TED - Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Visit the actual TED page and see all the comments.

Do schools kill creativity?

How light works!?

Thunder Jam/Carolina Clash with the boys

I took Saylor and Sylas to Thuder Jam again this year. They loved it! The jet truck was insanely loud, hot and fast. The Pro-Mods were the most entertaining. Saylor liked the regular drag cars the best. Sylas liked the "Cool Bus". The weather was nice and we stayed until 9:30PM! They both fell asleep on the way home.

HACKING'S HOLY GRAIL may have been achieved

There is no way to paraphrase this. Just read the blog post below about Albert Gonzalez, who the Department of Justice accuses of being the alleged ringleader of things that will make you shiver.

Just know that your credit/debit card information is never safe, so there is not need to worry about it. Just live your life and enjoy your conveniences. Let VISA deal with it.

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/08/could-a-hacker.html

Large Hadron Collider Safety Facts

To date, Dr. Otto E. Rössler is the most notable scientist to have the courage to speak out about the potential dangers of running the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Here is his state of the union:
http://www.lhcfacts.org/

My M3 has been officially totaled....so long

Specs:
1998.5 M3 80K miles
Mid year production so it had all 1999 upgrades
Metallic Silver Exterior
Grey Leather Interior
Heated seats
1999 Rear Seat Head Rests
1999 3 Spoke Steering Wheel
LTW Forged Rims
Rear Spoiler
Moon Roof
Harmon Kardon Radio w/ 6 disc changer
100% stock

Before I got sandwiched:


After I got sandwiched:

CERN announces start-up date for LHC, sooner than I am ready for...

Geneva, 7 August 2008. CERN¹ has today announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be made on 10 September.

How did we get here? Two possiblities...