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Xymox wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 30, 2026 7:14 pm

DCWhitworth wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 30, 2026 7:10 pm

I’m sure he’ll have found something else by now.

I wonder what would happen if i send him a msg

Probably some sort of quantum super position effect

Xymox wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 30, 2026 6:47 pm

IVAN !!!!!!!!

Omg.. I wonder how he is ? Turns out, I think we can now rule out his doomsday sceanario.

I’m sure he’ll have found something else by now.

If it is evil, it’s certainly playing the long game ! I think there’s plenty more obvious evil in the world these days that needs tackling.

Where has all the time gone ? Seriously. I remember sitting in a pub waiting for the rest of my team from work to turn up for a post work meal, and eagerly following the news of the very first cautious beams of the rebuilt LHC. I’m now retired and have been for two years.

*Excited squeaking noises*

The LHC, the only man made object physically bigger than Elon Musk's ego.

I hover around and keep the spam under control

I've managed to avoid it despite working a school.

There are plenty better places to go looking for the doom of mankind #globalwarming Maybe that's why the press likes to hype up scare stories about things like the LHC, to distract from the real issues.

I need a badge - "I survived 2021 !"

I don't know about this one but films about the destruction or potential destruction of earth are usually BS when it comes to the science.

I'm more for thinking that there's some sort of error in our understanding of physics. Both dark matter and dark energy seem like fudges to make our existing equations work. Seems much more likely that the exist equations are wrong. One reason for suggesting this is that we seem to have made so litt...

So far so good ! Thanks for keeping us updated. Can’t wait to see the big beast back in business.

<incoherent excited noises>

Thanks for the info. If I recall the 2008 incident was caused by substandard welding on the electrical interconnects and also inadequate pressure release on the helium containment, which blew at least one magnet of it's mounts.