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    Confirmed: CERN Is Just a Huge Half-Life Level

    A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith, CCD Inventors and Nobel Winners

    Nobel Prize In Physics Rewards Fiber Optics Expert, CCD Creators

    She's Got It Where It Counts, Kid: LHC Hyperdrive Testing a Possibility

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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    10/30/09

    In reply to Confirmed: CERN Is Just a Huge Half-Life Level
    So if CERN is Black Mesa, just who is Aperture Science? #cernhalflife
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    10/30/09

    In reply to Confirmed: CERN Is Just a Huge Half-Life Level
    I hope they have some big doors there that lock tight, to hold all the aliens in there.

    But, the vortigons (sp?), can actually be useful and go into the medical industry. Since they revived Alyx after her enounter with the hunter. #cernhalflife
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/30/09

    In reply to Confirmed: CERN Is Just a Huge Half-Life Level
    Not sure about that. I don't see the crowbar... #cernhalflife
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    10/30/09

    In reply to Confirmed: CERN Is Just a Huge Half-Life Level
    As a guy named Gordon -- and a Gordon who has worked at particle accelerators before, and is wearing a SLAC hoodie at this very moment, at that -- I completely agree with this assessment. #cernhalflife
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    spannu promoted this comment Gordonium was starred Gordonium was unstarred
    Image of Jackhole Jackhole
    10/30/09

    In reply to Confirmed: CERN Is Just a Huge Half-Life Level
    Needs more boxes and 50 gallon barrels. And headcrabs. #cernhalflife
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    dingus promoted this comment Jackhole was starred Jackhole was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    10/30/09

    @Jackhole: The halls in the basement of the local University's physics department are lined with big crates, usually marked with some indication that it had once shipped some sort of big honking laser. #cernhalflife
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    Image of Jackhole Jackhole
    10/31/09

    @dingus: Clearly CERN needs some instruction from your local Univ. They also need more dangling, sparking electrical wires. #cernhalflife
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    Image of squishyalt squishyalt
    10/13/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith, CCD Inventors and Nobel Winners
    Wow. Dude, that's like way back when you had to actually DO SOMETHING to win a Nobel prize!

    Good find!
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    Coolmodo promoted this comment squishyalt was starred squishyalt was unstarred
    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    10/13/09

    @squishyalt: lol nice one
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    Image of krazydonutboy krazydonutboy
    10/12/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith, CCD Inventors and Nobel Winners
    how did they take a picture of the first ccd?
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment krazydonutboy was starred krazydonutboy was unstarred
    Image of nukee nukee
    10/12/09

    @krazydonutboy: Uh... film?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/12/09

    @krazydonutboy: Why are you wasting your time here? You have a bright future writing dialogue for "Two and a half men", or "According to Jim".
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    10/12/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith, CCD Inventors and Nobel Winners
    what would i do if i couldn't see sasha grey in 1080p?
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/12/09

    In reply to A Brief History of Williard Boyle and George Smith, CCD Inventors and Nobel Winners
    Long live porn, without it I have no reason to exist. Oh and thanks Williard and George.
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    10/12/09

    In reply to She's Got It Where It Counts, Kid: LHC Hyperdrive Testing a Possibility
    That's actually really, really interesting. Basically, the way a space vehicle works is you fling stuff out the back. The exhaust gains some momentum in one direction and you get an equal amount of momentum in the direction you want to go. Chemical rockets work by shooting large amounts of propellant (exhaust) out the back at low speeds. Electrical rockets work by shooting out a lot less propellant, at much higher speeds. The amount of momentum you gain for a given amount of propellant is known as specific impulse, and generally the bigger number the better. Increasing specific impulse can have a huge impact on the fuel requirements for a given mission, which is why electrical engines (with very high specific impulses) are so interesting.

    But what Hilbert proposed is that you can actually get MORE momentum out of your propellant than you put in, if your exhaust speed is above half the speed of light. Now usually what relativity giveth, relativity taketh away. But assuming that there aren't any gotchas that make this useless in practical terms (big assumption), it could point the way toward engine designs which require an order of magnitude less fuel than even fancy shmancy electrical engines.
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    Image of jp.rider63 jp.rider63
    10/12/09

    @jepzilla: Doesn't this break conservation of energy, assuming there is only kinetic energy? Do you know where an english copy of the paper is?
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    Image of izzledizzle28 izzledizzle28
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nobel Prize In Physics Rewards Fiber Optics Expert, CCD Creators
    glad to see someone won a nobel award for real results and achievements...
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/11/09

    In reply to Nobel Prize In Physics Rewards Fiber Optics Expert, CCD Creators

    "It's a major award."
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/11/09

    In reply to Nobel Prize In Physics Rewards Fiber Optics Expert, CCD Creators
    Since the current Nobel Prize is gold-wrapped chocolate, they can just split it evenly.
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    10/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    Are these teeth marks.
    I thought it was chocolate.
    It isn't!
    Then why was it wrapped in foil?!
    It was never wrapped in foil!
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment TheCrudMan was starred TheCrudMan was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/11/09

    In reply to Nobel Prize In Physics Rewards Fiber Optics Expert, CCD Creators
    Nobel Prizes were being handed out like candy this week.
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    10/11/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Actually, few people know that the Peace Prize is, in fact, made of fine Swiss chocolate.
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    10/12/09

    @puhsitch: Why not? I'd kill for some good Swiss chocolate.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/11/09

    In reply to She's Got It Where It Counts, Kid: LHC Hyperdrive Testing a Possibility
    All the drama surrounding this thing isnt helping We, the Paranoid Public, feel any better about it.
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