammed into the door(the door frame is 4 and a half feet tall and about 3' wide),Zoink is 16.2h(66inches)and weighs in at around 1300lbs.It seems hes figured out how to get my lock open on that too, Im thinkin oh man, how am i gonna get him out of there, its 5ft wide by 9ft long, he had consumed, about 2 days worth of food for him, im surprised it wasnt more, but then again he had no water, and one of those feedings was about a 1/4 of a bag of beet pulp,im taking some water out now to them,all said and done it took me 10 minutes to get him out, I had to get him turned around, almost had to drive home for the chainsaw to cut him out. erikaFresh Amateur Content
Thu, 14 Mar - 03:49:12 24.86.193.227 Post #: 65255
Dravyk,
Are you telling me the guests on Jerry Springer do not
represent the average American?
A lot of Europeans will be extremely shocked to
hear that ;-))
Timon
Thu, 14 Mar - 03:35:24 66.181.168.115 Post #: 65254
I think the correct usage is "Trailer Trash". ...
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Dravyk,
how insensetive!!!
some of the industry finest came from thre and now you hurt their feelings!
Serge
Thu, 14 Mar - 03:13:05 172.173.83.128 Post #: 65253
>>> lisa just informed me 'redneck ho' is the american equivelent to shiela :-))
Never heard them called "redneck hos". I think the correct usage is "Trailer Trash". ... or "Jerry Springer guests"!!
Thu, 14 Mar - 01:36:57 210.49.49.142 Post #: 65233
"Curling is such a funny sport
Wonder how it got started? How did someone come up with the concept and then get other people to do it?"
Curling is HUGE here in Canada. Our major sports network, TSN, is airing triple header matches every day of the week long Brier (National Championship). Those matches are 3 hours each, so 9 hours a day for a full week.
I think curling is somewhat like golf, in that people that have never played will just look at their TV screen with a glazed look and wonder wtf people could enjoy about it. Once you have played a few times and can appreciate the intricacies, etc. I think it changes.
Monk
Thu, 14 Mar - 01:21:57 156.34.182.133 Post #: 65232
hahah cj
damnit R3K, tired of bothering me, now bothering cj ;)))))
my favorite Aussie word is "cunt" because Aussies use it frequently, but it that word is uttered in the states, the reaction is usually a foot to the groin and a quick spray of mace to the eyes....and of course "pissed" and which, there means "drunk" and here means "mad".... SykkBoywhen are we gonna have webmaster boxing???
Thu, 14 Mar - 01:16:30 216.67.221.35 Post #: 65231
Thu, 14 Mar - 01:12:31 210.49.49.142 Post #: 65230
Timon, imagine if he'd answered her "no thanks, I have my own fag" and an American tourist was overhearing the conversation....comedy gold
mutt, I'm almost positive Miss Elizabeth isn't George Steele's dfaughter...he's a lifelong Michiganian and she was born and raised in Kentucky...I'll shoot Scott keith an email in the morning, I'm sure he knows...I gotta email him about some banner ad stuff anyways (I love it when banner spots open up ;))) SykkBoybetter than a poke in the pisshole with a rusty nail
Thu, 14 Mar - 01:07:31 216.67.221.35 Post #: 65229
that reminds me, in Holland many people handroll their
cigarettes and we call the tobacco we use for that "shag"
and a hand rollen cigarette is called "a shag"
A girl I know was having a chat with a Brittish tourist
on a subway station and she rolled herself a cigarette and
when she was one she asked him "Hey do you want a shag?"
and the guy ran away...
she didn't have a clue why ;-)))
Timon
Thu, 14 Mar - 00:54:54 66.181.168.115 Post #: 65228
where's my fag?
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HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
first time i used this one i got some very strange looks in the states ...
Wed, 13 Mar - 23:47:47 210.49.49.142 Post #: 65214
oh there you are. i thought u fell into the pool and drowned :)
ok that's good. Picking all the lowest numbered teams will keep you in contention for the next rounds.
i just looked at the tournament schedule......the first round ends on Friday night a bit after midnite.
The second round begins at 12 noon the next day.
Damn.....that only gives people overight and the morning to get their next picks in.
Hmmmmmmmm....... well i will figure out something so people who can't make picks in that short of time can still get their picks in.
i thought there would be a full day in between rounds.
yeah i love how when u click on a team it just pops up in the next column. we are easily amused :)
mutt
Wed, 13 Mar - 23:35:55 24.112.37.86 Post #: 65213
CJ, didn't know you're a sports buff... or are you just
selling out for all those cool prizes ;-)
Timon
Wed, 13 Mar - 23:31:30 66.181.168.115 Post #: 65212
Wed, 13 Mar - 23:18:04 210.49.49.142 Post #: 65210
CJ go back and pick again.
This isn't a good contest to pick random. For the first round the winners are pretty predictable.
The left number in brackets is the seed number, just like in a tennis tournament, the tournament is split into 4 different region, Duke is the #1 seed in their region. The numbers to the right are the team's record during the season.
Go and pick mostly the teams that have a lower seed number in each of the matchups ie pick (3) over (14)
To spice things up on some of the ones where the seed numbers are close ie (8) bd (9) u can pick either one.
In later rounds things get more random because this round gets rid of the bad teams. Teams are more evenly matched as the tournament moves along.
mutt
Wed, 13 Mar - 22:08:30 24.112.37.86 Post #: 65209
CJ there are 64 teams in four different regions with 16 teams in each region East, West, North, and South. They are ranked from 1 to 16 which is the numver on the left and the numbers on the right are their record for the season. So for that example Duke is the #1 seed and their regular season record was 29 wins and 3 losses.