Difference: the "small side odds" were saying that the neutrons would continue a chain reaction with the elements around it, i.e. that the silicon or carbon around it would break apart when struck with a single neutron and two neutrons would be released. They knew which elements did that, and could make the assertion that it would not happen.
With the LHC, they are saying in a way, "Yes, two neutrons will be released when non-intended material is struck, but we're hoping that the chain reaction will peter out in time before enough of them get all caught up in it."
Doesn't seem quite the same.
If I recall correctly, the kid used those 800 votes by using other people's names, and by doing so, removed their ability to vote in the election. So, perhaps not the best way to go about it.
When I was going through CERT training, I was amazed at some of the precautions that folks from DTE (Detroit's electrical company) and the fire departments have to take. I was also amazed at the number of people - pole workers and firemen - who have died on the job because people run generators and don't have backfeed handling. Forget your house being worth 2000 bucks; think about the people on the line.
Also, just to put it in a capitalist perspective, when the lineworks got to a downed neighborhood, they would first try to listen for the buzz of a generator. If they heard one and they couldn't get the owner to shut it off, they would try and surge the line locally into the house and blow the generator/fuses.
Apparently, it often worked and they've never been successfully sued.
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Except US students spend significantly more HOURS in school (parents want to use school as a daycare). http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaZ6R77zq5_ZYc77h178ePWRNJwQD9AVLOCG0
Difference: the "small side odds" were saying that the neutrons would continue a chain reaction with the elements around it, i.e. that the silicon or carbon around it would break apart when struck with a single neutron and two neutrons would be released. They knew which elements did that, and could make the assertion that it would not happen.
With the LHC, they are saying in a way, "Yes, two neutrons will be released when non-intended material is struck, but we're hoping that the chain reaction will peter out in time before enough of them get all caught up in it."
Doesn't seem quite the same.
If I recall correctly, the kid used those 800 votes by using other people's names, and by doing so, removed their ability to vote in the election. So, perhaps not the best way to go about it.
When I was going through CERT training, I was amazed at some of the precautions that folks from DTE (Detroit's electrical company) and the fire departments have to take. I was also amazed at the number of people - pole workers and firemen - who have died on the job because people run generators and don't have backfeed handling. Forget your house being worth 2000 bucks; think about the people on the line. Also, just to put it in a capitalist perspective, when the lineworks got to a downed neighborhood, they would first try to listen for the buzz of a generator. If they heard one and they couldn't get the owner to shut it off, they would try and surge the line locally into the house and blow the generator/fuses. Apparently, it often worked and they've never been successfully sued.
No, he meant psychopaths.
These are writters not mathamatitions
I take it that you must be the other way around...