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  • Vanlal
    LHC goes live!
  • Loli says
    I want to have a Panic Party. Gather everything you hold dear (the shallower, the better) some alcohol, and watch the webcast.
  • Loli says
    Call into work with the excuse "We're all gonna die!"
  • clickykbd
    I think an LHC party would be cool... i'd go.
  • Loli says
    What time is it going to be locally for me? The daylight savings adjustments are confusing.
  • clickykbd
    The URL I posted is no longer working? They described the coverage in this document:
  • clickykbd
    webcast page seems on and off responsive, got it to load: 9am CEST (GMT+2)
  • clickykbd
    which is a java-web-start app... yick.
  • clickykbd
    and includes at chat room... which already has 140 spectators lurking in it.
  • clickykbd
    this is gonna be insane.
  • curiouskiwi says
    what time does all this happen? I think it's sometime in the middle of the night here?
  • eriktrips says
    I think it will be 1am on the west coast of the US. in any case, I'll be up
  • Loli
    @ am for me, then?
  • Loli
    *2
  • clickykbd
    I would not recommend the EVO method... broadcast hasn't started yet but it's unlikely to support the number of viewers that will arrive.
  • clickykbd
    it's already struggling with just people goofing off with the collaboration tools.
  • Loli
    Im at the original link you posted
  • clickykbd
    woe for a P2P video broadcast app.
  • clickykbd
    geeks are gonna clobber every stream they find today.
  • eriktrips says
    ohio is on EDT, so 4am there
  • clickykbd
    for what it is worth, the EVO collab tool is highly amusing right now... some people are sharing desktop snippits playing LHC youtube videos
  • clickykbd
    many lamers and chaos in general.
  • clickykbd
    belching into microphones... general HS stuff.
  • Loli says
    is that counting the daylight savings?
  • clickykbd
    we just need someone in europe to do a play by play over plurk (they have TV broadcasts).
  • Loli says
    lucky them
  • Loli says
    HEY YOU GUYS!!!! EUROPEANS!!!! WOOHOO!!!
  • Loli says
    Think that will get their attention?
  • Vanlal
    The scheduled time is 8:30 GMT?
  • Loli says
    9:00am UDP+2?
  • Loli says
    and the CERN site is unavailable??
  • curiouskiwi says
    i need to figure out if our satellite dish can access any of the broadcast sites... my husband will know when he gets home from work.
  • clickykbd
    their live stream no loadie for me.
  • Loli says
    it is on a ireland only show right now
  • Loli says
    supposed to be windows media player
  • Loli says
    I'll find another
  • Vanlal
    Thanks for the links. Can't find anything ion my TV. Pakistani and local politics seem to be driving everything else off.
  • clickykbd
    I'm sure others will add to this list as the day progresses.
  • curiouskiwi says
    the Ireland site is working well for me
  • clickykbd
    Who is this person and why are they bumping my plurks?
  • Loli
    I dunno, but I like it. :-)

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