Princeton Student Finds Bug In LHC Experiment

An anonymous reader writes "A Princeton senior has found a bug in the hardware design for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In the hardware used to record and capture events in the LHC, she discovered errors that were leading to the appearances of double images because of particle streams known as jets. 'Xiaohang Quan '09 was working on her senior thesis when she found a miscalculation in the hardware of the world's largest particle accelerator. Quan, a physics concentrator, traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, last week with physics professors Christopher Tully GS '98, Jim Olsen and Daniel Marlow for the annual meeting of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). This year, however, they also came to discuss Quan's discovery with the designers of the hardware for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which, as part of the Large Hadron Collider, has the potential to revolutionize particle physics.'"

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Re:God made women to debug

[BiggerIsBetter]

Yes, it's probably sexist to say it but women have some innate ability to debug code. I've seen this happen too much professionally to think of it as a trend. The evolutionary origins? I can't explain.

She's also damn hot. There's just something about a nice ra^H^H smile and a high IQ...

Re:wha?

[Red Flayer]

YHBT. HAND.

I always like to throw in a subtle spelling or grammar troll... always good for at least one taker.