Thanks for the explanation.

Heh. Especially if you're going the wrong way.

Infinite set? I thought that 'geostationary orbit' meant an orbit only at a specific distance, only around the equator. What am I missing? What other orbits would be geostationary?

Those 5 questions should be asked of pretty much every scientific study done, no matter what the field

OK, so who can come up with a palindrome that uses the words 'canal' and 'Nicaragua'?

A properly made Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster will set you back into infancy, no matter what the season.

Can someone explain what they mean about defying the diffraction limit of light? How can that be?

Actually, depending on how big the ellipse is compared with the circle with a 1 AU radius, it could be right from 0 times (circle way too big, or way too small), to as many as 4. Play around with an ellipse and a circle centered at one focus and you'll see what I mean. As the relative sizes change, the number of times it's right changes too. Thank god we got *that* straightened out.

Aha! *Now* I understand why everyone is talking about the Higgs Bosom!

OK, thanks. That makes some sort of sense (in the "I don't understand the math" kind of way). So what's the difference between two particles meeting and a single particle by itself? The former is the same as the latter, just double the amount, right?

But, neutrons have no electric charge and there's such a thing as an anti-neutron. What am I missing here?

From one of the articles: "a particle that is its own anti-particle" Can one of the physics geeks on here explain how that works? I was under the impression that when particle and antiparticle meet, they go boom. How can this thing not annihilate? Or is it that this bit of matter *can't* turn into energy? The wikipedia entry on this didn't make any sense to me.

"What's the worst slashdot poll?" should be the next poll.

Cool. Now, lets see if http://slsahdot.org will be slashdotted -- excuse me -- slsahdotted.