When you think about it 1,589 pages, is relatively small considering what the manual is trying to explain. But, then again its probably 1,588 longer then I could take!

Posted at 11:07 am on Aug 26th, 2008 by Joe Hall

… I’m waiting for the cliff notes.

Posted at 11:23 am on Aug 26th, 2008 by twistedsymphony

and you’ll probably need a phd in particle physics to even grasp many of the concepts laid out in that manual.

Posted at 12:40 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by sly

Can’t they just make a movie from the book?

Posted at 1:38 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by {VOID}

phd in electrical engineering as well.

Posted at 2:28 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by aquatsr

read the lhc machine pdf! the beginning of the document gives a very straightforward summary of the whole machine and its history.

Posted at 3:03 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by will d.

I’ll just wait for ‘LHC for Dummies’

Posted at 5:47 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by Mr Dan

This manual is for all the people that respond to this post with the words “Not a hack” Try that on for size!

Posted at 5:51 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by blizzarddemon

Which chapter covers creating a black hole to eat the Earth?

Posted at 7:58 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by ejfried

I’ll get around to reading it after I’m done assembling the hull of my starship. I’ll build the collider in the science deck :P

Posted at 11:13 pm on Aug 26th, 2008 by JB

Manual!
I’ll get right on it!
Operation Impending Dooooom!

Posted at 4:13 am on Aug 27th, 2008 by Kayne001

i made one. it annihilated my car keys. damn you cern!

Posted at 5:50 pm on Aug 27th, 2008 by carl669

These are *NOT* “User Manuals” !!! What they happen to be are details of various component subsystems of the LHC. A “User Manual” would imply descriptive text and/or diagrams of how to OPERATE the LHC.

This is similar to reading the system descriptions on an F-18C Hornet strike fighter. We have an APU that provides bleed air to spool up the turbines, blah, blah, blah.

A “user manual” (in the case of an F-18, an AFM), would say, you select DC Power On, Energize DC Bus, Start APU, activate
fuel valve ON, hit engine start, at 35%
N1, move throttle to Idle detent, etc…

No where do I see in the published LHC
docs anything remotely resembling instructions on how to power up circuit breakers, enable particular systems, etc.

IT IS NOT A “USER MANUAL” !!!

Posted at 6:10 pm on Aug 28th, 2008 by TheDoctor

These scientists have now formed a tyranny against mankind. They screw up the planet then hold us to ransom with the threat of mass destruction and oblivion. I wish I could get my hands on one of these scientist freaks. I’d treat them the same way as someone who would kidnap or point a gun at one of my children!

Posted at 7:43 am on Sep 6th, 2008 by albert heaton

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Posted at 2:39 pm on Sep 6th, 2008 by DADDY COOL