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PeterScott
Heinlein Nexus
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am
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 Crumbs! I gotta concur with on the recent disabling of the Large Hadron Collider by, and I quote, "a piece of baguette dropped by a bird": This is too weird.
I mean, why bother securing a $10 billion piece of machinery against terrorists when it's not protected against arial crumbs? Seems like a basic design flaw.
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 pm
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Location: The Quiet Earth
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Re: Crumbs! An article some months back referred to it as the Large Hardon Collider.
Since its primary job is looking for the "god particle," I find it funny that a falling (crumb from a) sparrow caused this problem. Just as an unexpected power surge (aka bolt of lightning) crippled it in the first attempt.
Maybe there really are things mortal man was not meant to know...
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beamjockey
Centennial Attendee
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:46 am
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Location: Aurora, IL, USA, Terra
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Re: Crumbs!
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KeithJones923
Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:33 pm
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Location: Wolverhampton, England
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Re: Crumbs!
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DanHenderson
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Re: Crumbs!
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beamjockey
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Re: Crumbs!
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Bill Higgins
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
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Re: Crumbs!
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In the end, I found Heinlein is finite. Thus, finite analysis is needed.
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