Large Hadron Collider

[SharkBlack]

Everybody want to find the Higgs Boson don't they?

Did they fire this thing up yet???

I find it all very fascinating...

 

[mëtålspëd]

I believe it goes online 8/7/08

 

[booB]

Earth-that-was!

 

[J-Dubya 777]

I believe it goes online 8/7/08

Now THAT'S fuggin' funny! 'ing all over myself over here....

 

[SharkBlack]

I always thought the earth should have two moons anyways...

 

[Bryan316]

I believe it goes online 8/7/08

HAHA! Europe was the first to go!


I have no idea what that means. I'm just laughing. Dunno why. Maybe it's the voices?

 

[SharkBlack]

The collider is in France LOL... Are we dead yet?

 

[sh0kr0k]

I don't think so.

lulz is right.

 

[Mooseknuckle]

Amidst threats of what could possibly happen when this goes online, the nation of France has officially surrendered...

But seriously, did this thing fire up yet?

 

[SharkBlack]

8-12-08

CERN loves the smell of protons in the morning. Last Friday the European particle physics lab began testing the system for injecting a proton beam into the Large Hadron Collider, which if you haven't heard by now is a giant particle accelerator 27 kilometers (17 miles) in circumference. Engineers successfully fired a low-intensity beam of five million protons (the yellow in this image) clockwise for three kilometers between two checkpoints in the ring. Tests continued through Saturday. It was the first time the lab had tried out a magnet that injects protons into the LHC from a less powerful booster accelerator. CERN announced yesterday it will test a counterclockwise beam over the weekend of August 22. The purpose of the LHC is to smash those two beams together, which ought to happen for the first time later this fall. The LHC is scheduled to get its first fully circulating clockwise beam on September 10. You can follow the machine's status at CERN's LHC First Beam Web site, which includes a handy countdown box. Look out, Higgs boson: T-minus 28 days and counting.

 

[SharkBlack]

The latest... we shall all meet our maker very soon!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080825/sc_nm/science_cern_dc

 

[J-Dubya 777]

No one posted the rap yet? Allow me:

 

[Pellaz]

That was absofuckinlutely brilliant.

 

[Diamond45]

I normally don't like rap (see my tag line) but that was kinda cool considering my physics and electrical engineering background.

 

[Pellaz]

Exactly. I'll overlook the musical style for the fact that it was extremely well-done from a "fun science" angle.

 

[SharkBlack]

That was cool, but young scientists just can't dance...

 

[SharkBlack]

Here's another article on theLarge Hadron Collider

 

[sh0kr0k]

"Whatever the case, the most powerful atom-smasher ever built comes online Wednesday"
So is it actually going to be turned on this time?

Can't they wait to destroy the world until after ProgPower? Such a lack of consideration.

 

[Entrerie]

 

[SharkBlack]

"Whatever the case, the most powerful atom-smasher ever built comes online Wednesday"
So is it actually going to be turned on this time?

Can't they wait to destroy the world until after ProgPower? Such a lack of consideration.

The Nerve of those kooky Europeans, always trying to rain on our parade!