LHC going online at 3:30 AM

[hardline]

so the LHC is going to go on line this morning. hopefully we will all be here in the morning. i will be realy pissed if i don't get to go riding this winter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider

http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/

 

[Hawkshot99]

I dont think I am geek enough to understand that stuff....

 

[Marc]

Crank that baby up ... I was watching the story about it on the History channel last night ..

Me too. Was pretty cool, wasn't it? At first I thought... "oh no, a douche bag with long hair" but he was actually pretty entertaining, sans the annoying lighting and camera angles.

 

[Marc]

And hey look, all the paranoid morons who thought this was going to create a black hole and swallow us all were wrong. I'm shocked... SHOCKED.

In other news... how many agree with Hawking that this will also not find evidence of the Higgs?

 

[deadheadskier]

we watched it to.....hope something comes out of it, otherwise an awful waste of 6 billion dollars

 

[Marc]

we watched it to.....hope something comes out of it, otherwise an awful waste of 6 billion dollars

It's pretty much a forgone conclusion that something will come out of it. And there's a very high probability, almost certainly in fact, that it will yield one or more major breakthroughs.

Remember they're not just taking a shot in the dark with this thing. They're building off of a lot of experience, not the least of which is LHC's now little, older brother, FermiLab.

 

[deadheadskier]

It's pretty much a forgone conclusion that something will come out of it. And there's a very high probability, almost certainly in fact, that it will yield one or more major breakthroughs.

Remember they're not just taking a shot in the dark with this thing. They're building off of a lot of experience, not the least of which is LHC's now little, older brother, FermiLab.

I'm sure they will. As long as the findings provide another hour or two of interesting TV on Discovery or the History Channel, I'll be happy :lol:

 

[severine]

so the LHC is going to go on line this morning. hopefully we will all be here in the morning. i will be realy pissed if i don't get to go riding this winter.

:lol: Love it! At least you have your priorities straight!

Wishing I had more than basic cable right now....

I got to watch that snazzy rap last week so I could learn all about it, though, right? :lol:

 

[Marc]

Fortunatley for all of us, they didn't actually collide anything last night, they just sent a couple protons around the thing to make sure it works in that regard. The first collision is planned for October 10 I think.

So we can remain calm until 10/10... then EVERBODY PANIC.

 

[severine]

Should I start stocking the bomb shelter now?

 

[Marc]

Should I start stocking the bomb shelter now?

If you want. Not sure how you're going to construct a black hole proof bomb shelter though. I'd be impressed if you could...

 

[severine]

If you want. Not sure how you're going to construct a black hole proof bomb shelter though. I'd be impressed if you could...

Just because I can't build a fantastic contraption doesn't mean I can't construct a black hole proof bomb shelter. Geez!

:lol:

 

[wa-loaf]

Just because I can't build a fantastic contraption doesn't mean I can't construct a black hole proof bomb shelter. Geez!

:lol:

You need more like an earth escape pod. :-D

 

[SkiDork]

If you want. Not sure how you're going to construct a black hole proof bomb shelter though. I'd be impressed if you could...

prolly need to line it with kryptonite...

 

[ctenidae]

While devastating in many ways, it'd be prtty cool if that whole area melted down in a Philadelphia Experiment type wackiness.

It probably won't, and we'll just end up with some new weird particles we'll never remember the name of.

Or maybe some new strings. Or even Super Strings. That'd be cool. Especially if they could put them in a can.

 

[Beetlenut]

Fortunatley for all of us, they didn't actually collide anything last night, they just sent a couple protons around the thing to make sure it works in that regard. The first collision is planned for October 10 I think.

So we can remain calm until 10/10... then EVERBODY PANIC.

Got it! End of the World on 10/10!! Crap, I'm gonna miss my Birthday!

 

[WJenness]

Got it! End of the World on 10/10!! Crap, I'm gonna miss my Birthday!

I guess I find it appropriate that the world will end on an ex-girlfriend's birthday.

Woo hoo.

-w

 

[Marc]

Actually, it's 10/21.

Sorry to toy with everyone's emotions like that.

 

[Beetlenut]

Actually, it's 10/21.

Sorry to toy with everyone's emotions like that.

Dick!

 

[SkiDork]

Check out the Google logo today

http://www.google.com