Large Hadron Collider
bikezappa
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Most people may not be know that this new collider will be operational in a few days. A lawyer/safety person is trying to stop its start up with a law suit because he fears the world will end. I would be concerned if the person had any scientific background.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24556999/?GT1=43001
Is a good article that explains why do this and what will the long term results.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24556999/?GT1=43001
Is a good article that explains why do this and what will the long term results.
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He's crazy. It's not the first lawsuit and won't be the last.
Believe me, there are more powerful particle interactions going on in the atmosphere than we will ever produce. Somehow, through billions of years of this, we're still here.
We ain't going nowhere.
p.s. I just realized the LHC is gonna be smashing leptons and not hadrons. Hadrons will be later. -
Well if something does happen, we won't have to worry about global warming anymore! Maybe it'll open up a portal to another dimension for the polar bears. One to a world that's all ice, all the time. One with seals everywhere you look.Driver carries only 20 dollars in ammunition
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from a risk management standpoint: if complete annihilation of the Earth and/or all of space-time results... well, there's really no mess to clean up; so I say "stay the course".
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mhardy6647 wrote: »from a risk management standpoint: if complete annihilation of the Earth and/or all of space-time results... well, there's really no mess to clean up; so I say "stay the course".
Ding ding! For those of you who believe in a higher power, make sure your affairs are in order, just in caseIf you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
Umm, forget the atmosphere and all the chicken littles. This is not the first particle accelerator humanity has built nor is it the last. It just happens to be the largest to date.
Personally, I can't wait to see what happens!Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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Black hole here we come!
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Will I miss my baseball game tomorrow?
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You all should read a short story called "The Hole Man" by Larry Niven
It's a story about a quntum sigularity otherwise known as a "Black Hole"
I have a text copy of it somewhere so if you are interested and can't find it easily, PM me and I'll send you a copy.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you! -
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You all should read a short story called "The Hole Man" by Larry Niven
It's a story about a quntum sigularity otherwise known as a "Black Hole"
I have a text copy of it somewhere so if you are interested and can't find it easily, PM me and I'll send you a copy.
Larry Niven was great. Does he still have it? -
Have what?Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you! -
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Oh, I have no idea. I haven't read any newer stuff. Only older stuff I borrowed from a friend.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you! -
The largest black hole they've seen is right down the street-relatively speaking.
As long as it's quick & painless, I'm cool with it.
BUT, if it's slow & torturous, as in the song 'Cygnus X-1', then that'll SUCK ****!
And I don't mean cute, petite, Jessica Alba ****, I mean, big, hairy, unwashed, Rosie O'Donnell ****!I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!