my modern physics prof is working on the project. He looks like he hasn't slept in the past two days. They were refilling the cylinder, it was ~2/3 full, and one tube blew. shockwave. the surrounding tubes blew. everytube that was underwater at that time blew.It was a problem that they'd considered before, worried about, then forgotten as nothing worked. They'd emptied the detector in order to replace defective tubes, and apparently one/many of the new tubes had a problem. In three years they excpect to be back up and running.
Slashdot Mirror
my modern physics prof is working on the project. He looks like he hasn't slept in the past two days. They were refilling the cylinder, it was ~2/3 full, and one tube blew. shockwave. the surrounding tubes blew. everytube that was underwater at that time blew.It was a problem that they'd considered before, worried about, then forgotten as nothing worked. They'd emptied the detector in order to replace defective tubes, and apparently one/many of the new tubes had a problem. In three years they excpect to be back up and running.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:DbYXcv4JI5o:w ww.robval.com/linux/desktop/index.asp+&hl=en
wasn't this what sun's jini was for? connecting every device in you're house/car/space station and having them talk to eachother.