Large Hadron Collider

[Craig321]

I'm not to happy about this thing tbh, its a massivly unknown entity

I mean, what happens if we get a massive black hole appear, that sucks in everything etc

We all die and the world ends?

It's not like we'll all be in pain for the rest of our lives, we'll all be dead

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Yes, they have also detected what are believed to be the decay of the miniture blackholes that are sometimes created as a result.

That would explain why I feel a bit light headed every now and then.

 

[Deadbeat]

I have it on very good authority that the successful activation of the LHC will reach back in time and bestow upon one man divine power and infinite humility. Jebus, or something.

 

[Cosimo]

LHC is due to start again in November:

The procedure for the 2009 start-up will be to inject and capture beams in each direction, take collision data for a few shifts at the injection energy, and then commission the ramp to higher energy. The first high-energy data should be collected a few weeks after the first beam of 2009 is injected. The LHC will run at 3.5 TeV per beam until a significant data sample has been collected and the operations team has gained experience in running the machine. Thereafter, with the benefit of that experience, the energy will be taken towards 5 TeV per beam. At the end of 2010, the LHC will be run with lead ions for the first time. After that, the LHC will shut down and work will begin on moving the machine towards 7 TeV per beam.

http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2009/PR13.09E.html

Most probably nothing to worry about until 2011.