So, the world's strongest particle accelerator is going with it's first collision on Sep10.
Some of you might know of the controversy about this, but basically some skeptics are afraid that during the collision a certain particle might be created that is the basis of a black hole, and then suck the entire Earth onto itself.
Either way, if you have something important to do, get it done before Sep10 ;)

Thanks for the warning, I'll keep my schedule clear for that day so that incase the Earth gets sucked into a black hole I'll be able to enjoy it.

dident i already post about this? lol heres the thread http://www.warcry.com/forums/read/12.62615

Before they dropped the atomic bombs on Japan the scientists at Los Alamos labs had to compile a report for the Presidents desk detailing why they were sure the bombs wouldn't "set the atmosphere on fire" and start a chain reaction that would burn the whole world to ash.

Lesson for today: Scientists sometimes worry about silly things.

they've set so many dates for the thing to go live, i'm beginning to doubt they'll do it this year.

Last time there was a rather nasty accident with a couple of stray particles blowing a hole in the side of a chamber.

well steven hawking did say it would create black holes, small ones, but that our earths magnectic force would destroy them. Its realy a double edged sword though, because both the doomsday perspectives and the views of those who down play them, are all based on..THEORY, not fact.

What concerns me is that this is the most complex thing ever built by man. Yet it's set up in the hops of viewing an elusive particle called the Higgs Boson that may or may not exist.

If it doesn't, it has been a colossal waste of money. 90% of the other experiments they have planned for it could be done with a standard linear accelerator.

but at the same time it could lead to totaly new discoveries, with even stranger names. Or maybe Dr.Evil will use it to hold the world ransom, for 1 MEEEEELION DOLLORS!

speaking of steven hawking, i bet in the back of his mind hes pissed off that we could create such complex things, yet we cant make him walk =/

damn that's just 2 days before my 23th birthday...

Leafar:
damn that's just 2 days before my 23th birthday...

Oh noes!!! The oh so relavant 23rd birthday! Tell you what, I'll let you have mine. I wasn't using it anyway...

:-P

lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

shizzie:
lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

EPIC! I actually understand it now O.O

23 = 2/3 = .666 = Le gasp!

got into the doomsday debate on mmorpg.com forums over this, and some talked about the "world ends on 2012" idea, followed by someone saying a stable black hole formed from the machine would take almost 50 months to develop into a world ender,this was followd shortly by a post pointing out the 50 months would place the 2012 theory right on track.Burry head in the sand time. O and clear your bank account and bang hookers often, worlds ending after all.

LOL

any black holes produced would be no bigger than the combined size of the 2 particles involved in the collision. I think a black hole the size of 2 protons would die pretty fast, especially since the chambers will be relatively empty apart from the 2 colliding particles, so there'll be nothing for it to eat to sustain itself.

mrcheese:
any black holes produced would be no bigger than the combined size of the 2 particles involved in the collision. I think a black hole the size of 2 protons would die pretty fast, especially since the chambers will be relatively empty apart from the 2 colliding particles, so there'll be nothing for it to eat to sustain itself.

Ow, my brain.