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LHC Offline Until April 2009 (Or Longer)
rufey writes "The recent problems at the Large Hadron Collider will now keep it idle until spring 2009. The official press release is here. The LHC went offline due to a suspected failure in a superconducting connection, which overheated and caused around 100 of the LHC's super-cooled magnets to heat up by as much as 100 degrees. This resulted in the accidental release of a ton of liquid helium. The process required to repair the failed superconducting connection involves weeks of warming up the affected area from -456 degrees Fahrenheit to room temperature, and then several more weeks to cool it back down after the repair is made. The total amount of time to do this will spill over into CERN's scheduled winter maintenance/shutdown period, which is partly done to save money on electricity during the period of peak demand."
Dude, from one of my earlier comments...
Since you will only be aware of a universe if you are in it to experience it, you (as in yourself) will never die.
and
From my point of view, the bomb will never detonate...
and also
Also, the argument only works for you. If someone else does the experiment they will die
The difference between killing yourself off and winning the lottery is the anthropic principle, there is no you to observe that you are dead if you succeed in committing suicide. There is a you to observer that you lost the lottery. All universes that you observe, by definition, include you in them; all universes that you don't observe, by definition, don't include you in them.