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CERN set to launch LHC tomorrow, begin atom smashing.

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  1. Pete the Cheat

    Pete the Cheat Member

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    I think the portion of the experiment with apocolyptic consequences is still a few months of...

    ...so there is still a chance I might be able to catch the event horizon of my office being pulled apart into infinite molecules on camera...*crossing fingers*
     
    #81 Pete the Cheat, Sep 10, 2008
  2. Apollo Creed

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    CERN is a bunch of damn **** teases.
     
    #82 Apollo Creed, Sep 10, 2008
  3. ghettocheeze

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    On a serious note these experiments may lead to many new scientific discoveries:

    1) Higgs Boson aka "god particle"
    2) String theory and extra dimensions
    3) Symmetry between matter and anti-matter
    4) Dark energy

    The list goes on and on...that is why they spent billions on this instrument. Basically this thing will be the steppingstone for advances made in future generations. Some day your great grandchildren will look back at this stuff thank us for it.
     
    #83 ghettocheeze, Sep 10, 2008
  4. Landlord Landry

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    not to mention the possibility of time travel.

    first thing I'm doing is going back to 2005 and ratting out Tim Donaghy.
     
    #84 Landlord Landry, Sep 10, 2008
  5. Landlord Landry

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    all I can say is....

    lawlwut?

    http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/large-hadron-collider-time-travel/

    If you’ve read about all the troubles scientists at CERN in Europe have been having getting the Large Hadron Collider to work, you must have had the same sort of thought about the failures as some such scientists have: Obviously, a time travel paradox is to blame.

    The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) first went online September 10 of last year amid much hullabaloo about the possibility it could have some… unfortunate repercussions. It promptly went offline nine days later, and has since given the CERN folks a great deal of trouble getting it back on its supercolliding feet. It is scheduled to be brought back online next month, but in the meantime, many theories have sprung up to explain the various failures.

    One of these theories is that the Higgs boson has traveled back in time to prevent its own creation. This is not a joke, though you could easily be forgiven for thinking so. Two respectable physicists have published papers on the possibility, and they have even come up with a test they say will determine whether or not they’re right. One might argue, of course, that if the Higgs boson is crafty enough to kill its own grandfather, as it were, it would also cover its tracks.

    Of course, other respectable scientists think this idea is… well, as ridiculous as it sounds. If the LHC fails yet again, though, you can be sure more people will start subscribing to this theory. The great physicist Niels Bohr once reportedly said “We all agree your theory is crazy. The question is whether it’s crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.”

    As a parent, I do advise that it might not be a good idea to let your kids read about this Douglas Adams-esque idea. I can just picture my kids saying “Daddy, it’s not my fault! The Higgs boson went back in time and made me get a bad grade on my math test!” And how do you respond to that?
     
    #85 Landlord Landry, Oct 20, 2009
  6. Coach AI

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    oh lawd

    I prefer a simpler time, when all you needed for paradox-inducing time travel was a DeLorean and a Mr. Fusion.
     
    #86 Coach AI, Oct 21, 2009
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  7. IROC it

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    Right?




    Repped btw :cool:
     
    #87 IROC it, Oct 21, 2009
  8. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    Large Hadron Collider Shatters Energy Record

    The world's largest particle accelerator has set a new record in matter-smashing. The Large Hadron Collider shot beams of protons at energies measuring 1.18 teraelectronvolts, beating the previous world record of just under one TeV. The exercise is another step toward taking the LHC to its highest capacity, which researchers say will be around 7 TeV.

    full article
     
    #88 KingCheetah, Nov 30, 2009
  9. Invisible Fan

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    That's one energetic hardon.
     
    #89 Invisible Fan, Nov 30, 2009
  10. Miguel

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    It worked!!!
     
    #90 Miguel, Nov 30, 2009
  11. Miguel

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    One day we'll be able to go back in time and beat other's posts and threads being posted. I wonder if it'll ever happen.
     
    #91 Miguel, Nov 30, 2009
  12. rocketsjudoka

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    Miguel;

    Its worked and I am posting from a month in the future. Here is the big news.

    [rquoter]T-Mac Traded!

    Tracy McGrady was traded to Greek team Panathinaikos for once and future Rocket Vasillis Spanoulis and a party platter of Gyros and Spanakopti. Rockets' General Manager said that it was a deal we couldn't pass up since for a T-Mac we get a T-Mac and some tasty Greek eats back.

    On news of the trade though tragedy struck Houston Rockets fans when notorious Clutchfan SamFisher visciously attacked fellow Clutchfan DaDakota online with a series of snide and sarcastic comments in respones to DaDakota's joy expressed over 10,000 post in one hour at the return of Spanoulis. SamFisher when reached for comment only said, "Not again... Not again...."

    In other news on December 12, 2009 the World abruptly came to an end. Mayans reached for comment said, "whoops forgot to carry a 1, the correct year is 2009 not 2012. Our bad." [/rquoter]
     
    #92 rocketsjudoka, Nov 30, 2009
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  13. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    I like the idea, but that is some weak sauce (I mean judoka, not the LHC)
     
    #93 B-Bob, Nov 30, 2009
  14. SWTsig

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    and here i thought Hardon Collider was moe's "stage" name
     
    #94 SWTsig, Nov 30, 2009
  15. Miguel

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    repped

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    #95 Miguel, Nov 30, 2009
  16. KingCheetah

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    Give us 6+ TeVs ASAP !
     
    #96 KingCheetah, Nov 30, 2009
  17. WhoMikeJames

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    NSFW

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    #97 WhoMikeJames, Nov 30, 2009
  18. SuperHighFly

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    So these are the people running the LHC at CERN?!?!.......F***
     
    #98 SuperHighFly, Nov 30, 2009
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