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Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-could-have-been dept.

MarkWhittington writes "The probable discovery of the Higgs Boson particle is greeted as bittersweet news in Texas. Had the Superconducting Super Collider, at one time under construction in Waxahachie, Texas, not been cancelled by Congress in 1993 the Higgs Boson might have been confirmed a decade ago, some believe, and in America."

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  1. In other news: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mexico regrets the loss of Texas...

    1. Re:In other news: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Texas can no longer claim "everything is bigger in Texas" I guess, since the LHC is the largest collider in the world.

  2. Texas eh? by mwfischer · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it's Texas.... should have said "God Particle" in the proposal.

    Eleventy billion dollar grant.

    1. Re:Texas eh? by denzacar · · Score: 5, Funny

      should have said "God Particle" in the proposal.

      Eleventy billion dollar grant.

      Make that a God Particle Gun instead of "Superconducting Super Collider" and you're golden.

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    2. Re:Texas eh? by catmistake · · Score: 5, Funny

      If it's Texas.... should have said "God Particle" in the proposal.

      Eleventy billion dollar grant.

      Make that a God Particle Gun instead of "Superconducting Super Collider" and you're golden.

      If only a Texan would have caught them sneaking off with this stolen discovery, they could have legally murdered them.

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    3. Re:Texas eh? by byornski · · Score: 5, Funny

      Super-collider? I just met her!

    4. Re:Texas eh? by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

      Where the the group that led the charge to kill the Supercollider was led by a Democrat with the following vote totals:

      Voting to kill - 166 Democrats, 115 Republicans
      Voting to save - 98 Democrats, 61 Republicans

      Wow, bipartisanship!

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  3. If discovered in the US... by Nighttime · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... they would have patented it then sued everyone for having mass.

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    1. Re:If discovered in the US... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      All the more reason to discover it in America. People have a lot more mass here to sue for.

    2. Re:If discovered in the US... by Drishmung · · Score: 2, Funny

      ... they would have patented it then sued everyone for having mass.

      Well, there do seem to be more Higg's Bosons per person in the USA than other countries, but it appears that Mississippi has a greater claim than Texas

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