Anyone Else Staying Up For The CERN Announcement About The Higgs Boson Tonight?

[Wiglaf]

Word on the street from my dealer is that they will announce "evidence" for the higgs boson at the 4-sigma level.

Edit for the Googlers:

The announcement will be at 9:00 A.M. CEST (Central European Standard Time) which is about 2:00 A.M. CST (Chicago). But Fermilab has already announced the "strongest indication to date" of the existence of it.

[Lonestar]

no

[Wiglaf]

Chin up. I thought for sure it would be at the 5-sigma level too, but that's no reason to pretend you don't care about science. 99.99367% certainty is damn good if you ask me. I'm trying to see if Intrade is taking bets on this.

[Lonestar]

probably maybe

[Wiglaf]

Hey CERN just found me /
And this is crazy /
But I'm the higgs boson /
So discover me maybe

[Lonestar]

no

[Wiglaf]

I'm not detecting much high energy on these boards...

[Wiglaf]

Well, this is a disaster. I've been told that news of the discovery, like me, will not in fact be coming tonight. The announcement is early on July 4.

[giblets]

Hey CERN just found me /
And this is crazy /
But I'm the higgs boson /
So discover me maybe

Is that from Albert's latest rap?

[Wiglaf]

If he started rapping about high energy physics instead of boring crap like closeted homos and marriage, I'd buy his album enough times to make him rich.

[MrFun]

The discovery will further our understanding of the physics of our universe, but it won't actually affect the way we live. So piss off.

[Wiglaf]

Look, I'm a red blooded American male. I love high energy physics and I hate fags. I can't help it.

[Wiglaf]

Went to the CVS and picked up some nacho cheese dip for the big reveal tomorrow.

[Lorizael]

My guess is they're going to announce that they have, in fact, created a mini-black hole, and that the Earth only has a year to live.

[Asher]

Hey CERN just found me /
And this is crazy /
But I'm the higgs boson /
So discover me maybe

it is embarrassingly catchy...