Tech events these days are big, glamorous, and full of spectacle. Just look at the Glass demo Google pulled at its recent I/O event. It had everything: skydivers, BMX riders, and abseilers.
Small wonder then that the geek world was looking to inject a little bit of tech drama into today’s Boson particle announcement at CERN.
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Parody account Hal9000 probably took the most techie stance on the announcement:
The size of the applause Fabiola Gianotti just got at the #Higgs presentation you’d think she had just unveiled a thinner iPhone
— HAL 9000 (@HAL9000_) July 4, 2012
So the rumors were correct – #Higgs has 126GeV – Higgs2 had better have 256GeV or at least come with cloud storage.
— HAL 9000 (@HAL9000_) July 4, 2012
Another thought the CERN scientists doing the announcement might pull a Steve Jobs:
At the end of the #higgs announcement, one of the CERN team will pause, nonchalantly say “oh, one more thing”, then calmly teleport away.
— Tom Scott (@tomscott) July 4, 2012
Others took the chance to have a go at Apple for its habit of suing people:
Waiting for the Apple patent suit to claim they had discovered it first#CERN #iHiggs
— Lewis Benge (@LewisBenge) July 4, 2012
CERN is going to announce the Higgs Boson on Wednesday. I expect Apple to sue, iPhones have had mass since 2007
— HAL 9000 (@HAL9000_) July 2, 2012
There was also the now typical Instagram joke:
Later today, CERN will publish a bunch of faux vintage photos of the Higgs boson on their Instagram.
— Mike Lee (@bmf) July 4, 2012
At least one user hoped there might be a major gaming announcement hidden in the event:
Can one hope there is an announcement of Half-Life 3 buried in the #higgs announcement?
— Michael Keating (@D_Keating) July 4, 2012
Others were however more concerned with the fact that the slide showing the big reveal was typed in Comic Sans:
Possibly the biggest scientific discovery of our time, the #Higgs Boson, announced in glorious MS Comic Sans Font twitpic.com/a3pl0s
— Colin Eberhardt (@ColinEberhardt) July 4, 2012
Just confirmed that CERN used Comic Sans for their epic announcement. #physicsftw #comicsansftl
— Joi Ito (@Joi) July 4, 2012
They used Comic Sans on the Higgs Boson powerpoint presentation… Nope there is no hope for mankind.
— Cosmin TRG (@CosminTRG) July 4, 2012
Dear @CERN: Every time you use Comic Sans on a powerpoint, God kills the Schrödinger’s cat;Please think of the cat
— fred_SSC (@fred_SSC) July 4, 2012
What if our very DNA is written in comic sans…. What then font snobs….
— 6R36.V1073T (@leducviolet) July 4, 2012
It’s entirely appropriate to present in Comic Sans @VincentConnare !
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) July 4, 2012
CERN’s Higgs presentation just added weight to the theory that Comic Sans is a terrible font.
— HAL 9000 (@HAL9000_) July 4, 2012
