Yay, 1 more day till LHC (end of the world)!!!

You can't just go, BANG day 1 "high-energy collisions". You have no sense of theater do you...

Tisk!

Yeah, they got heaps of practice shots to do. Though, Good news, Alex! If you're looking for a job I suggest rocking up to the ABC (I think it was?) and telling those chump-ass journalists to "take a hike, you bumbs" because you just out-classed all of them with your fact checking expertise: I was watching the ABC when I'm almost certain I heard them describe that the celebration the scientists were making was in response to a flash of light on a monitor which "represented the first collision." They didn't even check if this was right??? What the shit?! This is exactly what that interview I put up about 'churnalism' was all about.

http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR08.08E.html.

new results could start to appear in around a year

LAME, someone get McGarnagle on the case.

I think your link is broken. Or I just couldn't get it to work... though I didn't try very hard.

http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR08.08E.html

there is no dot at the end.

Live LHC webcam:

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

Nick wrote:there is no dot at the end.

gotcha.

Also, this is kinda in response to how we were talking about what what they would do with the LHC after they'd done sufficient collisions, and, well, I didn't find an answer to that but I did find something that said they would be running the thing for around 10-15 years... so I guess they must be doing something. Maybe gambling with each other to see how many 'trick-shot' proton collisions they can do in 30 seconds, or who can produce the most mini-blackholes in 1 minute without destroying the universe. But, at least I heard they have already made some suggestions for upgrades in about 10 years, so hopefully they can continue to use it for long after that.

Boden wrote:Live LHC webcam:

Ha! Yes, very funny.

“So a couple of animals didn't die, and Leela got lucky. That's what I call a successful mission.”


So, the LHC is up and running. Wasn’t that fun?
Hmmm...well, bring on to the next one, I say!


The ILC (the International Linear Collider). Sweeet.

This time I'm sure they’ll get it right and destroy the universe.

Did you hear about India? Apparently all of india is obsessed with the fact that the LHC will destroy the world and some chick there actually comitted suicide so that she wouldn't have to watch it! They are all down on their knees praying that we don't get sucked into a black hole or something.

Still it would be good to know that it won't. I mean the stastical probability is astronomically against it but until we turn it on we actually won't know exactly what will happen,

But lets not forget just how cool this thing is though.

Yeah I heard about the Indian girl. That was a bit silly, and unfortunate.

Also this clown act: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/09/hackers_hit_lhc_sorta_maybe_came_close_to_actual_damage-2.html

Trev, when are you gunna start this awesomely bloody (or unbloody) coup and establish your new age of apathetic yet mostly benevolent dictating?

Andrew.C wrote:Also this clown act:

Some people are just jerks.

Andrew.C wrote:Gay.

Total Gay

yeah...