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CERN scientists will begin attempting to cross the beams at LHC tomorrow morning
- dpcan 17y agoI 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/ http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
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- pwk 17y agoI 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."
- froo 17y agoI 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
- ax0n 17y agoThat'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.
- jackowayed 17y agoI 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?
- froo 17y agoPossibly, 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.
- gjm11 17y agoI 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.)
- stcredzero 17y ago"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?
- bravesirrobin 17y agoDr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you. 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.
- ck2 17y agoLive webcam: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc4.swf http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc4.swf
- dantheman 17y agoSo 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 http://twitter.com/cern Also a working link to the camera is http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/ http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
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- david927 17y agoCollision is now set for 13:15 CET.
- hackermom 17y agoIt's been nice knowing you all.
- rms 17y agoWell obviously it hasn't worked yet.
- arethuza 17y agoPossibly the second coolest thing that CERN has ever done.
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- ThomPete 17y agoCollapse of the beams. Particles starting to collide. Now the final stage of the experiment beginning. Exiting!
- ugh 17y agoCERN is also testing if, given enough exclamation marks, Twitter will collapse onto itself and become a black hole: http://twitter.com/cern http://twitter.com/cern :)
- guessy 17y agofrom http://twitter.com/cern http://twitter.com/cern "Experiments are collecting their first physics data - historic moment here! Watch the webcast, look at the photos - all live!"
- anonjon 17y agoLooks like the world might have not exploded, HORAY! I was almost nervous about that.