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The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator

Posted October 06, 2008 8:38 AM

From Neatorama:

So with all the recent news about the Large Hadron Collider, many of you may have this nagging question: what, exactly, would happen if you stick your head in the particle accelerator? Well, actually, we know the answer to that because someone did stick his head into a particle accelerator. Here's the story of Anatoli Bugorski...

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Re: The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator

10/07/2008 12:09 AM

Now bunches of wealthy 21 year olds will want their faces frozen.

Wonder what will come up next, this one is pretty good. !!!
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Re: The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator

10/09/2008 2:47 AM

Looks as if that sort of action, like crime, does not pay.

What went wrong with the safety system, which should have either prevented the action, or shut down the beam before injury could occur?

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