It’s only a dry run right?
I was trying to figure out the schedule page.
do we have a time?? like our time when this thing will start? everything on the website is in weeks not day or time
what does all this do?
looking at all this stuff i think they are spraying this thing @ 3500 pms right b4 vtec turns over
http://lhc-new-homepage.web.cern.ch/lhc-new-homepage/DashBoard/index.asp
Need some new desktop wallpaper. There’s some sweet pics on this site: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html
lol @ the fire brigade
The image there is how cool each of the sectors are. It should be firing up sometime tomorrow night (Eastern Standard Time).
I swear that guy is making car noises when that pic was taken. “Vrooom! Brrrrrrrrrr! Beep! Beep! Waaaaaa!”
Maybe if they turn this thing on it’ll transform zappa plays zappa to a better band at Thursday at the Square tomorrow…
did anyone click the Underground Sites link on http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/
is this what they are trying to do with the thing… i dont understand the point of this project :
The Higgs boson particle is one quantum component of the theoretical Higgs Field. In empty space, the Higgs field has an amplitude different from zero, i.e. a non-zero vacuum expectation value. The existence of this non-zero vacuum expectation plays a fundamental role: it gives mass to every elementary particle which has mass, including the Higgs boson itself. In particular, the acquisition of a non-zero vacuum expectation value spontaneously breaks electroweak gauge symmetry, which scientists often refer to as the Higgs mechanism. This is the simplest mechanism capable of giving mass to the gauge bosons while remaining compatible with gauge theories. In essence, this field is analogous to a pool of molasses that “sticks” to the otherwise massless fundamental particles which travel through the field, converting them into particles with mass which form the basis of the atom.
great more crap
On October 25, 2005, a technician was killed in the LHC tunnel when a crane load was accidentally dropped.[26][27]
On March 27, 2007 a cryogenic magnet support broke during a pressure test involving one of the LHC’s inner triplet (focusing quadrupole) magnet assemblies, provided by Fermilab and KEK. No one was injured. Fermilab director Pier Oddone stated ‘In this case we are dumbfounded that we missed some very simple balance of forces.’ This fault had been present in the original design, and remained during four engineering reviews over the following years.[28] Analysis revealed that its design, made as thin as possible for better insulation, was not strong enough to withstand the forces generated during pressure testing. Details are available in a statement from Fermilab, with which CERN is in agreement.[29][30] Repairing the broken magnet and reinforcing the eight identical assemblies used by LHC delayed the startup date[31], then planned for November 2007, by several weeks.
so this thing only needs to run for a few seconds…thats all they need?
Don’t worry, particle physicists don’t understand particle physics.
^^ what he said.
My head hurts after reading this:
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/time_after_time.php
But basically the future effects of this machine may cause it to never run in the present.
And Fry is his own Grandpa.
from your link
For example, if you want to work out how a photon gets from a lightbulb to your eye, you need to take into account not just its straight-line trajectory, but contributions of all possible paths it could have taken, including paths where the photon bounces round the room. It’s a bit strange, but it seems to work and 60 years+ of detailed experiments have confirmed this description over and over again to remarkable quantitative precision.
see i dont give a F about how the light gets to my eye… and no one should …it just does and thats it…give the 6 billion to me and not try to find out why…
now if they called this thing a time machine i may go with it… but god this is kinda dumb… yea im not the smart guy here and some of the shit sounds cool but really why do we need to know what happed after the “big bang” … earth was made we are here… deal with it
no not a rant, no im not mad
Eh, seemingly useless experiments like this is where new knowledge comes from that can eventually be put to practical use. Ever use a microwave or have a bone x-rayed?
Thats a common misconception. Everyone knows new technology comes from the divine inspiration of the true Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen.
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We reverse engineered a space ship you holy roller.
Jesus did, someone else took credit for it!
Actually the big bang theory was disproven almost a hundred years ago.
Thank God the public schools still teach it though.:bloated:
OK back on topic.
Uh, what the fuck are you talking about?
Edit: Hoping that was sarcasm