Bad Math Causes Explosion at CERN Collider 270
javipas writes "The Large Hadron Collider at the CERN has suffered a big explosion deep inside that has caused a leak of hellium gas and the quick evacuation of everyone working there. The reason: a mathematical mistake that affected the design of the giant superconductive magnets made by Fermilab. Now the company will have to repair and upgrade the 24 magnets that are installed on the 27 km. circunference of one of the most important research centers on Earth." This story might seem strangely familiar to you.
Forgetting... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Obligatory... (Score:4, Funny)
Don't you mean
I for one, welcome our new accidental parallel universe overlords...
I for one, welcome our new accidental parallel universe overlords...
I for one, welcome our new accidental parallel universe overlords...
I for one, welcome our new accidental parallel universe overlords...
I for one, welcome our new accidental parallel universe overlords...
I for one, welcome our new accidental parallel universe overlords...
Almost success! (Score:5, Funny)
Eh, sounds partially successful.
The real reason... (Score:4, Funny)
The Great Mistake of '08 was no accident (Score:4, Funny)
Well, there's your problem! (Score:4, Funny)
Helium leak? (Score:4, Funny)
OOPS! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Proton? (Score:5, Funny)
Just think how much money they'd be saving if they were looking at amateur-tons.
(With my apologies to Piers Anthony)
Units? (Score:5, Funny)
They should have listened (Score:5, Funny)
Old story. Duplicate. Or was there a time slip? (Score:1, Funny)
Or it could be that the news that it failed on April 07 was sent back in time and appeared on April 02. They should not be messing with fundamental physics like this.
Ah, it's All about the Higgs Boson (Score:3, Funny)
summary: this story is a dupe (Score:1, Funny)
Gadzooks! (Score:4, Funny)
measure twice... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Not a Dupe (Score:3, Funny)
In theory, all mistakes are avoidable. The problem is avoiding them.,
Hellium? No wonder there was an explosion! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:John Titor delayed (Score:5, Funny)
What kind of leak? (Score:4, Funny)
Jesus christ!
Re:Forgetting... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Forgetting... (Score:5, Funny)
Time to get the eyes checked (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Almost success! (Score:5, Funny)
click!
Operator, this is not a
click!
bob - Bill have you called the police?
bill - Of course bob, they hanging up.
bob - What? Call again.
bill - Damnit bob I sound like a chipmunk, you call this time.
Bad Math Causes Explosion at CERN Collider (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Forgetting... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Forgetting... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ah, it's All about the Higgs Boson (Score:4, Funny)
However, of the many infinite realities which do not exist, those in which Free Sandwich buttons were possible became filled with sandwiches soon after their initial springing-forth, nilling the potential for all other life, and so clearly the Anthropic principle takes over.
Of course, this is a flawed argument anyway, since as far as we know, and free sandwich button could probably not produce sandwiches at a rate which would cause a sandwich queue to expand at faster than the speed of light, and would probably collapse into a delicious but deadly black hole before expanding to reality-threatening magnitudes. I think the argument's concept is clear and reasonable, however.
Re:DUPE (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Office Space (Score:3, Funny)
Re:They should have listened (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Ah, it's All about the Higgs Boson (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Some real information (Score:3, Funny)
May I pass along my congratulations for your great interdimensional breakthrough. I am sure, in the miserable annals of the Earth, you will be duly enshrined.
CERN Collider explosion pros and cons (Score:3, Funny)
Cons: Headcrabs everywhere.
Re:It's Sabotage! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Great Mistake of '08 was no accident (Score:4, Funny)
Re:NPR Story missed this one (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Forgetting... (Score:3, Funny)