"Olórin" <incanus@erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message
news:eTbn5y2qIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
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>
>> the LHC will be smashing these Hadrons
>> (specifically Protons) together at speeds almost unimaginable to the
>> average
>> person, at near c( .99999999 % the speed of light).
>
> <snip>
>
> That's nothing. I've got a torch that, with the merest flick of a switch,
> can accelerate photons to a hundred times that speed, 99.999999% of the
> speed of light. Although I've yet to spot any Higgs bosons when using
> it...

ROFL! Seems the OP is a bit of a fruitcake, unable to tell the
difference between 0.99999999% and 99.999999%, yet smart
enough to foretell the end of the world.