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LHC: Another month off

Author:  apomb [ Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:31 am ]
Post subject:  LHC: Another month off

LHC Postpones first particle beams ANOTHER month

When the hell are we going to actually see this thing in action!? Its like a Microsoft OS launch here! Anyone with me on this?

Author:  btiffin [ Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: LHC: Another month off

I'm all for delays when it comes to particle accelerators. Caution being a good thing. 10s of trillions of electron volts whipping around a 27 kilometer race track needs the utmost of proper care and feeding. Don't worry apomb; well within your lifetime they will plumb down to the teenie weenie depths of sub-subatomic particles and find traces of the 8 trillion pico-monkeys randomly pounding out Windows 7. Smile

Author:  DemonWasp [ Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:05 am ]
Post subject:  RE:LHC: Another month off

At least this isn't any more of the "omg it will eat our world" nonsense - they're just being careful about setting it up right to avoid millions of dollars in broken machinery.

Author:  jernst [ Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: LHC: Another month off

i wish i worked there Smile


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