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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 selven · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    3. 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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    4. 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...

  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 $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  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. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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).