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LHC Shut Down By Transformer Malfunction

Posted by timothy on from the it's-only-broken-if-you-look dept.

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."

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  1. 3rd post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    or should I say "turd post". I just took a massive shit. I named it Barack.

  2. Re:morethanmeetstheeye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, that's real fucking funny. Someone on Slashdot complaining about the "comment quality" of someone else's site.

    This place has been the official toilet of the Internet for trolls for longer than you've probably been alive, little man.