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Large Hadron Collider Scientist Arrested For al-Qaeda Ties
mindbrane writes "A scientist working as a subcontractor on a peripheral LHC project has been arrested as a terrorist. The CBC is running a story outlining the arrest of a man on Thursday in south-east France for suspected al-Qaeda links: 'CERN officials said the man, whose name has not been revealed, was working under contract with an outside institute and said he had no contact with anything that could have been used for terrorism. He had been at CERN since 2003, officials said. ... The news that someone with terrorist connections might have worked at the facility is likely to cause concern because of both the high profile of the giant physics experiment and also the technology in use, which has made some members of the public nervous.'"
He could cause the creation of a blackhole that will kill us all!
Or he could cause a couple of magnets to quench and suck up even more money!
Maybe the two are related?
Or a anti matter bomb like in angels and demons.
So al-Qaeda won't sue for trademark infringement?
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Large Hadron Collider. Now THAT'S a weapon of mass destruction.
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.. Obama had fixed this already?!
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
so you don't have to DO anything anymore to get arrested? He was arrested for "al-Qaeda ties"?
Nobody likes novelty ties. It is about time some legislation was put in place to deal with them.
Dont you understand how dangerous black holes would be in *terrorists* hands? They could use them to destroy the whole world. In my opinion only Americans should be allowed to create black holes.
Wasn't he on top of that arrested because he was suspected of being related to someone they suspected of knowing someone they suspected was part of what they suspected was Al Qaeda?
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
I want an al-qaeda tie. I don't care what colour it is, i want one!
. . . it seems pretty capable of breaking itself on its own, with any outside help
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
A religious al-Qaeda scientist, without a name. Why do I not believ this.
I don't believe it as well. It's much more likely that this physicist belongs to the the notorious 'Al-Jabr' group that want to enslave the world with their weapons of Math instruction.
Ezekiel 23:20
You mean: A scientist who knows a religious person that may have been involved in a group of which certain members claimed to be associated with Al Qaeda?
I'd say he's guilty, as in guilt by association in the third degree.
I'm not worried until somebody is busted for being tied with Al Qaeda in the sixth degree.
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't LHC should be able to proof existence "God particle"? Perhaps that guy only wanted to make sure the particle belong to "right" god.
So al-Qaeda won't sue for trademark infringement?
Nope. The name al-Qaeda is licensed under Creative Commons.
I run Ubuntu skinned to look like a Mac on a PC. Go figure.
You has done that, seriously? You a terrorist.
It does exist, although only in the sense that the group Anonymous exists. That's the same lack of hierarchy/organisation/official structure. In my analogy, moot = Osama bin Laden.
This needs to be meme'd! Complete with a moe-fied Osama-chan with kitty-ears or something.
I failed to derive even the slightest bit of humor from that joke.
Imagine trying to smuggle one onto an airplane... "I'm sorry, sir, your bag is overweight."
The Foundation (Al-Quaeda in Arabic) will be created in 12000 years by Harry Seldon, as the result of nuclear proliferation initiated by time-traveling terrorist, inspired by subversive element from Hidden Centuries.
The good news is that the National Ray-Gun Association is fighting the 3-day waiting period for mad scientists.
I am officially gone from
Wait, is that "good" news, or "Good news everybody!" news?
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
I think you need to integrate the humour in a little more.
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
It does exist, although only in the sense that the group Anonymous exists.
Hey man, keep it down. We don't need another leak.
Or suffer howls of division.
In France? :)
I know a guy who's father was on very good terms with Bin Laden, and even supplied him with weapons and money.
Oh, wait, that was _before_ he "became a terrorist"...
Dude, Santa Claus exists and he lives in Canada. His postal code is H0H 0H0.
You could try placing it in a Bag of Holding ;-)
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.