Q: What is the deal with the Large Hadron Collider? And is there still a place for a small Hadron Collider? And what if the Large Hadron Collider did alter the universe in profound and unimaginable ways, but we just don't imagine them yet? Hunh?
A: On September 10, 2008 it went on line without a hitch, and on September 19, 2008 it was shut down according to well-ordered Swiss procedures for complicated scientific reasons you wouldn't understand, and it is scheduled for more ATLAS and ALICE action in July 2009.
Q: How's that?
A: A Toroidal LHC Apparatus (ATLAS) and A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE). Also, expect progress on the Total Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation (TOTEM), but, again, not until July. Watch this space.
Q: Am I sorry I asked?
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