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GrimReaper
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So, some of you may or may not know about CERN. It's the fancy new particle accelerator being built in Switzerland.
Some website has loads of some seriously cool photographs of the installation of the large hadron collider. This thing is expected to create micro black holes. (don't worry, they'll dissipate via Hawking radiation and will only exist for tiny amounts of time.. plus their mass is infinitesimal therefore they won't pose a threat anyway)
It's planned to help our understanding of the universe and is hoped that we'll be able to detect the ever elusive Higgs boson.
Also, the CERN website itself has plenty of cool images too.
CERN's main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research. Numerous experiments have been constructed at CERN by international collaborations to make use of them. The main site at Meyrin also has a large computer centre containing very powerful data processing facilities primarily for experimental data analysis, and because of the need to make them available to researchers elsewhere, has historically been (and continues to be) a major wide area networking hub.
Some website has loads of some seriously cool photographs of the installation of the large hadron collider. This thing is expected to create micro black holes. (don't worry, they'll dissipate via Hawking radiation and will only exist for tiny amounts of time.. plus their mass is infinitesimal therefore they won't pose a threat anyway)
It's planned to help our understanding of the universe and is hoped that we'll be able to detect the ever elusive Higgs boson.
Also, the CERN website itself has plenty of cool images too.
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this has "what could possibly go wrong?" written all over it.
hay guys, but Dan Brown said it could destroy teh univarse and he wrotexored De Vinici Code so he knows what he;s talkin bout!!!!111one1!
The thing about the black holes, it that even if they don't dissipate, their event horizon would be something smaller than a neutron, and much outside of that their won't be much of a gravity well. Even if they don't evaporate, they aren't going to do much more than sink to the center of the planet, and occasionally swallow up an electron or proton. The sun is going to go giant, before they accumulate a significant amount of mass.
Any idea how long until they turn it on? How much longer are they going to need to cool the whole thing?
It'll only destroy Switzerland and France. And who'll miss them? Exactly, nobody will.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
also, "Compact Muon Solenoid" is one hell of a misnomer.
Spoilered for videogame themed crazy
I'm hoping for the latter more than the former because I always liked V more than Doom. 8-)
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And this ladies and gentlemen is why I will never, ever take (non-prescribed) drugs. This guy is a pretty good advert for not taking marijuana. I've already got enough of a slightly obsessive paranoid personality. Last thing I want is to end up like that.
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I love that video. It's so fucking crazy, and I want a movie to be made about that exact scenario happening.
Only the movie should throw in Nazis somewhere.
Science!
yes because it's clearly weed that made this guy a fucking religious nutbar.
this particle accelerator will at worst be disappointing. there's no way it will actually cause any harm.
Dude, lighten up. Nobody with half a brain really expects something bad to happen.
Although it would be a neat way to end the world.
Fortunately I'm also the sort of person who can understand and take weird comfort from the phrase "event horizon smaller than a neutron". So, redx, my sleep patterns thank you.
You might need some anti-anxiety medicine, or at least knowledge of some stress management techniques.
Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth. Deep inhale, hold, exhale...
No, that wasn't my point. There are those of us who happen to already be slightly obsessive, paranoid etc to a degree (personality flaws). Certain drugs tend to increase/worsen these traits.
This guy is clearly one massive fruit loop, but my point was to get to that level you have to be seriously nuts already or been taking way too much weed thereby making it worse.
EDIT: For example my personality is slightly obsessive compulsive with a light sprinkling of paranoia thrown in and a slightly addictive must finish it personality (like a gaming pack rat thing, must collect them all type). It's the way I am. For example, if I open a packet of sweets, biscuits etc. I must eat them all in that sitting or within a day. I just can't leave them lying around. It's why i've never touched drugs like weed, it'd make me a hell of a lot worse and I know it.
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And they will be pissed.
I would actually like for people like this guy to be executed without trial.
The Bad Astronomer and a lot of other similar blogers have wrote about how the doomsday scenarios aren't all that likely. You might not want to read his book when it comes out though.
Anyway, I'm very interested in seeing what the LHC will do to string theory. My biggest hope is that it doesn't just end up being a waste of money, I want something really cool to come out of this.
And, of course, I'm open for random portals opening to alien worlds. That would be pretty tight.
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And damn it looks cool. If it never produces any significant results, then at least I hope they film a movie there some day.
Real world mad science is the best. These guys are going to make history.
I'd tap that.
I understand the scientific value of this doohickey (sort of), but what effects from it will I see in my life time? Will it further our understanding of something like fusion power or wormholes or what not?
Don't forget tesla coils making huge arcs of electricity, dubious looking machines making showers of sparks, and old fashion switches that you have to flip to turn on.
We dunno. We're doing it for the sake of discovery and maybe we'll accidentally invent something cool. At least that's what my cousin says and she works at CERN as a post doc.
Oh god I couldn't hold it in, I so laughed. We don't have the risk of black holes, strange matter or a gate to another dimension, its a smokescreen! They really just want to bring satanic aliens to the earth!
As far as i know, that hasn't happened. and those people were called crazy then too.. Everyone knows its much worse to use lasguns in the presence of shields.
Librarians harbor a terrible secret. Find it.
This thread is just not complete without it.
My favorite picture from that link earlier is this one. I think it's just great that the whatever-it-is looks exactly like a jumbo-sized gear.
the whole jumbo-sized aspect was the motivation for my earlier misnomer comment.
That was actually a running joke between some of the scientists that got overheard by a bureaucrat, who demanded they produce evidence it couldn't occur.
Aha. I had no idea what you were on about, frankly. :P It seems to be labeled "ATLAS Magnet Toroid End-Cap A," too.