Whatzit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

So if they found it that means it still exists.
When can we look for another big bang and the formation of another universe?

When this one is used-up?

Probably. Eventually the humor of it all will wear out....

...and the adventure...

[webenda]

...Chuck got it right first. It is one of two muon spectrometer endcaps added in 2003 to the central muon spectrometer on the ATLAS detector used in the CERN Large Hadron Collider. I wonder why it is so big? I don't think I could afford a muon spectrometer that big.
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Why would you want or need one, anyolways, dude? Would such a device appeal to the same ability in you that wouldn't mind having a telescope in-place on the property? And where on the Webenda Compound would such a modestly-sized Collider be placed, asks a fan of the marvels of Wayne's World.

Q: Why would you want or need one, anyolways, dude?
A: I need one to unlock the secret of gravity.

Q: Would such a device appeal to the same ability in you that wouldn't mind having a telescope in-place on the property?
A: No, I have three telescopes for astronomy and I deliberately chose portable ones so I could take them with me. Have you ever looked at the night sky far away from city lights? The first time I camped out in the wilderness I could not believe the night sky view. There were so many stars I could not locate the constellations. I am 54 minutes from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO.) They let us set up our amateur telescopes in the parking lot and stay on the mountain all night.

Q: And where on the Webenda Compound would such a modestly-sized Collider be placed, asks a fan of the marvels of Wayne's World.
A: I would place it under the house (underground.) Digging an underground tunnel is the best option for a 17-mile collider, since it's cheaper to go under everybody's house and out into the desert underground than acquiring land to build on at the surface.

Do you know how fast a 17 mile long collider can get a proton moving? Answer: 0.999999991 times the speed of light. Now calculate the approach velocity of two protons heading in opposite directions about to collide, each going 0.999999991 times the speed of light. Eat your heart out Gomez Addams.

[Roy]

Eat your heart out Gomez Addams.

Yeah! Make those Bozons pay!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

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Q: Would such a device appeal to the same ability in you that wouldn't mind having a telescope in-place on the property?
A: No, I have three telescopes for astronomy and I deliberately chose portable ones so I could take them with me. Have you ever looked at the night sky far away from city lights? The first time I camped out in the wilderness I could not believe the night sky view. There were so many stars I could not locate the constellations....

Thank you for the kindness of your reply, Wayne. Let me respond to part of it here.
Yes, I have had such a moment. It was during my first trip to Upstate New York, back in 1972, when I had pulled over, here, sensing something unique was transpiringing/appearing outside my car windows. It was a pitch-black, severe-clear night outside. Once parked on the shoulder, I disembarked and leaned on the car, and looked straight up. I was certain I could make out part of the wheel of the Milky Way, or some such. I was stunned by the gift and glory of it all, quite beyond words.

The moment was a multi-faceted lesson for me. Standing at Times Square has its place in life, with all its lights and hub-bub. However, standing at the top of this valley and seeing a clear, un-obliterated, non-hub-bub night-sky for the first time was soul-nourishing. The moment certainly helped me have a further perspective on existence. How much more and in what directions? I could not say, but I am sure glad I stopped to give myself that treat.

I would imagine you have such a treat every time you step outside your door into the Arizona night?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

However, standing at the top of this valley and seeing a clear, un-obliterated, non-hub-bub night-sky for the first time was soul-nourishing.

Getting away from "civilization" may nourish and repair the rents in the fabric of one's soul......

[MurphOnMillerAve]

However, standing at the top of this valley and seeing a clear, un-obliterated, non-hub-bub night-sky for the first time was soul-nourishing.

Getting away from "civilization" may nourish and repair the rents in the fabric of one's soul......

My theory is that when we give ourselves those "back-to-Nature" moments, we are returning to our roots, whether it be standing at the edge of an ocean, immersing ourselves deep inside a forest, standing among a Winter's storm, smelling earth that has been newly plowed open, or even bringing a conifer temporarily into our homes for a Holiday treat, we breathe deeply, enjoy the contact, and hopefully learn something , or at least are nourished a bit.

To me, those are authentic "religious" moments, Rufus. They do not have to be explained or written down in a book. The truth of them depends on one's heart and soul, on a personal ability to see and feel Light.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

However, standing at the top of this valley and seeing a clear, un-obliterated, non-hub-bub night-sky for the first time was soul-nourishing.

Getting away from "civilization" may nourish and repair the rents in the fabric of one's soul......

My theory is that when we give ourselves those "back-to-Nature" moments, we are returning to our roots, whether it be standing at the edge of an ocean, immersing ourselves deep inside a forest, standing among a Winter's storm, smelling earth that has been newly plowed open, or even bringing a conifer temporarily into our homes for a Holiday treat, we breathe deeply, enjoy the contact, and hopefully learn something , or at least are nourished a bit.

Just don't stand down wind of the liquified manure spreader in operation.........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Getting away from "civilization" may nourish and repair the rents in the fabric of one's soul......

My theory is that when we give ourselves those "back-to-Nature" moments, we are returning to our roots, whether it be standing at the edge of an ocean, immersing ourselves deep inside a forest, standing among a Winter's storm, smelling earth that has been newly plowed open, or even bringing a conifer temporarily into our homes for a Holiday treat, we breathe deeply, enjoy the contact, and hopefully learn something , or at least are nourished a bit.

Just don't stand down wind of the liquified manure spreader in operation.........

I have had occasion to do so, as well as to find myself standing upwind, leftwind, rightwind of such an activity, and found it a valuable lesson. There I was, poor little (a relative term, in this case) city-slicker (also relative) standing just outside of Mr.. Anderson's Apple Market, along Rt somethin-somethin, just outside Homer, NY, and I spied a huge contraption a-hurling whatnot up into the air at the surrounding field. The "picturesque" aspect shot immediately away, leaving picaresque, and a slap-in-the-face which began immediately.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My theory is that when we give ourselves those "back-to-Nature" moments, we are returning to our roots, whether it be standing at the edge of an ocean, immersing ourselves deep inside a forest, standing among a Winter's storm, smelling earth that has been newly plowed open, or even bringing a conifer temporarily into our homes for a Holiday treat, we breathe deeply, enjoy the contact, and hopefully learn something , or at least are nourished a bit.

Just don't stand down wind of the liquefied manure spreader in operation.........

I have had occasion to do so, as well as to find myself standing upwind, leftwind, rightwind of such an activity, and found it a valuable lesson. There I was, poor little (a relative term, in this case) city-slicker (also relative) standing just outside of Mr.. Anderson's Apple Market, along Rt somethin-somethin, just outside Homer, NY, and I spied a huge contraption a-hurling whatnot up into the air at the surrounding field. The "picturesque" aspect shot immediately away, leaving picaresque, and a slap-in-the-face which began immediately.

There is manure spreaders and then there are liquefied manure spreaders........and from your description you encountered the regular of the former category. The latter is several orders of magnitude more imposing upon the sensory array

[webenda]

My theory is that when we give ourselves those "back-to-Nature" moments, we are returning to our roots, whether it be standing at the edge of an ocean, immersing ourselves deep inside a forest, standing among a Winter's storm, smelling earth that has been newly plowed open, or even bringing a conifer temporarily into our homes for a Holiday treat, we breathe deeply, enjoy the contact, and hopefully learn something , or at least are nourished a bit.

To me, those are authentic "religious" moments, Rufus. They do not have to be explained or written down in a book. The truth of them depends on one's heart and soul, on a personal ability to see and feel Light.

Tree worship?

From the Catholic Bible (NRSVCE):

Jeremiah 10:1-5

Idolatry Has Brought Ruin on Israel
10 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord:

Do not learn the way of the nations,
or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens;
for the nations are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are false:
a tree from the forest is cut down,
and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
4 people deck it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5 Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good.

Edit 1: The source--Jeremiah 10:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

[webenda]

Wife: Honey?
Me: Yeah?
Wife: Why is there smoke coming out of the wall socket?
Me: RUN!

Why run, whatizit?

[rogruth]

Fire in the hole!

[webenda]

Fire in the hole is a good guess. I think you got it, Roger.
Here is the rest of it...



Me: Honey?
Wife: Yeah?
Me: Remember that penny I put behind the blown out fuse?
Wife: Yeah.
Me: Remember you told me I shouldn't do that?
Wife: Yeah.
Me: You were right.
Wife: Yeah.

[Roy]

This, is a penny:



This, is your house on pennies:



Any questions?