CERN problems - Page 1
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author: jimdeane
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 05:13:32 pm
content: You don't see this every day. (From community tool cabinet at ISOLDE, CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland.)

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 07:00:17 pm
content: What if they took it on purpose

author: tsman
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 08:15:28 pm
content: "Borrowing" equipment from neighbouring labs is a time honoured tradition in research

author: HoracioDos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 08:21:40 pm
content: Quote from: metrologist on July 12, 2018, 07:00:17 pmPerhaps there's some rivalry between teams and they are stealing equipment from each other. I've seen this once before, programmers used to ransack ram memory like barbarians in a company that I used to work for.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 09:05:03 pm
content: Quote from: HoracioDos on July 12, 2018, 08:21:40 pmOh, that's all sorts of fun if the IT department finds out. You don't want to piss off IT. In terms of real power it might not be an impressive adversary, but in terms of the practical PITA they can be it ranks amongst the worst.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 09:08:28 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 12, 2018, 09:05:03 pm*Nods sagely*We can be amazingly stubborn and make your life hell if we choose to.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 09:28:18 pm
content: Out of all the problems that could potentially happen at CERN I suppose this is a pretty mild one.

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2018, 11:34:36 pm
content: I borrowed Gordon's oscilloscope and he attacked me with a crowbar.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 02:19:45 pm
content: Quote from: Red Squirrel on July 12, 2018, 09:28:18 pmWell, they didn't create a black hole today, which destroyed the solar system. It was a good day.

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 02:42:59 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on July 13, 2018, 02:19:45 pmMaybe they created a micro-sized black hole within the equipment locker that sucked in the DSO then evaporated?

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 03:52:48 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on July 13, 2018, 02:19:45 pmSo far so good.http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 04:38:15 pm
content: My tools almost always come with an accessory, me. I will very rarely let somebody use them, and for power tools that I actually care for, it pretty much is Buckley’s chance. About the only tools I am not worried about are the less than perfect hammers, as there is pretty much little aside from break them you can do, and I can fix that. Only one friend I have no worries with, as he generally is good at looking after them.Builders no bleeding way, they treat every thing as one of 2 categories, either it is a chisel or prybar, or a hammer. Seeing what they have both at times, and the stuff is well used as well, even if it was bought that morning.Multimeters no worry, I have some DT830's that are perfect for that, and I also include in the back, inside the case, a pack of replacement 3A15 fuses as well. Break them and no worry, I blew one up testing a neon sign transformer, as the battery was bad, the switch was wonky and the case was well worn.

author: Bassman59
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 05:10:45 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on July 13, 2018, 02:19:45 pmI'm not sure about that. A black hole that sucks in the Earth and destroys it could be the universe teaching us a desperately-needed lesson.

author: Roeland_R
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 05:27:02 pm
content: Perhaps a wormhole that transfers the DSO to Sydney for a tear down video.Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-P5210 met Tapatalk

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 06:08:05 pm
content: One of the benefits of using an HP48 (or HP50g now) calculator is that nobody will borrow it.Sales Dude: "Hey, may I borrow your calculator?"Me: "Sure, here." *hands over HP48*Sales Dude: "... Um, no thanks."I have a vernier caliper and manual transmission vehicle for the same reason.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 06:19:16 pm
content: There are Youtube videos showing would-be car burglars abandoning a potential target because it had a manual transmission.Something else that used to disappear from lab benches: Reference books. I lost my ITT Reference book for Radio Engineers that way.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2018, 06:28:42 pm
content: Quote from: David Hess on July 13, 2018, 06:08:05 pmThat last one only works stateside.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 02:04:54 am
content: I think CERN has bigger problems:http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-multiworse-is-coming.htmlhttp://backreaction.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-lhc-nightmare-scenario-has-come-true.html

author: radar_macgyver
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 05:38:52 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on July 12, 2018, 09:23:15 pmI've had someone say this to me after my calipers went missing for the 100th time. My response: "no more than I have the right to 'borrow' a police car that I see on the side of the road"

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 05:51:10 am
content: It’s probably gone forever. When I worked in an MoD secure facility many years ago they had layered access control and security. Someone still hobbed it off with a rackmount HP system power supply. Due to the security being flawless at least from the perception perspective this always ended up in “who did you let into the room”. Just as I left the place they found one of the security guys, DV cleared no less, was bent as fuck.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 06:40:37 am
content: I guess this is a conCERN.Yeah, I'll show myself out.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2018, 07:22:48 am
content: Quote from: GK on July 14, 2018, 02:04:54 amIlikeher grit! Bah Humbug!9000Thanks for the pointer.Re OP's photo - anyone who tears tape like that, doesn't deserve a nice scope.Edit to add: some more on the Physics Stall:https://aeon.co/essays/has-the-quest-for-top-down-unification-of-physics-stalledGoing nowhere fastAfter the success of the Standard Model, experiments have stopped answering to grand theories. Is particle physics in crisis?https://www.weeklystandard.com/daniel-sarewitz/all-ye-need-to-knowMore on Sabine Hossenfelder and 'what is science?'Quote