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Charlotte

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #200 on: 06 November, 2009, 09:38:41 am »
Hot on the heels of last month's revelations in the New York Times that Higgs Bosons from the future might be coming back in time to stop the LHC from working, we have the news* that this month, a piece of bread, dropped by a passing bird, has managed to damage the Large Hadron Collider.

Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really) | Popular Science



*Link Via BoingBoing
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andygates

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #201 on: 06 November, 2009, 09:47:52 am »
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If this really is the work of time-traveling Higgs boson particles, however, they're demonstrating a lot of creativity

I'm reminded of Iain Banks's Lazy Gun. :demon:
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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #202 on: 06 November, 2009, 10:04:58 am »
Quote from: Charlotte on 06 November, 2009, 09:38:41 am
Hot on the heels of last month's revelations in the New York Times that Higgs Bosons from the future might be coming back in time to stop the LHC from working, we have the news* that this month, a piece of bread, dropped by a passing bird, has managed to damage the Large Hadron Collider.

Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really) | Popular Science



*Link Via BoingBoing


There is a comment in there that verges on genius.

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The bird's briefing:

The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station.
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Charlotte

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #203 on: 06 November, 2009, 10:06:58 am »
Oh, I say  :D
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RJ

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #204 on: 06 November, 2009, 01:59:31 pm »
Bird (which would have to get in there somehow, with uneaten bread)?  Or human (presumably with a pass, but breaking the food rules)?

Cosmic conspiracy to save the planet - or cock-up?  Hmmm?  I wonder ...
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alan

Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #205 on: 06 November, 2009, 02:02:47 pm »
I have not read the thread,only the title, but I have to ask..
Did anyone else misread the word "hadron"?
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Zipperhead

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #206 on: 06 November, 2009, 03:25:25 pm »
Here are some interesting links that I read yesterday...

Beam energy - when it's running, the beam whizzing around the LHC will have about the same amount of energy as a TGV travelling at 150kp/h (or 77kg of TNT).

So, if you have to hit the emergency stop switch, you need somewhere to dump that energy
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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #207 on: 06 November, 2009, 03:31:50 pm »
Quote from: Spartacus on 06 November, 2009, 03:25:25 pm
Here are some interesting links that I read yesterday...

Beam energy - when it's running, the beam whizzing around the LHC will have about the same amount of energy as a TGV travelling at 150kp/h (or 77kg of TNT).

So, if you have to hit the emergency stop switch, you need somewhere to dump that energy

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #208 on: 06 November, 2009, 08:41:09 pm »
That's a fiendishly complex beam dump system.  What could possibly go wrong ?
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Jaded

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #209 on: 06 November, 2009, 09:17:49 pm »
Quote from: Mal Volio on 06 November, 2009, 08:41:09 pm
That's a fiendishly complex beam dump system.  What could possibly go wrong ?

No matter. Just have DynoRod's number at hand.
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David Martin

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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #210 on: 06 November, 2009, 11:05:23 pm »
Stupid bird. Any fule no that if you want to understand teh secrets of the universe you need a stale fairy cake, not an old baguette!
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Air Dancer

Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #211 on: 22 March, 2010, 10:32:31 pm »
Quote from: alan on 06 November, 2009, 02:02:47 pm
I have not read the thread,only the title, but I have to ask..
Did anyone else misread the word "hadron"?

You are not alone with that

Telegraph trips over the Large Hardon Collider • The Register

 ;D
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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #212 on: 29 April, 2016, 09:59:09 pm »
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Re: Large Hadron Collider
« Reply #213 on: 29 April, 2016, 10:25:43 pm »
What a wascally weasel.
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