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LHC Knocked Out By Another Power Failure

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the future-gremlins-are-watching dept.

known_ID writes "The Large Hadron Collider — the most puissant particle-punisher ever assembled by the human race — has suffered another major power failure, knocking not only the atom smasher itself but even its associated websites offline."

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  1. I'm writing this comment from 2017 by mantis2009 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The power outage was my idea. You're welcome.

    1. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by Bombcar · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Then why does your user name have 2009 in it?

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    2. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by cpu_fusion · · Score: 4, Funny

      We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference. You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year two zero one seven.

    3. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Because his communication method is via Slashdot. He's creating a series of profiles, one for every year, that allow him to access and communicate with Slashdot in that time period. Duh.

    4. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by amazeofdeath · · Score: 5, Funny

      Because there were 2008 mantises registered before him?

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    5. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's the year he was born.

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    6. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by LordAndrewSama · · Score: 5, Funny

      Due to retroactive copyright legislation, the dream you were about to have has been blocked. Please pay £2500 to view this dream. Attempt to view this dream again and you will be prosecuted for premature copyright violation(Under article 554455456 of the DMCA(2017)).
      Your corporate overlord
      Dreamworks

    7. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by OakDragon · · Score: 5, Informative

      That's the year he was born.

      Darned 8 year old think they know everything.

      In 2017, they do!

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    8. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by MikeDirnt69 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ur saing that we can still kill him and save the Large Hadron Cheerleader?

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    9. Re:I'm writing this comment from 2017 by NotBornYesterday · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ahem ... you insensitive clod.

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  2. video of the event by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Luckily some other website managed to capture a video of the event from the webcam's: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

  3. And once again, the world is safe by Abreu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks to the efforts of nameless heroes, the evil LHC has been foiled again, ensuring the survival of earth...

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  4. Large Hardon Collider *ouch* by ExE122 · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article:

    We ourselves find it hard not to suspect the involvement of some pan-dimensional police force, seeking to prevent humanity acquiring parallel-universe portal capability before we're ready to use it responsibly.

    I have devoted a large portion of my life to playing countless hours of Doom and Halflife, reading Kurt Vonnegut novels, and watching numerous reruns of Quantum Leap and Sliders... I think I'm "ready to use it"!

    Oh, wait... "responsibly"... hmm...

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  5. Huh? by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does Europe not produce competent electrical engineers? I mean, their plugs are so superior...

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    1. Re:Huh? by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Clearly their superior plugs have lead them to complacency.

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    2. Re:Huh? by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Funny

      At least they didn't measure the cable run in furlongs only to have the supplier deliver in bushels. Before the plug fell out of the wall.

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  6. Minor inconvenience by Shrike82 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Since the title and summary are short on details, brace yourself, I read the article. From TFA:

    "Diesels cut in OK" noted the controllers, adding that the Meyrin site is now drawing limited grid power from an alternative connection via the Prevessin site. The boffins don't anticipate resuming operations until at least 12:00 local time today.

    So it was just a temporary glitch. Move along people, nothing to see here...

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    1. Re:Minor inconvenience by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Temporary or not, I still got paged and had to deal with it last night =(

  7. Re:Future doesn't want to be discovered? by zippthorne · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, but that was BS. Fact is, collisions of higher energies occur in the upper atmosphere with a much higher frequency than they will in the LHC, and have been for billions of years. The LHC iself is only expected to operate for a few tens of years by comparison.

    Hard science is hard. There is a lot that needs to go right for this to work, and any of apparently dozens upon dozens of things can make it hiccup. No spooky explanations necessary.

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  8. Re:Live Report by 2names · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the action around the LHC is getting pretty spooky...even from up close...

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  9. Re:What's that widget? by damien_kane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone know what that fried out component is in the picture on TFA?

    I'm pretty sure it's Amy Winehouse
    I could be wrong, though

  10. Re:Live Report by allknowingfrog · · Score: 5, Funny

    On an engineering feat of this scale, you're bound to encounter some serious obstacles. If Windows 7 suffers a debilitating break-down every other week, will we assume the future is trying to prevent Microsoft from destroying the world? Well...maybe that's a bad example.

  11. Re:HEY DOUCHE CMDRTACO -- atomsmasher IS NOT A WOR by thisnamestoolong · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who cares, dude? Shakespeare made up hundreds of words. English is a living language -- if people weren't allowed to make up words we would have nothing to call that machine you are using to post this inane crap, nor for the medium by which we are all disgraced by your brain vomit.

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  12. What do you want, a medal? by snowwrestler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok!

    http://www.slowpokecomics.com/strips/terminatrix.html

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  13. Re:HEY DOUCHE CMDRTACO -- atomsmasher IS NOT A WOR by neoform · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Careful now, that line of thinking is how we ended up with words like:
    • Proactive
    • Closure
    • Leveraging
    • Paradigm
    • Streamline
    • Metrics
    • Ballmer
    • Mindshare
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  14. Re:HEY DOUCHE CMDRTACO -- atomsmasher IS NOT A WOR by Spazztastic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Careful now, that line of thinking is how we ended up with words like:

    • Ballmer

    Hey hey... no need for profanity.

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  15. Re:HEY DOUCHE CMDRTACO -- atomsmasher IS NOT A WOR by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 4, Funny

    By leveraging our mindshare in a proactive, streamlined manner we have been able to shift the paradigm of the English language, allowing for closure for hyper-conservative linguists. Ballmer metrics.

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  16. Compared to Fermilab? by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Before you make a comment like that you should compare the LHC performance to the restart of the Tevatron at Fermilab (and this was a restart not a new accelerator!). Having been there when it was happening the number of power cuts was far in excess of what the LHC has experienced so far. Indeed at one point the power cut out about twice a week which was far more of a problem for the Tevatron since it took almost a day to make enough antiprotons.