BBC NEWS | UK | Underground search for ‘God particle’
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a powerful and impossibly complicated machine that will smash particles together at super-fast speeds in a bid to unlock the secrets of the Universe.
The age of CERN is coming.
Larry Kagan. Check out his site here. His work is merely strings of iron. when a light is reflected from above with certain angle they give a reflection on the wall. I first saw them in OK Harris gallery.
’The Tripe Artist’ is what they call her.
A showing of her photographs, “Perishables,” opens at the Rivington Arms gallery on New York’s Lower East Side on December 10.
(even though you’re not hungry.)
From C. S. Forester’s description of British Army Headquarters in The General:
“It was like the debate of a group of savages. As to how to extract a screw from a piece of wood. Accustomed only to nails, they had made one effort to pull out the screw by main force, and now that it had failed they were devising methods of appliying more force still, obtaining more efficient pincers, of using levers and fulcrums so that more men could bring their strength to bear. They could hardly be blamed for not guesssing that by rotating the screw it would come out after the exertion of far less effort, it would be a notion so different from anything they had ever encountered that they would lough the the man who suggested it. “ …
From Kevin Sites Blog :
“A gunner sitting in the armored turret of a humvee fires 40-millimeter grenades non-stop into the building — until the gun jams.
Staff Sgt. Terry Mcelwain of Burden, Kansas is pissed. He grabs the bazooka-like AT-4 rocket launcher from the back of another humvee. It’s fire trail zips into the now smoking building. Mcelwain wants Weapons Company to fire a tow missile into it as well, but low hanging electrical wires make it impossible — so he calls up the tanks instead.
Two Abrams lumber toward the target. They stop and fire their main guns in unison. The explosion shakes the street. But the Marines aren’t done yet.
They pour in more rounds from 50 caliber machine guns and their M16′s.
But as the unit moves past the building, going from east to west, another RPG explodes behind them, then a third. More casualties. A Navy Corpsman cut the pants leg off one of the injured and wraps a guaze dressing around the bleeding wound while another Marine covers with a 249-SAW (squad Assault Weapon). But regardless of how much firepower the Marines bring to bear — they can’t seem to silence this phantom enemy, which continues to fire on them from the rear…
The gun battle continues late into the night — eventually an AC-130 gunship is called in and strafes Elizabeth Street with its mini guns. With eight of their men wounded–it is a bloody and disappointing start for the Marines — and a reminder that to win the battle for Falluja — they will likely have to fight as they did today block by block, street by street. “
The photo is from the famous Cleopatra beach of Turkey. Topless sunbathing is allowed in beaches in Turkey. Thats what these and many tourists are doing here, further in the picture is a tent setup by an older Turkish couple… creating their own isolation to -outside environment-. peaceful.
http://www.hurriyetim.com.tr/haber/0,,sid~1@w~1@nvid~453673,00.asp
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free, now now.
And feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
( Kris Kristofferson )
I knew about this guy. Especially that photograph of a little boy carrying bottles in his arms while posing as if he’s proud. But I didn’t know how good he actually was. It turns out he is the master of spontaneous photography which I try so hard. Above is Alberto Giacometti in his studio.
Strange story:
Appareantly , an English woman named Fiona Katie goes to Iraq
. she sets up a blog. puts moderation on the blog so people’s comment would not be visible immediately. she goes into Bagdad and the first thing she does is:
Borrow an AK47 and fire it into the air.
since it’s normal in Iraq right? since they’re used to it for years. There was even a research in an english newspaper telling how iraqi’s cannot sleep without gun fire sounds.
it’s maybe legal in England too.probably it has nothing to do with her struggle for being a 21st century “Jackass meets Fear Factor” type of celebrity.
very stupid indeed.
On MArch 13th – Darpa (The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ) organized a competition for autonomous vehicles. Without any drivers, no repair, no human contact. The vehicles had to race a total distance of 200 miles in a maximum of 10 hours… here are the results of this years competition:
Final Data from DARPA Grand Challenge
As of 5:00 p.m. PST, March 13, 2004
Vehicle 22 – Red Team - At mile 7.4, on switchbacks in a mountainous section, vehicle went off course, got caught on a berm and rubber on the front wheels caught fire, which was quickly extinguished. Vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 21- SciAutonicsII – At mile 6.7, two-thirds of the way up Daggett Ridge, vehicle
went into an embankment and became stuck. Vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 5 – Team Caltech - At mile 1.3, vehicle veered off course, went through a fence, tried to come back on the road, but couldn�t get through the fence again. Vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 7 – Digital Auto Drive - At mile 6.0, vehicle was paused to allow a wrecker to get through, and, upon resuming motion, vehicle was hung up on a football-sized rock. Vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 25 – Virginia Tech - Vehicle brakes locked up in the start area. Vehicle was removed from the course.
Vehicle 23 – Axion Racing - Vehicle circled the wrong way in the start area. Vehicle was removed from the course.
Vehicle 2 – Team CajunBot - Vehicle brushed a wall on its way out of the chute. Vehicle has been removed from the course.
Vehicle 13 – Team ENSCO � Vehicle moved out smartly, but, at mile 0.2, when making its first 90-degree turn, the vehicle flipped. Vehicle was removed from the course.
Vehicle 4 – Team CIMAR - At mile 0.45, vehicle ran into some wire and got totally wrapped up in it. Vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 10 – Palos Verdes High School Road Warriors - Vehicle hit a wall in the start area. Vehicle was removed from the course.
Vehicle 17 – SciAutonics I - At mile 0.75, vehicle went off the route. After sensors tried unsuccessfully for 90 minutes to reacquire the route, without any movement, vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 20 � Team TerraMax � Several times, the vehicle sensed some bushes near the road, backed up and corrected itself. At mile 1.2, it was not able to proceed further. Vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 15 � Team TerraHawk � Withdrew prior to start.
Vehicle 9 � The Golem Group � At mile 5.2, while going up a steep hill, vehicle stopped on the road, in gear and with engine running, but without enough throttle to climb the hill. After trying for 50 minutes, the vehicle was command-disabled.
Vehicle 16 � The Blue Team � Withdrew prior to start.
heh. The next race will be in 2006. More information at http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
ok these aren’t exactly products of science and technology. still all my neurons tell me they are interesting.
though I’d rather dig a grave and try necrophilia than pay 6000 bucks for one of these.
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way to go mankind.
we saw this bizarre marketing campaign on the weekend. its a row of planes leaving marks of smoke to write a text of cloud in the sky. it read something like “Free Dimonds” followed by a 212 phone number. we agreed it was crap. you can’t see the sky in manhattan.
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