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[Crixt]

April fools as a cover to get clicks... could work.

[AngryFrozenWater]

Hadron Collider II planned for Circle Line

London Underground is in talks with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) about the possibility of using the 23km tunnel of the Circle Line to house a new type of particle accelerator similar to the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.

Particle physicists believe the existing tunnel can be adapted to take a small-scale "atom smasher" alongside the passenger line at a fraction of the cost of building a new tunnel elsewhere in Europe. They are understood to have approached London Underground with a view to announcing a feasibility study later this year.

Specialist engineers commissioned by Cern have already produced a preliminary report, seen by The Independent, which proposes installing supercooled magnets and collision detectors at strategic positions on the Circle Line. The main collision experiment will be sited at the newly refurbished Westminster Station, directly below Portcullis House, the offices of more than 200 MPs.


Cern believes it can build a successor to the Large Hadron Collider (left) within the Circle line (right) by 2020

Although there are still considerable technical problems to overcome, such as a geo-magnetic "kink" in the circuitry at
Edgware Road station, Cern is quietly confident that it will be able to convince London Underground of the merits of the scheme, which should result in the first air-conditioned underground line as a spin-off of installing supercooled magnets below ground.

The idea was initially mooted in the mid-1980s as an alternative site to the 27km tunnel below Geneva but the idea was dropped. Now, with improvements in technology and miniaturisation of the equipment, Cern believes it can build a successor to the Large Hadron Collider within the Circle line by 2020.

It would mean that two beams of protons would be travelling in clockwise and counterclockwise directions at 99.999999 per cent of the speed of light, within feet of Circle line passengers stuck in perpetual immobility.However, health and safety advisers to London Underground are understood to be concerned about the proposal, and have raised the prospect of a mini black hole being created at Westminster when the two proton beams collide to recreate the conditions of the Big Bang.

A spokesman for London Underground said the proposal is not as foolish as it first seems: "It has merits."

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 01 avril 2010 - 04:20 .

[Kohaku]

That's bizarre AngryFrozen but you never know if it really could happen!

http://kotaku.com/55...ouncing-koticku

Modifié par Kerridan Kaiba, 01 avril 2010 - 04:27 .

[AngryFrozenWater]

Kerridan Kaiba wrote...

That's bizarre AngryFrozen but you never know if it really could happen!

Announcing Koticku

Haha. Cool! Someone on my favorite hardware forum was waiting for that.

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 01 avril 2010 - 04:29 .

[Kohaku]

I get giddy on this day. It's like a mid year Christmas... or something. XD

[AngryFrozenWater]

Butterfly Attack - Qualcomm Press Conference

Cheryl Goodman, Director of PR and Marketing for Qualcomm's MEMS Technology division addresses the country regarding the rash of vicious butterfly attacks first caused by stolen prototypes of mirasol display devices.

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 01 avril 2010 - 04:42 .

[Kohaku]

Can't click on that link. Takes me to a new post creation page.

[AngryFrozenWater]

Fixed. Click again.

[JRCHOharry]

AngryFrozenWater wrote...

Hadron Collider II planned for Circle Line
**SNIP**

Thats an april fools ... i read the yahoo news article about it. Some very funny true stories though - like a couple who had a romantic dinner date on the active volcano in Iceland, i lold at that.

[Kohaku]

www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php

Obsidian buys Fallout!

[Cancermeat]

what does tom foolery mean?

[Kohaku]

Wow. I'm in stitches watching that!

[AngryFrozenWater]

I am still laughing about the butterfly attack...



"It is commonly known that the butterfly is the only living creature without a heart. Take that as you will."

[Grecko32]

 Man Gets Eaten By a penguin

[Kohaku]

Ha Grecko32.



No.

[AngryFrozenWater]

Kerridan Kaiba wrote...

www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php

Obsidian buys Fallout!

That's really funny.

"We realize that a lot of fans are unhappy with the current state of affairs with the Fallout series - especially the lack of the true PnP style RPG elements that made the original Fallout such a wonderful game. We want to bring these things back into the mainstream. As game developers and RPG gamers, we know what makes a game great - and no marketing department is going to tell us any different.”

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 01 avril 2010 - 04:54 .

[Kohaku]

There's a big announcement about Diablo III today. Let's see what that turns into. ;}

[Kohaku]

Spoke too soon.

http://us.blizzard.c...anket/index.xml

And another!

us.blizzard.com/diablo3/community/merchandise/gps/index.xml

Modifié par Kerridan Kaiba, 01 avril 2010 - 05:05 .

[PARAGON87]

This had to be the most awesome, and yet the most evil one:

Remember the big announcement about Halo this week?

movies.ign.com/dor/objects/40236/halo/videos/halomovie_trl_040110.html

[AngryFrozenWater]

moodINQ - Programmable Tattoo System.

E Ink Tattoos that Change with your Mood

Uses Safe Sub-dermal Implants!

How many people do you know who regret their tattoo? You grow up, you dump (or get dumped), or maybe you picked a tattoo "artist" that learned their craft in prison using ballpoint pens and a sharpened paper clip. At that point, your choices are: deal with it, get it covered up, or get shot with lasers to take it off. And nobody wants to go for a job interview only to be given the evil eye because you're a little more inked than the current employees! Body modification discrimination is a sad fact of life.

What do you do when you want a tattoo but don't want the commitment of permanent ink? The moodInq system is a breakthrough in tattoo technology, using a skin-safe proprietary E ink encapsulated pigment system that lasts a lifetime but can be configured to display any design (or none!) to suit your mood. So how does it work? We have partnered with leading physicians and technicians in the cosmetic surgery industry to implant the E ink grid, called a canvas. The canvas can go anywhere on your body and be configured to the size and shape of the body party you'd like to ink. After a short healing period (usually 2-3 days), you can begin using the moodInq software included with your kit to change your canvas to display the tattoo you desire!

(Important Note: What you are buying here is the moodInq Wand, software, and a 2-year membership to moodInq's tattoo art database. Your kit will come with a list of participating cosmetic surgery clinics. Tattoo canvas implantation prices vary by provider and canvas surface area desired.)

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 01 avril 2010 - 05:12 .

[Kohaku]

Both of those are so terrible. XD



I didn't click on the Halo one at first because I knew there was a movie in the making at one time. Now I'm glad I did.

[Kohaku]

Expanding on what hero 2 posted earlier.

http://www.gamespot....1&mode=previews

Modifié par Kerridan Kaiba, 01 avril 2010 - 06:39 .

[Noir201]

Kerridan Kaiba wrote...

Expanding on what hero 2 posted earlier.

http://www.gamespot....1&mode=previews

Haha, i would go back to mmo's if that was real

[Tarquas]

so far the 2 things today that have made me laugh the hardest were the butterfly attacks and the deckard cain GPS voice pack MP3's.. the red light one and the one where he just goes on and on and on are the 2 best..