Large Hadron Collider Scientist Arrested For al-Qaeda Ties 245
mindbrane writes "A scientist working as a subcontractor on a peripheral LHC project has been arrested as a terrorist. The CBC is running a story outlining the arrest of a man on Thursday in south-east France for suspected al-Qaeda links: 'CERN officials said the man, whose name has not been revealed, was working under contract with an outside institute and said he had no contact with anything that could have been used for terrorism. He had been at CERN since 2003, officials said. ... The news that someone with terrorist connections might have worked at the facility is likely to cause concern because of both the high profile of the giant physics experiment and also the technology in use, which has made some members of the public nervous.'"
better safe than sorry (Score:5, Funny)
He could cause the creation of a blackhole that will kill us all!
Or he could cause a couple of magnets to quench and suck up even more money!
Maybe the two are related?
Movie plot danger (Score:2, Funny)
Or a anti matter bomb like in angels and demons [wired.com].
Re:Disbelieve (Score:5, Funny)
So al-Qaeda won't sue for trademark infringement?
WMD'S? (Score:5, Funny)
Large Hadron Collider. Now THAT'S a weapon of mass destruction.
Re:better safe than sorry (Score:3, Funny)
He was just looking for an appropriate place to play his "Magnetic Fields" Jean Michel Jarre CD!
But i thought... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:so you don't have to DO anything anymore? (Score:5, Funny)
so you don't have to DO anything anymore to get arrested? He was arrested for "al-Qaeda ties"?
Nobody likes novelty ties. It is about time some legislation was put in place to deal with them.
Re:WMD'S? (Score:5, Funny)
But would you be able to smuggle it though airport security?
Re:Cue black hole jokes (Score:5, Funny)
Dont you understand how dangerous black holes would be in *terrorists* hands? They could use them to destroy the whole world. In my opinion only Americans should be allowed to create black holes.
Re:Six degrees of separation (Score:3, Funny)
Wasn't he on top of that arrested because he was suspected of being related to someone they suspected of knowing someone they suspected was part of what they suspected was Al Qaeda?
al-qaeda tie (Score:5, Funny)
I want an al-qaeda tie. I don't care what colour it is, i want one!
Re:better safe than sorry (Score:4, Funny)
Jean Michel Jarre CD
So he posessed WMD's?
Re:al-qaeda tie (Score:5, Funny)
No need for a terrorist attack on the LHC . . . (Score:5, Funny)
. . . it seems pretty capable of breaking itself on its own, with any outside help
Re:Disbelieve (Score:5, Funny)
A religious al-Qaeda scientist, without a name. Why do I not believ this.
I don't believe it as well. It's much more likely that this physicist belongs to the the notorious 'Al-Jabr' group that want to enslave the world with their weapons of Math instruction.
Re:WMD'S? (Score:3, Funny)
I bet it fits in a shoe.
Re:WMD'S? (Score:5, Funny)
Of course.
1. Use LHC to make black hole.
2. Hide LHC in black hole.
3. Put black hole in carry on bag.
Simple.
Re:Disbelieve (Score:5, Funny)
I'd say he's guilty, as in guilt by association in the third degree.
I'm not worried until somebody is busted for being tied with Al Qaeda in the sixth degree. [wikipedia.org]
Gods particle (Score:1, Funny)
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't LHC should be able to proof existence "God particle"? Perhaps that guy only wanted to make sure the particle belong to "right" god.
Re:Disbelieve (Score:2, Funny)
So al-Qaeda won't sue for trademark infringement?
Nope. The name al-Qaeda is licensed under Creative Commons.
Re:Seriously (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Disbelieve (Score:2, Funny)
It does exist, although only in the sense that the group Anonymous exists. That's the same lack of hierarchy/organisation/official structure. In my analogy, moot = Osama bin Laden.
This needs to be meme'd! Complete with a moe-fied Osama-chan with kitty-ears or something.
Re:Disbelieve (Score:4, Funny)
I failed to derive even the slightest bit of humor from that joke.
Re:Cue black hole jokes (Score:5, Funny)
You did your reading, didn't you? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Cue black hole jokes (Score:5, Funny)
The good news is that the National Ray-Gun Association is fighting the 3-day waiting period for mad scientists.
Re:Cue black hole jokes (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, is that "good" news, or "Good news everybody!" news?
Re:Disbelieve (Score:3, Funny)
I think you need to integrate the humour in a little more.
Re:better safe than sorry (Score:5, Funny)
If wearing an Al-Qaeda tie is causing such a problem, why doesn't someone just ask him to take it off?
Or get one of those ones held on with elastic.
Or a spinning bow-tie maybe? Seems quite appropriate for the LHC.
Re:Disbelieve (Score:1, Funny)
It does exist, although only in the sense that the group Anonymous exists.
Hey man, keep it down. We don't need another leak.
Re:Disbelieve (Score:3, Funny)
Or suffer howls of division.
Re:And I thought the al quaeda BS would finally st (Score:1, Funny)
In France? :)
Re:so you don't have to DO anything anymore? (Score:4, Funny)
I know a guy who's father was on very good terms with Bin Laden, and even supplied him with weapons and money.
Oh, wait, that was _before_ he "became a terrorist"...
Re:WMD'S? (Score:1, Funny)
you ever x-rayed a black hole ?
let me tell you from experience... ...very fucking easy to notice one.
if you want the carry on to pass security, put some bottled water in there with it.
the rent-a-cops will be too busy giving you shit about your evian...
Re:better safe than sorry (Score:3, Funny)
Re:better safe than sorry (Score:3, Funny)
"Or a spinning bow-tie maybe? Seems quite appropriate for the LHC."
Well, bow-ties that are *supposed* to spin but don't would be most appropriate.
Re:Disbelieve (Score:3, Funny)
Dude, Santa Claus exists and he lives in Canada [wikipedia.org]. His postal code is H0H 0H0.
Re:WMD'S? (Score:3, Funny)
OMG you would fail as an airport security agent. You forgot about nail clippers!
Re:WMD'S? (Score:1, Funny)
That's easy - getting it into the overhead is the tricky part
Re:Cue black hole jokes (Score:4, Funny)
You could try placing it in a Bag of Holding ;-)
Re:better safe than sorry (Score:3, Funny)
only affect Infidels; you know, those who would not buy Al-Qaeda gear
Is that anything like Mormon's Magic Underwear?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment