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Title: Tevatron
Post by: celticgeek on 10 Jan 2011, 14:38

Well, crap.

Tevatron will shut down. (http://blogs.plos.org/badphysics/2011/01/10/byebyetevatron/)

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: est on 10 Jan 2011, 22:47

What's a Trevortron?

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Jan 2011, 23:02

Fermilab's Particle Accelerator. Located outside of Chicago in Batavia, Illinois.

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: McTaggart on 11 Jan 2011, 01:44

I get so confused read reading articles like that because every time they embed a twitter post my brain just skips it because it looks like an ad.

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: KharBevNor on 11 Jan 2011, 02:14

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45214000/jpg/_45214859_hadron466pa.jpg)

THE TEVATRON HAS BECOME...IRRELAVENT. WITHOUT PURPOSE. ALL THAT IS WITHOUT PURPOSE IS UNWORTHY...UNWORTHY OF THE GIFT OF EXISTENCE.

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: David_Dovey on 11 Jan 2011, 12:57

WHY DID YOU PROGRAM TEVATRON TO FEEL EMOTION?

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a55/ddovey/tevatronsad.jpg)

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: Ballard on 11 Jan 2011, 14:07

Great work but that's actually the Large Hadron Collider, which is what made the Tevatron obsolete.

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: David_Dovey on 11 Jan 2011, 14:09

Aw I fail at science

(no really I got a D in high school chemistry)

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: Ballard on 11 Jan 2011, 14:21

It'd be more like:

(http://i54.tinypic.com/jfc8sz.png)

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: Metope on 11 Jan 2011, 14:24

Whenever I come across the phrase 'Large Hadron Collider' I read it as 'Large Hardon Collider'.

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: celticgeek on 11 Jan 2011, 14:31

I figure that most physicists are familiar with calling it that, except perhaps for Lisa Randall (http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall.html).

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: Blue Kitty on 11 Jan 2011, 14:51

All behold the wonder of TEVATRON!!!
(http://news.msu.edu/media/photo/2009/03/cb4df24f-7529-4ca9-8bfd-5e9cbea8fc6e.jpg)

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: Inlander on 11 Jan 2011, 16:06

Christ no wonder it's obsolete, half of it's made out of wooden boxes!

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: Patrick on 13 Jan 2011, 10:09

Quote from: Metope on 11 Jan 2011, 14:24

Whenever I come across the phrase 'Large Hadron Collider' I read it as 'Large Hardon Collider'.

That would probably show up on the resumes of like 90% of the actresses that appear on Brazzers.

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: valley_parade on 13 Jan 2011, 11:45

Quote from: David_Dovey on 11 Jan 2011, 14:09

Aw I fail at science

(no really I got a D in high school chemistry)

I got a D and my teacher threatened to dropkick me during class. TOP THAT, AUSSIE.

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: valley_parade on 13 Jan 2011, 11:45

...USA, USA, USoh nevermind

Title: Re: Tevatron
Post by: jhocking on 16 Jan 2011, 06:30

oh wait that's here? for some reason I thought fermilab was far away, like in the desert or something