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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The {{w|Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider}} is a particle accelerator designed to collide gold ions | + | {{incomplete|Created by a HEAVILY CHARGED BOT ION - Please CHANGE THIS comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | The {{w|Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider}} is a particle accelerator designed to collide gold ions together at incredibly high speeds. This is normally done to study particle physics - the high-energy collisions allow us to learn more about how subatomic particles behave. | ||
− | [[Randall]] proposes that, instead of using the beam of gold ions for particle collisions, it should be diverted and sold at cash-for-gold stores to make money. | + | [[Randall]] proposes that, instead of using the beam of gold ions for particle collisions, it should be diverted and sold at cash-for-gold stores to make money. The joke is that because they are traveling at relativistic speeds, the mass of the particles being sold will be much more than the mass of the ions being supplied to the collider's input. However, it would be very difficult to sell a beam of charged particles{{Citation needed}}. The amount of gold involved is below microscopic scales. This is probably why Brookhaven rejected Randall's proposal. Randall has done many comics describing impractical{{Citation needed}} research proposals. |
− | + | The title text imagines the owner of the stores complaining about the sale, not because of impracticality, but because Randall tries to sell gold ions with the entire positively-charged nucleus of the gold atom with all 79 electrons stripped from it instead of normal, electrically neutral gold atoms. And this is also a pun on the word "charges", which could refer to {{w|electric charge}} or to {{w|criminal charge|criminal charges}}. | |
− | + | The cash for gold stores depicted in the comic are, from left to right: | |
− | + | We Buy Gold | |
+ | 451 Glen Dr | ||
+ | Shirley, NY 11967 | ||
− | + | Cash for Gold | |
+ | 969 Montauk Hwy | ||
+ | Shirley, NY 11967 | ||
− | + | Enrico's Jewelry Exchange | |
− | + | 442 William Floyd Pkwy | |
− | + | Shirley NY 11967 | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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