Large Hadron Collider and hilarious overreactions

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by philip Lisa probably had nothing to do with finding the problem, but I just wanted to see her photo again.

You think you can handle it?

[RC45]

Originally Posted by HeilSvenska You think you can handle it?

You think she has any nudies up on the net??

[Spiffu]

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

Found these tonight, they give you a glimpse into the compact muon solenoid experiment.

[RC45]

Lol - hopefully its not a preview of coming events

[HeilSvenska]

Teen commits suicide after 'end of world' reports

A TEENAGE girl in central India killed herself on Wednesday after being traumatised by media reports that a "Big Bang" experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world, her father said. The 16-year old girl from the state of Madhya Pradesh drank pesticide and was rushed to the hospital but later died, police said. Her father, identified on local television as Biharilal, said that his daughter, Chayya, killed herself after watching doomsday predictions made on Indian news programmes. "In the past two days, Chayya had asked me and other relatives about the world coming to an end on Sept. 10," Biharilal was quoted as saying. "We tried to divert her attention and told her she should not worry about such things, but to no avail." For the past two days, many Indian news channels held discussions airing doomsday predictions over a huge particle-smashing machine buried under the Swiss-French border. The machine, called the Large Hadron Collider, was switched on on Wednesday, at the start of what experts say is the largest scientific experiment in human history. The machine smashes particles together to achieve, on a small-scale, re-enactments of the "Big Bang" that created the universe. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...51-401,00.html

[Spiffu]

Teen commits suicide after 'end of world' reports

So I guess natural selection does work!

I'm sorry, I just can't feel sorry for people like that. Third world country + kid f'ed in the head (obviously) = an hero.

[silentm]

Originally Posted by Spiffu So I guess natural selection does work! I'm sorry, I just can't feel sorry for people like that. Third world country + kid f'ed in the head (obviously) = an hero.

hmm well that is what i thought first but this girl is indian and therefore because of her hindu belief and something i don't get about dying in this world and not being able to reincarnate with the black hole and whatnot she decided to kill herself.

a rather sad story

Originally Posted by 10000rpmlover Liquid Nitrogen

no chance, you can't go that far down with liquid nitrogen. what i believe is used is actually liquid Helium (well that is what they use in our NMR machines at the institute, and they operate at around the same temperature range)

[Spiffu]

Uh, oh.



Well that's two for two.

We should all be ready for the 7 hour war.

Half-Life 2 - Intro - YouTube

Half-Life 2 - Intro - YouTube

[philip]

Originally Posted by Spiffu Uh, oh. Well that's two for two. We should all be ready for the 7 hour war. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyjKC...eature=related

You have to worry a little when the men in suits don't know how to fit a hardhat.

[Spiffu]

As the saying goes, religion is the opiate of the masses, in this case it was cyanide.

[dutchmasterflex]

Hahaha.. all the half-life stuff is just too good to be true.

[Spiffu]

So apparently an accident did happen during the start up test.

But a resonance cascade did not occur as we all were fearing.

Resonance Cascade - YouTube

Resonance Cascade - YouTube

An electrical malfunction caused a leak of sorts, of liquid helium in the acceleration tunnel. So now they have to heat up that section to ambient temperature and fix the problem, then re-cool it back down to near absolute zero. (as in minus 400 degrees or so)

This process is supposed to take 2 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science....ap/index.html

Of course this could be a cover story.

[silentm]

Originally Posted by Spiffu An electrical malfunction caused a leak of sorts, of liquid helium in the acceleration tunnel. So now they have to heat up that section to ambient temperature and fix the problem, then re-cool it back down to near absolute zero. (as in minus 400 degrees or so)

it's -459,67 degrees fahrenheit for y'all yanks or -279.15 degrees centigrade for the rest of the world

and good job finding Gordon, i feel very safe now

[HeilSvenska]

Wow...

[W]hat the FUCK is going on here? Am I the only person who thinks God Particle, possible Black Hole on the French/ Swiss Border, Recreating The Big Bang, etc, are all phrases I only want to read in New Gods? Where the fuck is James Bond and why isn't he KILLING these French fucks before they even push the button? Saddam was invaded and hung for not even HAVING nukes primed for his neighbours. These freaks genuinely risk ending the world!!!! And for what? To see how the universe might have begun? Who gives a fuck? 5 billion pounds on a scientific folly when old people can't afford to heat their homes or kids are starving? Get outta here, egg-head! I don't care about dark matter, dark energy or even other dimensions. Best case scenario is we're sucked into a black hole, every atom in our body screaming as we die in a nano-second. Worst case scenario we're in The Mist or Cloverfield as Lovecraftian mofos come through this doorway and munch their way through us. Europeans creep me out, but none more so than Euro-SCIENTISTS. I declare a Jihad on all these boffins who risk reality itself in the name of their curiosity. No wonder Pol Pot killed everyone who wore glasses. At least you know where you are with bullies and jocks!!

-Creator of the Wanted comic book, Mark Millar

[styla21]

Well, my respect for him just disappeared . A rant with no substance.