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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2008
     
    3 more sleeps :)

    great article, mick x
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2008
     
    i'm really excited, even though (unless the universe, as we know it, disappears suddenly) nothing much will happen initially.

    *bounce with glee*
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2008
     
    its the not knowing which makes it exciting for me, I'm not sure if the results will excite me as much ! hopefully they will though :)
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 5th 2008 edited
     
    2 days 12 hours.

    and i'm excited to get past the beginning, and vicarously experience science in action.

    :)
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2008
     
    080808

    :)
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2008
     
    :) i have no idea what that means, but you were smiling, so it must be good.

    heh
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    I WANT MORE MAGIC PEN LEVELS
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2008
     
    maybe a Higgs boson will flutter through your brain, making magic pen drawings on your hippocampus. :)

    ...or amygdala.
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2008
     
    mick said...:) i have no idea what that means, but you were smiling, so it must be good.

    heh


    8th of the 8th month, 2008 ;)
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2008
     
    "8th of the 8th month, 2008"

    ha! right in front of me the whole time, while i was going: "oh wait oh wait oh wait??" *blush*


    for urban's "magic pen" needs: (confess... i started having some trouble about level 9)

    The Magic Pen! (ok...ok.. Fantastic Contraption)
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeAug 8th 2008
     
    well, mick. Today is the day. If we end up getting swallowed by a black hole, its been nice knowing you. See you on the other side :happy:
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeAug 8th 2008
     
    you never know, it could open a portal to a parallel string !
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeAug 8th 2008
     
    CERN announces start-up date for LHC


    The CERN Control Centre, from where the LHC will be operated.

    Geneva, 7 August 2008. CERN1 has today announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be made on 10 September. This news comes as the cool down phase of commissioning CERN’s new particle accelerator reaches a successful conclusion. Television coverage of the start-up will be made available through Eurovision.

    link
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 8th 2008
     
    yesyes!

    now it can start. the long buildup...... right now, they've got cooling. wow.. can you imagine? colder than space.

    next step..... get ready to accelerate beams and establish stabilization (hopefully by September).

    :) :) :) this is so exciting.
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    fingers crossed the sky doesnt fall in
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2008 edited
     
    then this is for you, as well as the Magic Pen game. :p

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    ORSONISCRAZYANDMUSTBESTOPPED
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2008
     
    http://fantasticcontraption.com/
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      CommentAuthormeska
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2008
     
    September 10?!?! They sure know how to string this one out :wink:
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2008 edited
     
    meska said...September 10?!?! They sure know how to string this one out :wink:


    they know how to work a crowd. *nod*

    Biff... Fantastic Contraption linked a few posts up. i like this one a lot. it got hard, and i had to think. :D
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeSep 5th 2008
     
    There was a great documentary called The Big Bang Machine on BBC4 last night, about the LHC at CERN. Its available on iPlayer but I dont know if you have to be in the UK to watch it.

    here's the link anyway.
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      CommentAuthornicko
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2008
     
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2008 edited
     
    ah, yeah, squapz. it's UK only. darn taxpayer-funded programming. :D


    heh.. nicko..... did you watch the youtubery vid ^ ? if it happens, i want to watch (and be somewhere i can watch FROM, of course).



    but...

    We. Are. Not. Going. To. Die.

    the maximum energy the particles generated by the LHC (7TeV) get up to is many orders of magnitude below the maximum energy of cosmic rays that hit the earth's upper atmosphere from space every fricking day. none of them have created black holes and gobbled up the planet, or turned us all into strange matter. nor have they done ditto to any cosmic bodies we can see, such as planets or stars. therefore the world isn't going end one of these times when they switch on the LHC. QED.

    besides, very sensible person knows the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012. *nod*


    btw... Stephen Hawking bet 100 bux they'll not find the Higgs Boson particle. he is SUCH a pessimist!... ;)
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      CommentAuthornicko
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2008
     
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2008
     
    *still alive*
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2008
     
    am i right in thinking that only one beam was fired today, anyway?
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2008
     
    yep, they're lining up their shots.

    ;)


    heh.. nicko.. view source.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2008
     
    ^ beauty. yeah
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 11th 2008
     
    this is very cool. :) :)

    LHC Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment Webcams

    they say they have 8 cams. one views the parking lot, so the people inside and underground can see the weather.
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeSep 12th 2008
     
    excellent!

    I shall investigate. Thanks, Mick :)
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    well the early effects of a parallel universe leaking into ours are starting to become visible
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 12th 2008
     
    :)

    squapple, did you look?

    heh.. urban has experienced the vid.
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeSep 12th 2008
     
    i looked!

    lmao

    I guess my delay was due to the fact i was ripped into a parallel string and I just got back :D
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 12th 2008
     
    :D what a bonus! there must be multiple squapples, then. a plethora of squap. a plenitude of squappleicousness.

    *nod*
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeSep 12th 2008
     
    squappi?
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 12th 2008 edited
     
    yes, a cohort of squappi.

    *shiver with delight* viewing them in their native habitat can be sooooo rewarding.
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeSep 13th 2008
     
    lol!

    I'm flattered!!
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 14th 2008
     
    we <3 squapple. *nod*


    Hackers attack the LHC

    would it not be ironic if the universe were destroyed by the script kiddies? :D
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeSep 15th 2008
     
    idiots
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      CommentAuthorDMCrimson
    • CommentTimeSep 15th 2008
     
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 15th 2008
     
    tee hee

    :D the 'toon is funny.

    that website... gah! heh (or should i say..... gaaath! )
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      CommentAuthorDMCrimson
    • CommentTimeSep 15th 2008
     
    mick: read from the beginning, it's hilarious!
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 16th 2008
     
    yes i did, Crims. :) it's a hoot.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 18th 2008
     
    more on the LHC. i've started the school year, and showed this to some kids yesterday evening.

    it's so cleanly explained. they easily understood it all.


    They are going to do one big collision on the 21st of October, but apparently, "In the 2008 run, however, the LHC will operate at a reduced energy of 10 TeV. The winter shut-down (starting likely around end of November) will then be used to train the superconducting magnets, such that the 2009 run will start at the full 14 TeV design energy.


    LHC Explained
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 20th 2008
     
    Hadron Collider forced to halt

    whole thing tried to go toes up? eh.. that's what shakedown is all about. it's got a lot of fiddly bits. ;)

    A quench occurs when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal state. This can be because the field inside
    the magnet is too great, the rate of change of field is too great (causing eddy currents and resultant heating in the
    copper support matrix), or a combination of the two. More rarely a defect in the magnet can cause a quench. When this
    happens, that particular spot is subject to rapid joule heating, which raises the temperature of the surrounding regions.
    This pushes these into the normal state as well, which leads to more heating. The entire magnet rapidly (can take several
    seconds, depending on the size of the superconducting coil) becomes normal. This is accompanied by a loud bang as the
    energy in the magnetic field is converted to heat, and rapid boil-off of the cryogenic fluid. Permanent damage to the
    magnet is rare, but components can be damaged by localised heating or large mechanical forces.



    here's a mildly interesting vid of Quenching of an 400 MHz Magnet

    btw... :) Dr Brian Cox's un-PC nickname is....Walking Hawking.
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeSep 21st 2008
     
    i hope this doesnt delay the experiment too long now. And i hope there arent any more quenches!

    At least the testing has been successful up to now :)
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeSep 21st 2008
     
    well, it definitely put a hitch in their get-along. :)

    all fixable, of course.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeOct 26th 2008 edited
     
    a lot of people know/knew about the phenomenon of visible light being emitted when electrons are torn free when you unroll sticky tape. it's a clean blue light that is easily seen in the dark. i learned about it from my kid when she came home from a science class all excited.

    these people took that a step farther, and set up the unrolling tape in a vacuum chamber, so the electrons slow down really fast after being ripped free and then you get xrays!

    streaming video: Sticky Tape Xrays
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2008
     
    wow!!! that is truly fascinating. Imagine the cost savings! And at the same time, its a little worrying if you use sticky tape all day long!!!!!!!

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