LHC FAIL

weeder

well, it broke


http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/10/16/2344208.shtml

"From the fresh press release: 'Investigations at CERN following a large helium leak into sector 3-4 of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel have confirmed that cause of the incident was a faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator's magnets. This resulted in mechanical damage and release of helium from the magnet cold mass into the tunnel. Proper safety procedures were in force, the safety systems performed as expected, and no one was put at risk. Sufficient spare components are in hand to ensure that the LHC is able to restart in 2009, and measures to prevent a similar incident in the future are being put in place.'"

cue people telling us its a sign and were all gonna die in 2009

biko

OMG, it's just like in The Mist

petes

We are all doomed!!!!!

kdouglas

Meh, something was bound to break

Vain

Would love to hear all the funny voices after that helium leak..

thelordofcheese

weeder wrote: »

well, it broke


http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/10/16/2344208.shtml





cue people telling us its a sign and were all gonna die in 2009

Finally, something interesting on AH.
SCIENCE!

Now how long before someone pollutes it with rubbish about recessions, paedophiles, the budget, banks or other such tripe?

hal9000

Gordon Freeman has been but on stand by until 09
Guess we wont figure out how they get the fig into the figroll until then either

Wagon

Something was bound to break at some stage anyway. If they had that at the next Toy's For Big Boys then i might go. And if it kills us all so what? How would you like to die?

1. Death by malnutrition
2. Death by involtary bowel movements (use your imagination)
3. Death by Large Hadron Collider

I know what sounds cooler anyway.

Panda

Not quite terragen mists but surely at least one of the scientists/cleaners/maintenance types is now superpowered.

thelordofcheese

Panda wrote: »

Not quite terragen mists but surely at least one of the scientists/cleaners/maintenance types is now superpowered.

I don't know which is worse, that i got the reference, or i contemplated posting "Not if black bolt has anything to say about it"

DeVore

Collision of that energy level happen regularly in the atmosphere. Much more interesting is how and why its possible to create such a rumour and have millions get concerned about it. It speaks to a huuuuge knowledge gap between reasonably educated people and the frontiers of science or even the accepted state of physics.

DeV.

Turd Ferguson

OH NOES!!!

javaboy

DeVore wrote: »

Collision of that energy level happen regularly in the atmosphere. Much more interesting is how and why its possible to create such a rumour and have millions get concerned about it. It speaks to a huuuuge knowledge gap between reasonably educated people and the frontiers of science or even the accepted state of physics.

DeV.

Do you even read the Daily Mail??????? If these Hadrons get out of their cage, they will show no mercy.

Yousa people gonna die! :pac:

hal9000

Well at least they got their computer grid up and running this month.
The next generation of downloadable p0rn cant be far behind it!

AnonoBoy

Wait.... what does this have to do with immigrants?

hal9000

javaboy wrote: »

Do you even read the Daily Mail??????? If these Hadrons get out of their cage, they will show no mercy.

Yousa people gonna die! :pac:

Oh man the Daily Wail....its unethical to classify any of their "science stories" as "scientific"

Ishmael

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Now how long before someone pollutes it with rubbish about recessions, paedophiles, the budget, banks or other such tripe?

They obviously knew the recession was coming and tried to save a few bob on the magnet connections

brianthebard

DeVore wrote: »

Collision of that energy level happen regularly in the atmosphere. Much more interesting is how and why its possible to create such a rumour and have millions get concerned about it. It speaks to a huuuuge knowledge gap between reasonably educated people and the frontiers of science or even the accepted state of physics.

DeV.

Science is ghey.

thelordofcheese

Ishmael wrote: »

They obviously knew the recession was coming and tried to save a few bob on the magnet connections

Ok, now tie in paedophiles to this for the win.

Remember, your E-Fame is riding on this...

hal9000

LHC closed after Paedophile caught trying to ahem.."Violate" the inner beam pipe of the LHC.
Pic attached
http://home.fnal.gov/~carrigan/pillars/LHC_cross_section.png

monkeyfudge

This is actually pretty old news too.

The fault occurred about a week into operation.

DonJose

Vain wrote: »

Would love to hear all the funny voices after that helium leak..

LOL was just thinking the same thing.

Ishmael

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Ok, now tie in paedophiles to this for the win.

Remember, your E-Fame is riding on this...

It had nothing to do with the paedophiles, it was them fordiners what did it, taking all our jawbs at the LHC, and then fitting shoddy connections. Cowboys Ted, Cowboys!

dfx-

brianthebard wrote: »

Science is ghey.

Ah well, them's the breaks.