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apomb

Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:31 am


LHC: Another month off

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[url=http://www.chemie.de/news/e/85597/]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?


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btiffin

Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:08 am


Re: LHC: Another month off

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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.   :)


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DemonWasp

Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:05 am


RE:LHC: Another month off

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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.


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jernst

Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:22 pm


Re: LHC: Another month off

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i wish i worked there :)