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Re:LHCb announces a charming new particle by nategri on Thursday July 06, 2017 @07:46PM (#14714893)
composite particle... yawn
Re:LHCb announces a charming new particle by deepsun on Thursday July 06, 2017 @08:47PM (#14715160)
Mmm, what do you exactly mean by composite?

Most of well-known particles are composite of quarks (proton, neutron etc), so it's an exciting discovery indeed.

It would be yawn if if it was a composite of another particles, like Cooper pairs.

Re:LHCb announces a charming new particle by nategri on Thursday July 06, 2017 @09:03PM (#14715227)
>"Most of well-known particles are composite of quarks"

And that's why they're boring.

At this point, bring me hints of supersymmetry or bring me pillows.

Re:LHCb announces a charming new particle by maxharris on Thursday July 06, 2017 @11:30PM (#14715813)
At this point, bring me hints of supersymmetry or bring me pillows.

What's the difference between sleeping forever and being dead? The history of science is rife with examples of people waiting for ages for evidence of their incorrect pet theories...

Re:LHCb announces a charming new particle by Filligree on Friday July 07, 2017 @09:27AM (#14718124)
> What's the difference between sleeping forever and being dead?

That is not dead which can eternal lie. Charming particles may be sleep-inducing, but there's always a chance of a strange new one over the aeons.

Re:LHCb announces a charming new particle by dukwon on Friday July 07, 2017 @09:35AM (#14718178)
Good thing science isn't done for your entertainment. What's the point of your comments other than to imply that physicists somehow aren't doing a good enough job?
Re:LHCb announces a charming new particle by nategri on Friday July 07, 2017 @12:50PM (#14719882)
My PhD was in a sister field to the one these researchers are in (we split when they built terrestrial particle accelerators, while we kept looking at the natural ones in the sky).

This is tongue in cheek stuff. The way one might speak to a colleague to give them a 'hard time' about their research. No offense intended!