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Will Walter Wagner and Luis Sancho's lawsuit succeed in delaying The Large Hadron Collider's start-up ?

Settled as No

The lawsuit has been dismissed, with the Honolulu judge saying she does not have jurisdiction over CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429582,00.html

Background:

DOOMSDAY FEARS SPARK LAWSUIT

The builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/27/823924.aspx


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

Yes
9%
No
91%
Activity: H$16,526
Settled as No on Tue 30th Sep 1:30am PDT

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (6 weeks to go) Settlement date: Tue 30th Sep 1:30am PDT

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 30%

Action history:

Created Thu 27th Mar 8:04am PDT by meanderingsearcher
Settlement requested Tue 30th Sep 1:10am PDT by mork[Power User]: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429582,00.html (market suspended)
Suspended Tue 30th Sep 1:10am PDT by mork[Power User]: Suspended pending settlement
Settled as 'No' Tue 30th Sep 1:30am PDT by tisha[Admin]: The lawsuit has been dismissed, with the Honolulu judge saying she does not have jurisdiction over CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429582,00.html

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (6 weeks to go) Settlement date: Tue 30th Sep 1:30am PDT
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Predictions (34)

34 predictions

14 weeks ago
lizzielizzie predicted Yes (H$20 at 8%)
14 weeks ago
kruijs[Power User] predicted No (H$10,000 at 86%)
19 weeks ago
mjackson33 predicted No (H$100 at 78%)
22 weeks ago
rogerkni predicted No (H$20 at 77%)
23 weeks ago
myunion predicted No (H$50 at 77%)
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Comments (7)

what a bunch of fools. There is a distinct possibility that the space shuttle will come crashing down on top of a hospital full of kids with cancer. Should they ban space shuttle missions?
posted 31 weeks ago
  4 mork[Power User]
http://www.lhcountdown.com/?p=1
posted 23 weeks ago
"They say the LHC's operators haven't adequately addressed their claims that the LHC could produce those black holes, or other exotic phenomena known as strangelets or magnetic monopoles."

Silly... these are just theories.
posted 22 weeks ago
  7 mork[Power User]
Live Webcams @ LHC
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
posted 9 weeks ago

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