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Month: September 2008

Incidentally I’m not stupid

Google sometimes shows excerpts from comments instead from the actual posts in search results. That means that in the Google result list my name is now linked to the ramblings of somebody who thinks that the world will end when the Large Hadron Collider starts working. By the way, this will be tomorrow morning.

It would be a pity if you simply ignore the event, but it is perfectly safe to do so. The worst thing that can happen is that many textbooks on particle physics will have to be rewritten (of course from a certain point of view this is also the best thing that can happen).  This might lead to some exciting developements in the future, but at the moment it’s basic research without immediate applications.

No, the LHC is perfectly safe. Among the reasons why I know that is a) said comment (which claimed that earth will be eaten by black holes) has been read and officialy laughed at by a physicist from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam (I have to say I know some really cool people) and b), even more importantly, because the people who built the LHC are sitting right on top of it. As soon as physicst start evacuating Switzerland I will start worrying, but up until then I will get on with my life.

And while you will find my name linked to stupid comments in Google I am myself not stupid (or so I hope), I thought I rather mention this.

    Me and the module, we’re still not dead

    Usually I think that away messages are kind of silly and that, when I don’t have to say anything, I should keep quiet. However I got a worried e-mail that asked if I still do support for the place here module (after all I haven’t been writing for five days or so).

    Yes, I do.

    However I’m terribly busy at the moment. Before the 10th of September I won’t do any work on the module, including some necessary bug fixes (but I still will answer questions on the blog and via mail) – I don’t have the time . But the thing works apart from some minor quirks, so this should not be too bad.

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