Comments on: Large Hadron Collider user manual online

By: DADDY COOL

DADDY COOL — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:39:48 +0000

THIS IS TRUELY VIP QUALITY

By: albert heaton

albert heaton — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:43:19 +0000

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!

By: TheDoctor

TheDoctor — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:10:07 +0000

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" !!!

By: carl669

carl669 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:50:29 +0000

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

By: Kayne001

Kayne001 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:13:13 +0000

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

By: JB

JB — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:13:09 +0000

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

By: ejfried

ejfried — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:58:54 +0000

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

By: blizzarddemon

blizzarddemon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:51:24 +0000

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

By: Mr Dan

Mr Dan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:47:28 +0000

I’ll just wait for ‘LHC for Dummies’

By: will d.

will d. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:03:28 +0000

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

By: aquatsr

aquatsr — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:28:25 +0000

phd in electrical engineering as well.

By: {VOID}

{VOID} — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:38:40 +0000

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

By: sly

sly — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:40:21 +0000

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

By: twistedsymphony

twistedsymphony — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:23:49 +0000

… I’m waiting for the cliff notes.

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:07:59 +0000

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!