Comments on: Google knows what’s up http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Christopher Moonlight @ Moonlight Art Magazine http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309972 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:28:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309972 At last, they can prove Homer's theory of a doughnut shaped universe. Scientists say that black holes will be created, but they'll only last about one millionth of a second. It's the doughnut hole that will get us. Mmm, doughnut holes. Anyway, I'll leave it to Eddie Campbell, to save us from the crabs. http://christophermoonlight.blogspot.com/2007/03/campbell-saves-earth-from-invading.html At last, they can prove Homer’s theory of a doughnut shaped universe. Scientists say that black holes will be created, but they’ll only last about one millionth of a second. It’s the doughnut hole that will get us. Mmm, doughnut holes. Anyway, I’ll leave it to Eddie Campbell, to save us from the crabs. http://christophermoonlight.blogspot.com/2007/03/campbell-saves-earth-from-invading.html

]]> by: Steve Price http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309502 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:50:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309502 Listening to the coverage on NPR this morning, I couldn't help thinking of the Gravity Well story from Mike Baron and Steve Rude's NEXUS (Vol2. #25 & 27). Who's with me? Listening to the coverage on NPR this morning, I couldn’t help thinking of the Gravity Well story from Mike Baron and Steve Rude’s NEXUS (Vol2. #25 & 27). Who’s with me?

]]> by: Karen http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309493 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:38:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309493 God, I love Mitchell and Webb. God, I love Mitchell and Webb.

]]> by: Fred the Frown http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309413 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:49:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309413 Better this than all-out nuclear war. Better this than all-out nuclear war.

]]> by: Tony Bedard http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309285 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:08:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309285 David Oakes, Thank you! I get it now. I think. I guess the super-density leads to super-gravity, whereas I always thought gravity was solely a function of mass. Obviously, need to brush up on my Hawking or something, but seriously, thanks for explaining that so succinctly. :-) David Oakes,

Thank you! I get it now. I think. I guess the super-density leads to super-gravity, whereas I always thought gravity was solely a function of mass. Obviously, need to brush up on my Hawking or something, but seriously, thanks for explaining that so succinctly. :-)

]]> by: Joe Williams http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309102 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:25:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2309102 ABC News made my 7 year old cry when they hyped the whole "will the world end?" angle. I know some people think it's cute to speculate but that crap seems based on a less than shaky understanding of the science. Truthfully, I think some people just really fear science knowing too much about "God's business" and possibly even fear some divine retribution (not to mention they just fear science and the fact that it's gotten very hard for lay people to understand what the hell they are talking about). We now live in a culture where science is reaching back to the beginning of time as we know it yet too many Americans (and our potential VP) think dinosaurs roamed the Earth 4,000 years ago. ABC News made my 7 year old cry when they hyped the whole “will the world end?” angle. I know some people think it’s cute to speculate but that crap seems based on a less than shaky understanding of the science.

Truthfully, I think some people just really fear science knowing too much about “God’s business” and possibly even fear some divine retribution (not to mention they just fear science and the fact that it’s gotten very hard for lay people to understand what the hell they are talking about). We now live in a culture where science is reaching back to the beginning of time as we know it yet too many Americans (and our potential VP) think dinosaurs roamed the Earth 4,000 years ago.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308907 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:41:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308907 Not with a bang but a whimper? Man... what if you could weaponize it, create an unstable black hole which exists for a microsecond? what if the european union had the ultimate weapon and created a cold peace? if there's a black hole where earth used to be, how does that affect the sun? would the black hole still have some orbital momentum? could this be a cosmic test, created to weed out civilizations who might be too eager? my last supper would be a sweet lettuce salad with mandarin oranges, a thick crusty juicy steak, rotkraut, shared with an intelligent beautiful woman. desert would consist of chocolate fondue and champagne, while we gaze at the Milky Way and contemplate existence. Not with a bang but a whimper? Man… what if you could weaponize it, create an unstable black hole which exists for a microsecond? what if the european union had the ultimate weapon and created a cold peace?
if there’s a black hole where earth used to be, how does that affect the sun? would the black hole still have some orbital momentum? could this be a cosmic test, created to weed out civilizations who might be too eager?
my last supper would be a sweet lettuce salad with mandarin oranges, a thick crusty juicy steak, rotkraut, shared with an intelligent beautiful woman. desert would consist of chocolate fondue and champagne, while we gaze at the Milky Way and contemplate existence.

]]> by: Tucker Stone http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308829 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:21:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308829 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM Hadron Rap video. Easy-peasy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

Hadron Rap video. Easy-peasy.

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308764 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:58:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308764 Tom: Are there any links or scans to this comic book about the end of the world that you worked on? Perhaps if the information was put in a format our primitive unfrozen caveman message board commenter brains could understand, we would be the better for it. Aside: this morning as I lay in bed, some fellow on NPR was trying to explain in layman's terms what the super collider was doing. And I honestly thought I understand it, since it had something to do with the strong force, and I know science has yet to explain the strong force and all that. Where is Grant Morrison when you need him! Tom:

Are there any links or scans to this comic book about the end of the world that you worked on?

Perhaps if the information was put in a format our primitive unfrozen caveman message board commenter brains could understand, we would be the better for it.

Aside: this morning as I lay in bed, some fellow on NPR was trying to explain in layman’s terms what the super collider was doing. And I honestly thought I understand it, since it had something to do with the strong force, and I know science has yet to explain the strong force and all that.

Where is Grant Morrison when you need him!

]]> by: David Oakes http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308595 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:05:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2308595 Mr. Bedard, It's not the mass, it's the density. Or as you say, "collapsed into a singularity". After all the uncollapsed star has the mass of the black hole, and yet it is not a black hole, right? The theory goes that the particles can be flung together so hard that they squeeze below a critical volume/above a critical density, and they they become a micro-black hole. Which would then start to absorb nearby matter - us - gaining mass and gaining size, thus accelerating the process. Not all that different from the "ignite the atmosphere" fears about the atom bomb and uncontrolled nuclear fission. Or the "tipping point" of Global Warming. Saddly we will have to go past that point to be absolutely sure that it won't be Apocalypse. Thus is Science! Mr. Bedard,

It’s not the mass, it’s the density. Or as you say, “collapsed into a singularity”. After all the uncollapsed star has the mass of the black hole, and yet it is not a black hole, right?

The theory goes that the particles can be flung together so hard that they squeeze below a critical volume/above a critical density, and they they become a micro-black hole. Which would then start to absorb nearby matter - us - gaining mass and gaining size, thus accelerating the process.

Not all that different from the “ignite the atmosphere” fears about the atom bomb and uncontrolled nuclear fission. Or the “tipping point” of Global Warming. Saddly we will have to go past that point to be absolutely sure that it won’t be Apocalypse. Thus is Science!

]]> by: Xenos http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307956 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:57:57 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307956 Aw. Now I feel like an ass. What a crappy way to meet the end of the world. Aw. Now I feel like an ass. What a crappy way to meet the end of the world.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307954 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:57:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307954 One of these guys is going make the Atom's costume, right? One of these guys is going make the Atom’s costume, right?

]]> by: Xenos http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307940 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:54:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307940 http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/ http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

]]> by: Edward Liu http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307917 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:48:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307917 Someone has set up a very helpful website to let us know immediately if/when the LHC destroys the world: http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ So far, so good! "View Source" on that site while you're there, too. Someone has set up a very helpful website to let us know immediately if/when the LHC destroys the world:

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

So far, so good!

“View Source” on that site while you’re there, too.

]]> by: Tom http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307844 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:29:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307844 Sadly we probably aren't going to go poof. A few years ago a bunch of Scientists from Brookhaven (yes, 50 miles from Times Square) started the same experiments after a thorough grilling from a Congressional Committee. There were concerns, but the "poof scenario" turns on some pretty flaky science. A couple of years ago I used it for the start of a GN that I am currently showing to publishers. Now I may no longer need to keep explaining what a particle accelerator is, or what can happen if it all goes wrong. It's a big part of the GN. So my life may be a little simpler. Unless we all go poof. Sadly we probably aren’t going to go poof.

A few years ago a bunch of Scientists from Brookhaven (yes, 50 miles from Times Square) started the same experiments after a thorough grilling from a Congressional Committee. There were concerns, but the “poof scenario” turns on some pretty flaky science.

A couple of years ago I used it for the start of a GN that I am currently showing to publishers. Now I may no longer need to keep explaining what a particle accelerator is, or what can happen if it all goes wrong. It’s a big part of the GN.

So my life may be a little simpler.

Unless we all go poof.

]]> by: Tony Bedard http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307824 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:24:06 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307824 Okay, so a black hole is a collapsed star, yes? And the reason it's dangerous is because it has all the mass of a star compressed into a singularity, yes? What I don't get is how a particle accelerator can possibly produce something with that much mass. I don't see how it can create mass at all. Maybe it can produce certain subatomic particles that display certain black hole-like properties, but you're not gonna whip up something exponentially more massive than Planet Earth just by shooting some particles round a track, right? Okay, so a black hole is a collapsed star, yes? And the reason it’s dangerous is because it has all the mass of a star compressed into a singularity, yes?

What I don’t get is how a particle accelerator can possibly produce something with that much mass. I don’t see how it can create mass at all.

Maybe it can produce certain subatomic particles that display certain black hole-like properties, but you’re not gonna whip up something exponentially more massive than Planet Earth just by shooting some particles round a track, right?

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307738 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:06:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307738 Rolando -- thanks. It's been wonderful. In case we all suddenly go poof, I want to say I love each and every reader of this here blog and that you guys and gals being here every day for me has meant more to me than anything. Of course I can't go out without thanking Future Mr. Beat for all his love and support. And my mom. And Inky. Quietly going to the mountains now to watch one last sunset. I shall take a package of Mint Milanos as my last meal, along with a few packets of Vietnamese coffee. It's all so peaceful now. Rolando — thanks. It’s been wonderful. In case we all suddenly go poof, I want to say I love each and every reader of this here blog and that you guys and gals being here every day for me has meant more to me than anything.

Of course I can’t go out without thanking Future Mr. Beat for all his love and support. And my mom. And Inky.

Quietly going to the mountains now to watch one last sunset. I shall take a package of Mint Milanos as my last meal, along with a few packets of Vietnamese coffee. It’s all so peaceful now.

]]> by: rolando http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307671 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:49:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307671 According to what I read, this morning was a test fire... the actual experiments where they could possibly produce a black hole haven't happened yet. And even if this morning's acceleration was real, some scientists have estimated that the black holes produced will not be strong enough to be detected at the onset... they would need some time to grow before they could actually swallow us whole (which is a scary predicament... I'd rather just "poof" and be gone versus knowing the black hole will eat me alive after it has three weeks to "grow"). So in either case, while I don't think we have anything to worry about, you never know... hence my proclaimation about this blog. So let it be written, so let it be done. Oh, and do not doubt my scientific knowledge. I have my degree in theoretical physics after and in depth and comprehensive study of the last 42 years of Star Trek. According to what I read, this morning was a test fire… the actual experiments where they could possibly produce a black hole haven’t happened yet. And even if this morning’s acceleration was real, some scientists have estimated that the black holes produced will not be strong enough to be detected at the onset… they would need some time to grow before they could actually swallow us whole (which is a scary predicament… I’d rather just “poof” and be gone versus knowing the black hole will eat me alive after it has three weeks to “grow”).

So in either case, while I don’t think we have anything to worry about, you never know… hence my proclaimation about this blog. So let it be written, so let it be done.

Oh, and do not doubt my scientific knowledge. I have my degree in theoretical physics after and in depth and comprehensive study of the last 42 years of Star Trek.

]]> by: Tucker Stone http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307619 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:37:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307619 They fired it up this morning. You're still here. They fired it up this morning. You’re still here.

]]> by: rolando http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307560 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:24:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/10/google-knows-whats-up/#comment-2307560 On the off chance we all die sometime in the next day or week as they fire up the accelerator, I just want to say that I will miss this blog. I didn't always agree with the commentary, but the knowledge it provided was invaluable. On the off chance we all die sometime in the next day or week as they fire up the accelerator, I just want to say that I will miss this blog. I didn’t always agree with the commentary, but the knowledge it provided was invaluable.

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