{"id":3680,"date":"2009-05-14T08:47:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T08:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/05\/14\/we-just-turned-the-machine-off\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T08:47:58","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T08:47:58","slug":"we-just-turned-the-machine-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/05\/14\/we-just-turned-the-machine-off\/","title":{"rendered":"We Just Turned the Machine Off, and the Antimatter Went Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a little surprised that I haven&#8217;t seen bloggers commenting on Tom Hanks&#8217;s appearance on <cite>The Daily Show<\/cite>, in which he talks about CERN:<\/p>\n<table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>M &#8211; Th 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/video\/index.jhtml?videoId=227328&#038;title=tom-hanks'>Tom Hanks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'>\n<td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/'>thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:227328' width='360' height='301' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'><\/embed><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'>\n<table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/index.jhtml'>Daily Show<br \/> Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/tagSearchResults.jhtml?term=Clusterf%23%40k+to+the+Poor+House'>Economic Crisis<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/tagSearchResults.jhtml?term=Republicans'>Political Humor<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Everything he says is pretty much true, but garbled and exaggerated for comic effect. People at CERN have to be shaking their heads, though. Or maybe they don&#8217;t bother watching the interview segments&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, it&#8217;s not nearly as good as their earlier segment with John Oliver at CERN<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>M &#8211; Th 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/video\/index.jhtml?videoId=225921&#038;title=large-hadron-collider'>Large Hadron Collider<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'>\n<td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/'>thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:225921' width='360' height='301' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'><\/embed><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'>\n<table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/index.jhtml'>Daily Show<br \/> Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/tagSearchResults.jhtml?term=Clusterf%23%40k+to+the+Poor+House'>Economic Crisis<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/tagSearchResults.jhtml?term=Republicans'>Political Humor<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Then again, the hook for the Hanks interview is the new movie based on Dan Brown&#8217;s <cite>Angels and Demons<\/cite>, so as dopey as the Hanks interview is, it&#8217;s probably at least a hundred times better than the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a little surprised that I haven&#8217;t seen bloggers commenting on Tom Hanks&#8217;s appearance on The Daily Show, in which he talks about CERN: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M &#8211; Th 11p \/ 10c Tom Hanks thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor Everything he says is pretty much true, but&hellip; 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