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- aherman, on 11/18/2008, -3/+165$21 Million actually seems cheap.
- angelgabe, on 11/18/2008, -4/+162Still cheaper than the bailout.
- jusdigginit, on 11/18/2008, -0/+116$21 million to discover the secrets of the Universe vs. $700 billion for wall street...
HMMMMMM.... - seantubridy, on 11/18/2008, -2/+98Hey, it costs money to create a universe, people.
- bbjohnnyt, on 11/18/2008, -2/+81They should have purchased the extended warranty .
- cmsjustin, on 11/18/2008, -1/+48I would expect a few hundred million at least. $21 mil does seem like a bargain.
- GorfTron, on 11/18/2008, -3/+44They are just running us in circles.
- crodragn, on 11/18/2008, -3/+43"25 million francs ($21 million)"
Hey, there is still currency out there worth less than the US dollar - thethinktank, on 11/17/2008, -5/+36After watching the CERN black hole video, I'd have thought $21 million wouldn't have been enough.
- no2gates, on 11/18/2008, -1/+28
My dad's a TV repair man. He's got this ULTIMATE set of tools. I can fix it. - kkring24, on 11/18/2008, -3/+27They still use francs?
- Nidy1, on 11/18/2008, -0/+22It was $50 extra. Would you really have taken it?
- tetraelement, on 11/18/2008, -3/+24hardon colider? i just met her!
- inactive, on 11/18/2008, -1/+21An extra $21 million to destroy the universe? C'mon... I want the end of days NOW! :(
- ticonderoga321, on 11/18/2008, -2/+22"The organization has blamed the shutdown on the failure of a single, badly soldered electrical connection. "
Not Vista - Jack8274, on 11/18/2008, -1/+20Still doesn't deter his point.
- mrseptic, on 11/18/2008, -0/+19Ya, science and learning stuff is stupid.
- dbhalla, on 11/18/2008, -3/+21wouldnt it be more like 10billion+21million to discover the secrets of the universe?
- drewbudd, on 11/18/2008, -0/+17Yes, the Swiss still use it. Just so happens that the LHC is located (at least partially) in Switzerland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc - kburk, on 11/18/2008, -0/+17If you haven't seen it
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html - Llanowar, on 11/18/2008, -0/+17Actually, it's 0.21%
- Equinox1, on 11/18/2008, -0/+16You're just jealous because you won't get to play with it!
- SteveTheSultan, on 11/18/2008, -6/+21When is this things going to start up and create a black hole that destroys us all? I have been running up debt and not paying my bills; hoping for an end to civilization.
- LucFerris, on 11/18/2008, -0/+14Once you feed those few hundred thousand people, you'll feel good - for a minute. Then you'll remember that there are millions who are hungry. Science realizes this, so takes the next step to study ways to change the world. You're people will be fed, give science the time. Many of your questions will be answered. It is our destiny.
- WilliamAdama, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1110,000,000,000 = ten billion
21,000,000 = twenty one million
I might be a complete idiot but i thought it went like this "21,000,000 / 10,000,000,000 * 100 = 0.21"
So it's not even 1%? - Lewie, on 11/18/2008, -0/+11I bet I could find a lot of traders and CEOs that have done worse.
- kronzdigg, on 11/18/2008, -3/+14doom delayed
- CycloneTH, on 11/18/2008, -3/+13Clearly the only black hole CERN will be dealing with any time soon is its budget.
- inactive, on 11/18/2008, -1/+11But can you come up with an original joke?
- Zackinabox, on 11/18/2008, -1/+11He was referring to what it takes to fix it.
- LucFerris, on 11/18/2008, -0/+10Scientific progress is one of the only thing that humans spend their money on that is not ridiculous.
- CycloneTH, on 11/18/2008, -0/+10It's been broke for a while now.
- tensvb, on 11/18/2008, -2/+12I have a strange feeling they won't manage to fix it before 2012...
- LogicBomB, on 11/18/2008, -0/+8They spent over a billion dollars on this thing. Would you prefer they throw their arms up and go "nevermind!"?
- habbofresh, on 11/18/2008, -0/+8actually... the process of experimentation includes implied mandatory failure. ....
- avaugha4, on 11/18/2008, -0/+8thats why you aren't a scientist...
- Rudegar, on 11/18/2008, -0/+8spare us the images :P
- tensvb, on 11/18/2008, -1/+9Since the bailout everything seems cheap.
- pitdog, on 11/18/2008, -0/+7It's all very very cheap compared to the moronic waste of money all the military conflicts (well most of them) are.
- analogkid01, on 11/18/2008, -0/+7You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-mah-toe.
- ChromaVita, on 11/19/2008, -0/+7That was the point.
- Paradiddler45, on 11/19/2008, -0/+7WOOSH!
- dbhalla, on 11/18/2008, -0/+7lol@ trying to be a smartass and failing
- MadHarvey, on 11/19/2008, -0/+6Nah. Infinite time, space, and rocks will suffice.
- ousthouse, on 11/18/2008, -0/+6very true (as long as it's someone else's money)
- breadfred, on 11/18/2008, -0/+6Let's stop building roads as well. And don't forget those pesky computers. They don't feed anyone. Let us just go back to the good ole days just agriculturin'. Yeah. That would save the world.
instead we invest in new technologies that might help us understand the universe, in the mean time inventing the internet, increasing communication which helps farmers find the best markets for their produce. markgl, there is more to this experiment than you or I can even imagine. Stop being a dork and a spoilsport. - JenovaWitness77, on 11/18/2008, -0/+6Well why didn't you say so?
Get this man a ticket to Geneva! - gall0wsp0le, on 11/18/2008, -0/+6I got beat on both the, "create," and, "destroy," comments.
So I'll try this one: Hey, it takes a lot of money to compress the known universe into a singularity of infinite density. - ksalminen, on 11/18/2008, -1/+7$21 million dollars is a small price to pay for scientific discovery.
- inigomntoya, on 11/18/2008, -1/+6I hope they got bids from other repair shops and compared not just the costs, but also the speed and level of customer service.
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