Given that the whole of the technology that IT and indeed the whole of the economy and current civilisation of the human race is based required the development of quantum theory, it seems odd to question the need of such research.
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Will the Large Hadron Collider destroy the world?
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How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostI thought we'd moved on to ROI?
I object to the grave risks associated with that project. In addition to it ROI is non-existant, no private company funds such projects.Comment
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When men first starting digging big holes to extract coal and other ores from the ground, for all they knew, and according to some mythologies of old, they might have released the spirits of the dead, great fire breathing monsters and giant three headed dogs into the environment, thereby wiping out all of humanity. But that’s not what happened.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWhen men first starting digging big holes to extract coal and other ores from the ground, for all they knew, and according to some mythologies of old, they might have released the spirits of the dead, great fire breathing monsters and giant three headed dogs into the environment, thereby wiping out all of humanity. But that’s not what happened."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Anyway, why worry if it all goes wrong. There are plenty of other universes where it didn't.How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostI don't see commercial companies funding such colliders - that's because return on investment is approximately -1000000%.
Intel funds its own research - I have not heard of them paying any money to support such massive colliders that try to pursue such dangerous goals as creation of conditions before Big Bang.
Synchrotrons have advanced semiconductor physics. Many of the X-ray based techniques used to study semiconductor crystals rely on synchrotrons (i.e. big particle accelerators) to provide the necessary radiation.
Intel are a semiconductor company. They may not have funded the devices but they have benefited from the advances in physics that occured. They also collaborate with universities on basic research (like most big companies) and I would expect their engineers read academic journals & papers in the field and make use of the results.Last edited by doodab; 10 March 2010, 14:11.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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