Big bang experiment

[00dave]

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Big Bang' experiment starts well

Have none of these guys played half life?

What happens when the resonance cascade goes wrong?

 

[tris-]

the way this is being reported is just rediculous.

everytthing ive seen the last few days on the news has been to do with "the end of the universe" or "will the earth explode?".

though should i be suprised when they report celeb hair styles on the same level as someone being murdered?

 

[Trem]

the way this is being reported is just rediculous.

everytthing ive seen the last few days on the news has been to do with "the end of the universe" or "will the earth explode?".

though should i be suprised when they report celeb hair styles on the same level as someone being murdered?

*reps tris even though he thinks I'm a plank*


*waits for chance to negative rep*

 

[tris-]

terribly sorry old chap i must of clicked the wrong option.

thats exactly whats happened.

 

[bob269]

We should be thankful Trem wasn't responsible for wiring it up otherwise we'd be fucked.

 

[Trem]

We should be thankful Trem wasn't responsible for wiring it up otherwise we'd be fucked.

I have just passed my motorbike theory test so I must be really smart.

 

[TdC]

We should be thankful Trem wasn't responsible for wiring it up otherwise we'd be fucked.

he'd be pinned to a wall somewhere while play-testing his pneumatic nail-gun, then the particle beam would turn his bollocks into a pair of corgi dogs

 

[Insane]

I have just passed my motorbike theory test so I must be really smart.

So the teacher gave you a golden star for being able to draw a motorbike then?

 

[Overdriven]

So the teacher gave you a golden star for being able to draw a motorbike then?

Nope He didn't stick inside the lines, so only a silver.

 

[TdC]

terribly sorry old chap i must of clicked the wrong option.

is that what the fellow at CERN said when the creepy-crawlies came through the portal?

 

[rayben]

is that what the fellow at CERN said when the creepy-crawlies came through the portal?

Hehe

 

[iziz]

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

 

[00dave]

It'd be interesting to know what the average religious nutters opinion of this is.

Well I hope one of the scientists has been brushing up on his weapon handling and puzzle solving skills.

 

[bob269]

Well I hope one of the scientists has been brushing up on his weapon handling and puzzle solving skills.

All he needs is a trusty crowbar

 

[Kryten]

Just annoys me that so many moronic radio and news reporters are saying today was the end of the world if something went wrong. None of them researched enough to know they were just doing a first full circle test with absolutely no collisions planned for at least another month.

 

[phazey]

quite a nice webcam of the LHC

 

[DaGaffer]

Apparently its all a conspiracy to usher in the apocalypse. This is one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen:

YouTube - Satan's Stargate
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[bob269]

Oh Fuck!!!

 

[tris-]

It'd be interesting to know what the average religious nutters opinion of this is.

id like to know what someone thinks who know swhat the fuck theyre on about.

the news are not reporting facts, clearly. isnt that their fucking purpose?

stupid *****, its fucking shit.

 

[Bodhi]

The experiment was halted today when they discovered no matter how fast they accelerated the little particle thingies they still couldn't shake the Transit van in their rear view mirror.

 

[chipper]

quite a nice webcam of the LHC

lol if id been stoned while watchin that i might have shit myself

 

[00dave]

Is it me or did the newspapers yesterday actually seem disappointed that it wasn't the end of the world?

 

[Z^^]

Large Hadron Collider - LHC Livecam -

 

[Sar]

Large Hadron Collider - LHC Livecam -

Ahem, someone didn't read the thread in its entirety I see


Tris: Essentially the test this week was to fire a string of protons round the entire length of the LHC, all 18 or so miles of it. Nothing untowards would have happened. It's on October 21st that things become interesting, when the first full power collisions are due to take place.

The "Experiment" was basically a warm up exercise, to see if the machine was capable of walking before it starts running at full pelt next month.

The "worst" thing that can happen in reality is that a so called miniature black hole (something that supposedly has zero dimensions (according to the Theory of Relativity) can't have a miniature version, so probably better to call it a weak-ass or microscopic black hole) will be created. These however, because of their low powered nature will live and die literally quicker than you can blink.

Black holes in space form from a shitload of material (in the form of a neutron star) basically super-compressed into a very, very small space indeed (think of an object 10,000 times bigger than the sun, and compress all of its matter into a space the size of London), and because mass imparts gravity, all that mass squished up in a small space imparts a fucking massive amount of gravitational pull. So much so that light gets pulled in as well, hence the term "black hole", as that is exactly what it appears to be - the absence of any light at all.

Radiation in the form of Hawking radiation does emanate from black holes, but this is probably the only thing that does.

There is no reason to worry about anything happening when the first collisions take place next month, as particles with mass hit the Earth's atmosphere with far more energy and speed everyday, and we haven't blinked out of existance yet.

 

[Sar]

Apparently its all a conspiracy to usher in the apocalypse. This is one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen:

That guy's a bloody looper.

One of the whack jobs I was talking about.