apparently the world could end on Wednesday

mdigenakis

ilovesinging wrote:

Probably because you're in another country. It will start 8:00AM Switzerland time.

is that about noon eastern in the states?

DonJon

There was a fabo documentary on SBS here in Australia last night about it - very informative.

They did say that the black holes within the tube thing would be proportionately compared to black holes in their own environment (which are lost out there somewhere) and the VAST majority interviewed said it was only sceptics that had any concern.

Sorry I was drunk when watching so thats sorta 80% of what they said

Touchofgray16

I'm still alive !!!

stu gee

These boffins are getting to clever for their own good, lets hope they dont create a black hole that swallows the earth up. Some of the smartest people on earth are also the stupidest!!!!!

RW

Looks like we're safe, at least for a little while longer.

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080910/ap_on_re_eu/big_bang

Successful test for Europe's Big Bang collider

GENEVA – The world's biggest physics experiment has succeeded in its first major test as a beam of protons was successfully fired all the way around a 17-mile tunnel beneath the Swiss-French border.

The protons traveled the full length Wednesday of the $3.8 billion Large Hadron Collider that scientists hope is the next great step to understand the makeup of the universe. There were a series of trial runs.

jammergirl

I cannot believe that i'm up this late!

i got off work a couple hours ago, totally stressed about work, thinking fuck, i'll just have a couple glasses of wine, then go to bed. then i start reading about this shit. how could we all have not heard about this sooner? this huge experiment being built for 20 years and no one has been talking about it til the day before it gets turned on?? or maybe i just don't read the science journals....

i can't believe the shit they're going to be finding out. finally being able to prove the higgs boson theory? holy balls! matter and anti matter?? the totally wierd concept of dark matter and dark energy (which always sounded to me like a star trek or x-files episode). other dimensions? shit! this is amazing! i can't wait to see what they find out!
okay, going to bed now...

Hitch-Hiker

Will smith obviously saved us all.

illegal pants

DonJon wrote:

There was a fabo documentary on SBS here in Australia last night about it - very informative.

They did say that the black holes within the tube thing would be proportionately compared to black holes in their own environment (which are lost out there somewhere) and the VAST majority interviewed said it was only sceptics that had any concern.

Sorry I was drunk when watching so thats sorta 80% of what they said

good work

i was clean and sober and i reckon you got 100%

gold star

so how much more $ is gonna go into this little experiment? :eek:

jrd

dunkman wrote:

having read up on the experiment a bit yesterday i am in no way scared of this at all.. in fact i'm slightly excited by it... finding out how the universe formed? what can be more exciting than that? well other than watching Britney Spears fuck a midget?... NOTHING!! science rules!

well, we ain't out of the woods yet... apparently they don't start actually collding particles for another 3-4 days depending on how the tests go...

great quotes from men in white coats in the Metro today. First, a mad scientist

"Nothing will happen for at least four years. Then someone will spot a light ray coming out of the Indian Ocean," said German chemist Otto Rossler. "The weather will change completely, wiping out life. There will be a Biblical Armageddon."

Which is succinctly rebutted (by an angry scientist...)

Others seem unfazed about the possible end of life on Earth. Professor Brian Cox, who works on the project, said: "Anyone who thinks the LHC will destroy the world is a twat."

Sian-of-the-dead

*checks and pats self down*

yep... still here!

V V

damn I'm still here !

stickboy

V V wrote:

damn I'm still here !

alright
everybody get up out the bunkers.
time to play Alive, lol

ilovesinging

I'm still alive! Like stickboy said,let's go get Ten and play Alive! Nothing happened,we're all fine,just another Y2K.

Rygar

They were saying on the news this morning that if they inadvertantly created a blackhole today it would take 50 years to finish us off.

TrixieCat

This whole thing blew my mind. I am in awe at what they accomplished.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5nGPtmoUVIJDgehVJ_snD6vDA6gD933R4B80

Sian-of-the-dead

Rygar wrote:

They were saying on the news this morning that if they inadvertantly created a blackhole today it would take 50 years to finish us off.

eek! I'll only be 74 then! I have so much left to give!!! :eek:

*returns to blind panic mode for the next 50 years*

civ_eng_girl

don't breathe that sigh of relief just yet!

today they only fired one beam, and then they have to test the other direction before they actually smash the two together!

stickboy

ilovesinging wrote:

I'm still alive! Like stickboy said,let's go get Ten and play Alive! Nothing happened,we're all fine,just another Y2K.

shit :(
civ_eng_girl just killed it, lol

back in the bunkers everybody. Just bring Ten with you We can put Evenflow on repeat for the piss-breakers

Rygar

TrixieCat wrote:

This whole thing blew my mind. I am in awe at what they accomplished.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5nGPtmoUVIJDgehVJ_snD6vDA6gD933R4B80

So what exactly are they going to accomplish as a result of this?

chadwick

i'm sorry i just don't understand
sure i haven't read all the info
but what i did read bored me to tears so i stopped reading