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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock the last few weeks, you know that yesterday the Large Hadron Collider went online, much to the joy of physicists everywhere. It will clear up a bunch of questions about the Standard Model and, more happily for me, it might confirm the theoretical existence of skittens. It also [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock the last few weeks, you know that yesterday the Large Hadron Collider went online, much to the joy of physicists everywhere. It will clear up a bunch of questions about the Standard Model and, more happily for me, it might confirm the theoretical existence of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry">skittens</a>. It also will not bring about the end of the world, regardless of what <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/05/scilhc105.xml">some people</a> think, when it starts colliding protons and ramping up the energy in about a month and continuing to do so over the course of a few years. Theoretically, I wouldn&#8217;t mind a great deal about people scaremongering, but if it has <a href="http://in.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/10end.htm">real consequences</a> then you do have to start thinking carefully about what you&#8217;re reporting.</p>
<p>Saying that, of course, there do seem to be some suspicious characters hanging around the LHC &#8211; posted after the jump&#8230;</p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 500px"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/largehadron.jpg" alt="Gordon Freeman at the LHC?" width="490" height="368" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Gordon Freeman at the LHC?</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img title="LHC2" src="http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/psycojester/1221031163862.jpg" alt="G-Man, is that you?" width="500" height="307" /><p class="wp-caption-text">G-Man, is that you?</p></div>
<p>Other than the LHC, I&#8217;ve finally sorted out the last outstanding piece of admin required so that I can live in the house I&#8217;ve meant to be occupating for the next year, which is a weight off of my mind. I&#8217;ve also been toying with Spore and been having a blast. I can see where people who are complaining about the lack of depth are coming from, but I really think that they&#8217;ve built up the game in their mind, extrapolating exponentially from the <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198">GDC 2005 video</a> over the last three year. I&#8217;ve been victim to Peter Molyneux&#8217;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_White_(video_game)">expansive</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_(video_game)">claims</a> before now, so I no longer go into games with stratospheric expectations. I&#8217;m only just into the tribal stage at the moment, so I&#8217;ve still got a while to go before I can properly judge the game, but if it continues in this vein I&#8217;ll be more than happy with it.</p>
<p>Lastly, I&#8217;ve finally knocked up the <a href="http://www.idefex.net/raptors">Raptor Attack Survival Quiz</a> that I&#8217;ve been toying with in my head for about a year; I&#8217;m pretty satisfied with how it came out in the end. It should be noted that Christopher deserves credit for many of the questions used.</p>
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