Comments on: CERN Scientists Receive Death Threats

By: Mark Grant

Mark Grant — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:28:42 +0000

see it live:

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

By: masonic boom

masonic boom — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:30:19 +0000

This is still my favourite commentary on the whole thing:

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

(Programmer geeks, check the source code, which is also hilarious.)

By: Calvin Palmer

Calvin Palmer — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:58:37 +0000

The problem with science in the U.S. is that much of it is junk science designed to push forward someone’s personal agenda or science that is manipulated to do the same.

Take a look at:

http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mds-ego-feeds-on-hot-dog-attack/

Brian gets my full backing in

http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/cern-scientists-receive-death-threats/

By: patrice

patrice — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:02:27 +0000

oh never mind. I guess the original post got through. Sorry for taking up 3 comments’ space, Gia! Hope you & Brian are well, despite all the “ado”. As for me – I’m hangin’ in there.

By: patrice

patrice — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:00:16 +0000

I just posted a comment, which akismet apparently identified as spam. It had a link to a Telegraph article – maybe that’s why? Anyhow. here it is again without the link:

A friend of mine sent me an article from the Telegraph today (”We must be wary of scientific research”). This line caught my eye: “Today the white coat of the scientist has supplanted the surplice of the priest as the symbol of authority. ”

I don’t think that’s true in the slightest. At least not here in the US. I wish it was, but I’m afraid it’s not even close.

By: patrice

patrice — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:56:41 +0000

A friend of mine sent me this article today: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/10/do1005.xml This line caught my eye: “Today the white coat of the scientist has supplanted the surplice of the priest as the symbol of authority. ”

I don’t think that’s true in the slightest. At least not here in the US. I wish it was, but I’m afraid it’s not even close.

By: masonic boom

masonic boom — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:32:40 +0000

Hurrah and exultations!

So my tax burden for the entirety of CERN is the same as a pint of beer? really? Is that it? Can I please ask that the massive amount of my taxes being wasted on the 2012 Olympics be diverted to CERN, please? Far better value for money!

I’d *much* rather see people from 85 different countries getting together and cooperating and working for something constructive and productive and celebrating knowledge and science – than the pointless jingoistic displays of the Olympics.

Here’s a pint of Badger’s Golden Glory for the LHC.

By: Mark Grant

Mark Grant — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:44:39 +0000

Amazing, watched also on BBC, great coverage, bigger than the moon landing – to do something so complexed and enormous without a single glitch, beautiful. Geneva must be beaming even if the locals lights are flickering. I liked the dude who compared the whole experiment to firing a couple of needles from ever side of the Atlantic and trying to get them to meet in the middle – makes putting a man on the moon child’s play. Can’t wait for the new year, when they finally get up to speed.

We are technology…

By: madge

madge — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:15:25 +0000

Just watched the BIG SWICTH ON via BBC News. It was AWESOME! They called it THIS generations Moon Landing and they weren’t kidding. I was so proud of the human race.CONGRATULATIONS to every last one of the scientists and engineers involved. GREAT JOB! And now the REAL work begins.
:)

By: Mark Grant

Mark Grant — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:31:47 +0000

PS. Did you see that Bookies offered 666,666,666-1 that there will be no tomorrow – if it goes wrong I’m going to die a rich man!!!!