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1338 h4x0r
08-04-2009, 07:58 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/space/04collide.html

lol

I wonder whether the involvement of so many French people in building the thing has anything to do with its shoddiness
Aaron
08-05-2009, 08:14 AM
Humans are angels, Shinji Ikari.
Berner
08-05-2009, 08:49 AM
I want my new physics already damnit.
Foehammer
08-05-2009, 08:51 AM
You can run, you can hide

When worlds collide
free_thinkers_are_dangerous
08-05-2009, 09:19 AM
4 trillion volts is still pretty sweet.


I wonder if the project fails whether or not they can make the whole thing into a giant Tesla Coil like in the Red Alert games. Or a Death Star lazer that can zap incoming asteroids.
Foehammer
08-05-2009, 09:47 AM
V3 launch unit.
Mr. Ron
08-05-2009, 11:16 AM
ah, but can it make coffee?
gregulus
08-05-2009, 11:20 AM
ah, but can it make coffee?

truly a bold thinker, mr. ron.
Berner
08-05-2009, 11:28 AM
ah, but can it make coffee?


When did you turn into the PWNI troll?
Mr. Ron
08-05-2009, 11:43 AM
what? I just made a bad joke calm down
Anglachel
08-05-2009, 11:47 AM
i thought PNWI was 90% trolls

holy **** some of you are actually retarded woah
Berner
08-05-2009, 12:02 PM
what? I just made a bad joke calm down


I am calm. I've just been noticing that you don't really add to discussions in here as much anymore but usually chime in with jokes.

It wasn't really a reaction to the post more or less my own curiousity.
Pastorius
08-05-2009, 12:12 PM
4 trillion volts is still pretty sweet.


I wonder if the project fails whether or not they can make the whole thing into a giant Tesla Coil like in the Red Alert games. Or a Death Star lazer that can zap incoming asteroids.

Not volts, electron volts, eV. It's a measure of energy. 1eV is the amount of KE an electron gains when it is accelerated through a potential difference of 1V.

And while I'm at it, physicists aren't 'deserting' the LHC, they're just using the Tevatron (US synchotron, currently highest energies we can reach) whilst the LHC is being reconfigured. I actually love the media portayal of physicists deserting the LHC and signing for the other side. They're all the same scientists!

It'll take a while before they get up to the proposed eV even when it's working again, takes time to fine tune the systems. It's fascinating what happens when science and the media collide.
easylee
08-05-2009, 12:14 PM
maybe if we collide more sciences and medias we will find the god particle
Mr. Ron
08-05-2009, 12:17 PM
I am calm. I've just been noticing that you don't really add to discussions in here as much anymore but usually chime in with jokes.

It wasn't really a reaction to the post more or less my own curiousity.
No, I still do. Its just that I can't be *grrrr serious* in discussions all the time.
gregulus
08-05-2009, 01:51 PM
Not volts, electron volts, eV. It's a measure of energy. 1eV is the amount of KE an electron gains when it is accelerated through a potential difference of 1V.

And while I'm at it, physicists aren't 'deserting' the LHC, they're just using the Tevatron (US synchotron, currently highest energies we can reach) whilst the LHC is being reconfigured. I actually love the media portayal of physicists deserting the LHC and signing for the other side. They're all the same scientists!

It'll take a while before they get up to the proposed eV even when it's working again, takes time to fine tune the systems. It's fascinating what happens when science and the media collide.

this.