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re: LIGO annoucement - HUGE
Posted on 2/11/16 at 11:08 am to tomthum81
Posted on 2/11/16 at 11:08 am to tomthum81
LSU needs to own the shite out of this.
Like, the stupid 30 second commercial that we run during every football game... needs to push this for the next 10 years, instead of Sharkesha doing free-verse poetry.
Like, the stupid 30 second commercial that we run during every football game... needs to push this for the next 10 years, instead of Sharkesha doing free-verse poetry.
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Posted on 2/11/16 at 11:59 am to SpqrTiger
Who gives a shite. How will this help me out personally? We should be spending this funding on curing cancer not playing around with fricking ray guns and wave machines.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:03 pm to tomthum81
yes
Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:03 pm to Rize
Really. How in the hell does this benefit humanity at all?? Gives us a type of understanding?? How does that help society or health or you know....anything that is important. Waste of Fn money
Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:15 pm to tomthum81
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There are two detectors: one in Hanford, Wash., the other in Livingston, La. Hunters once shot up the outside of one of the antenna arms in Louisiana, and a truck crashed into one of the arms in Hanford. In neither case was the experiment damaged.
Louisiana gonna Louisiana.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:21 pm to tomthum81
Are we going to get flying cars out of this? If not, I don't care.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:33 pm to Rize
Second page, huh? Surprised you clicked this one Copernicus.
Allow me to hazard an attempt at a paraphrase:
"I don't understand how the discovery of any waves like these invisible and therefore pretend gravitational ones is at all useful to things like radiation therapy for cancer patients. Since I don't understand it, it's impossible and stupid anyway."
Allow me to hazard an attempt at a paraphrase:
"I don't understand how the discovery of any waves like these invisible and therefore pretend gravitational ones is at all useful to things like radiation therapy for cancer patients. Since I don't understand it, it's impossible and stupid anyway."
Posted on 2/11/16 at 12:59 pm to Rize
This is pure science, not applied, so your question is legitimate, but your implied conclusion is extremely naive. Today's technology, including CAT scans, MRIs, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy, are all based on physics discovered over a century ago. We didn't know what the applications would be when those discoveries were made, and we can't predict all of the applications for this new knowledge at this time, but there will be applications that will change our lives. With the accelerating rate of technological development, we may see applications sooner rather than later. I for one, however, am thrilled by the knowledge alone, without the need to justify it, but the applications will come and they could be astounding.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 1:13 pm to hogeb
Are we getting closer to Warp drive?
"Make it so!" "Engage!"
"Make it so!" "Engage!"
Posted on 2/11/16 at 1:14 pm to Choctaw
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meh....Sheldon Cooper discovered it back in Season 5
Of course your dorky arse would watch that garbage
Posted on 2/11/16 at 1:15 pm to sandraccoon
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Really. How in the hell does this benefit humanity at all?? Gives us a type of understanding?? How does that help society or health or you know....anything that is important. Waste of Fn money
Physics experiments take 50 to 100 years to yield impacts to society, but those impacts are huge. The return on each dollar spent on research is enormous.
Maxwell's equations in the late 1800's led to radio, television and cell phones.
Quantum mechanics in the 1920's led to transistors, which led to computers.
QCD in the 1970's is on the verge of leading to fusion reactors.
LIGO... check back in 50 years.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 1:30 pm to DocBugbear
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LIGO... check back in 50 years.
Better microwave popcorn?
I kid, I kid...that stuff is cool.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 1:35 pm to tomthum81
I heard this announcement is relevant on tRant because the gravitational waves originate under Tiger Stadium, and directly impacted the Tigers' passing offense.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 1:37 pm to tomthum81
Does this mean our punts will go farther?
Posted on 2/11/16 at 1:42 pm to tomthum81
So the "wave" in Tiger Stadium will go on forever? Kool.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 3:22 pm to Jim Rockford
Stephen Hawkins is a egomaniac and a terd.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 3:59 pm to Dignan
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A nobel prize is great, but I'd prefer we discover a more creative offense.
ahh. the real problem with LSU has manifested itself once again.
too many people only care about the football team. it really is sad.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 4:11 pm to Rize
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Who gives a shite. How will this help me out personally? We should be spending this funding on curing cancer not playing around with fricking ray guns and wave machines.
Well, this specifically won't cure cancer, but it could mean a Nobel Prize, and LSU would be able to claim a share of that.
Nobel Prize winning research universities should have an easier go at acquiring funding for research... and that can be applied to.... ta da! Cancer.
Why on earth would you want to limit scientific research of any kind? This is what universities do. Good Lord, man... wake up!
Posted on 2/11/16 at 5:04 pm to Rize
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Rize
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Who gives a shite. How will this help me out personally?
You poor dumb bastard.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:07 pm to tomthum81
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LSU Professor speaking... GLOBAL NEWS
This is a live discovery annoucement. They've discovered gravitational waves, proving einstein's theory of relativity. e = mc2 stuff... done with LSU students, professors... nobel prize level stuff.
New York Times article referencing LSU:
LINK
BBC News:
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Team member Prof Gabriela González, Louisiana State University said: "We have discovered gravitational waves from the merger of black holes. It's been a very long road, but this is just the beginning.
Video on the discovery featuring lsu/louisiana:
Caltech -
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From France -
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