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Quark-Gluon Plasma Observed At LHC
Canadian_Daemon writes "A phase of matter created moments after the Big Bang is thought to have been detected at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. 'Striking' evidence of a quark-gluon plasma has been observed by a team of researchers, including Canadians, at the facility near Geneva, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced Friday."
And so a first post is appropriate!
Well then, this makes the event all that more noteworthy, obviously.
That's the problem with generalisations. They are all stupid.
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I have seen this quark-gluon plasma one other time. My, it has been a while. I never thought I'd see a resonance cascade, let alone create one. But there, at that point, we did it. At Black Mesa. We...unleashed...Gordon, you're alive! Thank God for that hazard suit. I'm afraid to move him and all our phones are out. Please get to the surface as soon as you can and let someone know we're stranded down here. You'll need me to access the retinal scanners. I'm sure the rest of the science team will gladly he$EOF
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This one needs a few -1 offtopics and a few more +1 interestings.
I've always found it weird that women are allowed and sometimes even encouraged to hit men, but the other way around would result in a quickly-won lawsuit of assault and battery. It's unfair, it's against the whole idea of feminism (wasn't it all about equality, at one point?), and it just makes me want to smack a bitch. (For certain values of bitch, I.E.: female superiority feminists)
There, I said it. Hit me.
Genetically, on average, men are stronger than women. Therefore a man hitting a woman will likely, and on average, have more serious consequences than a woman hitting a man.
Also, as SF-fed geeks, we tend to live in an idealistic world where men and women just have a chromosomic and trivial biological differences. The reality is different with income/education differences, and social roles that still are very far from implementing equality.
The first thing a baby hears is "It is a girl !" or "It is a boy !". The first decision of its parents is to name it according to its gender and to begin raising it according to its social gender role. The situation is getting better, but think about how far we are from equality. As a man I often feel really insulted by some feminist extremists (I can't stand silliness, whatever the gender of the person spouting it) but I agree that there is a transitional period where women will need more protections and rights than men. Let's remember this is a transition period, that its reason is not in a superiority of women, and let's abandon them as soon as they are not necessary.
The Wise adapts himself to the world. The Fool adapts the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the Fool.
I personally approach it from the personal experience I have had with my sister-- She used to be a power lifter in highschool, and could squat 300lb. (no, she was NOT a fatchick.)
The major difference was that she was NOT raised to be a "Pretty in pink" type woman, but instead to be a practical one. We grew up in an agricultural community, and having some brawn was practical. You just cant throw hay-bails without it. I am her full brother, and she was ALWAYS stronger than me.
It is my contention that most of the "women are weaker" issues comes from the "use it or lose it" type atrophy that comes from being pampered females up on the pedestal. We need more female garbage men, factory workers, etc. Without the sociological indoctrination for "learned helplessness", and without being treated like they CANT do things, women quickly learn that they CAN, and that they are NOT helpless. Women that grow up in such conditions seem to be more approximate to the average male in strength than those that do not, some even surpass men in strength. (My sister scared people in highschool.)
In short, we need to kill Barbie(tm). Ironically, this is something REAL feminists have been hammering at for years.
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What an idiot?
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.