the large hadron collidor particle accelerator

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having sex on his own, probably.

[ampersand]

You tent sharing at Download?

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nope. and especially no wi you. wake up wi some curling tongs up my arse.

[eFestivals]

grow up children

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grow up children

[Langdale Wolf]

grow up children

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+1

You've been polluting numerous threads with inane prattle this afternoon. Time to call it a day methinks.

[Langdale Wolf]

Out of your mood!

[ampersand]

this place would sure be fun if we all behaved like neil. it would still be 10am!

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You helped put me in one. So grow up!

[llcoolphil]

Nope, the Doctor of Quantum Physics very definitely said proton.

[llcoolphil]

nope. All that's required is the removal of the 'space' that exists in every atom - every atom has a huge amount of 'space' and only the tiniest bit of mass.

© that Alan Davies programme that was on last night.

[llcoolphil]

I suggest that you just don't talk to me, and I won't talk to you, ok?

[eFestivals]

Well you've either very definitely misheard, mis remembered or misunderstood.

Scientists already know that protons are made up of smaller particles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subatomic_particle

Scientists already know how to find where a proton is because it lives in the nucleus of the atom. The uncertainty most definitely is to do with the position of the electron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle

This is not that easy to understand but its best I can find. What you are trying to do, I suspect, is apply the same laws to the quantum world as the non-quantum world. If you manage, Id make a big hullaballoo because you'll have found the unified theory scientists are looking for but dont even know if it exists

I'm doing naff all but repeating what a doctor of quantum physics said in the programme I saw last night ("how long is a piece of string").

They fired a single proton thru a card with two slim slots, via which they said it showed that the proton existed in more than one place at once, because it could be shown to go thru both slits in the card.

It's possible that I misheard or misunderstood (tho I don't think I did), but I'm defo not trying to put any interpretation on what I saw.

Paulevs - you saw it too. Have I got it wrong?

[jonbob]

Nope, the Doctor of Quantum Physics very definitely said proton.

[llcoolphil]

I'm doing naff all but repeating what a doctor of quantum physics said in the programme I saw last night ("how long is a piece of string").

They fired a single proton thru a card with two slim slots, via which they said it showed that the proton existed in more than one place at once, because it could be shown to go thru both slits in the card.

It's possible that I misheard or misunderstood (tho I don't think I did), but I'm defo not trying to put any interpretation on what I saw.

Paulevs - you saw it too. Have I got it wrong?

[eFestivals]

Are you sure he said proton and not photon? That sounds very much about the idea of light being both a wave and a particle

doh - yes he did. Apologies for me being daft.

[llcoolphil]

doh - yes he did. Apologies for me being daft.

[jammy2211]

I'm doing naff all but repeating what a doctor of quantum physics said in the programme I saw last night ("how long is a piece of string").

They fired a single proton thru a card with two slim slots, via which they said it showed that the proton existed in more than one place at once, because it could be shown to go thru both slits in the card.

It's possible that I misheard or misunderstood (tho I don't think I did), but I'm defo not trying to put any interpretation on what I saw.

Paulevs - you saw it too. Have I got it wrong?

[Atlanteanlost]

Look it's very simple...

The universe consists of a wide variety of things which are made of smaller things. Those smaller things comprise of things which are even smaller. The things which are even smaller are in turn made of things even smaller than that. Apparently the things made up of things even smaller than that are also made of things even smaller still than the even smaller than that things.

The LHC is gong to smash even smaller than that things together to see if the even smaller things still actually exist. However I would imagine that what they will find is f**king annoying things which seem to be smaller than anything small they have already found.

OK? Got it now?

[eFestivals]

Look it's very simple...

The universe consists of a wide variety of things which are made of smaller things. Those smaller things comprise of things which are even smaller. The things which are even smaller are in turn made of things even smaller than that. Apparently the things made up of things even smaller than that are also made of things even smaller still than the even smaller than that things.

The LHC is gong to smash even smaller than that things together to see if the even smaller things still actually exist. However I would imagine that what they will find is f**king annoying things which seem to be smaller than anything small they have already found.

OK? Got it now?

Yup. I suspect you're right.

And there goes all of quantum physics out of the window.

[llcoolphil]

Look it's very simple...

The universe consists of a wide variety of things which are made of smaller things. Those smaller things comprise of things which are even smaller. The things which are even smaller are in turn made of things even smaller than that. Apparently the things made up of things even smaller than that are also made of things even smaller still than the even smaller than that things.

The LHC is gong to smash even smaller than that things together to see if the even smaller things still actually exist. However I would imagine that what they will find is f**king annoying things which seem to be smaller than anything small they have already found.

OK? Got it now?

[Atlanteanlost]

Yup. I suspect you're right.

And there goes all of quantum physics out of the window.

Edited November 18, 2009 by Atlanteanlost

[llcoolphil]

And there goes all of quantum physics out of the window.

[llcoolphil]

How ungrateful....is infinity not big enough for you.........ya spoilt you are!