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The LHC Is Back Online

Posted by kdawson on from the exercising-the-formula-one-around-town dept.

medea and several other readers noted that the LHC came back online early this morning. Here is the tweet from CERN announcing the milestone. As we discussed a few weeks ago, CERN plans to run the LHC at half power or less through 2011.

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  1. its because the olympics are over by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    it was really screwing up gravity in canada, so cern was nice enough to demure to the ioc's request and shut off the lhc during the winter olympics

    now canadians will have to get used to floating around again

    on the plus side their compasses should work again

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    1. Re:its because the olympics are over by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      on the plus side their compasses should work again

      Seeing that the north magnetic pole is in Canada I doubt compasses there work like the do elsewhere. Magnetic deviation over that country must be ... significant.

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    2. Re:its because the olympics are over by MichaelSmith · · Score: 2, Funny

      *woosh*

      Thanks!

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    3. Re:its because the olympics are over by selven · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe Canada paid them to have the puck gravitate over to the US's net for the hockey game.

    4. Re:its because the olympics are over by m.ducharme · · Score: 4, Interesting

      If you're curious, here's some info on the magnetic declination in Canada. Scroll down for images. Last time I checked there was a significant change in declination from one year to the next. Government of Canada

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    5. Re:its because the olympics are over by darth+dickinson · · Score: 5, Funny

      It you have to use a compass in the bush, then maybe she needs to shave...

    6. Re:its because the olympics are over by m.ducharme · · Score: 3, Informative

      It's not too bad, if you're not covering a lot of distance in a short time, and it's better the farther south you are. Just check the chart and adjust your compass for the declination before you go, and periodically if you're on a long trip.

      Of course if you're in the Canadian Shield you also have to contend with magnetite deposits, which can be a much bigger hassle than the declination variance. A compass is still useful in the bush, but it should be one tool among many in your toolkit.

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    7. Re:its because the olympics are over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Venus? I knew I should've made that left turn at Albuquerque!

  2. So THAT's why! by DesScorp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was wondering why several places were having earthquakes. Damn you, mad scientists!

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    1. Re:So THAT's why! by outsider007 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The nature of reverse causality distortion fields is such that events immediately preceding a bubble are the most affected by it.
      We can consider ourselves lucky that the worst is over and that it was only relatively minor quakes.
      Furthermore since we can assume that scientists in the future will be able to resolve these issues, it's likely that these quakes will eventually never have happened at all.

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    2. Re:So THAT's why! by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

      Perhaps we could reconfigure the main deflector dish to emit a huge tachyon pulse...

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    3. Re:So THAT's why! by ae1294 · · Score: 2, Funny

      perhaps we could just aim the quakes at countries we don't like...

  3. Re:Half power for the year? by maxume · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you kill yourself now, you won't have to risk it.

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  4. My only concern is that... by assemblerex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gordon Freeman from CERN is there with his crowbar, in case of cascade.

  5. Big mistake by oldhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Should have Toyota design this thing. It'd be super reliable, and when it isn't, it'd accelerate like a motherfucker, and that would be a good thing, right.

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  6. Another Sign of the Impending Apocalypse by rssrss · · Score: 2, Funny

    That means they can bring it up to full power in 2012. Anybody want to bet on 12/21/2012?

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    1. Re:Another Sign of the Impending Apocalypse by McGiraf · · Score: 3, Funny

      sure i bet you 100000000000000$ that 12/21/2012 will not be the end of the world.

    2. Re:Another Sign of the Impending Apocalypse by mindwhip · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nah... they will be on holiday then... no real physicist does any research two weeks either side of Christmas as the Relativistic Effects of Santa delivering toys to every child in one night plays havoc with the results...

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    3. Re:Another Sign of the Impending Apocalypse by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Seriously, who'd be dumb enough to take that bet? I mean, yeah, you just won a fantastillion bucks. And there's no time left to spend it.

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    4. Re:Another Sign of the Impending Apocalypse by Miseph · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thank you, sir, for killing the joke. That was some mighty efficient humor destruction you did there. Bully good show.

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  7. Food for conspiracy theorists: by Herby+Sagues · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has anyone noticed that since the LHC entered active state, the number of magnitude 7.0 and above earthquakes has doubled (from ten to fourteen a year to two per month)? And that's particularly true in periods where the LHC has been working at high power (where ALL the 7.0+ earthquakes this year have occurred)? Maybe those pesky miniature black holes are not so harmelss after all. (and ducks for cover).

  8. It's not the LHC, it's Sarah Palin by Kupfernigk · · Score: 3, Funny
    It actually started when she was selected as McCain's running mate. The actual root cause is Eisenhower spinning in his grave fast enough to distort gravity.

    Now insert optional Biden version after this post.

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