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More On The International Linear Collider

Posted by michael on from the get-cracking dept.

paragon_au writes "The UK Independent is reporting that details for a purposed 40km long international Linear Collider have been released by 'An international panel of particle physicists [that] decided the high-energy linear collider - a £3bn machine for smashing matter against antimatter - will use revolutionary superconducting technology to shed light on the origin and nature of the universe. Plans for the International Linear Collider have still to be finalised but scientists hope that construction of the underground machine will begin in six years.'"

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  1. Ultimate Question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    shed light on the origin and nature of the universe.

    That's fine and dandy, but we already know the answer to life, the universe, and everything. What I want to know is, what's the question. Can this thing help?? ;)

  2. We already have one of these in Canada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's called the Trans-Canada Highway.

    (It's an immature joke so I'm posting it AC.)

  3. I can hear the planning by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can hear the scientists planning this now...

    "Okay, we'll make this like, really huge collider and we'll smash matter and anti-matter together really fast, like SSSSKRKKRAASSSH. Oh man, this will be so awesome."

  4. What I see coming out of this project by r.future · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see scientists getting skate boards, or roller blades on and hurting them selfs as they have jousting tournaments in the thing. On the up side, I bet they will come up with some really bad ass new kinds of armor as a result of this project... maybe even some cool really fast skate boards.

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    Note: this has been posted by r.future (a person who spends way to much time on the internet!)
  5. Hello, this is CERN... by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Funny

    and we pronounce linacs as 'linacs'.

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    Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.