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HST Versus LHC| Beer w/Straw |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 02:33 PM
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I'm not thinking about their future potential, but what has come to pass.
This post has been edited by Beer w/Straw on Nov 6 2009, 02:33 PM -------------------- I like Britney Spears
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| Beer w/Straw |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 03:50 PM
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Crap.
Is my poll too hard, or does it suckass? -------------------- I like Britney Spears
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| flyingbuttressman |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 04:11 PM
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The LHC will get my vote when it produces some actual RESULTS.
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| Beer w/Straw |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 05:21 PM
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Ah, but HST has been recently upgraded too. But then again "the Earth could be exploded."  This post has been edited by Beer w/Straw on Nov 6 2009, 05:24 PM -------------------- I like Britney Spears
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| flyingbuttressman |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 05:29 PM
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Noblesse Oblige Group: Power Member Posts: 3614 Joined: 8-June 09 Positive Feedback: 68.25% Feedback Score: 139 |
The LHC has a long way to go before it can even look at Hubble's record without shame. -------------------- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
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| Beer w/Straw |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 05:30 PM
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OK true. I should have said "who believes LHC will out-do HST" -------------------- I like Britney Spears
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| flyingbuttressman |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 05:38 PM
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Noblesse Oblige Group: Power Member Posts: 3614 Joined: 8-June 09 Positive Feedback: 68.25% Feedback Score: 139 |
Yeah, not happening any time soon. That's not to say that the LHC is a bad investment, but the HST was a much more cost-effective contribution to science. I'm wondering what they will do if they can't find the Higgs Boson... If the theory that predicted the Higgs Boson is in error, that has to be the #1 most expensive error in history. -------------------- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
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| rpenner |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 06:20 PM
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More expensive than "God is on our side" ?
Anyway, to a taxonomic botanist, both LHC and HST are near worthless. -------------------- 愛平兎仏主
"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7 It's just good Netiquette. Failing that, Chlorpromazine. |
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| flyingbuttressman |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 06:30 PM
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Noblesse Oblige Group: Power Member Posts: 3614 Joined: 8-June 09 Positive Feedback: 68.25% Feedback Score: 139 |
Hmmm, I was thinking more about mathematical errors at the time.
Unless discoveries made by one or the other lead to technologies that would allow the taxonomic botanist to do their job better. -------------------- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
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| rpenner |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 07:28 PM
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I don't know if you'ld count the LHC as a Botanist win then, but they did build an impressive computing center and a lot of botany is "stamp collecting" into large databases.
-------------------- 愛平兎仏主
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| flyingbuttressman |
Posted on Nov 6 2009, 08:10 PM
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Noblesse Oblige Group: Power Member Posts: 3614 Joined: 8-June 09 Positive Feedback: 68.25% Feedback Score: 139 |
I'm worried that the LHC might be overspecialized. Whether they find the Higgs Boson or not, what else can it be used for? There are a finite number of mysteries that can be unraveled by that particular machine, and maybe not enough to justify the price tag if the Higgs particle is not found. On the other hand, Kudos the the people who paid for it. They have a great commitment to science. -------------------- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
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| Beer w/Straw |
Posted on Nov 7 2009, 10:28 AM
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I was hoping to coax (particle physicists) people into saying how awesome LHC can be.
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| Matador |
Posted on Nov 7 2009, 11:46 AM
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Wasn't a lot of it funded by taxpayers? Or were there large private donations? -------------------- Eternally Empty
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| O_o |
Posted on Nov 7 2009, 11:51 AM
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LHC by far, though what will become of either is yet to be seen.
-------------------- "There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.' All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. Those who knock it is opened." - CS Lewis, The Great Divorce
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| Beer w/Straw |
Posted on Nov 14 2009, 04:19 AM
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