Comments | azekeil: So, the Large Hadron Collider

azekeil

So, the Large Hadron Collider

Sep 09, 2008 19:56

It's due to fire up tomorrow, but to be honest I'm not really worried about it. Why? Well, first off, they're not doing collision tests until October 21st, according to Wikipedia. Second, rays with far more energy have been bombarding the Earth since it was formed, and it's still here. Third, even if something DID happen - it's not like we're ( Read more... )

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anonymous September 9 2008, 19:16:52 UTC

If something does go wrong, and by some freak chance a black hole is created, we wouldn't know about it for awhile because it would be so small.

One youtube video I found awhile back said that it could take 3-5 years for the black hole to be noticed which is kinda interesting because that would be within the dates of the Mayan Calendar ending in 2012.

azekeil September 9 2008, 19:28:44 UTC

... I think any black hole that didn't decay and started growing would be noticed fairly quickly.

air_bizkit September 9 2008, 21:17:02 UTC

Yeah, just look at the black hole in the country's finances.....

Oh, sorry, that's politics.

Soundgarden anyone?

malcygoff September 9 2008, 21:24:17 UTC

I'm celebrating the potential armageddon with a small vodka and coke.

It's not much of an End Of The World see-off, but as you rightly point out, it doesn't seem like there's going to be much chance that the world's all going to go gloopy-grey-strange-matter on us, so I'm hedging my bets on there still being a work-in-the-morning problem to attend to.

fYI: This post is proof of my advancing years.

theeighth September 10 2008, 10:51:38 UTC

It's all going to be fine.
Unless terrorists break in there and reprogramme it to CREATE A STABLE BLACK HOLE!

Oh wait, that's the story to my "24" Fan-fic.