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2007-04-09 Science

Big Bang at the atomic lab after scientists get their maths wrong

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Posted by Clinens Glaque8736 2007-04-09 11:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Looks like a success to me. They wanted a big bang and they got one.

Posted by GK 2007-04-09 12:39|| 2007-04-09 12:39|| Front Page Top

#2 3.1415??? ummm... heck, just round it off. Nobody will know the difference.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-04-09 15:32|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-04-09 15:32|| Front Page Top

#3 3.1415??? ummm... heck, just round it off. Nobody will know the difference.

That's not rounding, that's truncating.

3.14159265358979...

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-04-09 20:06|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-04-09 20:06|| Front Page Top

#4 ...by tomorrow CERN will be blaming us Americans for building the magnets and brackets to spec.

Posted by RD">RD 2007-04-09 22:29|| 2007-04-09 22:29|| Front Page Top

#5 "Can you imagine all those Palestinians blowing themselves up with their own bombs?"

"Yeah. Um, Heinrich, which wire goes to ground?"

"Err. Red. NO! BLUE!"

[BOOM]

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-04-09 23:11|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-04-09 23:11|| Front Page Top

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