Bad Math Causes Explosion at CERN Collider

Although this article was of interest to me, I really got a kick out of one of the comments on slashdot.org. If you don’t want to read the article, just realize that the explosion released a lot of helium gas…

hello operator?
click!
Operator, this is not a …
click!
bob – Bill have you called the police?
bill – Of course bob, they hanging up.
bob – What? Call again.
bill – Damnit bob I sound like a chipmunk, you call this time.

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