Revived LHC Could Run Through the Winter 164
Jack Spine writes "When you are powering nuclear particle beams that could drill a hole through 30 metres of copper, you don't want to be paying a premium for electricity. However, Cern scientists are determined that the delayed experiment will get some workable results, and so are preparing to run the machine throughout the winter."
LHC Could Run Through the Winter ... (Score:5, Funny)
Or till Earth is destroyed. Whichever comes first...
Re:Odd... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Odd... (Score:4, Funny)
I should clarify that when I say "I guess", what I mean is that it's in the damn article as well as being good old common sense. I suppose if you didn't read before posting (9 paragraphs is too long?) and you don't have common sense ...
... well then you'd be on /., right?
heh heh (Score:2, Funny)
I'm a tag
Re:How they''ll be paying for it... (Score:3, Funny)
Why ask for 1 trillion when we can ask for 1 billion? *raises pinky*
Re:I don't mean to nitpick... (Score:3, Funny)
E, CERN is pretty commonly referred to around here. We talk about the impressive multi-national project all of the time. A moment of editing would have saw that error.
I know this, because I'm very drunk right now. If an inebriated AC can see that, I would at least hope that an editor would.
Then again, I'm new here.
So what will cause the delay next time? (Score:5, Funny)
I can't find the paper on Google though, I really need to read it it'll help me figure out why the time machine I'm building doesn't work.
Re:I don't mean to nitpick... (Score:5, Funny)
CEPLARN (Conseil Europeen Pour LA Recherche Nucleaire) would be a cooler name, it sounds vaguely Klingon.
Re:So what will cause the delay next time? (Score:1, Funny)
Is the Weekly World News peer reviewed?
Re:Odd... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:LHC Could Run Through the Winter ... (Score:5, Funny)
They've spotted Gordon Freeman running around the LHC.
http://skipsjunk.net/linked-pics/LHC_Gordon-Freeman_2.JPG [skipsjunk.net]
Mods: Engage humor detectors (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately in the southern hemisphere the spin is reversed, which could result in the anti-god particle. They'll play with black holes, but there are limits to their hubris.
The next version is the Trans-equator Hadron Collider (THC) which will circle the equator and have a branch that passes through the core in an attempt to discover stuff that's like, really cool, man. Here's a diagram. [wikimedia.org]
Re:I don't mean to nitpick... (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm... so that's where he got them...
Re:Odd... (Score:3, Funny)
That's true, they can't read directions for shit.
Re:So what will cause the delay next time? (Score:2, Funny)
You didn't want me to tell you this, but you found it, built the machine, and caused a disaster, then went back and made it so you wouldn't find the paper.
Re:LHC Could Run Through the Winter ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Odd... (Score:5, Funny)
Translation: "Fuck! D-zero [wikipedia.org]'s collected like 6 inverse femtobarns [wikipedia.org] of integrated luminosity and we're just sitting on our asses looking at cosmic ray hits!!! Who gives a shit about power $$$?! Switch the fucker on!!"
Re:Odd... (Score:4, Funny)