Comments on: That’s a rap

By: Michael L

Michael L — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:17:42 +0000

@Moonliner:

Nothing about cookies, but, hey, there’s this awesome rap about the LHC going around the toobs. I don’t think Phil has posted it yet…

Hey! Why am I getting all kinds of WOOHOO in my email? I just had some guy from the CIA send me evidence that the moon landings were faked!

By: Steven Sittig

Steven Sittig — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:04:27 +0000

Phil, I’ve been reading a book published in 1956 by a John R. Pierce of Bell Labs. Check this quote from p.81 of “Electrons and Waves”

“Cyclotrons with diameters a great as 17 feet have been made. Such a huge beast will accelerate particles to energies of almost half a billion volts.”

I think it’s fantastic to see the pace of technology in the sciences this past century. Pierce would freak if he knew of the LHC!

By: Moonliner

Moonliner — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:58:18 +0000

WHEREAS I have known the BA for many years, through email contact and having an opportunity to job shadow him at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and

WHEREAS I have been daily reading posts and followed the transition from the original Bad Astronomy site to Discovery, and

WHEREAS I have subscribed to both the RSS and BA’s Twitter, and

WHEREAS I, after discovering the LHC Rap yesterday did knowingly and willingly forward it to the BA,

LET IT BE KNOWN that I take full responsibility for this posting and the thread that follows.

My apologies to all.

Now, did someone say something about Mrs. Fields cookies?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:44:28 +0000

Did you see the PHD comics series on the LHC. I found it very interesting.

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1066
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1067
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1068

By: Sili

Sili — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:47:50 +0000

What?! You expect people to pay attention? How elitist! Sent you a link a while back to some very pretty atmospheric phenomena - and here it is again, since I just rediscovered it. Perhaps you'll like this feature from Roswell.

By: J_w23

J_w23 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:12:18 +0000

I lately had a delicious diner in some Sushi restaurant in uptown Denver… Only later to find out that the guy paying the bill was a Big Pharma Lawyer. Just a note I wanted to make, but not really important for the post.

By: andyo

andyo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:58:45 +0000

Those status update sites are hilarious. Thanks. By the way, you can catch Abe on Conan fairly regularly. He’s still around…