There's a flow chart going around on Facebook to see if you 'get' the Higgs boson.

First question: "Are you looking at the boson right now?"

For the creationists out there:

ITS THE DEVIL! ITS THE DEVIL! ITS THE DEVIL! ITS THE DEVIL!

re: #1 SanFranciscoZionist

There's a flow chart going around on Facebook to see if you 'get' the Higgs boson.

First question: "Are you looking at the boson right now?"

Not likely, it's smaller than the wavelength our eyes can see.

Much better: Brian Cox: What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider

re: #3 b_sharp

Not likely, it's smaller than the wavelength our eyes can see.

Yes, saying 'yes' to that gets you "Don't lie to a flow chart."

re: #5 SanFranciscoZionist

Yes, saying 'yes' to that gets you "Don't lie to a flow chart."

Next question.

re: #1 SanFranciscoZionist

There's a flow chart going around on Facebook to see if you 'get' the Higgs boson.

First question: "Are you looking at the boson right now?"

Yes, I can just make it out and...
...
...
...
My God, it's full of stars!

/Sorry, I couldn't resist.

re: #6 b_sharp

Next question.

Here's the whole chart.

[Link: www.who2.com...]

He always gets invited to parties. After all, what's not to higgs-like?

Lots of lightning here right now. I guess its time to go outside and climb my aluminum ladder.

Collider, sub atomic particles blah blah blah. The really big question is what is Justin Bieber doing right now.

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re: #11 jhrhv

Collider, sub atomic particles blah blah blah. The really big question is what is Justin Bieber doing right now.

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Going out on a dinner date with his leading lady.

re: #10 b_sharp

Lots of lightning here right now. I guess its time to go outside and climb my aluminum ladder.

NO!...

Do you have a copper ladder handy?

I've got to try this.

re: #11 jhrhv

Collider, sub atomic particles blah blah blah. The really big question is what is Justin Bieber doing right now.

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Well he got pulled over for speeding in some sick chrome car today. Amazing that an 18 year old drives a car like that.

re: #15 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

Well he got pulled over for speeding in some sick chrome car today. Amazing that an 18 year old drives a car like that.

It's a typical stupid mistake made at his age, nothing to worry about.

I find it kind of sad that more people will know what Beiber is doing today than are probably aware that scientists believe they found a Giant Dark Matter Bridge Between Galaxy Clusters

Paraphrasing from a comment I saw at Raw Story, but Europe discovers the Higgs boson while half of America rejects evolution.

It's an oversimplification, granted, but still frustrating.

re: #17 jhrhv

I find it kind of sad that more people will know what Beiber is doing today than are probably aware that scientists believe they found a Giant Dark Matter Bridge Between Galaxy Clusters

Were the clusters globular? ;)

re: #19 Dark_Falcon

Were the clusters globular? ;)

Obviously shopped...

re: #18 Mattand

I spent a week in D.C. toward the end of last year. Pretty much every Smithsonian building was flowing with loads of people. The Air and Space and Natural History had loads of kids going through them.

Filled me with hope for our future that many of my work colleagues never do.

re: #4 Killgore Trout

Much better: Brian Cox: What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider

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Well. That was an absolutely tremendous use of fifteen minutes of my life. Thanks, KG!

What is a Higgs Boson?

In less than 4 minutes.

Well that was interesting. 20 seconds after my last post, a huge thunderboomer sounded, the cats sprinted for the basement and the power went out.

Spooky!

re: #24 b_sharp

Well that was interesting. 20 seconds after my last post, a huge thunderboomer sounded, the cats sprinted for the basement and the power went out.

Spooky!

Varek has great powers. Sleep with one eye open tonight. Aye.

One of the things Higgs Boson has left me thinking about this week is how little we really know about everything around us and even in us.

re: #25 Gus

Varek has great powers. Sleep with one eye open tonight. Aye.

Not that impressive considering he has 14 of them.

Bloody mutant.

Minor thunderstorm here now. Rain. Cool weather. Nice.

re: #27 Kragar

Not that impressive considering he has 14 of them.

Bloody mutant.

I do not have 14 eyes.

But I do have two heads.

re: #26 jhrhv

One of the things Higgs Boson has left me thinking about this week is how little we really know about everything around us and even in us.

Charles? Can we have a Lindsey Lohan thread?

I'm bored. And math's hard!

re: #30 austin_blue

Charles? Can we have a Lindsey Lohan thread?

I'm bored. And math's hard!

It's interesting how we're made up of what could be called electronic particles. The same particles that form a rock also can form blood, flesh and bone. A leaf and a piece of plastic. All traveling through a Higgs field made up of Higgs bosons.

re: #32 Gus

It's interesting how we're made up of what could be called electronic particles. The same particles that form a rock also can form blood, flesh and bone. A leaf and a piece of plastic. All traveling through a Higgs field made up of Higgs bosons.

It's all in how they're put together.

So a Higgs field would really mean that until we go a step before that, it means there really isn't a thing as nothingness, a vacuum void of even energy. What me seems like nothing is made up of another layer of energy.

Bang!

Might have to bail.

Just had a close strike.

re: #33 b_sharp

It's all in how they're put together.

Right. Like DNA even.

Hipsters in Brooklyn take a guess ~ [Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

re: #37 Gus

Hope you have a power bar or unplugged don't want to fry your machines.

re: #40 jhrhv

Hope you have a power bar or unplugged don't want to fry your machines.

Quieter now.

More random particles. One minute it's powering your wifi the next its blowing it apart.

re: #30 austin_blue

Charles? Can we have a Lindsey Lohan thread?

I'm bored. And math's hard!

Really, Austin, Really?

Well, I suppose:

A porn star with whom Lindsay Lohan shares the screen in her latest movie has denied he is sleeping with her.

That is, however, from a statement made in an interview prior to last night's festivities.

At the time of the chat with Animal New York, James Deen claimed he had not slept with LiLo and that he knew very little about her following a short business meeting in which she remained teetotal.

Yet last night, the pair ventured out together for Independence Day celebrations to Shore Bar in Santa Monica, California, and were seen leaving together in the same car.

Read more: [Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

Satisfied? :)

re: #16 Dark_Falcon

It's a typical stupid mistake made at his age, nothing to worry about.

IN THAT CAR? No 18 year old should be in that car. did you see the pic?

[Link: www.tmz.com...]

check out the chrome car.

I'm just watching yesterday's Tour de France. Ryder Hesjedal had a major accident. So many crashes this year. Don't think I've ever seen anything like this year with multiple crashes everyday. Ryder was 18 seconds back he lost something like 13 minutes today.

Guess he won't be following up the Giro with a win in France. Too bad would have been very exciting if he did.

re: #39 prairiefire

Hipsters in Brooklyn take a guess ~ [Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Better to say you don't know then look like a fool.

re: #44 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

Cool car. I think that is an all electric power hot rod. Not like my Prius.

re: #40 jhrhv

Hope you have a power bar or unplugged don't want to fry your machines.

My important systems are on UPSs with surge protection and line conditioner.

re: #47 jhrhv

Cool car. I think that is an all electric power hot rod. Not like my Prius.

SICK

re: #46 Gus

Or give the anagram: "I Hogs Bongs".

re: #44 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

IN THAT CAR? No 18 year old should be in that car. did you see the pic?

[Link: www.tmz.com...]

check out the chrome car.

I don't like it. But then again, I tend not to like any cars that don't have enough head room for me to sit in comfortably. And since I'm 6'4", the list of cars that don't have room for my head is not a tiny list.

re: #50 freetoken

Or give the anagram: "I Hogs Bongs".

Yeah man. Like the Higgs field is like resin in your pipe man.

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re: #17 jhrhv

I find it kind of sad that more people will know what Beiber is doing today than are probably aware that scientists believe they found a Giant Dark Matter Bridge Between Galaxy Clusters

Found another article with that overlay, but also with a second photo of the dual-galaxies. Scroll down.
Dark-Matter Thread Revealed

Excerpt:

The cosmic web's individual strands are difficult to detect not only because dark matter is invisible, but also because it's so diffuse. The filaments are roughly tube-like in shape, and most are oriented vertically from our perspective, so we look through their short dimension instead of along their length. But the strand connecting Abell 222 and Abell 223 happens to be pointing along our line of sight, so we look straight down the barrel. This orientation puts more material between us and the light sources beyond the clusters, which enhances the lensing effect and makes the dark matter detectable.

So it seems that most of the mass within our universe is along these "filaments", and that most galaxies (a minor part of the mass, which we can see) tend to be found along these filaments, but especially where they intersect, in a sort of web-like structure, as illustrated in this video:
The Cosmic Web, or: What does the universe look like at a VERY large scale?

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

I don't like it. But then again, I tend not to like any cars that don't have enough head room for me to sit in comfortably. And since I'm 6'4", the list of cars that don't have room for my head is not a tiny list.

Remove your head and set it in the seat beside you, or putting it up on the dash might be better.

re: #50 freetoken

Or give the anagram: "I Hogs Bongs".

/ That may explain all the weird stuff going on.

re: #43 Dark_Falcon

Really, Austin, Really?

Well, I suppose:

Satisfied? :)

Oh, yay! That's something I can understand!

She is just *such* a little trollop!

re: #54 b_sharp

Remove your head and set it in the seat beside you, or putting it up on the dash might be better.

Sorry, I don't come equipped with that feature.

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

I don't like it. But then again, I tend not to like any cars that don't have enough head room for me to sit in comfortably. And since I'm 6'4", the list of cars that don't have room for my head is not a tiny list.

For that car I might be willing to give a bit of head.

re: #54 b_sharp

Remove your head and set it in the seat beside you, or putting it up on the dash might be better.

Or maybe like a head cartridge you can switch in between cyborg body types depending on the need.

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re: #48 b_sharp

I used to have a really good power protection system for my systems. A good friend electrician hooked me up. I spilled a cup of coffee on the power strip and nothing happened to anything. I didn't even know it had happened until one day when I was cleaning up and found a huge coffee stain on the floor and power strip.

Now I'm mostly on laptops so I don't even think about it anymore.

Robocop for the day.

Yes. I'd like a double latte with extra cream and a tinge of lemon please.

re: #59 Gus

Or maybe like a head cartridge you can switch in between cyborg body types depending on the need.

//

You are Borg!

re: #58 ozbloke

For that car I might be willing to give a bit of head.

Well, he's eighteen, so I guess that would be legal...

re: #44 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

A coffin with wheels!

re: #60 jhrhv

I used to have a really good power protection system for my systems. A good friend electrician hooked me up. I spilled a cup of coffee on the power strip and nothing happened to anything. I didn't even know it had happened until one day when I was cleaning up and found a huge coffee stain on the floor and power strip.

Now I'm mostly on laptops so I don't even think about it anymore.

I have a couple of servers connected to UPSes.

re: #63 austin_blue

Well, he's eighteen, so I guess that would be legal...

Bieber? On second thoughts, errr no.

re: #63 austin_blue

Well, he's eighteen, so I guess that would be legal...

Plus mine comes with an emergency 12 hour oxygen supply.

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re: #53 abolitionist

It really is awesome to me. A book I have says more than 70% the universe is made up of dark matter. We know so little about it. It is analogous to living on earth and not knowing there are oceans on it.

re: #68 jhrhv

It really is awesome to me. A book I have says more than 70% the universe is made up of dark matter. We know so little about it. It is analogous to living on earth and not knowing there are oceans on it.

We are so tiny.

re: #64 prairiefire

A coffin with wheels!

Seriously, with a rich kid driving.

re: #65 b_sharp

I haven't had a server at home since college days. Once in awhile I'll get a retired power desktop from work and turn it into a Linux server for goofing around with and just to see what's up with newer releases.

What sort of stuff do you have running at home?

Chris Rock’s ‘Independence Day’ tweet controversy reveals American racial divide
by James Braxton Peterson

...But Rock’s point (or Douglass’ for that matter) is not to harp on the negative realities for black folk in America — past or present. The point is to honor the struggle and the transcendence of those who are oppressed — those who are denied access to the ‘American Dream’ even though their ancestors literally built this country. What no one on Twitter who hated this tweet even mentioned is that the real joke — the punch line — is that slaves endured a particularly violent form of “fireworks” — they were raped, branded, and whipped regularly and whipped, beaten, and sometimes burned when they aspired to be free....

re: #69 b_sharp

We are so tiny.

Speak for yourself.

You think they could have spilled the change over this direction:

Buffett gives away $1.5B

Warren Buffett, the billionaire who pledged to donate most of his wealth to charity, contributed stock valued at $1.52 billion in his annual gift to the foundation created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, donated about 18.4 million of his company’s Class B shares to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to a filing issued yesterday. The shares closed at $82.54.

Buffett, a trustee of the foundation, is the No. 3 richest man in the world, with a net worth of about $46 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the wealthiest people.

re: #70 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

Seriously, with a rich kid driving.

How many stories have you heard about the rich young kid with a car? DOA

re: #75 prairiefire

How many stories have you heard about the rich young kid with a car? DOA

Not a fun subject, though.

re: #74 freetoken

You think they could have spilled the change over this direction:

Buffett gives away $1.5B

Traitor to his class. The Koch's have got a hit out for him right now.

"Can't someone rid me of this troublesome plutocrat?"

re: #75 prairiefire

Lets hope not. My 6 year old niece would be heart broken. She calls Beiber her boyfriend.

re: #71 jhrhv

I haven't had a server at home since college days. Once in awhile I'll get a retired power desktop from work and turn it into a Linux server for goofing around with and just to see what's up with newer releases.

What sort of stuff do you have running at home?

Two LAMP systems with pop/imap/smtp, Samba file access, Web, firewall, anti-virus and content filter.

I have another server I'm working on with KVM VMs running similar configurations.

Noticed on my other machine that this Windows 7 addon I was using gets this huge dllhose.exe memory hole in it. Which brought along explorer.exe for the ride. Both were about evenly split and the total memory draw was at 14 GB. The CPU basically sat at 100 percent. Didn't crash though and the Scott kept chugging away. Uninstalled.

re: #73 austin_blue

Speak for yourself.

Pepper and tweezers.

Getting late here. They just finished the sprint and Sagan wins again. Time for me to turn in. Night Lizards.

Interesting take on the oh my! tweet of Chris Rock on the 4th - the Grio,

[Link: thegrio.com...]

re: #81 b_sharp

Pepper and tweezers.

Hammers and Tongs.

re: #84 prairiefire

Hammers and Tongs.

I'm just trying to grab it, not punish it.

re: #79 b_sharp

You sound like a nerd after my own heart. I've done similar stuff myself. I used to have an ssh vnc tunnel to get around the firewall at work. I've found another less noticeable way to bypass their security now. ;)

Well, I understand more than I did before.

Now I'm going back to cute pictures of kitties.

Didn't Hawking lose a bet about the Higgs boson?

What is the Higgs boson?

re: #86 jhrhv

You sound like a nerd after my own heart. I've done similar stuff myself. I used to have an ssh vnc tunnel to get around the firewall at work. I've found another less noticeable way to bypass their security now. ;)

I use PuTTY all the time, and I used to use it and tightVNC to connect to my customer's systems before Teamviewer came along.

One school where I had a web filter going, I had an ongoing game with one of the students who would find a way to bypass the filter, I'd catch him and plug the hole.

It was fun.

I see Barbara Walters is doing a little bit on "Heaven" on the ABC 20/20 show. E.g., here is one part:

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

Her summary statements at the beginning of her segments are full of erroneous generalities. She really is seeing the world from her Western generally religious cultural upbringing.

Here's her "Science" segment:

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

I think there are 7 segments in all.

Looks like they needed a snow shoe clip.

re: #91 freetoken

I see Barbara Walters is doing a little bit on "Heaven" on the ABC 20/20 show. E.g., here is one part:

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

Her summary statements at the beginning of her segments are full of erroneous generalities. She really is seeing the world from her Western generally religious cultural upbringing.

Here's her "Science" segment:

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

I think there are 7 segments in all.

Too late I see the word "faith" in those links!

Trying to find more on wikipedia. This is the sentence where I think my ability to understand stopped:

The Higgs mechanism is a process by which vector bosons can get rest mass without explicitly breaking gauge invariance

re: #93 Gus

Too late I see the word "faith" in those links!

Hey, even Deists have Faith. In science, in the fallibility of man, in the pandering of politicians...

re: #94 Mostly sane, most of the time.

Physics entries on Wikipedia can be immeasurably dense.

re: #91 freetoken

I see Barbara Walters is doing a little bit on "Heaven" on the ABC 20/20 show. E.g., here is one part:

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

Her summary statements at the beginning of her segments are full of erroneous generalities. She really is seeing the world from her Western generally religious cultural upbringing.

Here's her "Science" segment:

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

I think there are 7 segments in all.

It's also the way an American audience, even a fairly liberal one, will want to see the story. The kind of 'neutralism' seen in Europe on reporting matters of faith isn't really welcome here. Americans want to hear their faith validated publicly, not publicly brought into question.

re: #95 austin_blue

Hey, even Deists have Faith. In science, in the fallibility of man, in the pandering of politicians...

Well. Freetoken seemed to have added a lot of spoilers. Plus it's Barbara Walters. I'll wait for the Joy Behar video to come out first.

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re: #96 freetoken

Physics entries on Wikipedia can be immeasurably dense.

I'm going to see if I can find a page somewhere like "Particle physics for Dummies." (Actually, if you want a good intro page for any science anything, enter in the subject + kids.)

i'm just now having some strong belgian ale to help me recover from xml hell

the united states is sure to be brought to its knees someday because of an ill formed element

See that's the thing too. When I watch or listen to these things I'm not thinking about God or no-God.

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

Going out on a dinner date with his leading lady.

He got really skinny all of a sudden. Are we sure he's not on drugs?

Like this:

[Link: www.seymoursimon.com...]

so the higgs bosons are like all the suvs on the 880?

re: #100 engineer cat

Welcome back to the land of the living, not binary bites.

re: #104 engineer cat

so the higgs bosons are like all the suvs on the 880?

If an suv decays, you just get crud in a junkyard.

re: #102 sagehen

He got really skinny all of a sudden. Are we sure he's not on drugs?

He used to be shorter than Gomez.

re: #105 prairiefire

Welcome back to the land of the living, not binary bites.

Half a byte is a nibble.

re: #102 sagehen

He got really skinny all of a sudden. Are we sure he's not on drugs?

He may just be growing. Also, I think there's a lot more pressure on boys in the entertainment field to stay skinny than there used to be.

Ugh. Thunderf00t vs. PZ Myers. Yawn. Turns page.

re: #109 SanFranciscoZionist

He may just be growing. Also, I think there's a lot more pressure on boys in the entertainment field to stay skinny than there used to be.

But you can see his face is lengthening as well, and he's developing a jawline. Turning into a grown man...be interesting to see if his career can survive that.

He's gonna be sort of cute as a grown-up, I think.

so my little software product has a unique brand name, naturally, and i'm on the google every day checking up if there is any chatter on it cuz it's like my brand, man, except the last 24 hours results are garbaged up every day since some hyperactive japanese blogger has taken my brand name as his nym

Later.

re: #113 b_sharp

Later.

Get out! //

re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist

But you can see his face is lengthening as well, and he's developing a jawline. Turning into a grown man...be interesting to see if his career can survive that.

He's gonna be sort of cute as a grown-up, I think.

He won't quite as baby faced once he's grown, I think.

I can't sleep..I am so excited about moving..
I figure..Hoopster you better post alot now cause soon you'll be doing all the stuff in a move that drives you crazy..
First..I'm taking Winston to Aunt Peggy's house for awhile..I'll be here and there and the stress will be too much for him..
I'll warn the Lizards when I go dark for awhile as we move into the effen middle of nowhere.. I'm so excited I have a big list
A big freaking truck.. A John Deer hat..High speed Internet and great cable..

To understand what exactly the "Higgs Boson" is supposed to be, one needs first to understand what is a "boson".

A boson is defined as a particle which follows Bose-Einstein statistics. Most particles don't. One difference between the bosons and other particles is that B-E statistics allows two identical particles to overlap (e.g., the photon is one such particle, so two photons can move through the same point in space at the same time.) However, Non B-E statistics particles follow, for example, the exclusion principle.

Bosons turn out to be important for, among any other reason, they get involved in how the other particles interact. For example, when in a nucleus an neutron undergoes beta decay, and turns into a proton, a "W" boson is involved in changing one of the quarks that made up neutron.

From my (limited) understanding, it was Prof. Higgs with a few others who proposed the mechanism (a "field") that described how three different bosons operated (such as the above "W", along with another one that was latter named for Prof. Higgs), and this mechanism became important in broadening the understanding of how little bits interact (i.e., quantum mechanics), and acquired the fancy title "Electro-weak theory".

E-W theory explains why particles do what they do, when they decay into other particles.

In my primitive monkey brain, I ascribe the "Higgs boson" as that particle that transfers the "stuff" of matter - note how indescribable this really is, ontologically. That is because the word physicists love to throw around - "field" - is itself rather nebulous, sort of transferring an intuitive meaning to the listener but trying to pin down a definition of "field" sends the student on a tautological loop.

re: #109 SanFranciscoZionist

He may just be growing. Also, I think there's a lot more pressure on boys in the entertainment field to stay skinny than there used to be.

He seems to have gotten a late start on his growth spurt. Unusual to have it wait till age 17-18, but not unheard of.

re: #116 Digital Display

I can't sleep..I am so excited about moving..
I figure..Hoopster you better post alot now cause soon you'll be doing all the stuff in a move that drives you crazy..
First..I'm taking Winston to Aunt Peggy's house for awhile..I'll be here and there and the stress will be too much for him..
I'll warn the Lizards when I go dark for awhile as we move into the effen middle of nowhere.. I'm so excited I have a big list
A big freaking truck.. A John Deer hat..High speed Internet and great cable..

Yeah but do you own a copy of Top Gun? Hmm?

//

re: #116 Digital Display

I'll warn the Lizards when I go dark for awhile as we move into the effen middle of nowhere.

How far from Norman are we talking here?

re: #119 Gus

Yeah but do you own a copy of Top Gun? Hmm?

//

Hi Gus! Probably do.. I have a 3TB Raid that has 1800 movies on it..
How goes it?

re: #116 Digital Display

destination not for the masses. Understand, but I'm dying to know!!!

re: #120 bratwurst

How far from Norman are we talking here?

Far Away..In the middle of nowhere.. I'm taking the cash and selling the property in California..

re: #122 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

destination not for the masses. Understand, but I'm dying to know!!!

I promise you when Winston and I settle in.. I will post where I am..( In the middle of effen nowhere) :)

re: #121 Digital Display

Hi Gus! Probably do.. I have a 3TB Raid that has 1800 movies on it..
How goes it?

Same old more or less. Sorry, was day dreaming here. It rained and it's well below 70! Got all stuffed on a pepperoni and mushroom pizza with some Red Stripe before. In night mode.

re: #117 freetoken

To understand what exactly the "Higgs Boson" is supposed to be, one needs first to understand what is a "boson".

A boson is defined as a particle which follows Bose-Einstein statistics. Most particles don't. One difference between the bosons and other particles is that B-E statistics allows two identical particles to overlap (e.g., the photon is one such particle, so two photons can move through the same point in space at the same time.) However, Non B-E statistics particles follow, for example, the exclusion principle.

Bosons turn out to be important for, among any other reason, they get involved in how the other particles interact. For example, when in a nucleus an neutron undergoes beta decay, and turns into a proton, a "W" boson is involved in changing one of the quarks that made up neutron.

From my (limited) understanding, it was Prof. Higgs with a few others who proposed the mechanism (a "field") that described how three different bosons operated (such as the above "W", along with another one that was latter named for Prof. Higgs), and this mechanism became important in broadening the understanding of how little bits interact (i.e., quantum mechanics), and acquired the fancy title "Electro-weak theory".

E-W theory explains why particles do what they do, when they decay into other particles.

In my primitive monkey brain, I ascribe the "Higgs boson" as that particle that transfers the "stuff" of matter - note how indescribable this really is, ontologically. That is because the word physicists love to throw around - "field" - is itself rather nebulous, sort of transferring an intuitive meaning to the listener but trying to pin down a definition of "field" sends the student on a tautological loop.

I read it another way, and I may be completely wrong (I'm a Geologist, not a Doctor, Jim!!), but it seems to me that the Higgs is that which gives energy mass by binding with it. The Higgs doesn't have charge per se, but is *attracted* to charged particles so that it supplies a sufficient amount of mass to each charge so that it can achieve motion (as an electron) or stability within gravity's influence.

Or I'm just a nut job on a Friday night drinking a nice Old Vine Zin and bloviating.

re: #116 Digital Display

I figured you'd be on boat....
WOOT for you!

re: #112 engineer cat

Not good! Congrats, though.

Good night, all.

re: #127 Dancing along the light of day

I figured you'd be on boat...
WOOT for you!

Thank you..You are the best here Floral...My Cell and email will change soon..I'll keep you posted.
Thanks for the advice on the tax issue in Cali...Damn..

Tammy Wynette & George Jones - Just Someone I Used To Know

re: #131 Gus

Tammy Wynette & George Jones - Just Someone I Used To Know

[Embedded content]

Without looking--they didn't remix it with a dubstep, did they?

re: #132 Mostly sane, most of the time.

Without looking--they didn't remix it with a dubstep, did they?

I wouldn't know actually. I like the sound though. :)

The Eagles - Hotel California

Wheels up at 0500!

re: #126 austin_blue

... but it seems to me that the Higgs is that which gives energy mass by binding with it. The Higgs doesn't have charge per se, but is *attracted* to charged particles so that it supplies a sufficient amount of mass to each charge so that it can achieve motion (as an electron) or stability within gravity's influence.

The first problem is then you have to define what is "energy" and what is "mass". The way you have described it, the issue isn't so much with the "mass" part but with what exactly are you calling "energy".

Secondly, the boson isn't so much attracted to "charged particles" - rather, particles interact with the Higgs "field".

This is where the physicists' slight of hand comes in.

Remember, whether something is called a "particle" or a "wave" is simply a function of which concept is the most useful at the time, to solve a problem. Each concept is equally valid for describing reality.

As such, when one wants to describe why any given elementary particle gets a certain mass (e.g., when they are the products of the interaction of other particles) one says they interact with the Higgs field. When one speaks of the Higgs boson one is speaking of something with a particle nature. This particle is the most elementary (i.e., least reducible) way the "field" can manifest itself (sometimes the term "excitation" is used).

re: #130 Digital Display

Yes, well, don't get me started on the tax bill I got from you know where, today. SO GLAD FOR YOU! (((HH)))

re: #136 Dancing along the light of day

Yes, well, don't get me started on the tax bill I got from you know where, today. SO GLAD FOR YOU! (((HH)))

Yeah but you're going to get a bullet train! :)

re: #137 Gus

Nothing nice to say about that.
I do hope it will get used enough to pay for itself, but I am not holding my breath.

re: #138 Dancing along the light of day

Nothing nice to say about that.
I do hope it will get used enough to pay for itself, but I am not holding my breath.

But. No TSA. Get on board and go from LA to San Jose in less than 4 hours maybe? Of course that would change if they turned it into another Gestapo checkpoint.

Continuing our late night physics lesson, I think one point not stressed nearly as often as need be is what physicists are attempting to accomplish in this rather muddled world of modern physics.

And, it goes back to Newton. When Newton described gravity he pushed forward understanding of the physical world, yet his theory had one bit of "magic" to it - his gravity acted instantaneously across any distance. And there was no good way to explain this - there was no obvious mechanism.

When general relativity came along it did offer new and improved ways of calculating gravitational attraction (corrections to Newtonian gravity which frankly only become obviously needed when dealing with extreme masses) but more so proposed a mechanism of how two masses interacted by described space-time being bent.

When it comes to stuff - atoms and elementary particles - the theory which describes their physical properties and how they interact, a theory now titled under the umbrella "Standard Model" (SM), likewise mechanisms are sought to explain the interactions. Physical mechanisms (not magic/miracles.)

And that is why a in the early 1960's physicists (like Prof. Higgs) worked to come up with a mechanism that could explain why particles decay, and how exactly they did this. What came to be called the Higgs Field is part of that mechanism.

Thus the latest announcement from CERN underscores that this proposed mechanism for understanding how elementary particles turn into one another is indeed accurate, to the best of our observations. And the latest experiments at CERN are those latest observations.

And this is why some physicist have tried to point out that the announcements, while being important, are a bit of let down, because it is quite clear now that the SM fails (at least by any obvious derivation) to describe some phenomena about which we now know, such as "dark" matter, or the accelerated expansion of the universe, to name the two most widely cited examples.

re: #131 Gus

Tammy Wynette & George Jones - Just Someone I Used To Know

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love it

Always remember this. Just because your science might be right doesn't mean we'll agree with you on every single thing.

re: #135 freetoken

The first problem is then you have to define what is "energy" and what is "mass". The way you have described it, the issue isn't so much with the "mass" part but with what exactly are you calling "energy".

Secondly, the boson isn't so much attracted to "charged particles" - rather, particles interact with the Higgs "field".

This is where the physicists' slight of hand comes in.

Remember, whether something is called a "particle" or a "wave" is simply a function of which concept is the most useful at the time, to solve a problem. Each concept is equally valid for describing reality.

As such, when one wants to describe why any given elementary particle gets a certain mass (e.g., when they are the products of the interaction of other particles) one says they interact with the Higgs field. When one speaks of the Higgs boson one is speaking of something with a particle nature. This particle is the most elementary (i.e., least reducible) way the "field" can manifest itself (sometimes the term "excitation" is used).

Ah, that actually makes sense. Just like a photon is wave and mass at the same time. Duality. Do you suppose that the Higgs field *is* gravity, in that the field gives mass to other elementary particles? And if so, how does the field decide how to allocate mass?

Oh, wait, God particle.

Bosoms Not Bosons

this has been a message from your local chapter of the friends of blaspheming fornicators

re: #143 austin_blue

Ah, that actually makes sense. Just like a photon is wave and mass at the same time. Duality. Do you suppose that the Higgs field *is* gravity, in that the field gives mass to other elementary particles? And if so, how does the field decide how to allocate mass?

I think you meant "particle" and not "mass" - photons are massless.

No, the Higgs field is not "gravity" as it does not describe the acceleration ("attraction") of one mass acting upon another. Rather, the "field" describes how mass gets from one particle to another when particles change. Perhaps it might be better to think of the "field" as being God's "drawer" - as in the one who draws the checks - making sure each other particle gets their paycheck (i.e., "mass".)

God's drawers!

re: #146 Expand Your Ground

Mormon male underpants

waving or particulating - clearly our understanding is at a primitive stage

when i read of the proliferation of quarks and other particles in a Brief History of Time, like a play with too many cast members, and learn of how string theory has morphed into a theory of 'branes that doesn't quite do the trick, i think of the old prgming maxim:

if your algorithm has become really elaborate, and there are still holes, it's time to have a beer and rethink your whole approach, bra

re: #145 freetoken

A photon behaves as a particle and a wave and I don't know what the fuck it actually is. It would be very nice if the Higgs boson could add more information on how gravity is related to the electromagnetic and the strong and weak nuclear force. If we could understand and manipulate gravity we are half way to everywhere.

re: #147 Dancing along the light of day

Mormon male underpants

Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it's usually something unusual.

re: #148 engineer cat

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

Road trip. Have a nice rest of weekend.

Morning, all

Nellie Melba, from 1926:

re: #154 freetoken

Nellie Melba, from 1926:

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Thank's freetoken.

re: #154 freetoken

Timeless,

Great catch

No matter how many times we watch it, no matter how many times I try to explain it to her, the one thing my wife always says after watching any part of Lord of the Rings is "Frodo is a pussy."

I was interested up until the point I realized it wasn't Higg's Bosom.

Not reading too much into it, but it looks llike roll your own cigarettes has gone up in smoke.
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A lot of guys I work with do this, or buy their cigarettes at the reservation. That's too bad, a pack of smokes in NY is ten bucks. I will take a few down dings, but in the name of health care reform, and our populations well being, we should just ban tobacco.
*ducks*

re: #161 Tommy's cone of shame

Won't ding you, but don't agree at all re: banning tobacco (and this coming from a decades long former 2 1/2+ pack a day smoker)

re: #162 sattv4u2

Ditto 10 years, 1-2 packs a day, and a dipper too (that's how I quit, switched to skoal)
I still crave cigarettes, more than beer, go figure.

re: #163 Tommy's cone of shame

Ditto 10 years, 1-2 packs a day, and a dipper too (that's how I quit, switched to skoal)
I still crave cigarettes, more than beer, go figure.

Quit cold turkey and from that moment never once had a craving for one, even while driving cross country in a van with three other smokers.

Any Phish fans?!
[Link: www.timesunion.com...]
If you thought is was a commercial for Ben & Jerry's, sorry.

re: #161 Tommy's cone of shame

btw ,,, I had posted about this yesterday

It's part of the new transportation bill

Because when I think of roads and bridges, I automatically include self service tobacco rolling stores!!!

re: #139 Gus

But. No TSA. Get on board and go from LA to San Jose in less than 4 hours maybe? Of course that would change if they turned it into another Gestapo checkpoint.

The TSA has responsibility for the railways as well. They do have inspection teams in place at major rail stations (not many of those anymore, but Chicago has such a station in its Union Station). The TSA would like focus hard on any high speed rail line, as it would be a tempting terrorist target. Railroads remain vulnerable to low-tech sabotage.

re: #166 sattv4u2

and Fireworks!!!

I wonder what 3,000 gallons of spilled whey smells like
[Link: www.timesunion.com...]
Sorry no pic's :(

re: #169 Tommy's cone of shame

I wonder what 3,000 gallons of spilled whey smells like
[Link: www.timesunion.com...]
Sorry no pic's :(

It smells like death warmed over. Time to get out the flamethrowers before it spoils.

/semi-kidding

re: #167 Dark_Falcon

I drove from Palm Desert to Tucson a few days ago. No less than 4 checkpoints, one where a canine checked my truck over. Geez what if I had a dog with me? I'm sure the canine would react somehow and I'd have had a search by border patrol on an interstate drive.

re: #171 Daniel Ballard

I drove from Palm Desert to Tucson a few days ago. No less than 4 checkpoints, one where a canine checked my truck over. Geez what if I had a dog with me? I'm sure the canine would react somehow and I'd have had a search by border patrol on an interstate drive.

I don't have a reply, save to say it might have even worse if you had a cat with you.

re: #171 Daniel Ballard

I drove from Palm Desert to Tucson a few days ago. No less than 4 checkpoints, one where a canine checked my truck over. Geez what if I had a dog with me? I'm sure the canine would react somehow and I'd have had a search by border patrol on an interstate drive.

let the doggies go off in the woods for a little 'alone" time???

re: #173 sattv4u2

let the doggies go off in the woods for a little 'alone" time???

Sometimes dogs don't like each other, you know.

Out for the morning. BBL

Good morning lizards!

Oakland anarchists celebrate Independence Day by burning the American flag.

re: #177 NJDhockeyfan

Oakland anarchists celebrate Independence Day by burning the American flag.

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Heh. They sure know how to win the hearts and minds of their fellow citizens.

Another arrest in London: London police make 7th arrest in counter-terror operation

British authorities arrested a 22-year-old woman Saturday on suspicion of terror offenses amid heightened security before the London Olympics.

She is the seventh person detained in connection with an investigation by the London Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command.
...
The woman detained Saturday morning in Hackney is undergoing questioning in south east London, police said. She was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

re: #179 Killgore Trout

Another arrest in London: London police make 7th arrest in counter-terror operation

Great work by the police there preventing a possible terrifying man-caused disaster.

Syria fighting widespread, spills into Lebanon

Syria's conflict spilled further into Lebanon on Saturday when mortar fire from government forces crashed into villages in the north, killing two women and a man after rebels crossed the border for refuge, residents said.

In contrast with Turkey, which openly harbors rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon was not expected to respond militarily and has played down the effect of regular clashes along the frontier.

But rebels have used north Lebanon as a base and Assad's forces have at times bombed villages and even crossed the border in pursuit of militants, threatening to inflame tensions in Lebanon given a long history of Syrian domination there.

Residents of Lebanon's Wadi Khaled region said several mortar bombs hit farm buildings five to 20 km (3 to 12 miles) from the border at around 2 a.m. At midday villagers reported more explosions and said they heard gunfire close to the border.

In the village of al-Mahatta, a house was destroyed, killing a 16-year-old girl and wounding a two-year old and a four-year old, family members told Reuters. A 25-year-old woman and a man were killed in nearby villages, residents said.

The Lebanese army issued a brief statement about the incident. There was no immediate response from the prime minister or the foreign ministry, both of whom have expressed fears that Lebanon could be dragged into the conflict.

This could get ugly.

re: #180 NJDhockeyfan

Great work by the police there preventing a possible terrifying man-caused disaster.

I checked the British Muslim groups like MPACUK and MCB and they seem mostly silent about this. I guess there's no good way to respond but I wish they'd think of something.

re: #182 Killgore Trout

I checked the British Muslim groups like MPACUK and MCB and they seem mostly silent about this. I guess there's no good way to respond but I wish they'd think of something.

A good way to respond would be to demand a stop to terrorism. That should have been done immediately.

re: #179 Killgore Trout

Damn London police,,, nothing better to do than to harass some Yutes!
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re: #177 NJDhockeyfan

Their theme song is ,,, catchy!!
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re: #183 NJDhockeyfan

A good way to respond would be to demand a stop to terrorism. That should have been done immediately.

They could also assist with getting people in the community to come forward with information about the suspects. It would go a long way with helping their public image but I guess that's too much to ask. CAIR wouldn't do that either.

Just us "wingnuts" here this morning?

re: #187 Killgore Trout

Just us "wingnuts" here this morning?

I know

We only usually meet in the Bottom Ten!!!

This one just logged in. No way to judge 'wingnut' status.

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Iranians’ 30-bomb plot on Kenya

Two Iranian terror suspects in the hands of police have reportedly confessed they planned to detonate a series of 30 killer bombs across Kenya at once.

The shocking confession police report to have secured from the two, not only paints how serious the magnitude of terror planned against Kenya could be, but also shows the plot has attained an international dimension.

Like in the case of the 1998 Nairobi terror bomb targeting American Embassy, and that of 2002 against Israeli-owned Kikambala Hotel in Mombasa, police reveal the latest series of attacks were aimed at local US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and British interests.

...It were the two Iranian terror suspects arrested in Nairobi that police say led Kenyan security officials to a 15kg stash of explosives, which were to be used in simultaneous 30-bomb attacks. Each kilo was to produce two bombs.

15kg? They planned to cause some serious damage.

I guess I'm more of a thighnut. I like dark meat.

I'm talkin' poultry, don't get excited.

re: #191 wrenchwench

I guess I'm more of a thighnut. I like dark meat.

I'm talkin' poultry, don't get excited.

too late

now I need a smoke and a nap!

re: #190 NJDhockeyfan

Iranians’ 30-bomb plot on Kenya

15kg? They planned to cause some serious damage.

The Iranians sure suck at terrorism. Lots of failed plots, not much success.

re: #193 Killgore Trout

The Iranians sure suck at terrorism. Lots of failed plots, not much success.

yeah, but it only takes one small success to sure ruin a good pizza party!

re: #193 Killgore Trout

The Iranians sure suck at terrorism. Lots of failed plots, not much success.

The explosives the got caught with is RDX.

RDX is some powerful shit.

RDX, an initialism for Research Department Explosive, is an explosive nitroamine widely used in military and industrial applications. It was developed as an explosive which was more powerful than TNT, and it saw wide use in WWII. RDX is also known as cyclonite, hexogen (particularly in German and German-influenced languages), and T4. Its chemical name is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine; name variants include cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine and cyclotrimethylene trinitramine.

In its pure, synthesized state RDX is a white, crystalline solid. It is often used in mixtures with other explosives and plasticizers, phlegmatizers or desensitizers. RDX is stable in storage and is considered one of the most powerful and brisant of the military high explosives.[1]

All Christians should publicly renounce Brian Fischer.

re: #196 Kronocide

All Christians should publicly renounce Brian Fischer.

Brian Fischer, I denounce you

(that, however, even if multiplied by millions, will do nothing to stop his idiocy,,, same as that other dolt whose name escapes me whose 'followers', all 7 of them, show up at soldiers funerals to protest)

bbiab

All Iranians should publicly renounce Iran.

Will they never learn? Thrill-seekers gored at Running Of The Bulls festival

One thrill-seeker was gored in a leg and four others injured as this year's Pamplona bull running festival kicked off today.

Thousands of adrenaline-fueled runners raced ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of the northern Spanish city as part of the San Fermin festival, officials said.

Runners, in traditional white clothing and red kerchiefs around their necks, tripped over each other or fell in the mad daredevil annual rush along early morning dew-moistened slippery streets to the city's bull ring.

One youth got the top of his shirt caught on a bull's horn, inches from his face, and was dragged several yards along the ground, but was seen to get up and run away.

The gored runner, meanwhile, was taken to a local hospital and four others were treated for cuts and bruises, Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba said.

Serena wins Wimbledon! Great match!

All wingnuts should renounce Ted Nugent.

And Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, Joe Walsh, Louis Gomert, etc x mega zillion.

Where are those renouncements? Still waiting.....

re: #201 Residence: Hopeandchangeistan 2012

Serena wins Wimbledon! Great match!

Cool. And we have a Scot in the mens finals tomorrow! (End times?)

No more will people be able to say things like "You'd have more chance of finding a Scot at Wimbledon than you would of 'X'"

re: #202 Kronocide

All wingnuts should renounce Ted Nugent.

And Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, Joe Walsh, Louis Gomert, etc x mega zillion.

All wingnuts should renounce all other wingnuts.

When you renounce, clutch your Constitution Pearls to make it extra Founding Fathery.

re: #200 NJDhockeyfan

Will they never learn? Thrill-seekers gored at Running Of The Bulls festival

They should rename it "The Goring of the Moron" festival.

re: #205 Aye Pod

All wingnuts should renounce all other wingnuts.

We should put together a Wingnut Flotilla.

Let's be serious for a moment.

//

"This 2004 meme isn't working. I think it must be broken or something."

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

re: #208 Gus

We should put together a Wingnut Flotilla.

Definitely :)

P.s. Ice's computer just crashed.

All Alaskans should renounce Wingnut Spice.

re: #212 Aye Pod

Definitely :)

P.s. Ice's computer just crashed.

OK. Thanks. That's what I figured.

re: #213 Kronocide

All Alaskans should renounce Wingnut Spice.

What about Wingnut Libel?

He of the Old Ways of our Wingnut Ancestors. It is written.

re: #213 Kronocide

All Alaskans should renounce Wingnut Spice.

They could also assist with getting people in the community to come forward with information. It would go a long way with helping their public image but I guess that's too much to ask.

The best debate technique is much like being able to sell a used car.

Bloody Alaskans you just can't trust them.

re: #219 Aye Pod

Bloody Alaskans you just can't trust them.

Are they even Christian?

You just can't trust anyone that doesn't follow the religion of our Founding Fathers.

Ok gotta go cook rice - later :)

re: #222 Aye Pod

Ok gotta go cook rice - later :)

Arroz con pollo.

re: #219 Aye Pod

Bloody Alaskans you just can't trust them.

They're uncomfortable close to Russia. They can even see Russia.

They should renounce communism too. And potato based vodka, but not high end grain based vodka with a finer finish and better marketing campaigns because of capitalism and Ronaldus Maximus, Founding Father Laureate.

re: #224 Kronocide

They're uncomfortable close to Russia. They can even see Russia.

They should renounce communism too. And potato based vodka, but not high end grain based vodka with a finer finish and better marketing campaigns because of capitalism and Ronaldus Maximus, Founding Father Laureate.

How do we know they're not Soviets themselves? Plus, Eskimos look Chinese to me. Something is up and Obama is probably behind it!

re: #212 Aye Pod

Definitely :)

P.s. Ice's computer just crashed.

And I just got mine back with a new hard drive! AND, good morning Stanley Sea, I dropped my iphone in a glass of water! It's sitting in a bowl of rice right now.

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING!

//

An interesting guy was talking my ear off for the last hour. Did we have a shift change while I was gone?

Rice is socialist.

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Smoke em if ya got em!

re: #228 wrenchwench

An interesting guy was talking my ear off for the last hour. Did we have a shift change while I was gone?

I'm sure there's somebody or some thing you need to renounce. Get renouncing!

Extra Renouncement Credit for Pearl Clutching during Renouncement.

re: #231 Kronocide

I'm sure there's somebody or some thing you need to renounce. Get renouncing!

Extra Renouncement Credit for Pearl Clutching during Renouncement.

I renounce the Communist Rice!

Random capitalization helps.

No Son of mine is going to eat Rice.

Is Satt here still?

If so, check out Andrew Sullivan's view from your window contest today - I think you might recognize it!!

re: #231 Kronocide

I'm sure there's somebody or some thing you need to renounce. Get renouncing!

Extra Renouncement Credit for Pearl Clutching during Renouncement.

I have renounced bicycles with motors. In fact, that's where the conversation started with the guy who talked my ear off.

My fake pearls are at home. Can I clutch some bike parts or something? If I hadn't renounced motorized bicycles, I could clutch a clutch.

GOP Rep. Tells Constituent Who Asks About Raising The Minimum Wage To ‘Get A Job’

CONSTITUENT: Hi, I’m (inaudible) how are you? Happy Fourth of July. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is passing a bill around to increase the minimum wage to 10 bucks and hour. Do you support that?

YOUNG: Probably not.

CONSTITUENT: 10 bucks, that would give us a living wage.

YOUNG: How about getting a job?

CONSTITUENT: I do have one.

YOUNG: Well, then why do you want that benefit? Get a job.

re: #235 wrenchwench

I have renounced bicycles with motors. In fact, that's where the conversation started with the guy who talked my ear off.

My fake pearls are at home. Can I clutch some bike parts or something? If I hadn't renounced motorized bicycles, I could clutch a clutch.

Business idea.

iPearls™ -- the iPhone "pearl clutching" app when you just gotta clutch those pearls.

I Renounce everything I have yet to Renounce!

re: #238 Gus

I Renounce everything I have yet to Renounce!

Maybe I'll renounce Renouncing.

Embrace Stuff!

Who will Renounce the Renouncers?

re: #240 Kronocide

Who will Renounce the Renouncers?

Are you up late or early?

Gotta fix a couple of bikes. BBL

Jump!

Too fast.

re: #241 wrenchwench

Are you up late or early?

Very early, usually 4AM. In between paperwork and admin, I get my Forum Clutching on. But it's off to the mines shortly.

Human shield in #Benghazi to protect voting centers. #LyElect #Libya twitter.com/4Adam/status/2…

— Adam(@4Adam) July 7, 2012

re: #243 Gus

Jump!

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The renounced the bridge!

They embraced gravity!

Hop on the bus boat, Gus!

Flash flood warning issued for Denver with up to 2 inches of rain expected - @denverpost bit.ly/L84PBX

— Breaking News Storm (@breakingstorm) July 7, 2012

re: #248 Interesting Times

Hop on the bus boat, Gus!

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Thanks. No rain or showers right now. Was coming down at a good pace last night.

re: #248 Interesting Times

Hop on the bus boat, Gus!

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2 inches???
Wimps.
/

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) July 7, 2012

re: #250 Varek Raith

2 inches???
Wimps.
/

True. The rain is more obnoxious on the East Coast.

//

I Renounce that statement!

Shocking!

Olympic portraits by AFP photographer Joe Klamar create controversy

Let me get my iPearls™ up and running.

re: #254 Gus

Shocking!

Olympic portraits by AFP photographer Joe Klamar create controversy

Let me get my iPearls™ up and running.

I fail to see the controversy.

re: #255 Varek Raith

I fail to see the controversy.

Probably because they're kind of raw and not totally posed and perfect. Shocking!

Sandals in the White House!

re: #255 Varek Raith

I fail to see the controversy.

Clutch those pearls tightly until you get light headed, then you'll see the controversy.

OK, doing the white van thing and committing capitalism. Get renouncing honcos.

morning all!

is it Saturday or Sunday? The mid-week holiday has me confused.

How goes it?

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