Large Hardon Collider

[Kaylia]

What bother me is that I'm pretty sure I've seen that news 3 years ago (or something very similar). Maybe we are up to 9 times the amount we previously thought or something....i dont know.

[Mizango]

I thought this article was one of the coolest I've read all year. Too many pics to quote. http://scienceblogs.com/startswithab...s_how_abou.php

Woooow

[Max™]

http://amultiverse.com/files/comics/...e-The-LORD.jpg
http://amultiverse.com/2010/11/30/deep-inside-the-lord/

[Woozie]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/science_montage.png

[Shiroikage]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/science_montage.png

that actual science montage gives actual science too much respect

[Kaylia]

I'm surprised the experiment didn't break. Seem to be even more common than non conclusive answer.

[Psion]

I'm surprised the experiment didn't break. Seem to be even more common than non conclusive answer.

Stop mocking my field! ;;

...OK, OK, I'll admit I've had more than one chemistry experiment in lab fail due to some error, such as a dickhead using the same eyedropper for one chemical for another one and ruining both, or a chemical refuses to react for no reason just to be a dick and delay me from leaving on time.

[Woozie]

You know what's an even bigger dick than chemicals? Computers. (some) Experimentalist say theoretical/computational physicists have it easy, but they're wrong.

Edit: Well I guess they do have a point in one respect, since our research is much (usually) cheaper to run. But computers are douchebags. Contrary to popular belief, computers ARE self aware and have a will of their own. And they specifically choose certain people to pick on and make their lives miserable. I happen to be one of those people. I don't hate fortran/matlab, fortran/matlab hates me!

[Shiroikage]

You know what's an even bigger dick than chemicals? Computers. (some) Experimentalist say theoretical/computational physicists have it easy, but they're wrong.

At least it's not synthetic organic chemistry where the 80 hour workweek is an accepted truth.

[Woozie]

Our definition of an 80 hour "work" week is that it involves letting our computer run for 80 hours while we go sleep and do other stuff. Though much of the time, that "other stuff" is also research-related. Or at least it's supposed to be.

[Shiroikage]

The good thing about our 8 hour "work" week is that it involves letting our computer run for 80 hours while we go sleep and do other stuff. Though much of the time, that "other stuff" is also research-related. Or at least it's supposed to be.

Personally, I find worrying about shit not working and time constraints is a very productive use of time outside of actual experimentation.

[Woozie]

Shiro, you keep quoiting me after I ninja edit my posts

[Shiroikage]

Shiro, you keep quoiting me after I ninja edit my posts

I'm on to you.

[Eliseos]

But computers are douchebags.

We program them as douches only to those who speak ill of engineers.

[Ferion]

Edit: Well I guess they do have a point in one respect, since our research is much (usually) cheaper to run. But computers are douchebags. Contrary to popular belief, computers ARE self aware and have a will of their own. And they specifically choose certain people to pick on and make their lives miserable. I happen to be one of those people. I don't hate fortran/matlab, fortran/matlab hates me!

This. I'm writing a research paper for one of my classes and I can't even begin to explain how often it feels like SAS just randomly ignores my code and gives me a partial statistic.

[Kaylia]

You know what's an even bigger dick than chemicals? Computers. (some) Experimentalist say theoretical/computational physicists have it easy, but they're wrong.

Edit: Well I guess they do have a point in one respect, since our research is much (usually) cheaper to run. But computers are douchebags. Contrary to popular belief, computers ARE self aware and have a will of their own. And they specifically choose certain people to pick on and make their lives miserable. I happen to be one of those people. I don't hate fortran/matlab, fortran/matlab hates me!

Lol.

Just right now, the debugger is pointing toward a line of code that has NOTHING...How am I supposed to trust the simulation that will follow.

[Max™]

We program them as douches only to those who speak ill of engineers.

Dun dun dun, the plot is revealed!

[Kaelan?]

Lol.

Just right now, the debugger is pointing toward a line of code that has NOTHING...How am I supposed to trust the simulation that will follow.

You probably did something that makes the debugger confused

And the debugger being wrong has no impact on the code functioning (unless the debugger is wrong because there's also something wrong with the compiler) !

On a related note, I've had bugs that behaved differently based on lines of code that hadn't actually ran yet, leading me to believe my program changed its behavior by forseeing the future. Good times~

[Max™]

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed...hed-into-orbit

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft became the first private rocket to be launched into orbit on Wednesday and successfully returned for a landing in the Pacific. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden compared the flight to Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh flying across the Atlantic.
"It was just mind-blowingly awesome," Elon Musk, the Internet entrepreneur who founded SpaceX with money he made from the sale of PayPal, told ABC.
"This is the first in a new generation of commercial launch systems that will help provide vital support to the International Space Station and may one day carry astronauts into orbit. ... (It) shows how government and industry can leverage expertise and resources to foster a new and vibrant space economy."

[Eliseos]

I hate exams. Simple math is the bane of me. I got an 80% (15% above the class average), and the only reasons why I had points taken off were things like (A + B)/(C+D) != (A/C) + (B/D) lol. Also negative signs crept into where they shouldn't be.