CERN rap video about the Large Hadron Collider creates a black hole of awesomeness
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted August 8th 2008 3:29PM
posted August 8th 2008 3:29PM
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Looking forward to Weird Al's parody, which would actually be a serious rap...
Anyone who doesn't already know about him should check out MC Hawking. He busts more shit than an incontinent man at a chilli cook-off. His song 'entropy' is equally educational but far more dope than the slightly embarassing display above. It's on youtube, but you really should buy the album.
@ j_g_puff:
I have heard MC Hawking. At first I thought it was just a joke and then I kept hearing it on Sirius 34... Weird shit but it's funny.
You'd think for scientists it'd be easy to level the damn audio. That thing was unbearable. MC Hawking is pretty cool tho.
Another video ruined by Youtube's new audio levelling system!
It sucks so bad! When will you fix this Youtube? You're killing our audio!
right at like 3:18, is that guy masturbating?
a brief history of rhyme?
Snoop aint got nothin on these pimps.
At least they are better than the Cernettes (who also feature on the first image on the web);
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Horribles_Cernettes
Very educational, but musically, they can't hold a candle to the Cernettes.
actually it sounds like Grandmaster Flash.
actually it sounds like Grandmaster Flash.
actually it sounds like Grandmaster Flash.
does it, now?
THAT WAS GOOD! WEEEEE I WANT ANTI MATTER!
Wow. And I thought I was dorky. Just wow!
That's all I could think, lol.
That video was so full of Win, as they say.
It hurts us. It hurts us so much.
You failed at life.
Lame and idiotic.
Personally, I wouldn't be going around telling others about my problem, but hey, if that's how you roll.
I laughed. I cried. I was entertained. I was squeamish. I learnt something.
Thanks CERN-based Geeks!
I second this opinion.
totally agree
Best headline ever.
Don't click it! I got chills and had to close it.
you just wanna get lowranked, don't you?
Either you're full of irony right now or some cock-ass hipster...either way you've just failed.
thank you CERN rappers, now i have a perfect understanding of the higgs boson!
Hah, yeah me too. :)
I was actually quite puzzled about the whole LHC project and it's purpouse, and however this 'dorky' this song might be, it's still explained a lot of things in laymans terms and I have a lot better understanding of things now ... :)
If it was about half as long it would have been the best rap ever.
That's when YOU come out with a version speeding this up 2x.
That was dope, yo.
My biggest concern is that I have a canoe trip planned for September 11th. I've never canoed in anti-water before. Can it be done? Do I need an anti-matter canoe?
You could get an antimatter canoe, but I hope you never touch it =/
Just make sure your real canoe doesn't collide with the anti-canoe.
yes you do, and I have got one to sell you!!!
Lol, their gangster hand symbol is the right hand rule for EMF!
http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/f/l/flemings%20right%20hand%20rule/source.html
Am I sad that I noticed that too? I've been thinking that about rappers since we learnt about that in physics.
I never knew scientists could be such dorks.
Really? You didn't know SCIENTISTS could be DORKS?
dude....seriously?!
Scientists are the real Original Gangsters. Always gettin thrown in jail and shit for their theories back in the good ol' days.
Yeah that Bruce Edwards Ivins was one bad ass anthrax slinging mofo.
WOW.
Oh SNAP
And these are the people that are about to operate something that has a slim possibility to destroy the planet? I'm not exactly encouraged...
You're kidding right?
There is absolutely ZERO possibiliby of the LHC destroying the planet. It's not a large possibility. It's not 50/50. It's not even a slim possibility. The possibility is ZERO. I'm sorry but I'm sick of hearing things like this. It's mostly the fault of the idiotic non-scientific media spreading crap that isn't true. Don't fear it simply because you don't understand it.
ZERO POSSIBILITY! I can't say that enough.
Well, saying that anything has a "ZERO possibility" of anything happening is incorrect. We have no proof that massive particles don't create some unknown force that could rip apart the universe. Or, via quantum mechanics, anti mater could suddenly pop up, creating a large amount of destruction. OR... etc.
What you mean is that the chances of these things happening is so close to zero, that it can be considered as zero, but it is still genuinely non-zero.
Thank you.
Actually. Mike is in a way right. There is a chance but its incredibly small.
Although personally, Id rather we were all destroyed by our own curiosity and pursuit of knowledge than complete ignorance of global warming.
on topic.
im sorry but i just cringe at this. Im already quite familiar with LHC and what it does. But this rap simplifies all of the concepts too much for anyway to go away with even a basic understanding. The rap would have to be several days long to even start to explain this properly. Its not in anyway educational but im sure that wasen't the intention.