Update on the Collider

Im watchin' it. are you?

As long as the storm allows... freaking weather.

Fixing the world's largest atom smasher will cost at least 25 million francs ($21 million) and may take until early summer, its operator said Monday.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research recently said that the repairs would be completed by May or early June. Spokesman James Gillies said the organization know as CERN is now estimating the restart will be at the end of June or later.

The organization has blamed the shutdown on the failure of a single, badly soldered electrical connection.

The cost of the work will fall within the organization's existing budget, Gillies said.
Scientists have taken the setback in stride, saying that particle colliders always have such problems in the startup phase.

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mikecc wrote:

The organization has blamed the shutdown on the failure of a single, badly soldered electrical connection.

So $21,000,000 to fix that. Must have caused a chain reaction of other damage or they use mighty expensive solder. Wonder how long it'll be before scientists unleash something that'll wreck the planet, or worse?

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That thing broke down because of a bad solder job? Is that right mike? How do they trust all of the welds on the stairs then? Yeah, I know.

I believe them soldered joints are in an adverse environment.

Just a nuclear racetrack.

Near absolute zero temps, I believe.

Gonna be september now, before they start the thing up.

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Has the world ended yet?

Yes it has, and you MISSED IT!

So, do you thing these Black Holes that are created will affect life as we know it?

Like the line from one of my favorite movies......."Whats a black ho?"