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shakermaker

11-09-2008 00:03

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It doesn't cost much at all. It costs taxpayers 50 pence per year. That is a minuscule price to pay for (a) moving towards solving the biggest mysteries of the universe and (b) pushing the realms of technology on the way.
The communication tool you all are using right now, the world wide web, was invented because of this machine's ancestor.

cashman

11-09-2008 00:29

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Originally Posted by shakermaker (Post 629719)

It doesn't cost much at all. It costs taxpayers 50 pence per year. That is a minuscule price to pay .

thats not what it said on the national news tonight, coarse if you know better.:rolleyes:

shakermaker

11-09-2008 01:03

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 629729)

thats not what it said on the national news tonight, coarse if you know better.:rolleyes:

The 50p per year quote is from Dr Simon Singh who was on BBC News commentating on the events.
He also worked at CERN.
You've got to remember that the 5 billion pounds is spread over 20+ countries, over 10+ years. The whole kaboodle isn't being paid be the UK.

cashman

11-09-2008 01:09

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oh well fair enough, they have been wasting our money fer 10 + years.:rolleyes:

Reamer

11-09-2008 07:56

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Apparently, all this stuff on the French/Swiss border is gonna have an annual leccy bill of 14 million quid. That's almost as much as my missus' hair straighteners!

WillowTheWhisp

11-09-2008 09:25

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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 629711)

They are sending stuff faster than the speed of light - the 1st step towards
time travel

Time travels fast enough for me already! Shades of Dr. Who here and look what happens when he goes messing about with time!

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Originally Posted by Reamer (Post 629794)

Apparently, all this stuff on the French/Swiss border is gonna have an annual leccy bill of 14 million quid. That's almost as much as my missus' hair straighteners!

I must remember that next time some politician bleats on about conserving energy! :rolleyes:

Studio25

11-09-2008 11:59

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Originally Posted by Reamer (Post 629794)

Apparently, all this stuff on the French/Swiss border is gonna have an annual leccy bill of 14 million quid. That's almost as much as my missus' hair straighteners!

You'd think that with that sort of money to spend on the project, they'd have bought more webcams

WillowTheWhisp

11-09-2008 12:21

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OMIGOSH! Webcam 7 has just gone down a black hole! :eek:

MargaretR

11-09-2008 12:30

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I think they must have a warped sense of humour to make it do that.(but I like it:D)

emamum

11-09-2008 12:38

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According to the telegraph part of the machine was made in accy

Accrington firm plays vital role in Big Bang experiment (From Lancashire Telegraph)

beechy

11-09-2008 12:47

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 629845)

OMIGOSH! Webcam 7 has just gone down a black hole! :eek:

the only Black Holes im going to see next week in Wales
would be Mines if any were still open
still at least i know i should get back home :alright:

maxwell silver

14-09-2008 14:17

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So if they recreate a black hole(& i personally hope they dont)who or what created the black hole & all these shenanigans in the first place.Who put space there,what was there before space?A waste of money,eggheads with super egos who have'nt thought this through to the ultimate conclusion.And i don't recall being asked if these boffins could experiment (and doomsday senario)suck us all into oblivion.Like millions of others i did'nt even know this experiment was going to happen until a couple of weeks back:mad:No time to protest,no government statement etc,etc...Is there another secret agenda to get all top knobs & scientists off the planet to,say, Mars(a la Noahs Ark),if it goes pear shaped:eek:After all they seem to be forever sending probes there,have they found something to sustain life that us mere serfs are'nt in on .Extreme X Files senario.

MargaretR

14-09-2008 14:29

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On a lighter note

mrskitty

14-09-2008 14:42

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That picture wont load for me Margaret :(

MargaretR

14-09-2008 17:14

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Originally Posted by misskitty (Post 631003)

That picture wont load for me Margaret :(

see it online here
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