Large Hadron Collider

[Delvis]

College, link works fine here.

InvG

Indeed

 

[SourChipmunk]

"Mini Sputniks" -- cute.

Thanks for the link. I wish I could stream the beeb here.

wow, there is some funny stuff on there. I love the "just another day in the world of super-science" humour.

I for some reason have this streaming: mms://qstream-live.qbrick.com/00862live80910

It was posted a page or two back.

Saw that, thanks. Can't access from work, though.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Damn were still here.

 

[Azza]

Being annoying here people but there was experiments going on today, just not the actual one that will destory our multiverse.

 

[willhub]

Being annoying here people but there was experiments going on today, just not the actual one that will destory our multiverse.

Well I still plan to be here on Monday so I don't see how its going to destroy the planet tbh.

 

[Azza]

Well I still plan to be here on Monday so I don't see how its going to destroy the planet tbh.

As do I.


Whats happening before Monday?

 

[willhub]

As do I.


Whats happening before Monday?

Ok, well I plan on been here for another year, so nothing is going to kill us all in the form of a big black hole.

 

[Azza]

Ok, well I plan on been here for another year, so nothing is going to kill us all in the form of a big black hole.

How can you be so sure?

 

[willhub]

I don't know, are you certain this collider is going to kill us or something?

 

[NickK]

They've not smashed the beams together yet.. so there's plenty of time for doom..

 

[aslco]

they actually start the thing at 9 this evenin i thought...if not then it isnt till 21st october that we will get enough energy to make black holes tbh.

 

[OliP]

The end of the world is 1 day before my 18th birthday... bummer

 

[Mat]

The end of the world is 1 day before my 18th birthday... bummer

You will never see adulthood

 

[misterPK]

The end of the world is 1 day before my 18th birthday... bummer

Don't worry, the world was supposed to end on my 16th birthday, and I'm now 25. Personally I think it my party was a bit of a let-down.

PK!

 

[nikebee]

Source?

Here you go

1234pm (BST) FROM Roland Pease, BBC Radio Science, in central control room

Steve Myers, head of the accelerator department, confided that today's protons were not the first things to circulate in the LHC. While preparing the machine they sent smart "pingpong" balls through, to make sure the pipes were clear and the sensors working. When one of these mini-Sputniks got stuck, they had to fire in a second to knock it free.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/

 

[nikebee]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/

Scroll down to the time stamp of: "1234pm (BST) FROM Roland Pease, BBC Radio Science, in central control room"...

They're 'Smart' ping pong balls

Yeah not quite actual ping pong balls

 

[Azza]

I don't know, are you certain this collider is going to kill us or something?

Im certain that it isn't going to kill us.

 

[SourChipmunk]

Here you go


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/

Thanks. Someone posted it for me earlier. Reading their stuff is hilarious...

Neat thought that a big event with a countdown has happened on the date 10.09.08

 

[pitchfork]

People who try and mask science with god just puzzle me.
So do all these religious emo kids "satan told me to do it" well you have to believe in god to believe in satan.
Besides the point though.

Anyway, we're still alive, but the collider is only on "low" at the moment, wait till they crank that mother up.

 

[PhillyDee]

I am more certain that the LHC will not kill us all, than I am of suddenly powering on my PC and australia turning into a huge strawberry muffin.