The end of the world is nigh!

by **Bewilderbeast** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:43 am

09.42 and all is well!! :thumbs:

by **kitesurfer** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:17 am

Theres a big bang looming in my office iminently after the extra large doner kebab i had last night! :shock:

KS

by **Jimi** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:57 am

Actually, they aren't colliding any particles for a few months. Today is just a test of the electrical systems running at 0.14 TeraElectronVolts.

Next year they plan to actually collide a few particles at the full capacity using 14TeV... It's then you want to start worrying!

by **drowningbitbybit** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:25 am

Is it coincidence that they flicked the 'on' switch when the date is
10.... 9.... 8..... :shock:

by **flyingvee** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:22 am

drowningbitbybit wrote:Is it coincidence that they flicked the 'on' switch when the date is
10.... 9.... 8.....

P'raps they got a sense of humour as well :lol:

by **Jimi** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:26 am

I'm now taking bets that they set it to full power on 08/09/10...

Currently paying $3...

by **surf patrol** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:20 pm

Must be big news ->

I think it's great - can't wait to see what this thing finds out.

by **surf patrol** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:34 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7604293.stm

So far so good.

The £5bn machine on the Swiss-French border is designed to smash particles together with cataclysmic force.

I love "designed to smash particles together with cataclysmic force"

by **RJD** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:44 pm

surf patrol wrote:Must be big news ->
I think it's great - can't wait to see what this thing finds out.

Me too! Biggest scientific effort since the manhattan projext I think, must feel like xmas for physicists involved.

Though it'd have been cheap erto get 2 7 year olds to smash the particles togeter wouldnt it...

by **joem** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:53 pm

im still here iwant my money back

by **northswell** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:16 pm

joem wrote:im still here iwant my money back

We are, but in a parallel universe. :lol:

by **RJD** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:25 am

I'm not!

by **twerked** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:25 am

bummer...i guess we just gotta wait til december 21, 2012 now....

by **Luke** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:22 am

twerked wrote:bummer...i guess we just gotta wait til december 21, 2012 now....

That's my 30th birthday.

by **RJD** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:29 pm

Checkout the live webcam here"

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

by **twerked** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:03 pm

Luke wrote:
twerked wrote:bummer...i guess we just gotta wait til december 21, 2012 now....

That's my 30th birthday.

oh damn. that could be an interesting birthday party. i'm planning a weeklong bender prior to that day, if anyone wants to join.

by **garbarrage** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:11 am

the world is flat... the sun revolves around it, and they're making God angry!!!
Anyone up for carrying torches and pitchforks up to switzerland frankenstein style?

by **Jimi** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:45 am

garbarrage wrote:the world is flat... the sun revolves around it, and they're making God angry!!!
Anyone up for carrying torches and pitchforks up to switzerland frankenstein style?

Yeah for sure... but we'd better find a few witches to burn when we get there too!