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"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.
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:: 9.11.2008 ::

:: Atom Smasher Reveals New Aspect of Memeverse ::

By Alexis Madrigal
From Wired News

With the Sarah Palimania fading, the users of Twitter have found a new meme to get clever with: the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest, baddest particle accelerator.

Not only has the new website hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com become everyone's favorite new barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com, but the LHC itself has also become the new Chuck Norris, capable of, and culpable for, everything from creating Milk Duds to causing celibacy.

The LHC might not have destroyed the world, but it does have a lot to answer for, apparently. Here is a selection of the funniest Tweets about the undisclosed features of the LHC:

* @lisardggY: LHC is the new Anthrax. LHC is the new 9/11. LHC is the new Red Scare. LHC is hiding in your closet. LHC is under your bed.
* @infogasm: @thegirlinblue0 The LHC killed JFK and Martin Luther KIng. It also invented Milk Duds and black licorice. That's just what I heard...
* @aquaphase: The LHC can only be to blame for my very weird dreams last night. In case they weren't dreams, watch out for the gibbon-people.
* @kerryb: iPhone restore failed (corrupt backup). Now up and running again, but with no music, photos, e-mail or app data yet. I blame the LHC.
* @roguepuppet: @chattyDM I blame the LHC for lots of things.. including late dinners and less sex.. The Ogre works on some of the computer programming 4 it
* @egculbertson: @knomat, @amyroo: Twitter disturbances definitely something to blame on LHC. What does that mean for the fail whale, tho?
* @Atomicow: I blame the LHC for my jaw problems. A rogue particle collided with my face.
* @wolfmank: is blaming the LHC for crashing his Mac and screwing up his Aperture Library... grrr Attempting repairs. Apple don't fail me now!!!
* @regularjen: Did the LHC 'splode the world? No, but I think it was a punk and poured sugar in my internet connection's gas tank. I blame science. :P
* @LenderFlexCEO: So I'm walking along and suddenly everything is made of puppies. Then it's not. I blame the LHC. Someone needs to clean this up...
* @BrotherMagneto: Guys, there's a black hole in my office. It's called Outlook. I blame the LHC.
* @TheDawkman: I don't know why everybody is so worried about the LHC. It's gonna help keep America safe. Remember 9-11 people!
* @darronschall: My monitor just randomly shut off.. was going to blame the LHC, then I realized my dog turned off my power strip.

So, be safe out there, and remember that if your computer shuts off randomly, it's more likely to be your dog than the end of the world.


A L S O

The Large Hadron Collider Goes To Work

Scientific American

Wired Science's complete Large Hadron Collider coverage

CERN's live webcast from Geneva

The Moment
TIME
If you're reading this, the world didn't end last Wednesday morning--but then, no serious person thought it would.

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