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    All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!

    Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments

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    Image of astrogirl astrogirl
    11/20/09

    In reply to All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!
    Well, at least if something goes wrong, we'll be going out with a bang. A big one, no less. ;p
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    11/20/09

    In reply to All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!
    Aah, so 2012 is comin right on the heels of the movie.
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/20/09

    In reply to All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!

    I have huge love for the LHC, but I can't help thinking everytime I see it, that it contains all the essential components of the largest circular mass driver [en.wikipedia.org] we could ever conceive of building.

    For the love of G.K.O'Neill [en.wikipedia.org] (and Carl Sagan), why haven't we been able to get an international consortium together to build that?

    For merely half of the cost of the LHC (or 25% of it, if it had been built in parallel with the LHC), we'd have a facility capable of launching several hundred tonnes of cargo into low earth orbit, all day, every day, for mere dollars-a-pound, for ever!

    [The one in the photo is an artist's impression of a linear (no need to make it circular in a vacuum) lunar mass driver that was tech-spec'd and costed down to the last nut and bolt, a quarter of a century ago. Seriously, WTF?]
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    11/20/09

    In reply to All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!
    So next week is when we all have the flash forward?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/20/09

    In reply to All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!
    that is not the sexiest thing i've ever seen but it's at least top five.
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    11/20/09

    @tetracycloide: Yep. I'd hit that.

    (Not literally, though. It would probably break.)
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    11/20/09

    @Jeriba: The appropriate line is "I'd hit that- from the future!"
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/14/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    Hello fellow humans! I am just like you and I also have an irrational fear of technology sometimes. But I think that this machine is good! So please do not be afraid okay? Also, please refrain from thinking too hard about circles in the next week or so. Hello! #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    11/14/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    Well, I had a good run. #largehadroncollider
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    Image of stereobot stereobot
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    Wooo!!! GO LHC!!

    (holds up a "#1 fan" foam hand) #largehadroncollider
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    awesome soon it will be a big disaster. #largehadroncollider
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments

    HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?

    BREAKING NEWS, this just in! There has been yet another massive setback at the LHC, when during a routine check, workers discovered numerous carrots, beets, and parsnips inserted into delicate machinery.
    Already there are allegations of sabotage. These acts are said to be the terrorist plot of a group of moles (or even voles, sources aren't clear on the matter) which are part of a extremist Luddite sect known as "Mole-o-tov Cocktail". This terror cell is believed to take orders from the man pictured above. He is wanted for questioning by authorities, and if you see Him, please contact your local police department immediately.
    This mishap is expected to set the project back by several more months as the machines are repaired and brought back online.
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    Image of tonilost tonilost
    11/13/09

    @schrodingers-katana: Beets? Schrute! #largehadroncollider
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    11/13/09

    @tonilost: There have been no confirmation or denial that Schrute Farms had any involvement in this matter. Only time will tell. #largehadroncollider
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    please bring about the zombie apocalypse
    please bring about the zombie apocalypse
    please bring about the zombie apocalypse #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Adah Adah
    11/13/09

    @evildead1971: Oh, no thanks. I don't own a gun yet. #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    I have complete faith that the future will come and prevent this from happening (yet again). #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Shini: R.O.A.C.H. Shini: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/13/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: If the future comes back to stop us from using the LHC, won't that create a loop? Have those bastards doomed us all? #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/13/09

    @Shini: R.O.A.C.H.: No.. seriously. It's happening. Not our future... but THE future.
    [www.news.com.au] #largehadroncollider
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/13/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Who's on first? #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Julius Seizure - Canuck Julius Seizure - Canuck
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    Well this proves something is wrong: they tested on Sat the 7th and I for one aged a full year that day.

    Oh, wait. Sat. was my birthday. Never mind. #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/13/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: Happy Birthday! Mine's next week. I hope the world doesn't end. #largehadroncollider
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/13/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: I've aged one day today and it's not my birthday... That must mean they're going to succeed this time and the ripple has already caught me #largehadroncollider
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    CERN go to far! CERN am play gods! #largehadroncollider
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    11/13/09

    @tetracycloide: Don't worry... it's nothing to be conCERNed about... #largehadroncollider
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    11/13/09


    @tetracycloide: #largehadroncollider
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    11/13/09

    @Dirk Anger: Move, damnit! #largehadroncollider
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    11/13/09

    In reply to Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments
    Wait, so when exactly does it start up? All the sources I can find just say "a couple of weeks" or mid-November. I need to schedule my Hooray Science/Doomsday party. #largehadroncollider
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