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CERN, the Big Bang and Impact On the IT Industry
whencanistop writes "ComputerWeekly have put together a nice short guide (with lots of links) of what is going on at CERN. They've got a nice slant though on what this big bang experiment is going to mean for the IT Industry. Interesting slant on the world's largest grid and the database clustering technology that they are using. They have also picked up on the amusing rap video by CERN's scientists that has been wandering around YouTube."
Here's the short, short version: NOTHING.
Yes, there are lots of computers in use, but is there anything particularly unusual going on here or an brand new way of organizing IT? No? OK, then.
I laugh at admins. It's always amusing to see someone abuse such a tiny amount of power.
It all stems from the lack of understanding that the servers are not an end unto themselves - but if admins were capable of abstract understanding, they wouldn't be script monkeys whose sole purpose in life is to restart computers every now and again.
Yeah, that's mean, but I stand by it. There are approximately 15 admins in the world who actually do their job the way it should be done. The rest are busy building their little air conditioned fiefdoms so they can lord at least one thing over somebody else in their lives.
no doubt this has been a very worthwhile experiment, pushing forward the boundaries of science, enhancing our understanding of how the cosmos was created... but surely these massive brains could have been put to better use figuring out how we can now avoid destroying it all? seems like a teensy waste of money if you ask me... just a good job they didn't create a great big black hole and obliterate us after all! "OOOOPS! sorry about that..."
Fairly important, I'd say. As it appears to have set off earthquakes in Japan and Indonesia later the same day. Coincidence or something far sinister ? Conclusion: "don't do it again ?"
"I think that scientist must do their experiment"..... but they shouldn't be do it against nature.Let these things remains in hands of God.....Ok
What a colossal waste of money - who cares how the universe started - if we had applied the cash used to construct this geek's dream gadget to something like AIDS research or some of the huge environmental problems threatening to detroy our planet it would have been far better spent.
isnt the big bang still a theory?
the way these scientists are describing the LHC you'd think it was a proven scientific fact!
i'm sure it will be excellent value for money - a handful of scientists get paid hansomely for doing a hobby based on supposition.
forget poverty, starvation and disease - this purposeless experiment is far more important(!)
I have always believed that it is "gravity" that makes mass and not the reverse. I also believe that the universe is like a ballon, and each piece of matter, regardless of size, leaves a foot print that extends throughout the universe. The foot print is made of "waves" that we cannot see or measure. If the LHC works, it will radically change our way of life, making space travel and even the tele-transporation of matter possible. Dease and illness could become a state of the past.
All good to test things. But not at the financial cost they spend on somthing 90% of the population of the world do not under stand. I.
Science can't proof the the beginning as it has one flaw in the big bang theory. "In the beginning there was nothing" Nothing can't creat any thing. The Bible say "that the earth was here and it describe how the eath looked before God spoke a few word to create what we see now. God rules! Science?
They have spent £5 bn pounds on the experiment just to know the past. They should have thought about the future instead and sent the same amount to the areas where this money was much needed. People in Africa and Asia are dying of hunger, cold, and diseases. They need the money and our support rather than few experiments about the planet's past. Some of them don't even know that these experiments are happening.
I cant believe they would put our lives at danger!
They could have had a world wide vote to see what everyone thought just like they did for england with terminal 5.They put billions of lives at risk more lives then how much money they spent one the experiment in the first place ? Why the world is gonna stop anyway so whats the point on spending the money when other people need that money to survive.What went through their heads i do not know but next time is there is one STOP & THINK AGAIN!
It's very interesting, but it's about as important as the colour of my underpants. £5billion could be spent a lot more wisely.
I think the experiment is total waste of time and money. I don't care if the earth is gonna blow up or not, but, you know, just think about the starving people in Africa. We can help them a lot by not to spending on that experiment. Advancement in science is good. But the tiny particle cannot provide them a life. That's what I thought when I heard that the supermassive amount of money were spent to them.
When all the hype has died down and when the project leaders and contractors are all happily retired on the fees they have raked in, I suspect this expensive machine will be regarded as the European Millenium Dome.
Utilizing the synergization of benchmark e-solutions to pre-workaround action items!
Yeah, yeah, ha ha. p0rn drives the bandwidth on the internet. Thank goodness for LHC computing: because it is sure to have an impact on bandwidth over and above all those bill-paying consumers downloading p0rn, movies, games and music every night. Make sure you write to your senator and congressperson extolling its virtues, that's what LHC computing people want. LHC computing: the Tang of IT, the Teflon of Particle Physics.
Sorry to unload on you, but I've had it with Slashdot.
"Large Hardon Collider" Score 5: funny.
"It'll certainly result in new technologies for dealing with this stuff becoming cheaper.": Score 4: Insightful.
"It adds nothing to IT above what was demonstrably already there": Score 1: Ignored.
Gee willikers, maybe Vint Cerf could invent another useful protocol to route commercial data on the LHC networks when the beam is down. A protocol in addition to his very useful interplanetary communication protocol and his very useful communications protocol for robots. And maybe those very bright young men and women can find a way for me to help them analyze LHC data in my screen saver while I'm going to the potty. And it's going to cure cancer too? Oh please, raise my taxes now!
Oh, and goodbye! You fellas take care now. Don't eat too much bulls**t, it could give you bad breath.