Comments on: LHC at CERN – It’s Like Mecca for Science https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/ work, life, and travel Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.2 By: britlog » Blog Archive » Another Year in the UK https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:36:29 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-359 […] including a weekend in Northern Ireland. Of course, I also went to Switzerland (Geneva) to see the Large Hadron Collider at CERN – which just went online this week and hasn’t destroyed the Earth yet. We still haven’t […]

]]> By: Angela https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:57:26 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-278 haha – another person from the british isles who managed to go down twice! i saw the CMS experiment and the tunnel at the same site. i badly wanted to see the ATLAS detector and the other experiments, too, but, as you know – it was impossible!

]]> By: jason https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:58:59 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-273 It is possible that this Universe in 35 days does not exist anymore.

Yeah. That would be a real shame, eh?

Anyway, let’s fire it up boys!

]]> By: notepad https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:55:09 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-272 35 days left.

It is possible that this Universe in 35 days does not exist anymore. And these are not esoterists these are scientists who think so.

Safety of this project should be reviewed or our Universe may be gone. Sucked up into a black hole actually.

CERN LHC will be in production mode on the 21. of May 2008

]]> By: Dave https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:08:51 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-267 Oops, that’s ‘wit’, not ‘with’. I used to be a proofreader, you know….

]]> By: Dave https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:08:13 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-266 It takes a pretty keen with to extract humour from Schroedinger’s cat. The folks on Wikipedia couldn’t pull it off….

]]> By: jason https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:43:03 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-262 Yes, I wrote the Schrödinger joke. I don’t know if that’s a good thing though – it’s a bit of a groaner. At least I didn’t pull in any cat references. 🙂

]]> By: Dave https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:43:06 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-259 Did you write that Schroedinger joke?

]]> By: Dan https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:53:05 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-258 Hey! I’m not anonymous! wtf?

]]> By: Anonymous https://britlog.slaughter.com/2008/04/08/lhc-at-cern-its-like-mecca-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:52:18 +0000 http://britlog.slaughter.com/?p=595#comment-257 That by far has to be the most unique attraction to visit. It’s like one of those things you read about but can’t really connect with until you’re there, like a NASA shuttle hangar. I’m amazed and jealous.

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