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Cern Mass Produces Anti-Hydrogen
Izeickl writes "The BBC is reporting Here about scientists in the Cern particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland have mass produced over 50,000 atoms allowing them to test basic Physics using them, however "Harvard physicist Gerald Gabrielse said: "Our long experience with these very difficult experiments warns that antihydrogen may not have really been produced.""
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In Soviet America the banks rob you!
Well we could built an anti-computer out of anti-silicon, run anti-windows98 on it, then laugh when the whole thing explodes and blame it on microsoft :)
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
then laugh when the whole thing explodes and blame it on microsoft
That would be anti-microsoft, or macrohard.
I demand a million helicopters and a DOLLAR!
Now I know how I want to illuminate my garden!
anti-microsoft
Surely then it wouldn't explode, it would just keep working for a very long time?
of course it will fall down.
it's anti-hyrogen, and hydrogen falls up, just ask Herr Hindenburg.
We've discovered Earth-like extrasolar planets... just kidding!
We've found bacterial life from Mars... just kidding!
Jeez, these scientist guys need a hobby.
- SMJ - (It's not just a name: it's a bad aftertaste.)
I also have just mass produced over 50,000 antihydrogen atoms!
however "Harvard physicist Gerald Gabrielse said: "Our long experience with these very difficult experiments warns that antihydrogen may not have really been produced."
Also, _my_ long experience with antihydrogen tells me I may have not _really_ produced antihydrogen!
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Now, the Cern particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland, has produced more than 50,000.
Sooo, exactly how many hydrogen atoms are in a handful anyway? My first guess would be in the ballpark of "A hell of a lot more than 50k".
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It's clear at this point that the standard "SI" or metric system is no longer sufficient to describe the events in today's world. As such, the "PS", or "Pop Science" unit system is defined below for those interested by this handy guide
Information
Old Unit: bit
New Unit: Library of Congress
Time Interval
Old Unit: second
New Unit: eye-blink
Number of Particles
Old Unit: mole
New Unit: handful
Width (small distances)
Old Unit: millimeter
New Unit: human hair
Length (large distances)
Old Unit: meter, kilometer
New Unit: football field
Volume
Old Unit: cubic centimeter, liter
New Unit: football stadium
Energy
Old Unit: joule
New Unit: 100-watt-lightbulb-second
Mass
Old Unit: gram, kilogram
New Unit: CowboyNeal
More units will be assigned as they are needed
When's it going to happen dammit? I'm dying here. My brother is like a bog in that he produces cubic FEET of methane on a daily basis. And I have been waiting for the day when somebody produces antimethane. Once someone has made antimethane I will put some of it in my brother's boxers and wait for the fireworks and subsequent explosion. Then I will get his room that bastard.
Harvard physicist Gerald Gabrielse said: "Our long experience with these very difficult experiments warns that antihydrogen may not have really been produced."
Meanwhile scientists at CERN say "The yanks are just jealous because we beat them to it."
"Information wants to be paid"
"We must stop these anti-hydrogen terrorists, I am informed that hydrogen is in things we use everyday like coke, and is even vital to Americans' survival. These people who are anti-hydrogen are anti-american and are seeking to destroy the very basis of our society, you can not be a friend of america if you are not a friend of hydrogen"
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
The BBC is reporting Here about scientists in the Cern particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland have mass produced over 50,000 atoms allowing them to test basic...
;-)
Wouldn't it be a bit more correct to say that that've been anti-mass-produced?
You can tell they are anti-hydrogen because they all have little goatees and a really bad attitude.
This idea was invented by Shampoo.
A slight glow emits everytime they turn this
thing on.
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Personally, I'm holding out for anti-helium. That'll make me sound like Barry White, right?
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