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GundamX67
07/09/09

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They should turn it into a museum, or something along the line. Like you said, it's historic, and it's one of the crown jewels of science. It shouldn't go the way of other scientific buildings.

Gizmodo: Lets make a petition to save the Bevatron and turn it into a historic building. Something for future generations to visit.
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GC
07/09/09

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Super collider? But I just met her!
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Jitty
07/09/09

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Speaking of large super colliers. I heard there are worm holes that exist on the nano scale. We could extract the worm holes but to do that we would truly need a SUPER collider. So big that it would need to be built in space. The collisions in that supercollider would force the wormholes out and we could maybe stabilize them or enlarge them.
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Seather
07/09/09

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The anti neutron was discovered there as well.

I'm sure if the LHC were to be decomissioned, it would be used as storage for a few years like the Bevatron was in it's last days.
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GilmerCrane
07/09/09

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Don't forget that they discovered the anti neutron there as well! It's not just an atom smasher, it's a linear accelerator too. There is one just up the hill though(ALS).
http://www.als.lbl.gov/
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vmspionage
07/09/09

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This thing looks like it belongs in an episode of Venture Brothers

The Monarch: (finally inside Dr. Venture's laboratory) My god, look at this place. It's like a museum of failure.
Dr. Girlfriend: It's almost depressing.
The Monarch: Here I am, in the belly of the beast, and I don't even care. I don't even feel like taking a whiz on this. I used to DREAM of taking a whiz on this!
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DorkRawk
07/09/09

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Atoms to atoms, dust to dust....
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Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!
07/09/09

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Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Bev' last night...
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dallasmay2
07/09/09

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How long will it take to decide that the LHC is obsolete? Probably not even 50 years. Once we find that there is no Higgs, that will be the end of high energy particle physics as we know it.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/09/09

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It's a frakkin' atom-smasher!

Do you know why you never hear anyone complain about all those useless vacant atom-smashers that litter strip malls? Because atom-smashers are not useless.

That's like saying "I think I'm going to clear out my collection of laser pistols. I just can't think of when I'd ever want to use an atomic ray gun and these blasters are just gathering dust."

If they don't want the atom smasher, I'll take it. Hell, I'll live in it. Who DOESN"T want to say that they use an atom smasher for a house?!
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Jim Topoleski
07/09/09

@OMG! Ponies!: actually I can see a point where it would in fact outlive its usefulness.

I am sure it costs a hell of a lot more at this point to maintain it, than it does to build a new one.

That being said, it WOULD be cool to live in one. Kinda like living in a old missile silo (which I would kill to do if my budget warranted it.)
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OMG! Ponies!
07/09/09

@Jim Topoleski: Here is how you take care of maintenance costs for an atom smasher:

"Hello. UN - give me a trillion dollars or I will unleash the might of my Atom Smasher on the people of London. You have 24 hours to comply."
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Jim Topoleski
07/09/09

@OMG! Ponies!: You had your pinky in the corner of your mouth when you wrote that didn't you.
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kuriakos
07/09/09

@OMG! Ponies!: It only works if you do it in a slick European accent. Preferably a Hans Gruber-esque German accent.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/09/09

@kuriakos: I do many things in a slick European accent. Especially Milanese supermodels.
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Purple Umpteenth
07/09/09

@OMG! Ponies!: it's like the SR-71 Blackbird. newer stuff came out that's cheaper to operate and has more capability. And doesn't turn into a cranky old bastard who spits lubricant.
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nutbastard
07/09/09

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wasn't Bevatron the code name for the fleshlight when it was still in the prototype phase?
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PeterNincompoop
07/09/09

@nutbastard:

I thought the fleshlight's code name was "the Mojave Experiment"....right?

By the way, seeing my poor little comment all grayed out down there make me sad
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/09/09

@PeterNincompoop: No, that was just the codename for adding suction to the fleshlight.
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PeterNincompoop
07/09/09

@Lite: is on a boat.:

Hooray!!! My comment is darker!

...Or the codename for adding "suck"-tion to all windows vista "capable" machines....
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Kaiser-Machead
07/09/09

@nutbastard: I wouldn've gone with snatch-handle myself.
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madog
07/09/09

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... A Chinese knock off, "Giant Hadron Smasher"? Complete with pictures of Obama and the Hulk as celebrity endorsers.

......I have no idea why. (side note: this tiny comment bubble is tough to navigate on my phone. I would have imagined that editing it would produce a larger one, but perhaps I'm just missing something).
.... I thought of another... The Max Headroom Collider....? Anyone?
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CaptainHoratioMcCallister
07/09/09

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It is a shame that Tesla's labs have fallen into disrepair while Edison's have become monuments to his greatness. Tesla is one of the most under appreciated scientists of all time. Not fully related to the post, but saddening, nonetheless.
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