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Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Khamon

My uncle had a magnetic monopole once but it eated him all up and ran away.

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Redhead · 10-19-2007, 12:08 AM

The real misunderstanding here is that when scientists say "there is a small chance" that something will happen, it doesn't mean what normal people think it means.

Tell a normal person that there is a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a percent chance that something might happen and they will say "it's impossible. That can't happen."

A scientist will say "there is a small chance it will happen."

The probability of the LCH destroying the Earth is less than the chance of you winning the lottery every day for the next year.

Turn it on and don't lose any sleep.

ruby tuesday · 10-19-2007, 12:14 AM

lets blow this bitch

who wants to fuck before we go?

Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Redhead

...Turn it on and don't lose any sleep.

That's what you said last time and here we are again 14 billion years later ready to plunk down our last chip in Vegas.

Funny side note: SC never closed down last time. I mean, not until everything else went down the drain, too.

Redhead · 10-19-2007, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Clancy Sullivan

That's what you said last time and here we are again 14 billion years later ready to plunk down our last chip in Vegas.

Funny side note: SC never closed down last time. I mean, not until everything else went down the drain, too.

On the bright side, maybe next time Gore will actually get to be President!

Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Redhead

On the bright side, maybe next time Gore will actually get to be President!

Well, yeah that's possible. And, maybe Ruby Tuesday will run SC but she won't close it down just when it gets good.

Whoa! Sorry, He-he Going a little overboard again.

GradyE · 10-19-2007, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Clancy Sullivan

Well, yeah that's possible. And, maybe Ruby Tuesday will run SC but she won't close it down just when it gets good.

Whoa! Sorry, He-he Going a little overboard again.

D00d, it got good LONG before it closed down.

just saying

Mukatsuku · 10-19-2007, 02:23 AM

I live just a few kilometres from the current World's biggest particle accelerator.
In Google Earth someone has marked it as "Frodo, I found the ring"

Must actually visit it someday

Mukatsuku · 10-19-2007, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Aimee Weber

The general idea is that this collider will create tiny black holes which SHOULD instantly dissipate out of existence. But some theorize there is a chance these tiny black holes will stick around, and grow by consuming everything (us, for example.) There are also a few other scenarios including the creation of Strangelets, strange matter, and magnetic monopoles ... all potential disasters.

So what do you all think? Should we turn it on?

The "general" idea is that it will not create black holes due to the energy being too low. It is the few scientists coming up with less accepted theories that think it may be able to create small black holes.

As black holes were 100% theory until very recently, I doubt scientists could create one yet.

Definitely, turn it on.

Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 02:37 AM

Grady, you're definitely picking the wrong guy to Red bait for lack of SC loyalty.

Redhead · 10-19-2007, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

The "general" idea is that it will not create black holes due to the energy being too low. It is the few scientists coming up with less accepted theories that think it may be able to create small black holes.

As black holes were 100% theory until very recently, I doubt scientists could create one yet.

Definitely, turn it on.

I am soooo hoping that it does create some black holes, as that would be proof of higher dimensions, which would be proof for String Theory.

Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Redhead

I am soooo hoping that it does create some black holes, as that would be proof of higher dimensions, which would be proof for String Theory.

What about fabricated black holes as WMD's? What if someone wanted to take out, say, Vancouver (lol)? Don't we already have enough worries with nuclear arms?

Ok, serious now: I am in favor of throwing the switch, after reading about this issue. Crossing my fingers, though.

cassidiJ · 10-19-2007, 03:20 AM

No one remembers the lesson of the Titanic it seems-which BTW was that it was considered unsinkable. Great arrogence does go...

But as death wishes go this is pretty campy.

Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidiJ

...But as death wishes go this is pretty campy.

Yeah, this is, like, the hole enchilada.

(Sorry, couldn't resist.)

Aimee Weber · 10-19-2007, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

The "general" idea is that it will not create black holes due to the energy being too low. It is the few scientists coming up with less accepted theories that think it may be able to create small black holes.

Yeah I read that on the wiki but that's not what I am hearing other places. Some think the thing could produce a black hole anywhere from once a second to once a day. Nobody is certain what they are going to see but tiny black holes are definitely on the table as a realistic possibility.

It is, however, very unlikely that there will be dangerous results. Here are a few more good links:

http://www.livescience.com/environme...ack_holes.html
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/blackhole-01b.html

Tyche Shepherd · 10-19-2007, 03:43 AM

Hadron voices concern about collider switch on

**Cristiano** · 10-19-2007, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidiJ

No one remembers the lesson of the Titanic it seems-which BTW was that it was considered unsinkable. Great arrogence does go...

But as death wishes go this is pretty campy.

There's a black hole, Jack!

Mukatsuku · 10-19-2007, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Aimee Weber

Yeah I read that on the wiki but that's not what I am hearing other places. Some think the thing could produce a black hole anywhere from once a second to once a day. Nobody is certain what they are going to see but tiny black holes are definitely on the table as a realistic possibility.

It is, however, very unlikely that there will be dangerous results. Here are a few more good links:

http://www.livescience.com/environme...ack_holes.html
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/blackhole-01b.html

It certainly would be interesting if they could make one, however, the black holes that suck in planets and light are created by collapsing stars, so I don't see how they could manage to make anything seriously dangerous. There isn't enough mass on the planet to make a full black hole and the sun is too far from us for it to be damaged. (of course, destroying earth would be pretty bad, but what I mean is that we think of black holes as these amazing forces of nature, capable of destroying all in their path, but those are created by stars. Anything created on Earth would be pretty unimpressive to the average person and are not going to suck anything of any size into them).

Sorry for the bad explanation and thank you for pointing me to some very interesting articles.

For anybody who is interested, here is the super collider I live a few minutes from

http://www.spring8.or.jp/en/?set_language=en&cl=en
and on google maps
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...&t=k&z=13&om=1
My town is at the top right, one page across

Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 05:19 AM

Muka, because you live near a collider you would be the perfect person to join the newest doomsday society.

Join now and I will let you run the organization in Japan and all of Asia.

Mukatsuku · 10-19-2007, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Clancy Sullivan

Muka, because you live near a collider you would be the perfect person to join the newest doomsday society.

Join now and I will let you run the organization in Japan and all of Asia.

American joke... that group sucks!

DISCLAIMER
(because Americans use "sucks" to mean bad and also black holes suck.... just to clarify in case this is thought of as hating Americans)

Clancy Sullivan · 10-19-2007, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

American joke... that group sucks!

DISCLAIMER
(because Americans use "sucks" to mean bad and also black holes suck.... just to clarify in case this is thought of as hating Americans)

Jugs · 10-19-2007, 06:07 AM

hehe I no read articles but luv

. So I vote for pies

Walker · 10-19-2007, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

It certainly would be interesting if they could make one, however, the black holes that suck in planets and light are created by collapsing stars, so I don't see how they could manage to make anything seriously dangerous. There isn't enough mass on the planet to make a full black hole and the sun is too far from us for it to be damaged. (of course, destroying earth would be pretty bad, but what I mean is that we think of black holes as these amazing forces of nature, capable of destroying all in their path, but those are created by stars. Anything created on Earth would be pretty unimpressive to the average person and are not going to suck anything of any size into them).

Sorry for the bad explanation and thank you for pointing me to some very interesting articles.

For anybody who is interested, here is the super collider I live a few minutes from

http://www.spring8.or.jp/en/?set_language=en&cl=en
and on google maps
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...&t=k&z=13&om=1
My town is at the top right, one page across

Some of the proposed disaster scenarios do seem a tad .. arrogant .. don't they?

Still. All those whiney Europeans in the forum and at the blog? They might be just about to go *poof*. Enjoy baiting us while you can.

I wonder if CERN's blog is full of zoMG sky is falling comments right now.

Joshua Nightshade · 10-19-2007, 08:20 AM

Who cares about the whiny Europeans; it'll take out the crazy Brazilians too.

Joannah Cramer · 10-19-2007, 09:08 AM

View Poll Results: Large Hadron Collider: Turn it on?
Yes, for SCIENCE!	47	62.67%
Wait, did you say it could destroy the planet??	19	25.33%
Large Hadron Pie	9	12.00%
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

10-19-2007, 12:08 AM	#27 (permalink)
Redhead La Vie Boheme It's all relative Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Salem Oregon Posts: 3,941 My Mood: SL Join Date: January 2005	The real misunderstanding here is that when scientists say "there is a small chance" that something will happen, it doesn't mean what normal people think it means. Tell a normal person that there is a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a percent chance that something might happen and they will say "it's impossible. That can't happen." A scientist will say "there is a small chance it will happen." The probability of the LCH destroying the Earth is less than the chance of you winning the lottery every day for the next year. Turn it on and don't lose any sleep. __________________ "Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words" Dorothy Parker. Maddie Blaustein: the very definition of wit.

10-19-2007, 12:14 AM	#28 (permalink)
ruby tuesday Banned Come sit on my lap. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,432 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 XBOX Leaderboard: 11^th	lets blow this bitch who wants to fuck before we go? __________________ "I don't know Ruby well and so I wouldn't until I knew her boundaries." "She has none." "I don't think that is quite correct - rather, they are infinitely expanding."

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Mukatsuku worried home Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: 兵庫、日本 Posts: 8,857 My Mood:	I live just a few kilometres from the current World's biggest particle accelerator. In Google Earth someone has marked it as "Frodo, I found the ring" Must actually visit it someday __________________ -- My Sims Exchange - http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/Mukatsuku My Photography/Graphics Design - http://www.zedpeejay.com Meet-me wiki - http://meetme-english.wetpaint.com

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cassidiJ emotional-lost-child Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: is padded Posts: 89 My Mood:	No one remembers the lesson of the Titanic it seems-which BTW was that it was considered unsinkable. Great arrogence does go... But as death wishes go this is pretty campy. __________________ consider that we are energy that escaped from a non-human realm now trying to return home.

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Clancy Sullivan Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 4,630 My Mood: Business: Rollerskating Awards: 1	Grady, you're definitely picking the wrong guy to Red bait for lack of SC loyalty.

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Tyche Shepherd Fortuna vitrea est enjoying the victor's spoils Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 5,474 My Mood: SL Join Date: 26th April 2007 Awards: 1	Hadron voices concern about collider switch on

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Clancy Sullivan Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 4,630 My Mood: Business: Rollerskating Awards: 1	Muka, because you live near a collider you would be the perfect person to join the newest doomsday society. Join now and I will let you run the organization in Japan and all of Asia.

10-19-2007, 06:07 AM	#47 (permalink)
Jugs Thru The Looking Glass Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 55 My Mood: SL Join Date: 8/11/07	hehe I no read articles but luv . So I vote for pies __________________ Hit me up for a match in any of my recent games......Send a invite...Giggles...prob have to send it thru sl though havent been on much.

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