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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 10:20 AM
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Ruh roh: 30-ton transformer fails at LHC, spilling helium into tunnel
Edited on Sun Sep-21-08 11:11 AM by wtmusic
New Particle Collider to Be Shut Down for Repairs

"The giant Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most expensive scientific experiment, will be shut down for at least two months, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, in Geneva said Saturday.

The shutdown casts into doubt the hopes of CERN physicists to achieve high-energy collisions of protons in the machine before the end of the year.

“It’s too early to say whether we’ll still be having collisions this year,” said James Gillies, chief of communications for CERN, in an e-mail message. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/science/21collider.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 10:23 AM
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1. Damn. nt
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 10:25 AM
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2. That's how black holes start, you know
:scared:
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 04:51 PM
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5. no, black holes have to have a vote before they exist....
;-)
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 10:43 AM
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3. Helium is in the tunnel...not explosive hydrogen
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 11:11 AM
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4. thanks - corrected nt
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-08 05:48 PM
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6. That explains all the scientists talking like Alvin and the Chimpunks
Hard to take a physicist seriously when his voice is two octaves above middle C.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 07:31 AM
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7. That's what you get for hiring Decepticons.
I'd have hired Autobots. They may be more expensive, but you get what you pay for.






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