Bliss May Cause Comedy
Since I’m sometimes known to be Swiss, people from time to time want to discuss that certain top secret lab 30 km off where I’m living which may cause the end of the world as soon as coming Wednesday.
The CERN webpage about Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons (yes, this Dan Brown) does indeed exist here.
Note that due to my proximity to the lab, if I don’t update my blog after Wedneday, you may safely conclude that the world will have ended.
Or that I quit blogging…
Or possibly both.
Neither scenario is very likely, though. That being said, I used to sell equipment to CERN for an US computer manufacturer. As you may know, US export regulations are pretty strict about selling technology to certain sensitive parties. Since an earlier report mentioned that the LHC had a 1 in 1047 chance (1 followed by 47 zeros, that’s quite a number. The US would call that impressive. The British a bugger of a number. I think) of causing the planet to explode, I asked my general manager after winning a deal whether I’d get fired if that event, no matter how unlikely, were to actually happen. His answer?
”Hell yes, and don’t even think about asking for a severance package.”
And that’s it about CERN.
Argh! I thought they turned it on last week. I thought we were already safe. Now I have to worry for 2 more days.
-Cambios
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