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.'"

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My very own Higgs boson particle.

[meddle99]

My very own little Higgs boson particle. I will hug him and squeeze him and name him George.

Always read the fine print.

[MiniMike]

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.

Nice one!

[mwvdlee]

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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[Quirkz]

That's okay, I'm sure zvyyvba01 will still be available.