Rao & Pierce » News http://raoandpierce.com Seattle Law Firm Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:04:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Giant particle accelerator does not, in fact, end the world http://raoandpierce.com/2008/09/13/giant-particle-accelerator-does-not-in-fact-end-the-world/ http://raoandpierce.com/2008/09/13/giant-particle-accelerator-does-not-in-fact-end-the-world/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:19:32 +0000 topher http://raoandpierce.com/?p=61 In a blow to nihilists everywhere, the massive Swiss $8 billion particular accelerator went online last Wednesday without sparking atomic reactions, earthquakes or the occasional black hole:

“I wasn’t worried,” said Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University. “If this were happening on an episode of ‘The X-Files’ or a new Pixar movie or any Hollywood movie with a budget of over $100 million, then I’d be worried. But it wasn’t. It was happening in real life.”

He paused, then said, “But I’m no physicist, either.”

In related news, experts say the new artificial intelligence defense project, Skynet, is nothing much to worry about.

And for the realtime updates, check Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the earth yet?

]]> http://raoandpierce.com/2008/09/13/giant-particle-accelerator-does-not-in-fact-end-the-world/feed/ 0 Just when they were getting ready for Sweeps Week… http://raoandpierce.com/2008/09/12/just-when-they-were-getting-ready-for-sweeps-week%e2%80%a6/ http://raoandpierce.com/2008/09/12/just-when-they-were-getting-ready-for-sweeps-week%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:17:48 +0000 topher http://raoandpierce.com/?p=60 The Arabian peninsula has just had its second drama of the year canceled due to tribal animosities.  The historical soap opera, “Saadoun al-Awajy,” dealt with conflict between the Sammar and Unaiza tribes in the years 1750 to 1830.   The loss of Saadoun is felt deeply by some soap opera afficionados.  One Sammar descendant despairs, “It’s a fuss about nothing … At the end of the day such a drama was a money opportunity.”

The other show to be canceled for offending sensibilities was “Cup of Blood”—it was apparently a historical soap opera, not a procedural crime drama.

Read more on axed TV drama.

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