I agree with whoever said in the article that these things happen. I mean, this was the first time something like this was built. It's only natural to expect that they won't get it right the first time around. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if several of these glitches occurred before they actually get it to work properly.
On the flip side, though, with so much money pumped into this thing, it should not only work, but bring an end to world's poverty and cure AIDS. :P
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
William Butler Yeats - The Second Coming
It's a shame George Carlin died. He'd have a fuckin' field day with this.
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I think it's an interesting idea, and with all the international funds being poured into it it had damned well better produce results.
But seriously, I think quite a few worthwhile discoveries could be made here. Nothing absolutely universe-shattering, but some things that could benefit mankind in some way.
Besides, it was just a transformer malfunction that occurred while the beam was shut off anyway. Not an unforeseeable circumstance, and nothing likely to wipe Europe off the map. Or perhaps annihilate the map itself.
In short, we're good.
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