The end of the world is nigh.

[riffer]

I'm curious. What exactly can you do with a Higgs Boson?

[Ixion]

I wonder what that loose wire at the top rear of the closeup is supposed to be connected to? And would it make a difference if it shorted across to that OTHER wire?

And I reckon Pvt Higgs ought to be put on a month's stoppages for losing his Boson.

[moT]

I'm curious. What exactly can you do with a Higgs Boson?

if they find it they can study it and crush the tirrany of the church and make faster more fuel efficient motorcycles

[Mikkel]

Shiiiit! look at that bloody thing- i'm no theorist but something that could possibly fu*k the planet when "tested" should not really be built, as if the Taliban weren't enough....all in the name of science though so that's ok......

Yeah, it's terrible. All these horrible things being done in the name of science. Why waste all of that money on such infernal devices? Surely everything was better in the olden days...

I'm curious. What exactly can you do with a Higgs Boson?

Not a lot. But I think that they just want to see one to begin with actually...

if they find it they can study it and crush the tirrany of the church and make faster more fuel efficient motorcycles

Probably something more along the lines of 'oh, cool - the detected presence of a Higg's Boson following this collision supports theory X which in turn supports theory Y which might bring us one little step closer to a GUT.'
Pretty unexciting if you aren't into it

[Trouser]

With all the building and assembly and carry on they could have cut the wires to length.

[moT]

All very interesting but I'd like to know if a black hole opens up, does that mean my mortgage is zeroed out, or I still have to pay it off?

i dunno but i think all our insurance policys will be void

[mstriumph]

in August we can all kiss our arses goodbye.

..... the bloody French .....

[Coyote]

Black holes have been created before in smaller particle accelerators. That's how they found out about Hawking radiation after the black holes disappeared.

[McJim]

So that's what a collapsing hrung is!

[R6_kid:Me]

Think of all the money they could have saved if they all just tripped out on LSD once and a while...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

looking at that picture.... they have wired it up wrong... the proton accelarator shouldn't be connected directly to the magnetic core oh and the blue cable should go to the blue connection so the other blue cable goes.. oh never mind...

[Oakie]

i dunno but i think all our insurance policys will be void

I'm sure I chose the option on my home and contents policy to includes black holes.
*goes to ring AMI to check*

[Conquiztador]

Wonder what their power bill is going to look like.

Did you know they (CERN) invented the WWW? Bet you didn't.

Wow!! The things you learn Had no idea they were in to wrestling!!

[Oakie]

With all the building and assembly and carry on they could have cut the wires to length.

I think all the cables have to be the same length so electrickery is delivered at precisely the same time across the whole thing, kind of like in the trigger device of a nuclear bomb ... hmmm, 'like a nuclear bomb...'

[Xaria]

John Ringos Sci Fi book, Into the Looking Glass actually has this machine. Awesome read if anyone is interested.