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LHC Shut Down By Transformer Malfunction
Ortega-Starfire writes "A 30-ton transformer in the Large Hadron Collider malfunctioned, requiring complete replacement on the day the LHC came online. No one at CERN reported any problems, and they only released this data once the Associated Press sent people to investigate rumors of problems. I guess it's hard to just sweep a 30-ton transformer breaking under the rug."
More than meets the eye! I guess the Decepticons don't want us to advance our knowledge!
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
I bet it was Omegatron!
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I TOLD YOU! Why wouldn't anyone listen? See what happens when the LHC opened a warp hole to Cybertron? Now they'll come back for vengeance, and they won't care if they're autobot or decepticon, for this dispicable act. They'll know that I stood against the LHC, and they'll ensure that I have a place in rounding up you for work in their salt mines. I for one welcome our robotic overlords.
God spoke to me.
Gordon, what have you done?!?!?!
If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
It would be hard to sweep a 30-ton transformer under a rug, unless there is a black hole under said rug.
You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer. - Winston Churchill
several to go.
Well ALICE, let's see how deep the budget hole goes...
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I appreciate the fact that they have set up some live web cams so you can see what's going on at the facility.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Just in case anyone else misread the headline, there's a vas deferens between the Large Hadron Collider and the Large Hardon Collider.
Lipstick.
...and I didn't realize the standard measurement for transformers had been changed to tons. Must be a European measurement?
I think kVA or MVA would be a better statistic.
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
After it was started up Sept. 10, scientists circled a beam of protons in a clockwise direction at the speed of light. They shut that down, then turned on a counterclockwise beam.
Now, accelerating a proton to the speed of light seems to me impossible, given that they are in a vacuum. But if they can do that, then the other interpretation is possible. It was the scientists who were circling at the speed of light, round say, a little beaker of protons. I'd like to commend whoever shut them down, then anti-beamed them to restore reality.
Promoting ignorance: A cause we can all get behind!
True, but if they're real scientists they'd figure out it's easier to sweep the black hole under the 30-ton transformer. When done, cover up with rug.
I used to come to slashdot for the summaries. Then the community grew and it was the comments that drew me here. But now, I just come for the tags.
You folks crack me up.
Carry on.
I don't know how you do it. It never works for me.
I could've sworn I left my favorite rug on top of the black hole in the living room the other day but, crazy as it sounds, it seems to have just disappeared. I'd swear on a stack of bibles that's where I left the dang thing and you know it didn't just grow legs and walk out of the house.
..he just assumed that something which might be involved with cooling must be rated in the amount of ice it can create in a day.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
They're not trying to cover up a broken transformer - they're trying to cover up the tiny black hole that formed in the transformers, and is growing exponentially.
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They didn't see anything, move along http://www.starslip.com/2008/09/12/so-thats-what-happened-to-the-ssc/
I'd say more, but my guild is raiding.
Being able to MacGyver that thing at all without a DHD is impressive, let's not be so hard on them.
Boy, howdy! Talk about the Uncanny Valley -- his eyes totally give me the creeps!
Cheers,
"What in the name of Fats Waller is that?"
"A four-foot prune."
... trying to make a big deal out of something small.
I was just thinking that this is the most concise way of describing a particle physicist's job.
I came here for a good argument
What a shame, it really tied the room together.
The LHC? Destroy the planet? Turn in your geek card. We may or may not let you go on digg, following a probationary period where you may only post comments on youtube.
You call 30 tonnes "something small"?! Wow, I'm gonna tell mom to get of her diet right now.
They're not trying to cover up a broken transformer - they're trying to cover up the tiny black hole that formed in the transformers, and is growing exponentially.
Not to worry, once this gets too big to contain, I can guarantee that no information about the disaster will ever get out.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Ugh, that was a singularly bad pun.
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- E. Debs
Conversation on the phone went something like this:
LHC: Uh...had a slight transformer malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
AP: We're sending a squad up.
LHC: Uh, uh, negative. We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak...very dangerous.
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