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Physics Nerds Rap About the LHC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rock-you-in-the-head dept.

Engadget has pointed out a small band of people even we can consider nerdy that decided to cut loose and demo CERN's fancy new toy, the Large Hadron Collider. The resulting music video is certainly enough to "rock you in the head," and maybe even enough to cause a rip in space-time. Between Alpinekat and Dr Spatzo, I think my iPod just got a new entry.

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  1. Re:Already on Slashdot? by jo42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yo, Kidz in da hood, "rap" is 3/4s of "crap".

  2. That rocks! by clang_jangle · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I love geek rock, and that one really does rock! That lead rapper is awesome, and the lyrics are simply fantastic. The vid itself is quite cool as well.

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    1. Re:That rocks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought the cameo by MC Steven Hawking was great...

    2. Re:That rocks! by ThePromenader · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Okay, the scientists dancing are tragically white, but the lyrics and graphics rock - even grade-schoolers would 'get it'. This should be teaching material.

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    3. Re:That rocks! by gringer · · Score: 2, Funny

      The lead rapper? You mean ALICE, right? The one that looks at collisions of lead ions.

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    4. Re:That rocks! by clang_jangle · · Score: 2, Informative

      I think the "tragically white" moves are meant to be parody, actually. But you're right, this is excellent teaching material, and I hope it will get used for that. The lyrics are just so superbly crafted, and Alpinekat really delivers them.

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    5. Re:That rocks! by Gromius · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yes the coolest and most impressive thing about it in my opinion is that it is 99% scientifically accurate and condenses the science into a pretty reasonable and semi complete explanation without losing too much. The only artistic liberty I spotted is that it claims we should spot the Higgs boson straight away which is wishful thinking :)

    6. Re:That rocks! by mattcasters · · Score: 4, Funny

      Eminem is dead, he's locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)

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    7. Re:That rocks! by should_be_linear · · Score: 4, Funny

      The only artistic liberty I spotted is that it claims we should spot the Higgs boson straight away which is wishful thinking

      They should yell to that machine: "Will the real Higgs boson please stand up?"

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    8. Re:That rocks! by Briareos · · Score: 2, Informative

      Btw, one the best and most influential rappers is white. *cough*Eminem*cough*

      Emin-who?

      Sage Franics, Aesop Rock, Alias, Dose One, Scroobius Pip, El-P and dozens of others also happen to be white, and you cite freaking Eminem?

      Oi.

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    9. Re:That rocks! by Gromius · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Some do, most dont. However it is the offical proganda :)

      Basically if its in the exact right place and we get very lucky we could see it early next year. We could also win the lottery (to be fair the chances of seeing the Higgs straight away isnt as bad as that but its not good).

      Signed,
      A particle physicist who hopes the Higgs doesnt exist as that would be a disappointment.

  3. Youtube links by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is not exactly new, but it's a fun little clip. Karma whoring or not, here's Youtube links in high quality and standard quality.

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    1. Re:Youtube links by daveime · · Score: 4, Funny

      In other news, the RIAA today sent a cease and desist notice to Slashdot for linking an mp3.

    2. Re:Youtube links by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 2, Funny

      And in future news, a large contingent of nerds world wide cried out in joy as the Large Hadron Collider was turned on today.

      Surprising to some people, they managed to create a miniature black hole. However, LHC lead scientists informed us that it only lasted for 16 seconds after being created inside RIAA headquaters, and completely dissapated after having absorbed it.

      We were unable to reach the RIAA for comments.

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    3. Re:Youtube links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Here's a better link where the audio isn't fucked by youtube's new audio equalization.

    4. Re:Youtube links by bit01 · · Score: 3, Informative

      The LHC and CERN have a music club e.g. The Les Horribles Cernettes, going back to 1992, sing "collider"

  4. Re:AAAh my ears! by Man+On+Pink+Corner · · Score: 3, Insightful

    YouTube is. Somebody put LSD in the water supply in their programming department, is all I can figure.

  5. An infinite waste of time by caywen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given that LHC will create a black hole that will cause a time loop, the amount of time wasted by these guys will loop over and over, meaning they have wasted an infinite amount of time with this video. That pisses me off.

  6. Re:WTF happened to the slashdot interface???? by clang_jangle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Page design is different at idle.slashdot.org than the other sections.

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  7. First Nerdcore, eh? by afabbro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I get the impression that the submitter has never heard any MC Hawking, Monzy, Beefy, Spam Tech Crew, never visited rhymetorrents, etc...the submitted tune is actually a pretty weak and amateurish example of Nerdcore.

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    1. Re:First Nerdcore, eh? by anomnomnomymous · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Amateurish?

      At least this song gives a nice explanation of the subject at hand.

      Most nerdcore just goes like "Oooh, let's include the word 'router', and base my song off it!", but doesn't educate in any way.
      Therefor I think this song is what nerdcore should be about...

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  8. Better quality link by Mascot · · Score: 3, Informative

    After YouTube started mangling the audio it made it pretty useless for this sort of thing. Try Vimeo instead http://www.vimeo.com/1431471?pg=embed&sec=1431471

  9. Public education by DSwitz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    could learn a lot from CERN. I think I just learned more in 5 minutes than I did in high school.

  10. Re:AAAh my ears! by hcetSJ · · Score: 2, Informative

    This version has better sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iryBLZCOQ (and something of an explanation of the poor sound in the original).

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  11. Sesame Street for graduate students by EWAdams · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If they can use music to teach little kids the alphabet, why not use it to teach science? This kind of thing might actually make a difference in high school.

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  12. Re:Already on Slashdot? by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Hey, baby. Wanna see my heavy particles?"

    "Hey, no, how you doin? Wanna see my large hadron collider?"

    "Hey, baby. Wanna go in the back and see...the injection apparatus?"

    "Hey, baby. Wanna see my microscopic object that only lasts a nanosecond before it goes away? Oh, wait. That came out wrong."

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  13. I need to stop playing WoW by The+Insane+One · · Score: 3, Funny

    An example of a through process...

    I read the title.

    "Why would nerds rap in the first place?"

    They already aren't cool so maybe it was contamination of the water supply.

    "And why would they be rapping about Light's Hope Chapel?"

    LOL WAT?

    And no, I will NOT turn in my geek badge.

  14. How did they get him?? by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'd think Stephen Hawking would be really busy, but somehow they got him to do the opening and closing voiceover. Glad to see he's got time for some fun too.

  15. Disturbing yet Liberating the Revelation Coming by FromTheAir · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As the video states we are in for a new understanding. Some may have already figured out what that means and it is disturbing because it clashes with the classical perception of our reality and our self. Liberating because of the new freedoms and capability that are unleashed. Read on http://godparticle.net/

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