Comments on: End Of An Atomic Era: Berkeley’s Bevatron That Discovered The Antiproton Being Dismantled http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1551324 pedro Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:33:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1551324 The Bevatron had a big accident which brought us to this alternate reality we're living, which is quite crappy. Smug San Franciscans are quite happy with this new reality and are dismantling it before someone else notices and tries to bring us back to the reality we had. How else you explain all this "capitalism is bad" crap going around? I only hope the Hadron Collider can repair the damage now. Adam Curry should start spreading the voice about this. I think it also had something to do with the AF447 crash. The Bevatron had a big accident which brought us to this alternate reality we’re living, which is quite crappy. Smug San Franciscans are quite happy with this new reality and are dismantling it before someone else notices and tries to bring us back to the reality we had.

How else you explain all this “capitalism is bad” crap going around?

I only hope the Hadron Collider can repair the damage now.

Adam Curry should start spreading the voice about this. I think it also had something to do with the AF447 crash.

]]> By: Uncle Patso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1551089 Uncle Patso Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:03:38 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1551089 Some beautiful pictures. I remember when the Bevatron was the most powerful accelerator in the world. It was built so long ago, it probably didn't even have superconducting magnets! It was the first to achieve energies of a billion electron volts (BEV, thus, the name). It's an interesting irony -- the smaller the thing you want to look at, the bigger the microscope required. And this thing was just that, a microscope for examining some of the smallest things we had ever looked at up to that time. Seeing the end of the Bevatron is nostalgic. Too bad we couldn't manage to finish the Supercollider... Some beautiful pictures. I remember when the Bevatron was the most powerful accelerator in the world. It was built so long ago, it probably didn’t even have superconducting magnets! It was the first to achieve energies of a billion electron volts (BEV, thus, the name).

It’s an interesting irony — the smaller the thing you want to look at, the bigger the microscope required. And this thing was just that, a microscope for examining some of the smallest things we had ever looked at up to that time.

Seeing the end of the Bevatron is nostalgic. Too bad we couldn’t manage to finish the Supercollider…

]]> By: Buzz http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1551068 Buzz Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:00:18 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1551068 Once you've discovered one antiproton, you've discovered them all. They're like unicorns. Once you’ve discovered one antiproton, you’ve discovered them all. They’re like unicorns.

]]> By: sargasso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1550963 sargasso Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:51:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1550963 They're great for making medical isotopes, too. They’re great for making medical isotopes, too.

]]> By: GetSmart http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1550936 GetSmart Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:18:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1550936 ebay, baby! ebay, baby!

]]> By: orangetiki http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1550934 orangetiki Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:07:49 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1550934 Wait, 10,000 ton cracker of invisible nuts? Was this a Bevatron or a Perez Hilton insult machine *rim shot Really though make that damn thing a museum. You could EASILY charge admission and let movie studios shoot in there. Wait, 10,000 ton cracker of invisible nuts? Was this a Bevatron or a Perez Hilton insult machine
*rim shot

Really though make that damn thing a museum. You could EASILY charge admission and let movie studios shoot in there.

]]> By: green http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1550891 green Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:47:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1550891 Cool pics. Cool pics.

]]> By: mitsyforest http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1550864 mitsyforest Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1550864 butthead/ heh, heh, Beaver-tron... /butthead butthead/

heh, heh, Beaver-tron…

/butthead

]]> By: Animal Mother http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1550852 Animal Mother Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:07:40 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1550852 This hasn't been landmarked? This hasn’t been landmarked?

]]> By: Heisenberg's Cat http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/07/09/end-of-an-atomic-era-berkeleys-bevetron-that-discovered-the-antiproton-being-dismantled/comment-page-1/#comment-1550828 Heisenberg's Cat Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:31:54 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=52735#comment-1550828 Yep. Secret stuff. Most people in the Bay Area have no idea what has been sitting on the hill above them.. Better that way. Berkeley morons have since declared Berkeley a "Nuclear Free Zone". Guess no radiation therapy for YOU! Yep. Secret stuff. Most people in the Bay Area have no idea what has been sitting on the hill above them.. Better that way. Berkeley morons have since declared Berkeley a “Nuclear Free Zone”. Guess no radiation therapy for YOU!

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