Agreed. There are always going to be problems with something of this magnitude, but this takes the biscuit and is quite a let down in all honesty.

Nor Will it reach its full potential for another two years, Appears alot of things are coming to fruition..

Perhaps I should start being a prophet?

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Well, look at how much the SCSC was initially supposed to cost, vs how much they said it was going to cost in the end. This is likely not going to be any different.

Right, so we should just stop, pack up shop and forget it right?

They're on the cutting edge, trying to develop technology and machinery that will enable them to test theories. So of course they're going to suffer problems - someone tell me of a similar sort of scientific experiment of this magnitude that went off without a hitch.

I like how you didn't quote this :

He said: "The standard phrase is that the LHC is its own prototype. We are pushing technologies towards their limits."

"You don't hear about the thousands or hundreds of thousands of other areas that have gone incredibly well.

"With a machine like the LHC, you only build one and you only build it once."

I'm a bit surprised people are so easy to condemn them when they hit a stumbling block. Yeh, it sucks - I wish it was up and running and discovering new things everyday. Sure, it costs money - it always will. But what happened to the spirit of human endeavour?

It's ok folks, it should be up and running by December 21 2012

Very sad to hear doomsday machine is broke .

Fill it with vegetable oil , and make the world's biggest donut !

... the future thanks you !

Unlike other ATS members who do not really read and digest information, I read everything and take the time to read the many postings that accompany the threads created. As such, I am amazed after reading the previous postings that many have not noted the original posting to this thread whereby an unnamed director supposedly stated the following remarks.

"It's something that, with a lot more resources and with a lot more manpower and quality control, possibly could have been avoided but I have difficulty in thinking that this is something that was a design error."

Now after reading that and I do mean read, what part of this quote stands out as not being in support of a construction error? If he is stating that he has difficulty in thinking that it was a design flaw then he must think that something else not commented on is the real cause for halting the LHC experiments. I for one when I read this quote, pondered just what he could have meant by that public remark that clearly states he does not think a design flaw in the construction is at fault.

Well, it means to me that while the LHC wizards are publicly stating one thing, there is another reason that we the public are not being told about in regard to why they are shutting down for a year. Something about this public LHC press release tells me that what they are stating publicly is just a cover for something else that they don't feel we should know the truth about.

The LHC scientist could in fact already know that the Earth has only limited time left to contend with the real problem at hand. I mean why continue to work and spend money if you already know for a fact that it is only going to lead to everyone being sucked into a black hole?

While I would hope that more in the future comes out about what the LHC is really doing, but if they don't, it could be because they secretly know it would do no good and would only cause public panic to know that the damage has already been done and that what has been damaged can in no way be fixed.

Only in such a way would I think that the LHC would throw in the towel and shut down for the year. The construction cover story is believable and as such will serve the needs of those within LHC that are trying to conceal the real problem and the real agenda of what the LHC represents.

I try to stay as current with what happens at the LHC and this recent press release only adds to my level of concern with what really may be going on at the LHC.

Thanks for the posting.

Good, i hope there will be more and more problems with this project, as i don't support it for 1%. Why do it ? Look at the costs... What good is it ?

I think that part of the reason that there are so many faults with it is that it was started up too early. If they had done more checks and safety measures before the initial start up we would not have had these costly mistakes.

Nonetheless I believe that the project should continue, the possible information that we could gain from this is immense. So it is costing a fortune, but what we could achieve with the results makes up for it. I will however admit that I am concerned by the amount of mistakes being made on a project thvat has taken so long, it does as others have said suggest outside influence.

-Cauch1