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Sidehatch wrote:
totally…what happened to him, was traveling round the world seeing bands

emmanuel wrote:
well it is a Physics degree.

Emmanuel moved to jolly old England and is currently practicing science and seeing bands on that side of the pond. 

i have an MS… in computer science.  does that qualify me?

sweetcell wrote:
i have an MS… in computer science.  does that qualify me?

you qualify for a free pocket protector

Sidehatch wrote:

bob72 wrote:
not to detract from the sex ITT, but this would be pretty damn cool if I understood what the hell they are talking about http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gravitational-waves-discovered-from-colliding-black-holes1/

we used to have a boardie (chaz I think) who clamed to be a scientist …but he's not posted in a while
But I bet Smakie might give you a summarization

I just came back from a lecture on this!  Nothing pleases me more than seeing nerdy scientists all giddy over new stuff.

It would take me forever to fully explain it, and I'm not a scientist, but let me give it a brief shot.

Assume that matter causes gravity (the curvature of space known as Einsteins Theory of Relativity), and Einstein said gravity waves must be created from disturbances in this matter, but couldn't prove it.  For example, if two stars collide or a star disappears in a black hole - their combined gravitational pull becoming one creates new energy in the form or a gravity wave.

LIGO located in both Louisiana and Washington just measured the distance between two fixed points to prove that gravity waves exist.  The near simultaneous movements of those points at a certain distance was proof that they were moved by something only the energy that a gravitational wave could do.

I could never get into the spacetime continuum and things like that, but gravitational waves prove disruptions in that.  They prove the existence of black holes and other matter disruptions in space, and the ability to measure them means we can put time stamps on events and get closer to the big bang.

What I found most intriguing, was that Einstein knew his theory had holes, and this was one of them.  Physicists around the world are now on the hunt to prove many of Einsteins theories wrong, as Einstein predicted they would do if they found the existence of these waves.

There are going to be some kids born on the spectrum 9 months from now for sure!       

Ripples in the very fabric of space and time itself!

Smaller than 1/10,000th the width of a proton, but ripples nonetheless!

I just want to know when can I go to Arakkis?

jaded wrote:
Ripples in the very fabric of space and time itself!

Smaller than 1/10,000th the width of a proton, but ripples nonetheless!

We've gone from nipples to ripples.  Fascinating. 

Bring on the…

There's a pretty good video here about it:

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10965312/einstein-gravitational-waves-discovered-announced-video

jaded wrote:
Ripples in the very fabric of space and time itself!

Smaller than 1/10,000th the width of a proton, but ripples nonetheless!

My favorite joke:  It's true! Objects in mirrors are closer than they appear!

bob72 wrote:
I just want to know when can I go to Arakkis?

Why?  That is one of the worst planets in that universe.  I would not want to go there, Salusa Secundus, or Giedi Prime…

bob72 wrote:
not to detract from the sex ITT, but this would be pretty damn cool if I understood what the hell they are talking about http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gravitational-waves-discovered-from-colliding-black-holes1/

here, ya want nerdy?  i read about astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and the like in my spare time.  getting my teenage hands on Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" was a life-changing event for me… so, i'm one of the dorks who are giddy about the the confirmation of the existence of gravity waves.

an important take-away from today's LIGO announcement is that it gives us a whole new way of looking at the universe, a whole new set of information to analyze and investigate.  it's not just the inherent value to today's anouncement that is giving astro-dorks big boners, but also the doors this will open for future discoveries. 

vansmack wrote:
There are going to be some kids born on the spectrum 9 months from now for sure!       

this is one of the funniest things you've posted here in a while ;D

killsaly wrote:

bob72 wrote:
I just want to know when can I go to Arakkis?

Why?  That is one of the worst planets in that universe.   I would not want to go there, Salusa Secundus, or Giedi Prime…

have you seen the documentary on Jodorowsky's Dune? If not, check it out. Interesting take on the Dune universe and what might have been instead of Lynch's interpretation

I have yet to watch it.  I plan on it though.

I love Lynch's vision/movie.  I also love the book series (and the prequels/stuff his kid and KA wrote…). 

I will take whatever Dune I can get.  The SciFi Network miniseries were both fun. 

I wish each book of the series would get their own Syfy Networkor HBO or Netflix season.    God Emperor of Dune would be NUTS.

killsaly wrote:
I have yet to watch it.  I plan on it though.

I love Lynch's vision/movie.  I also love the book series (and the prequels/stuff his kid and KA wrote…). 

I will take whatever Dune I can get.  The SciFi Network miniseries were both fun. 

I wish each book of the series would get their own Syfy Networkor HBO or Netflix season.    God Emperor of Dune would be NUTS.

Jodorosky had Mick Jagger set to play Feyd Rautha, Salvadore Dali as Shadam IV, and Orson Wells as Baron Harkonnen lol

this guy is such a tool..

https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/hated-pharma-exec-martin-shkreli-offers-10-million-010323542.html

bob72 wrote:
Jodorosky had Mick Jagger set to play Feyd Rautha, Salvadore Dali as Shadam IV, and Orson Wells as Baron Harkonnen lol

I have seen previews of the documentary and read a bit about it.  It does sound like it really would have been something else. 

hutch wrote:
this guy is such a tool..

https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/hated-pharma-exec-martin-shkreli-offers-10-million-010323542.html

I will say I find a certain pleasure knowing that a Kanye album might not be available to the public