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  1. James_Woods

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    #2 2NA, Jul 2, 2012
    How is this related to timing belts? ;)
     
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    #3 James_Woods, Jul 2, 2012
    The Higgs Boson gives the timing belts (and the valve gear) their mass, of course.
     
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    #4 David_S, Jul 2, 2012
    I'm a big fan of the LHC, but better give some props to the fine folks here in the USA who've gotten about the same results at Fermilab's tevatron...

    A hard working bunch that is being shut down due to lack of funding. Same kind of lack of funding that put a stop to the project in Texas that would have been a huge step forward a decade or more back.



    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18677808
     
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    #5 Crowndog, Jul 2, 2012
    And determine their service intervals as to when they will fall apart.
     
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    #6 James_Woods, Jul 2, 2012
    The service interval is relativistic - it is lengthened by driving your car at higher speeds.
     
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    #7 Crowndog, Jul 2, 2012
    Love it!
     
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    #8 Mitch Alsup, Jul 2, 2012
    Well, yes, and no. The current data indicates mid 4.5 sigma confidence whereas it takes 5.0 or more to justify the word certain and validated.

    Fermilab is also announcing some data on the same particle based on data colledted on the machineshut down just over a year ago.
     
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    #9 James_Woods, Jul 2, 2012
    I thought I read that they were doing a review comparing the two expiriment's data and were expecting to raise the confidence to 5.0.

    At any rate, they invited Higgs himself to the announcement party, so I figured they were going to say they had it.

    I have a little confession - I was secretly hoping that they would NOT find it at the expected energy, thus forcing an exciting revision of particle theory.
     
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    #10 Jedi, Jul 2, 2012
    Bosoms and large colliders .... that sounds like BRL material to me...




    oh wait.. :p:p:p

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    #11 werewolf, Jul 4, 2012
    you and Hawking too ... he lost a hundred dollar bet today ;)

    Not that he was necessarily betting "against" the evidence for Higgs, but science does tend to take its biggest leaps when something totally unexpected is found. Today's data is, indeed, verification of something very much expected :)

    By the way, i heard the confidence has been lifted to 4.9 sigma ...
     
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    #12 subirg, Jul 5, 2012
    Higgs must be the proudest man on the planet right now. A great day for him and for science. Congrats to all involved all around the world.
     
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    #13 James_Woods, Jul 5, 2012
    I am very glad that he lived to see it verified.
     
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    #14 Crowndog, Jul 5, 2012
    That may still come when they verify the earlier reports of particles going faster then c. I am an old die hard and don't believe it. But be careful what you wish for.
     
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    #15 werewolf, Jul 5, 2012
    That was already resolved (if i know to what you are referring): measurement/equipment error.

    no particles traveled faster than the speed of light.
     
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    #16 Crowndog, Jul 5, 2012
    Could you please provide the source, I missed that memo?
     
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    #17 Crowndog, Jul 5, 2012
    Never mind, found it. i feel vindicated. Never believed the results anyway.
     
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    #18 werewolf, Jul 5, 2012
    me too, never believed the results.
     
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    #19 Blown Z, Jul 6, 2012
    Sheldon Cooper would be ecstatic:)
     
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