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Offline Mojava

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End of the World 9/10/08
« on: September 09, 2008, 10:05:52 AM »
 On a serious note, those wacky euros are starting up the Hadron Collider tomorrow.   Could be curtains for us all, or maybe  the answers to the mystery's of the universe. At least here's an informative article on what to tell your kids on your last day on earth http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/the-large-hadro.html
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Offline sunfan1121

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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2008, 10:13:43 AM »
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Offline Yeager

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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2008, 10:13:49 AM »
Quote from: Mojava on September 09, 2008, 10:05:52 AM
On a serious note, those wacky euros are starting up the Hadron Collider tomorrow.   Could be curtains for us all, or maybe  the answers to the mystery's of the universe. At least here's an informative article on what to tell your kids on your last day on earth http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/the-large-hadro.html
all our earthly problems will be over.  At least for those of us that believe in God.  the rest of you hosers?.....oh well  :aok
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Offline AKIron

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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2008, 10:18:58 AM »
Only a one way test tomorrow. The first collision is not planned for another month or so.
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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2008, 10:19:22 AM »
I just find it interesting that all the expert scientific minds say it will be not harmful

Weren't those expert scientists who blew up nuclear bombs in the western US while sitting in the fallout - expert scientists?


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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2008, 10:32:14 AM »
Well if it blows up everything we will never know about it.
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Offline trax1

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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2008, 10:35:25 AM »
It's actually still gonna be another month before it's turned completely on and have the particles sent around clockwise & counterclockwise near the speed of light and collided together, which is where the end of the world type stuff is supposed to happen.
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Offline Motherland

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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2008, 10:38:58 AM »
On a serious note... is there something about the size of this that actually makes it more dangerous than other particle accelerators/colliders already in existence?
Isn't there one of these in Louisiana or somewhere that is currently operating and producing anti-matter?
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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2008, 10:47:15 AM »
This may well be what nostradamus was talking about  :noid

I watched a fascinating program on TV about it the other night and whilst most of it was way above my simple mind it did sound pretty crazy.

They are looking for a particle that they havent quantified yet and believe this was the spark of the big bang. When the atoms collide they hope they will catch a glimpse of it in a photo. 

Then there was something about string theory that sounded plausible but then again I hope something good comes from it.

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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2008, 10:49:09 AM »

3...2.....1.....Fire!   

Ooooops....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6YvhhY_N5A&feature=related



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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2008, 11:02:00 AM »
Everyone knows the end of the world wont arrive until the Vogons get here to make way for a new hyperspace expressway
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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2008, 11:02:52 AM »
Quote from: Meatwad on September 09, 2008, 11:02:00 AM
Everyone knows the end of the world wont arrive until the Vogons get here to make way for a new hyperspace expressway


... or the Mayan calendar runs out...     :devil
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Offline AKIron

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Re: End of the World 9/10/08
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2008, 11:12:03 AM »
I'm betting it creates more questions than answers, at least I hope so. Would hate to see all the money and effort gone into this project without getting a little wonderment in return.
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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2008, 11:14:01 AM »
Quote from: Motherland on September 09, 2008, 10:38:58 AM
On a serious note... is there something about the size of this that actually makes it more dangerous than other particle accelerators/colliders already in existence?
Isn't there one of these in Louisiana or somewhere that is currently operating and producing anti-matter?
This is just going on some faint photographic memory, but the LHC's collisions are probably at least an order of magnitude more powerful than any other on the planet.  I think I saw most accelerators at some single digit GeV, while the LHC is supposed to start at 7 TeV and get to twice that (that's off the top of my head, though).  IIRC only a few accelerators are in the 10s or 100s of GeV range.

As for the dangers.. Yeah, probably more dangerous, but if that means a 100 fold increase of a .0000000000000000000x probability...
Quote from: AKIron on September 09, 2008, 11:12:03 AM
I'm betting it creates more questions than answers, at least I hope so. Would hate to see all the money and effort gone into this project without getting a little wonderment in return.
Yep. I forgot the details, but iirc the consensus is that finding that higgs boson would validate present theories and not leave much to go on, past that.
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Re: End of the World 8/10/08
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2008, 11:14:09 AM »
Quote from: Meatwad on September 09, 2008, 11:02:00 AM
Everyone knows the end of the world wont arrive until the Vogons get here to make way for a new hyperspace expressway

Don't panic...
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