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Post by sunky on Sept 10, 2008 12:20:51 GMT 7
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_hadron_colliderThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest particle accelerator complex, intended to collide opposing beams of 7 TeV protons. Its main purpose is to explore the validity and limitations of the Standard Model, the current theoretical picture for particle physics. The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and lies under the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. So will this cause black holes and end the world? Check here: hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/Good day for Doomsday Clock huh? 
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Post by Josh on Sept 10, 2008 16:38:21 GMT 7
seen googles logo today? haha
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Post by sunky on Sept 10, 2008 18:14:14 GMT 7
yeah those funny peeps.
Alright so, it was just turned on today ... the magic starts in October ...
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Post by Cygnet on Sept 10, 2008 20:16:44 GMT 7
I caught the end of one of the guys whos working with it on enough rope on monday, said something about the energy it puts out wouldnt even be enough to hurt sweden, and we all know what their army's like.
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Post by AlmostOz on Sept 11, 2008 5:50:50 GMT 7
I read about this is one of dan brown's books, I can't remember which one but he tied it in with a story. I thought it was already running, but he must have heard about it and wrote about it before it was finished.
I doubt it will be the end of the world, but it may allow us to see antimatter, and dark matter and understand what they actually are.
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Post by AlmostOz on Sept 11, 2008 5:58:05 GMT 7
"A 16-year-old girl from Sarangpur, Madhya Pradesh, India allegedly committed suicide after watching Indian news channels stating the possibility of Doomsday as the experiment begins.[45]"
ok...
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Post by Cygnet on Sept 11, 2008 7:40:12 GMT 7
Woah. That's pretty intense, surely you'd just wait it out to see what happens... obviously not.
And yeah i saw a doco on it a while ago, the way i understood it was they're looking for the higgs field i think it was called, which is the part of the standard model they dont fully understand, and they think it controls the relationship between cause and effect... i think that was right, so basically if they can figure it out, they may unlock another dimension or the innermost workings of the universe in best case scenario. woop.
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Post by scotopic lux on Sept 11, 2008 14:21:21 GMT 7
Pfft to your documentary watching, I got my info from Dr. Karl on Sunrise  He was saying it will also help to unlock Mass which is something they don't fully understand, which would help with space travel in the sense that it costs like $1 million to send 1 tonne into sapce (example only!) and that is the weight of the space craft, but imagine if we can take away the mass, send it into space and then give it back its mass! Save money and allow us to go further also! |
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Post by Cygnet on Sept 11, 2008 14:44:17 GMT 7
Ah yes thats right. Well, im sure dr karl would have been far more concise, this thing didnt get to the point til the last 10 minutes by which time i was walking in and out of the room only half listening
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Post by brendo on Sept 11, 2008 18:32:02 GMT 7
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Post by Josh on Sept 11, 2008 19:11:13 GMT 7
ahhh that's great!
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Post by AlmostOz on Sept 11, 2008 20:22:22 GMT 7
haha funny
from angels and demons - dan brown I understood that they can photograph dark matter anihilating normal matter also.
A ten billion dollar explosion!?!?!? only us males could have thought this up. Deep down all we ever want to do is go fast or blow stuff up.
This really is a large hardon collider.
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