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Nov 3rd, 2009, 10:22 PM
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I hope people don't flock to it thinking it's a certain kind of "crack"... 
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Nov 6th, 2009, 07:02 PM
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Nov 7th, 2009, 04:17 AM
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Hadron Collider breaks down thanks to bread dropped by passing bird
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:10 AM on 07th November 2009
It's one of the most expensive and technologically-complex machines in the world, but that didn't prevent the Large Hadron Collider from coming a cropper thanks to our feathered friends.
The £4.4 billion 'God Machine' overheated after a passing bird dropped a piece of bread into a high voltage installation which was powering a cooling unit.
Scientists looking into a failure of the cryogenic cooling plant found a piece of baguette had caused the malfunction.
 Out of action: The Large Hadron Collider, buried 100m underground, has suffered a series of setbacks since it was first switched on last year
The problem was noticed by enthusiasts who were online monitoring data online and noticed unusual temperature changes.
It's not the first setback for the Collider, buried 100m underground near Geneva, Switzerland.
The mighty machine was switched on last year in an effort to unlock the secrets of the origin of the universe, but broke down within days due to a leak of helium.
The LHC attempts to recreate conditions at the time of the Big Bang by firing protons round its 16.8 mile tunnel at almost the speed of light to smash them into each other.
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Nov 7th, 2009, 04:49 AM
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Nov 7th, 2009, 08:42 AM
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Hadron Collider breaks down thanks to bread dropped by passing bird
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:10 AM on 07th November 2009
It's one of the most expensive and technologically-complex machines in the world, but that didn't prevent the Large Hadron Collider from coming a cropper thanks to our feathered friends.
The £4.4 billion 'God Machine' overheated after a passing bird dropped a piece of bread into a high voltage installation which was powering a cooling unit.
Scientists looking into a failure of the cryogenic cooling plant found a piece of baguette had caused the malfunction.
Out of action: The Large Hadron Collider, buried 100m underground, has suffered a series of setbacks since it was first switched on last year
The problem was noticed by enthusiasts who were online monitoring data online and noticed unusual temperature changes.
It's not the first setback for the Collider, buried 100m underground near Geneva, Switzerland.
The mighty machine was switched on last year in an effort to unlock the secrets of the origin of the universe, but broke down within days due to a leak of helium.
The LHC attempts to recreate conditions at the time of the Big Bang by firing protons round its 16.8 mile tunnel at almost the speed of light to smash them into each other.
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Hmmmm...has suffered a series of setbacks.....a passing bird sabotaged it.....
If I were building a house and things like this kept happening, I'd take the hint and move on.
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Nov 7th, 2009, 01:04 PM
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If a piece of baguette dropped by a bird can take this thing out, I can only imagine a fart in the wind will totally destroy it.. .
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Nov 8th, 2009, 01:25 AM
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Lets see if I have this right.
The smartest guys on the planet cant keep the helium in, and the birds out.
Well, okay then. Looks like the safety of creating a replica of the Big Bang is well taken care of. No danger here folks. 
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Nov 8th, 2009, 09:05 AM
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I saw a program on T.V. that said this machine had the possibility of creating a microscopic black hole. They also said if this happened it would evaporate.
Can someone give me a scientific explanation? Everything I've read about black holes makes me think they are pretty much permanent.
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Nov 8th, 2009, 11:01 AM
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Can someone give me a scientific explanation? Everything I've read about black holes makes me think they are pretty much permanent.
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Black holes, like anything else, has a life span. During the course of it's life, it emits something called Hawking Radiation. When it has emitted all of it's resources, the food it ingests when coming into contact with matter, then the black hole continues to shrink and ultimately dissipate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation
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Nov 8th, 2009, 11:07 AM
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Thank you for your reply. I'll look into your post.
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