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Doctor · March 31, 2010, 4:50am

I love it!! I can just picture all the scientists in their while lab coats standing around the Hulk SMASH! button going “My turn! My turn!”.

Fugazi · March 31, 2010, 5:17am

I thought it was the machine that goes “Bing!”

Jragon · March 31, 2010, 7:19am

Are you kidding? If I were an engineer at that CERN I’d use those giant impractical Doctor Frankenstein lever-switches for everything.

Der_Trihs · March 31, 2010, 9:07am

I always thought it should be labeled ‘Primary Ignition’

“Commence Primary Ignition!”

< dramatic powerup sound >

Colophon · March 31, 2010, 11:29am

No, everybody knows that scientific progress goes “Boink”.

Jonathan_Chance · March 31, 2010, 12:33pm

So it’s like Mythbusters but on a smaller scale?

Sefton · March 31, 2010, 12:49pm

I just hope they don’t cross the streams. I heard that’s ‘bad.’

matt_mcl · March 31, 2010, 1:04pm

Scientist 1: Okay, looks like it’s time to power it up. If you would, Dr. 2?
Scientist 2: Sure. CHUNK FOOLS! I’LL DESTROY THEM AAAAALL! HA HA HA!
Scientists 1 and 3 through 7 look on in bemusement
Scientist 2: Whoo! I always wanted to say that.
Scientists 1 and 3 through 7 look on in bemusement
Scientist 2: I’ll be good.
finis

NineToTheSky · March 31, 2010, 1:23pm

It’s all about spending billions of euros, and on day one it breaks down. A year and many more euros later, they switch it on again. Everything goes round in circles. Everyone feels very happy and drinks lots of champagne, and decides that it won’t really be ready until 2012 when they’ve spent even more euros. Then they’ll go round in circles again and probably drink even more champagne. At that point they discover some more dimensions, into which they’ll have to extend it, which means more euros, and more champagne…

It’s a great life if you don’t weaken.

Colophon · March 31, 2010, 2:56pm

I agree; it sounds smashing.

Frodo · March 31, 2010, 3:04pm

CERN smash!

LeeshaJoy · March 31, 2010, 3:12pm

opens hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com in a new tab

waits

Frodo · March 31, 2010, 4:08pm

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/ source code:

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snerks

Doctor · March 31, 2010, 10:44pm

Lemme see, open up the live webcam feed from LHC and see what’s happening…
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:eek:

matt_mcl · April 1, 2010, 2:47am

You know, someone somewhere is actually gonna believe that last one and fly into a very amusing but somewhat pitiable snit.

Beware_of_Doug · April 1, 2010, 3:04am

I’m thinking that as long as you’re around to push the button, everything’s fine. :dubious:

WolfpackJeep · April 1, 2010, 4:51pm

Huh. Someone mentioned it to a coworker of mine yesterday, sending him into a “What’s it gonna prove” rant that I’m pretty sure had some religious themes.

garygnu · April 1, 2010, 5:09pm

New news today. Some idiot was arrested for trespassing at the facility and claimed to be from the future.

NineToTheSky · April 1, 2010, 5:15pm

Quote from above linked article:
Police said Mr Cole, who was wearing a bow tie and rather too much tweed for his age, would not reveal his country of origin.

Hmmm…someone who time travels, and wears too much tweed. This reminds me of someone.

BMalion · April 1, 2010, 5:20pm

" …and in local news, police arrested a Mr. John Titor…"

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