CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is still misfiring. This time a “bit of baguette”, possibly dropped by a passing bird, is suspected of gumming up the works. I am not making this up.
Is it just me, but doesn’t it seem like a $7.3 billion machine should have been designed to be baguette-proof? If not, you’re pretty much going to be at mercy of French terrorists on their way to filming a romantic comedy. But that’s not the best part of the story. The best part of the story is what some scientists think may REALLY be going on:
…the difficulties faced by those working on the project have prompted some members of the scientific community to speculate, in all seriousness, that the machine is sabotaging itself — from the future.
The collider is designed to recreate conditions that existed right after the Big Bang. Some scientists (a minority) don’t think that this is a good idea. Perhaps the machine agrees with them. At least it hasn’t (yet) sent back a Terminator to stop the project.
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Not sure why but this makes me think of the Junior Mint episode of Seinfeld.
Guess if Ahnold shows up, they should just junk the project and sell it for scrap – you know, like what they’re doing in Cali.
OHHHHHH – I love a precision strike. Shame that you’re on the Terminator’s enemies list now Kenn…
Eh, what’s one more.
“baguette”, possibly dropped by a passing bird?!” G’wan, now!
That’s right Ruf – there is no weapon that the terrorists will not use against us.
I’m not sure my pun works when reading the printed word, but my reply was an attempt at incorporating the word, “guano” into the situation.
I heard all the Jews working at the collider called in sick that day.
LOL
It’s not our 7.3 billion dollars, so who cares? We had the opportunity to build one of our own, but Congress killed that a few administrations back, and as a result, all the major particle accelerator work for the next generation will come out of Europe. Way to go, Congress! We’ll show those cheezy Europeans that no good ever come frum that fancy book learnin’ none anyhow! Now which way to the canadian hookers?
You realize, of course, that a baguette is a form of toast?