Re: The end of the world

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:45:54 +0200, TheM wrote:
"Martin Griffith" <mart_in_medina@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3fuhc4ta0ke6tag9ncgvcs07dekqll53jp@xxxxxxxxxx
some more stuff here
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080905/full/news.2008.1085.html
such as
0.00000000047 grams = total mass of protons circulating in the LHC
at any time.

362 megajoules = collective energy of LHC's protons at top speed.

This is interesting:

US$4.1 billion = cost of building the LHC.
US$4.5 billion = cost of the USS Ronald Regan.

Now which of these two do you consider worse waste of money?

I'll take colider anytime.


But the neocons salivate at the thought of the military killing
machines and the death and havoc they can wreak on anyone who
doesn't want to submit to their iron fist.

Thanks,
Rich

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