congratulations sir tim berners-lee

[Jai]

who? the bloke who made the medium you are using possible thats who:

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6750395.stm

thanks to you fella, the distribution of videos of monkeys sniffing their own butt scratching fingers and falling off trees has never been easier

 

[The Negotiator]

I knew who he was but of course I've had to study CERN...and it's probably their greatest work, oh the irony!

 

[Jai]

and it's probably their greatest work, oh the irony!

the nuclear smashy, universe explaining underground donut thingy thats costing enough to feed the world many times over, isn't all that then?

 

[The Negotiator]

It would make a good underground cross-country bunker if needs be one day They haven't made any discoveries that have revolutionised the world (or even physics) anywhere close to what the internet has done, sadly.

1973: The discovery of neutral currents in the Gargamelle bubble chamber.
1983: The discovery of W and Z bosons in the UA1 and UA2 experiments.
1995: The first creation of antihydrogen atoms in the PS210 experiment.
2001: The discovery of direct CP-violation in the NA48 experiments.

Are their major milestones I believe - from wiki though so don't believe it . They mean nothing to you or I not because they are so out of league that they are pointless but because they haven't changed the world.

The major quantum physics discoveries have happened elsewhere.

Doesn't stop them wanting to put in some new kit though!

When I am "in the area" I am going to request a visit to see it all - they do them for free. I'll revise my quarks and leptons first though!