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Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:40PM from the going-in-circles dept.

feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."

Comment Re:Gattica... (Score 2, Informative) 239

by Noddegamra on Monday January 05, 2009 @06:31PM (#26336295) Attached to: New Method To Revolutionize DNA Sequencing

Since inosine.

SpaceX Successfully Tests Nine-Engine Cluster 182

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 24, 2008 @11:08AM from the what-did-you-do-this-weekend dept.

the_other_chewey writes "At their test facility in Texas, SpaceX, the privately funded space-flight company, have successfully tested their nine-engine cluster which is planned to provide the heavy lifting capability for their Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy rockets. The firing lasted three minutes (a full 'mission duty cycle,' i.e. a simulated launch) under full power, delivering 3.8MN (or 855,000 lbs.) of thrust. SpaceX have made a video of the test available. The Waco Tribune has a short report about it, with comments by locals."

Comment Re:Yeah, and we should be surprised of this becaus (Score 1) 454

by Noddegamra on Tuesday September 02, 2008 @03:35AM (#24839473) Attached to: Restaurant Owners Use Zapper To Cook the Books

As I said above, I think most people will choose to act ethically. IMHO I don't believe that "everyone has their price," but I could just be naive.

I present to you the Milgram experiment and its variations. In short, no, people do not normally do what their personal conscience tells them to do. And it doesn't even require money, just someone who has more perceived authority than you do.

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