Do you live in/around/under Switzerland? (16)

Sep 9, 2008 11:25 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
gongman
gongmangongmanCarcassone, Occitanie France28 Threads 2 Polls 515 Posts
Cos if you do..... and what with being closer than the rest of us....it´s just that..... if all the lights go out tomorrow ¨n stuff,and theres a massive whooshing sound ........

Do you think you could post a quick one here so we can

Make love
Eat fish and chips for the last time
Get splendiferously drunk/stoned

We are all your friends....it´s the least you can do.Thank you in anticipation. handshake
Sep 9, 2008 11:26 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Elley
ElleyElleyCadiz, Andalusia Spain131 Threads 1 Polls 2,808 Posts
gongman: Cos if you do..... and what with being closer than the rest of us....it´s just that..... if all the lights go out tomorrow ¨n stuff,and theres a massive whooshing sound ........

Do you think you could post a quick one here so we can

Make love
Eat fish and chips for the last time
Get splendiferously drunk/stoned

We are all your friends....it´s the least you can do.Thank you in anticipation.


Right that,s it, if this little baby is gonna blow I,m off to have a quick coffee and croissantlaugh
Sep 9, 2008 11:28 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Lagoona22
Lagoona22Lagoona22Bugibba, Majjistral Malta161 Threads 11 Polls 10,711 Posts
That's the best excuse I've had all day to open a bottle of wine....


wine laugh

gongman: Cos if you do.....

We are all your friends....it´s the least you can do.Thank you in anticipation.
Sep 9, 2008 11:31 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Lillym
LillymLillymSliema, Majjistral Malta33 Threads 3,391 Posts
Good thing I'm in Malta... nothing is going to blow over here except maybe for the soaring heat that we have...laugh then again that will not be too bad no gases or anything...laugh
Sep 9, 2008 11:33 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Lagoona22
Lagoona22Lagoona22Bugibba, Majjistral Malta161 Threads 11 Polls 10,711 Posts
Lily...get ready for the tsunami....I suggest buying a surboard....or a kyack.....see you in the water...


wave

Lillym: Good thing I'm in Malta... nothing is going to blow over here except maybe for the soaring heat that we have... then again that will not be too bad no gases or anything...
Sep 9, 2008 11:41 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
gongman: Cos if you do..... and what with being closer than the rest of us....it´s just that..... if all the lights go out tomorrow ¨n stuff,and theres a massive whooshing sound ........

Do you think you could post a quick one here so we can

Make love
Eat fish and chips for the last time
Get splendiferously drunk/stoned

We are all your friends....it´s the least you can do.Thank you in anticipation.


Oh damn! And here I was intent on not having any alcohol tonight! But what an excuse! Gonna go remind the family of what is about to happen ..... good thing I got in another case of beer today!... and a Roast Leg of Mutton is in the oven (mmmmh I can smell it already!)

Oh, and I`ll go microwave some fresh ganja!

Then I`ll ... njah .. .not gonna tell any of you the rest of what I`m gonna do - may spoil my pristine reputation.......

grin cheers .. and just in case ....... I take advantage of the emoticons, what the hell!buddies drink pouring There! I used ONE extra!
Sep 9, 2008 11:52 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Not A Thing!
They're just going to check how good the Magnets are able to control the Beam.Will be a while until that Thing is run on full power.
Mini-Black Holes! doh
Someone is talking Rest-Room-Talk?rolling on the floor laughing
Sep 9, 2008 1:24 PM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Conrad73: Only problem with a Black Hole is,what goes in,has to come out.
Since they are Mini,they can't keep growing since their Energy is constantly escaping.
So most our Coockoo Clocks which are a Black Forest Thing,or Velcro,the Schnaps,Beer,Zippers,Watches etc will be safe
If not,we're in Sheep-Dip!rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Sep 9, 2008 1:36 PM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
Conrad73: If not,we're in Sheep-Dip!


Oh no, now you sounding like those KNow-It-All Professors who tried to instill hope in my son who tried to instil their hope in me and me instill their hope in my grandchildren!.. who wont have a hope in hell of instilling into Anybody if something goes wrong.......

Since when does something have to come OUT of a Black Hole? Isnt that the idea behind a Black Hole in the first place?... it just gobbles up everything going into it!

Oh well ... who realy cares anyway .... Life is Life....cheers
Sep 9, 2008 1:55 PM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
smoky: Oh no, now you sounding like those KNow-It-All Professors who tried to instill hope in my son who tried to instil their hope in me and me instill their hope in my grandchildren!.. who wont have a hope in hell of instilling into Anybody if something goes wrong.......

Since when does something have to come OUT of a Black Hole? Isnt that the idea behind a Black Hole in the first place?... it just gobbles up everything going into it!

Oh well ... who realy cares anyway .... Life is Life....
laugh wave
Sep 9, 2008 2:40 PM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Elley
ElleyElleyCadiz, Andalusia Spain131 Threads 1 Polls 2,808 Posts
smoky: Oh no, now you sounding like those KNow-It-All Professors who tried to instill hope in my son who tried to instil their hope in me and me instill their hope in my grandchildren!.. who wont have a hope in hell of instilling into Anybody if something goes wrong.......

Since when does something have to come OUT of a Black Hole? Isnt that the idea behind a Black Hole in the first place?... it just gobbles up everything going into it!

Oh well ... who realy cares anyway .... Life is Life....


This sounds like my second missusblushing she gobbles everything, maybe the Swiss can use herlaugh
Sep 9, 2008 2:45 PM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
Elley: This sounds like my second missus she gobbles everything, maybe the Swiss can use her

Now you tell us! After we gone to all that trouble digging that huge hole under us and France! .. and inventing a Black Hole, when all this time you had one yourself! See what comes of not sharing what you got, huh? You could have sold her to the CCE or the GCO or whatever its called and made some real money! So dont come crying poverty ...... you just didnt realise what a gold-mine you had!
Sep 28, 2008 5:53 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
natasha555
natasha555natasha555Plovdiv, Bulgaria14 Threads 649 Posts
gongman: Cos if you do..... and what with being closer than the rest of us....it´s just that..... if all the lights go out tomorrow ¨n stuff,and theres a massive whooshing sound ........

Do you think you could post a quick one here so we can

Make love
Eat fish and chips for the last time
Get splendiferously drunk/stoned

We are all your friends....it´s the least you can do.Thank you in anticipation.








LHC re-start scheduled for 2009

Geneva, 23 September 2008. Investigations at CERN1 following a large helium leak into sector 3-4 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel have indicated that the most likely cause of the incident was a faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator’s magnets. Before a full understanding of the incident can be established, however, the sector has to be brought to room temperature and the magnets involved opened up for inspection. This will take three to four weeks. Full details of this investigation will be made available once it is complete.

“Coming immediately after the very successful start of LHC operation on 10 September, this is undoubtedly a psychological blow,” said CERN Director General Robert Aymar. “Nevertheless, the success of the LHC’s first operation with beam is testimony to years of painstaking preparation and the skill of the teams involved in building and running CERN’s accelerator complex. I have no doubt that we will overcome this setback with the same degree of rigour and application.”

The time necessary for the investigation and repairs precludes a restart before CERN’s obligatory winter maintenance period, bringing the date for restart of the accelerator complex to early spring 2009. LHC beams will then follow.

Particle accelerators such as the LHC are unique machines, built at the cutting edge of technology. Each is its own prototype, and teething troubles at the start-up phase are therefore always possible.

“The LHC is a very complex instrument, huge in scale and pushing technological limits in many areas,” said Peter Limon, who worked on commissioning the world’s first large-scale superconducting accelerator, the Tevatron at Fermilab in the USA. “Events occur from time to time that temporarily stop operations, for shorter or longer periods, especially during the early phases.”

CERN has received similar words of support from several laboratories, including Germany’s DESY, home of the HERA superconducting particle accelerator, which ran from 1992 to 2007.

"We at DESY have been following the commissioning of the LHC with great excitement and have been very impressed with the success of the first day,” said Albrecht Wagner, DESY Director. “I am confident that our colleagues at CERN will solve the problem speedily and we will continue to support them as much as we can."



1 CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's leading laboratory for particle physics. It has its headquarters in Geneva. At present, its Member States are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO have Observer status.
jaw drop But Never Fear-bet so many scientists know what to doblues uh oh
Sep 28, 2008 7:03 AM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
Intresting that we get no Strangelets and Mini-Black Holes in the Atmosphere,where Collisions with much more Energies are taking place every day.dunno dunno grin
Sep 28, 2008 2:22 PM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
Conrad73: Intresting that we get no Strangelets and Mini-Black Holes in the Atmosphere,where Collisions with much more Energies are taking place every day.


Oh sorry if someone has already mentioned this, but I too weary to read my way thru this thread again...... In the beginning (like In The Beginning Before the Firmaments Were Divided, you all know the 7 day Wonder Creation?) ... Well these collisions took place continuously for like thousands if not millions of years. And here we are, puny little humans, doing little one-offs. What we hoping to achieve? Actually?
Sep 28, 2008 2:33 PM CST Do you live in/around/under Switzerland?
smoky: Oh sorry if someone has already mentioned this, but I too weary to read my way thru this thread again...... In the beginning (like In The Beginning Before the Firmaments Were Divided, you all know the 7 day Wonder Creation?) ... Well these collisions took place continuously for like thousands if not millions of years. And here we are, puny little humans, doing little one-offs. What we hoping to achieve? Actually?
A little bit more Understanding and Perspective,hopefully.smile
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