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Driving past CERN this morning about four minutes before the big event, I had half hoped to see a bunch of demonstrators from PETH (People for Ethical Treatment of Hadrons) but sadly I saw them not. I did see a lot of news agency types with cameras and vans with satellite dishes on the top. There was a bunch of them outside Entrance A on the Route de Meyrin. They were busy capturing images of people arriving at work in their cars. Should make for rivetting TV.
I reflected that as the real action is below ground, there was little to catch "upstairs" so to speak; I suppose they were waiting for a statement from Dr A. Spokesman.
On my journey home, the numbers appeared to have increased slightly...
The BBC reports a successful start-up which I think is good news - I wish the team at CERN all the best with this exciting project.
And Google has joined in the fun too!
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Finally for those of you who feel that we are all about to be sucked into a black hole or vapourised etc., there is an entertaining little piece on Wired.
Until the next time
And there's more:
A pitcure from CERN's control room following the first tests:
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