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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #870 on: September 19, 2008, 01:22:56 PM »
Awesome LHC pictures...



I assume this is an early version where men on golf buggies loaded with Hadrons collide in the tunnel at 15MPH?
Actually, with hindsight it is more likely to be a BBC News animation of how the collider works...  ::)
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"The men in red helmets represent Protons, while the men in yellow are Neutrons"
"Both of which are smaller than a human hair in real life"  ;D

"And the tunnel itself is longer than a hundred double-decker buses parked end to end..."
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #871 on: September 19, 2008, 01:54:25 PM »


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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #872 on: September 19, 2008, 01:57:05 PM »
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #873 on: September 19, 2008, 02:12:37 PM »
What are you on about?
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #874 on: September 19, 2008, 02:26:21 PM »
What are you on about?
You must remember Holly at the, um... other place...  whistle:
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #875 on: September 19, 2008, 02:26:54 PM »
I thought you were talking about something prickly
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #876 on: September 19, 2008, 02:29:01 PM »
I thought you were talking about something prickly
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #877 on: September 19, 2008, 02:30:14 PM »
Oh yes. Mr Wench tries to hold things together
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #878 on: September 19, 2008, 04:00:23 PM »
Awesome LHC pictures...



I assume this is an early version where men on golf buggies loaded with Hadrons collide in the tunnel at 15MPH?
Actually, with hindsight it is more likely to be a BBC News animation of how the collider works...  ::)
lol:

"The men in red helmets represent Protons, while the men in yellow are Neutrons"
"Both of which are smaller than a human hair in real life"  ;D

"And the tunnel itself is longer than a hundred double-decker buses parked end to end..."

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"Both of which are smaller than a human hair in real life"  ;D

"they travel at twice the speed of a London Bus"

"while consuming their own weight in AA batteries every second"

"and the tunnel itself is longer than a dozen football pitches..."
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #879 on: September 19, 2008, 04:55:34 PM »
Whassat in football pitches?
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #880 on: September 19, 2008, 05:30:17 PM »
Whassat in football pitches?
Errrrr...

Twelve?
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #881 on: September 19, 2008, 05:55:53 PM »
I dunno ~ but I can visualise a footy pitch or several for that matter 'cos I've seen several side by side like ~ I have never seen more than three London Buses at the same time  and have problems with the mental arithmetic to get it up to the hundreds.
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Re: Random image thread.
« Reply #882 on: September 22, 2008, 01:29:36 PM »


Miss D at Tesco  noooo:
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« Reply #884 on: September 25, 2008, 11:39:36 AM »