CERN and the LHC

[ManBearPig]

Good article on it:

http://www.darkroastedblend.co...-biggest-particle.html

 

[irishScott]

Want to contribute?
http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/

Work is fairly sporadic, but I'm getting a few every few days.

Join TeAm Anandtech

More info can be found here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/ca...tid=39&flcache=8858792

 

[techs]

Wow.
Truly this kind of basic research holds great promise.
Its a shame we didn't build the SCSC in Texas. It would have been the largest in the world.

 

[ManBearPig]

Originally posted by: techs
Its a shame we didn't build the SCSC in Texas. It would have been the largest in the world.

Agreed.

 

[edro]

Is the LHC complete yet?

 

[Megatomic]

Damn, now I'm all nostalgic about my work at CEBAF at Jefferson Lab. I wish they could afford to have me back, the work was exciting but the pay was just not there.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: edro
Is the LHC complete yet?

Found their schedule:
http://foraz.web.cern.ch/foraz/schedule.pdf

Looks like it'll be completely finished in June, with the vast majority being completed during or before May.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

We're all going to die.

I believe its scheduled to do experiments in 2012. The Mayans said that we are all going to die in 2012. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[chuckywang]

Aren't these the guys from Angels & Demons?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
We're all going to die.

I believe its scheduled to do experiments in 2012. The Mayans said that we are all going to die in 2012. Coincidence? I think not.

They are firing it up this year if I recall correctly, and the Mayans said nothing of the sort. :roll:

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Aren't these the guys from Angels & Demons?

Yes. And for the record, while CERN did invent the modern WWW, the US invented the basic principle and predecessor to the Internet, including file transfer, emails, and voice traffic (although the last never really worked). That book, while entertaining, has a pretty big liberal bias...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Kazaam

Originally posted by: techs
Its a shame we didn't build the SCSC in Texas. It would have been the largest in the world.

Agreed.

Cold War ended. Congress withdrew money :|

 

[Jeff7]

More in the P&N thread

Pics at CERN's site

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: Kazaam

Originally posted by: techs
Its a shame we didn't build the SCSC in Texas. It would have been the largest in the world.

Agreed.

First, that is hilarious. Second, I agree. Texas >>> World.