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Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
popsci.com - 20 days ago
Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
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The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird ...
Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette
theregister.co.uk - 20 days ago
Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette
— theregister.co.uk — A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault... at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this week which saw significant overheating in sections of the mighty particle-punisher's subterranean 27-km supercooled ... Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette
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Bird-Related Accident Suggests the Large Hadron Collider Really Is Doomed [Large Hadron Collider]
io9 — ... The incident could have crippled the LHC yet again — and caused significant physical damage to the lab had the LHC been fully operational at the time — but CERN claims that it won't delay the full reactivation of the device, scheduled for later this month. Technicians believe that a passing bird dropped the bread into the machinery, just the LHC's latest run-in with Murphy's Law. Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette-bomber [The Register via Popular Science] ...

Bird Drops Bread, LHC Shuts Down
Neatorama — ... Hadron Collider. The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafes would have shut down the machine. The LHC is scheduled to be reactivated later this month. The bread incident won’t affect those plans. Link -via Boing Boing

Large Hadron Collider Clogged by Bird's Baguette Bomb
Switched — ... the CERN control center, reassured everyone that the LHC's safety net would have been strong enough to withstand the attack, especially in light of its significant upgrade in September. Continue reading Large Hadron Collider Clogged by Bird's Baguette Bomb Large Hadron Collider Clogged by Bird's Baguette Bomb originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Collected Thoughts 11-09-09
Classical Geek Theatre — ... The LHC is supposed to fire-up this month. I still buy into the theory that the Higgs Boson is timetraveling to prevent its own discovery, thereby saving the fabric of existence from rupture. This time, HB saved us all by having a bird drop bread on the LHC. Clever bastard. ...