Moment of truth for CERN

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: sandorski
They are waiting for you Gordon.....down in the test chamber.

Here come the aliens!

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: HigherGround

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: So
Well, if the Planck Length is bigger than we think, we may all soon be dead.

No, no, no... the world doesn't end until 2012. Gawd.

by the time they get to their target energies, it will be 2012

Just so long as nobody tries to move the date up on me. I've got big plans.

 

[SSSnail]

Hmm... if they create a black hole that becomes unstable and suck up the Earth, I'm gonna have to kick some Frenchies arses.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: sandorski
They are waiting for you Gordon.....down in the test chamber.

Here come the aliens!

DHS recommends having a Helmet and Crowbar handy, just in case.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
why can't we spend all the money and figure out a way to make a new source of power. Something crazy like this but for the production of power...kinda like in spiderman.

Maybe the knowledge they gain from this will lead to a better understanding of the universe that allows the creation of a new source of power.

Me, I'd like to see just how much power we can extract from a source via quantum entanglement, then maybe build a space power station and transmit the power that way.
Of course, that will give everyone cancer.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Aww.. no love for the Large Hadron Collider?

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
why can't we spend all the money and figure out a way to make a new source of power. Something crazy like this but for the production of power...kinda like in spiderman.

ITER begins construction in France next year. The NIF here is supposed to go online in 2010.

There are many concurrent fusion projects/research programs going on all over the world.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
why can't we spend all the money and figure out a way to make a new source of power. Something crazy like this but for the production of power...kinda like in spiderman.

Maybe the knowledge they gain from this will lead to a better understanding of the universe that allows the creation of a new source of power.

Me, I'd like to see just how much power we can extract from a source via quantum entanglement, then maybe build a space power station and transmit the power that way.
Of course, that will give everyone cancer.

Grey goo.

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: KB
When they fire it up they are going to get a resonance cascade and open a wormhole to Xen.

I hope there is a guy named Gordon Freeman working there....just in case

 

[So]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN

Originally posted by: KB
When they fire it up they are going to get a resonance cascade and open a wormhole to Xen.

I hope there is a guy named Gordon Freeman working there....just in case

Yeah, because that really worked out for everyone...

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Hmm... if they create a black hole that becomes unstable and suck up the Earth, I'm gonna have to kick some Frenchies arses.

If they create a black hole it'll evaporate in less than a nanosecond.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: HigherGround

Originally posted by: ElFenix
bah, it should be us doing that, not the euros. stupid democrats.

huh? I worked for one of the colliders for several years and it was the Bush administration that did the most damage.

We are going to mars!!!!

Actually, the SSC was canceled under Clinton:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider

Hmmm? Seems like somebody didn't get past the first few paragraphs...

The project was canceled by Congress in 1993.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: marketsons1985

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: HigherGround

Originally posted by: ElFenix
bah, it should be us doing that, not the euros. stupid democrats.

huh? I worked for one of the colliders for several years and it was the Bush administration that did the most damage.

We are going to mars!!!!

Actually, the SSC was canceled under Clinton:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider

Yeah, but Clinton tried to save it.

However, in 1993, Clinton attempted to prevent the cancellation by requesting that Congress continue "to support this important and challenging effort" through completion because "abandoning the SSC at this point would signal that the United States is compromising its position of leadership in basic science..." [2]

Everyone knows that Clinton was a snake who spoke using two tongues.

Congress under Clinton was the best of both worlds. Fiscally conservative congress, liberal President. In some things they cut too much, but in others not enough. I do agree that them cutting this project was a huge mistake, it put the US in 2nd place (or worse).

Then the idea to not fund our own major fusion project was even worse.

We had to go pay for a stupid war instead of putting us into 1st place in science.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Hmm... if they create a black hole that becomes unstable and suck up the Earth, I'm gonna have to kick some Frenchies arses.

If they create a black hole it'll evaporate in less than a nanosecond.

What if it doesn't and propagate?

 

[Newfie]

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Hmm... if they create a black hole that becomes unstable and suck up the Earth, I'm gonna have to kick some Frenchies arses.

If they create a black hole it'll evaporate in less than a nanosecond.

What if it doesn't and propagate?

I have a better chance with Halle Berry then for that to happen

edit: to clarify

 

[TallBill]

I've been to the one at Fermi lab several times. #2 now behind cern

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Newfie

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Hmm... if they create a black hole that becomes unstable and suck up the Earth, I'm gonna have to kick some Frenchies arses.

If they create a black hole it'll evaporate in less than a nanosecond.

What if it doesn't and propagate?

I have a better chance with Halle Berry then for that to happen

edit: to clarify

Even if it did last, what damage would it do? It's not like it would "swallow" the earth in a few seconds, or years, or centuries...

 

[Toastedlightly]

Haha.. I just noticed your sig Dr. Pizza. Awesome.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
What are the practical applications of this knowledge? This is indeed really cool, mind blowing really, but it seems like the world has quite a few problems that could use the benefit of the money that went into building the collider

There is science, and then there is engineering. Science makes the big theoretical discoveries (nuclear fission), engineering applies the theory (nuclear power plant, nuclear bomb, etc). Unfortunately, most people don't realize this, and thus theoretical science doesn't get as much support.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
What are the practical applications of this knowledge? This is indeed really cool, mind blowing really, but it seems like the world has quite a few problems that could use the benefit of the money that went into building the collider

There will always be problems. Should we stop all progress in every field and wait until all the world's problems are gone?

That wouldn't be too smart.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: Mo0o
What are the practical applications of this knowledge? This is indeed really cool, mind blowing really, but it seems like the world has quite a few problems that could use the benefit of the money that went into building the collider

There is science, and then there is engineering. Science makes the big theoretical discoveries (nuclear fission), engineering applies the theory (nuclear power plant, nuclear bomb, etc). Unfortunately, most people don't realize this, and thus theoretical science doesn't get as much support.

And without pure science, we'd probably still be living in caves, and unable to consistently produce fire. Pure science helps push the boundaries of what our species can accomplish. Projects like this, and like NASA/JPL can serve as technology breeders. Technological spinoffs can come from such programs, which find their way into consumer-level markets.

 

[IronWing]

A mouse just popped out of my large hadron collider.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: ironwing
A mouse just popped out of my large hadron collider.

The thought of a mouse being rocketed through those coils at relativistic speeds, followed by a high-speed collision makes me smile for some odd reason.

I think colliding that much mass at high speed would cause a pretty significant explosion.