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Re: CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

#61

I would pay stupid money for a CERN Tunnel Rainbow Road track DLC.

How about for a real life Rainbow Road made by the Quantum Mushroom startup? I think that might be the aerospace applications reference in the article:

> CERN’s Knowledge Transfer Group has begun discussions with European startup company Quantum Mushroom to explore aerospace applications and powering for next-generation anti-gravity vehicles.

Re: CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

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post #58

Takes me back to the week we all thought room temperature super conductors might be a solved problem.

That served a useful purpose- it let you objectively identify how gullible everyone you know is.

It also served the purpose of finding out who the cynical Debbie Downers who have no hope are as well!

Re: CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

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post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That served a useful purpose- it let you objectively identify how gullible everyone you know is.

It also served the purpose of finding out who the cynical Debbie Downers who have no hope are as well!

If your hope for the future is based on believing the most obviously-impossible technological claim in the world, you're way more cynical than I am.

Re: CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

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post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That served a useful purpose- it let you objectively identify how gullible everyone you know is.

It also served the purpose of finding out who the cynical Debbie Downers who have no hope are as well!

How?

Re: CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

#68
post #12

Meh joke considering this was paid on public money. Same as choosing to spend xxx,xxx USD to have .cern when using subdomains would have worked too (and caused less validation / compatibility issues).

This page cost taxpayers like 100 Euros maybe. How much money do you think scientists actually make? How much money and effort do you think it takes to post a blog article with a couple paragraphs of text and an image?

Re: CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

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post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It also served the purpose of finding out who the cynical Debbie Downers who have no hope are as well!

If your hope for the future is based on believing the most obviously-impossible technological claim in the world, you're way more cynical than I am.

Why are room temperature superconductors an 'obviously-impossible' technological claim?

Asking since we've managed to increase superconductor temperature several times in the past, right? (to ~ -130 degrees celsius right now IIRC). Why is our current temperature of, say ~30 degrees celsius special?

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