End of the World?

[Beave]

^

 

[Phelice]

a couple of good pics, mainly from the instruments (watch out, takes a while to load!)

Large Hadron Collider

complexity and size of that thing is hard to fathom....

Very interesting pictures, indeed. I have once been at the outside of a "small" particle accelerator in Dortmund (the "DELTA"), on the university where my boyfriend is studying.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/d/df/DELTA1.jpg/450px-DELTA1.jpg
It was amazing, although they let nobody in and I could only see it from the outside. At that time, I didn't even know what it is. So I asked a roomie of my bf: "So, what exactly does a particle accelerator do?" The guy, who studies that kind of stuff said: "It accelerates particles."
Yes, that's the guys who work on these kinds of things and they know what they are doing. So just calm down.

 

[Spanish_Lass]

Um. Still alive. Ten fingers, ten toes, one head, two eyes, one nose, a pulse. I'd say I am still alive, still.

So that rag we call The Sun was proved wrong.

With the number of things that could potentially kill you, some fusion experiment that is being carried out by the best minds in the field, under controlled conditions, is nowhere near the top of the list.

Anyhow, lets drink to our survival. I know I will! (Or to finishing off the bottle I opened three days ago)

 

[Graupel]

Good site to keep track of our safety

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

 

[Spanish_Lass]

Good site to keep track of our safety

Has the Large Hhadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

WAHAHAHAHA!!! That is brilliance.

 

[Vilewoman]

Good site to keep track of our safety

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

Cpt you made a funnies!

 

[theguywiththedrinkinghorn]

just bullshit!

im a physics person, trust me its damn safe

higger energy stuff occurs in our atmosphere all the time, and im damn sure that ragnarok aint a black hole

anyway keep that link handy ->

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

hidden in the code u find this:

<!-- if the lhc actually destroys the earth & this page isn't yet updated
please email mike@frantic.org to receive a full refund -->

 

[theguywiththedrinkinghorn]

Ode to the LHC

O! Prometheus of mass,
We come to unchain thee
Not with key, nor torch, nor saw
But a circus of relativity.
Hadrons colliding,
A sudden, stable strangelet
devours us all.

 

[theguywiththedrinkinghorn]

 

[waif]

 

[amon666]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

 

[waif]

tbh that one is pretty old, as is this topic. I'm surprised people hadn't heard about it before.

 

[Northern Shaman]

This should keep you guys updated. They're going to be colliding a lot now, so watching might let you be one of the first people to witness something badass.

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

 

[Vilewoman]

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

HAHA, that's awesome


Great avatar, Bender's my hero.

 

[Phelice]

This should keep you guys updated. They're going to be colliding a lot now, so watching might let you be one of the first people to witness something badass.

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

Oh shit, I think I am gonna die in a few minu

 

[Xurek]

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

Haha I thought this was genuine and when the light came on and it shook a little I was sitting thinking "ooo that doesn't look good does it!"

 

[Northern Shaman]

Haha I thought this was genuine and when the light came on and it shook a little I was sitting thinking "ooo that doesn't look good does it!"

Pretty much exactly my first reaction to it.

@ Phelice, and thanks vile!