CERN scientists will begin attempting to cross the beams at LHC tomorrow morning(google.com)
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CERN scientists will begin attempting to cross the beams at LHC tomorrow morning
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFngOTfNSw21ce_26N1EzfTAXwRQD9EOES1G0
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So it started @ 3am EST time. First 2 tries failed to get the beam up. They expect to try again after resetting the machine @ 5am EST or about 1.5 hours from now.
You can also follow them via twitter @CERN http://twitter.com/cern
Also a working link to the camera is http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
You can also follow them via twitter @CERN http://twitter.com/cern
Also a working link to the camera is http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
I was amused to find this bit of awkwardly worded text in the article:
"...the Higgs boson, a hypothetical particle that scientists theorize gives mass to other particles and thus to other objects and creatures in the universe."
"...the Higgs boson, a hypothetical particle that scientists theorize gives mass to other particles and thus to other objects and creatures in the universe."
I believe that would be 8:30AM CEST which is 11:30PM PST TONIGHT, or in just a few hours from now.
It looks like it will be Webcast here: http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
It looks like it will be Webcast here: http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
Live webcam: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc4.swf
Collapse of the beams. Particles starting to collide. Now the final stage of the experiment beginning.
Exiting!
Exiting!
CERN is also testing if, given enough exclamation marks, Twitter will collapse onto itself and become a black hole: http://twitter.com/cern :)
from http://twitter.com/cern
"Experiments are collecting their first physics data - historic moment here! Watch the webcast, look at the photos - all live!"
"Experiments are collecting their first physics data - historic moment here! Watch the webcast, look at the photos - all live!"
Looks like the world might have not exploded, HORAY!
I was almost nervous about that.
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I know I'm going to get voted down, but I hope the results aren't like this.
http://bornandbreded.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/crossed.jpg
http://bornandbreded.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/crossed.jpg
I know I'm going to get voted down, but ...
Saying "I know I'm going to get voted down" and not being a complete troll: best way to ensure that you don't get voted down?
Saying "I know I'm going to get voted down" and not being a complete troll: best way to ensure that you don't get voted down?
Possibly, or it could be an attempt to soften the negative reaction one might have by viewing the following statements.
It's kind of like a disclaimer for stupidity.
It's kind of like a disclaimer for stupidity.
"Disclaimer for Stupidity?" I think you might have something there! What about a registry for provable journalistic incompetence (so limited to factual errors of misunderstanding of science) disguised as a sympathetic organization of mercy?
I consistently vote down comments that say things like "I know I'm going to be voted down for this, but ..." unless they are exceptionally interesting or insightful. (They never are.)
That's okay. I lol'd. I was going to say something like "Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light." - So I voted you up.
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Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.