Comments on: Will the LHC mean the end tomorrow?

By: Lee Williams

Lee Williams — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:53:00 +0000

CAREFUL! You’re going to scare all those Luddites who believe the world will end in 2012 because the Mayan calandar says so and who think the dinosaurs are extinct because they allowed gay marriage. Ya gotta go easy on the kooks. Sarcasm is beyond them.

By: Lurker

Lurker — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:32:24 +0000

@Sam,
You’re a fool. The first section of the article was a joke. “Forget that Credit Card bill or the mortgage repayments you’re off. Well, not really. It’s not going to happen. We’ll all get up tomorrow as usual and everything will be fine. I think I’m with D:Ream’s keyboard player on this one.”

Read the whole article before you criticize it.

By: Hevach

Hevach — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:24:17 +0000

Actually, it won’t even be quick. Black holes this small will absorb mass very slowly – on the order of protons per hour. Each one has a reasonable chance, if it doesn’t cease to exist, of eating up several grams by the end of the universe.

So it’s a very real possibility that after centuries of smooth sailing, the LHC will no longer be able to continue functioning as millions of tiny black holes slowly push its inside diameter out of tolerance.

By: Dood

Dood — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:29:29 +0000

You have no clue what you are talking about. It’s like people hear about LHC and all they hear is BLACK HOLES WE ALL GONNA DIE!

Not gonna happen.

By: race

race — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:23:17 +0000

A junkyard electromagnet is about 1,000 times stronger than the earth’s magnetic field.

By: yeesh

yeesh — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:20:11 +0000

Thank you ST. People need to get over this thing. There will be NO, none, zero, nada, zilch, collisions until sometime in October. Tomorrow they are just turning it on and sending the hadrons around in circles to make sure it works the way it is suppose to.

By: BirthdayGirl

BirthdayGirl — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:52:40 +0000

My sixteenth birthday is the day after the day they’re starting it up. I want to turn sixteen!!

By: sam

sam — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:49:48 +0000

This baby got started in 1983, we have reaped the rewards of this things technology already (internet and others). Personally I feel privileged to be alive at this time. I don’t see alot from the world that makes me happy right now but this is an exception. This thing could change the course of history, our technology, everything. It could be another Renaissance in science. Considering that, I think the minuscule chance of repercussion is worth taking considering what might be learned. We advance by taking changes.

Let’s light this candle!!! Even if everything goes south it will be cool to say I was there when the SH$% hit the fan… I just don’t know who I would tell or how I would describe where the hell “there was” LOL. One thing is for sure. If this thing works I’ll be toasting a shot of bourbon. If It don’t I will kill the bottle and enjoy the ride :)

By: jake

jake — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:21:06 +0000

Wow, you’re obviously not educated about the LHC at all. There are millions of black holes all over the universe in existence right now, so its not like one made by the LHC will “suck in the whole universe, with us in it”. That’s just a stupid comment. The LHC has been planned for years and has met regulations and been through theoretical situations. The LHC is going to change the way we look at the universe and broaden our knowledge about subatomic particles. Horrible article. Do some research.

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:58:18 +0000

What a first class loads of Bollards! Are we really that stupid to think that anything that would/could remotely cause something like this, would not get flagged up by the government and stopped!

I will enjoy sleeping tonight knowing that when i wake up in the morning, most of the silly people who actually believe this shit, will have done their browns in their underpants for nothing!