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LHC Will Be Shut Down In 2011 Because of "Mistake"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it dept.

astroengine follows up to a story about the LHC shutting down that seems to have hit all the news replicators today. "It's to be expected when pushing the frontiers of physics, but the LHC's epic 'will it or won't it' saga continues. Due to an unforeseen construction mistake, the LHC will cease experiments for a year (starting around late-2011) so repairs and upgrades can be carried out. For now, accelerated particles will have a maximum energy of 7TeV (half the power of the LHC's design maximum), which is ample for at least 18 months of experiments before shutdown."

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  1. Hmmm... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That Higgs Boson is finding more and more creative ways... Seems this time it went so far back as to flaw the LHC's design.

    How long do we have before it goes further back and destroys humanity?

    1. Re:Hmmm... by istartedi · · Score: 5, Funny

      How long do we have before it goes further back and destroys humanity?

      At least until yesterday.

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  2. No... by Petersko · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Now we need someone to pipe up that if they used Agile Methodology when building the LHC, none of the design issues would have happened."

    If they'd have used the Agile Methodology it'd be working, but the particles would travel at 60 miles per hour, and the collisions would be recorded by a police sketch artist. Improvements would be scheduled for a future sprint.

  3. Re:Agile Construction by theshowmecanuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given the way Agile is usually implemented, it would have then made a detour under London before making it back to Switzerland. Kind of like the famous cartoon... especially the documentation part. Nice legs...

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  4. Re:2012? by oracleofbargth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know, I wouldn't want to be blamed for that movie either.

  5. Put the Toyota engineers in charge by PinchDuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then it will never stop.

  6. Should have have hired the Prius engineers by HermDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now there's a crew who know how to make an unstoppable accelerator!

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  7. Re:You know things are bad when ... by RadioElectric · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously the effect which is stopping the LHC from operating works by propagating a "ripple" back in time. Hence, the article summary WAS accurate at the time of submission, but then the ripple reached January and made the shutdown part of the original plan. It all makes sense!

  8. Really, it's hedging 2012 bets by drumcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see right through this. They don't want LHC running when the Mayan calendar ends...