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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:

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.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
9%
No
91%
Settled as No on Tue 30th Sep 2008 12:30am PST

Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 30th Sep 2008 12:30am PST

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 30%

Action history:

Created Thu 27th Mar 2008 7:04am PST by meanderingsearcher
Settlement requested Tue 30th Sep 2008 12:10am PST by mork[Power User]: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429582,00.html (market suspended)
Suspended Tue 30th Sep 2008 12:10am PST by mork[Power User]: Suspended pending settlement
Settled as 'No' Tue 30th Sep 2008 12:30am PST 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 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 30th Sep 2008 12:30am PST details

 

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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 1 year ago
  4 mork[Power User]
"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 1 year ago
  7 mork[Power User]
Live Webcams @ LHC
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
posted 1 year ago

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