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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 474 | | number = 474 | ||
− | | date = | + | | date = October 10, 2008 |
| title = Turn-On | | title = Turn-On | ||
| image = turn-on.png | | image = turn-on.png | ||
− | | titletext = Supercollider? I 'ardly know | + | | titletext = Supercollider? I 'ardly know her! |
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic refers to the first | + | This comic refers to the first start up of CERN's {{w|Large Hadron Collider}} (LHC). There was a theoretical concern that that the LHC experiments could create a {{w|black hole}} which would suck in our planet. |
− | [[Cueball]] uses this concern when telling [[Megan]] | + | [[Cueball]] uses this concern when telling [[Megan]] this could be their last night on Earth, but since the scene is in a Bar it is more likely that he just wants to stay the next night together with her. Megan answers as a physicist and expresses scientists have determined that the fears are unfounded. |
− | + | Cueball feels rejected by her answer and leaves her, but she calls him back and he continues the conversation by using three of the six {{w|Quark}} flavors in his first sentence ({{w|Up quark}}, {{w|Charm quark}}, and {{w|Strange quark}}). Megan is impressed and asks if she has to be on top or bottom ({{w|Top quark}} and {{w|Bottom quark}}). Then, while Cueball explains that he hasn't even bought her a drink, Megan does the order, just straight down ({{w|Down quark}}). | |
− | + | The quarks are some fundamental particles the LHC is generating. All six {{w|Flavor (particle physics)|flavors}} of quarks are in the last panel: Up, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom, and Down. | |
− | + | The title text is of course a very old joke "I 'ardly know her!", using this at the wrong moment it could be bad for a nice romance. | |
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− | The title text is of course a very old joke " | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A bar.] |
:Cueball: So, the LHC's turning on. This could be our last night on earth. | :Cueball: So, the LHC's turning on. This could be our last night on earth. | ||
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:Megan: Gimme a break. They're not even colliding yet, and it won't do anything cosmic rays haven't. | :Megan: Gimme a break. They're not even colliding yet, and it won't do anything cosmic rays haven't. | ||
− | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball starts to turn away.] |
:Megan: Hey, I didn't say no. | :Megan: Hey, I didn't say no. | ||
:Megan: I'm a physics grad student. I need the excuse to party. | :Megan: I'm a physics grad student. I need the excuse to party. | ||
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:Cueball: So, you're up for a night with a charming stranger? | :Cueball: So, you're up for a night with a charming stranger? | ||
:Megan: Depends. Top or bottom? | :Megan: Depends. Top or bottom? | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||
[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
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