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CERN Gives Away Higgs Boson Particles To 10 Lucky Winners
redletterdave writes "In an unprecedented move sure to shake up the world of particle physics, CERN announced on Monday that it will give away its newly-discovered Higgs boson particles in a lottery. But given the rarity of Higgs boson particles – only one particle is created out of one million million collisions – CERN will only be able to reward 10 lucky winners. 'At CERN, we have always believed in sharing the results of our research, and the time has come to make that tangible,' said CERN director of research Sergio Bertolucci. 'This is our way of saying thanks for the incredible level of enthusiasm that has greeted this discovery.'"
I noticed the double zvyyvba in there as translation for "million million". It's got a nice pattern to it. I think it should be the new substitute for xyzzy. It's also what I'm going to pick from now on whenever I get to a site that already has the first 100 instances of my name plus number taken and I need some random username. The best part is it'll have a secret hidden meaning only obsessive ROT-13'ers will ever recognize.
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My very own little Higgs boson particle. I will hug him and squeeze him and name him George.
I was wondering if you could teach yourself to read rot13-encoded text fluently, to the point that you'd no longer be translating every word in your head, but instead reading and comprehending the ciphertext directly. Would it be like learning to read as a child? And when you've managed to read rot13 like that, would you have lost the ability to read normal text fluently?
Winner must be present at particle detector to receive prize. Winner must claim prize within 1.6×1022 s. Winner is responsible for all costs associated with removing prize from CERN property. CERN is not responsible for damages caused by spontaneous decay of prize. Winner is responsible for removing any decay products from CERN property at their own expense.
Please don't eat so much chocolate all at once. It can seriously damage your thought processes
That's actually a pretty funny April's fool.
Too bad Slashdot screwed it up by applying it's terribly unfunny Rot13 thing.
Kinda like an annoying cartman yelling "Hey! Look at me! Give me attention!".
Any other tech/nerd/geek-oriented site with comments to replace the downward spiral that is slashdot?
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To produce just one Higgs particle costs tens of thousands of millions of dollars!
Then to just causally give ten away at random is a scandalous waste of money!!
I think it is a SCAM!!!
These people also support Evolution, and hence claim the Earth is thousands of millions of years old!!!!
As Creationists Know, the Earth was created only 6 thousand years ago by the Flying Spaghetti Monster!!!!!
The first post wasn't funny. The rest have been horrid.
....but then I took an arrow to the knee =(
Vg'f gbb onq Fynfuqbg unf pbzr gur vagbyrenoyr cvrpr bs fuvg gung vg unf orpbzr, jvgu guvf hggreyl hashaal nggrzcg ng pyvpxonvgvat gur hfreonfr.
Funzrshy naq fnq gung Fynfuqbg vf zreryl n gheq pbzcnerq gb jung vg hfrq gb or.
Gvzr gb qryrgr gur byq obbxznex.
Not only do winners get their very own, individually serialized Higgs Boson, it comes complete with an elegant display case, molded to resemble a stale baguette
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
Gifts of this nature are just hard to receive as they are to produce. For any of the lucky winners who decide to receive their coveted boson, they need only be advised to pbzr cercnerq gb gel naq pngpu fzbxr jvgu gurve oner unaqf.
Ascalante: Your bride is over 3,000 years old.
Kull: She told me she was 19!
to defray expenses
All gains from Higgs bosons must be declared on schedule M.
You could end up owing billions in taxes. And don't even think about paying them in bitcoins.
How long between being awarded the prize and it decaying?
Look at your front page. Are you going to respect yourself in the morning?
The order operator thought I said "Bison".
Buffalo for sale, $3 grand; you pay shipping.
Table-ized A.I.
Unencrypted via http://www.rot13.com/
In an unprecedented move sure to shake up the world of particle physics, CERN announced on Monday that it will give away its newly-discovered Higgs boson particles in a lottery. But given the rarity of Higgs boson particles only one particle is created out of one million million collisions CERN will only be able to reward 10 lucky winners. 'At CERN, we have always believed in sharing the results of our research, and the time has come to make that tangible,' said CERN director of research Sergio Bertolucci. 'This is our way of saying thanks for the incredible level of enthusiasm that has greeted this discovery.
I down modded every ROT-13'd reply I could!
You're welcome.
Go on, citizen, stamp the vote card. R or D, your choice.
Vatican particle physicists have confirmed that the Higgs boson confers mass on the Catholic Church, from 09:00 to 12:00 daily except Monday..
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given the rarity of Higgs boson particles
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Given their probable non-existence, that's pretty rare.
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Here's the Pope holding a container with a Higgs boson inside it!
Well, at least that's what I presume he's doing - how else can he give mass?
But I figured you would need to see the un-encrypted version in order to gather enough attention span for a ./er that matters to recognize the actual problem.
I'm not sure whats up with your encrypted stories, but I could not find a simple answer in 3 seconds or less, so like the average user I'm going to go Google or Bing search the title of this article and read about it elsewhere.
Qrpbqr guvf, nffubyrf!
I got mine tomorrow!
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
how freaking annoying... may this day end soon!!
Gee, a +13 shift. That was tough to crack.
I want CERN working in my Bitcoin mine.
I guess after smashing them in the particle accelerator, they tend to get banged up a bit...
What's the warranty period?
Can I put it in a pop bottle like dry ice?
Can they even bottle the stuff? the life higgs bosoons particle is what ? 10 nanosec ?
If you fail to win you can still buy a higgs boson from me. Simply paypal $10 to john@chess.net and you will receive a Genuine Higgs Boson* in return.
*some assembly required.
I am curious .... How is the boson going to be storaged? Isnt it dangerous somehow?
Dammit, i've should pay attention to my phisics classes..lol
Mauro