The end of the world is nigh.

[Mr Merde]

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

[Winston001]

I'm fascinated by this project but wonder why it has attracted so much attention? All good IMHO because pure science tends to be pretty much ignored by the media generally.

CERN (The European Organisation for Nuclear Research) which built and runs the LHC was established in 1954. In 1989 the Large Electron-Positron collider was completed being the largest electron-positron accelerator ever built with a circumference of 27 km (16.8 miles). That is what the LHC uses.

So, the huge under-ground ring was actually completed 19 years ago and at that time was the largest engineering work ever completed in Europe - prior to the Chunnel.

The LHC is the biggest machine ever built - but the media reports completely overlook the fact the tunnel already existed and is a piece of remarkable engineering in itself.

Now - how about a bit of a look at the fusion reactor in France - http://www.iter.org/

[Mr Merde]

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

[imdying]

So...after all this time, planning and money it turns out that nothing really happens when the thing is switched on...will that prove the theory wrong...or does it just mean that the machine doesn't work...how would you know?

Well, it's still an if, but if it doesn't do what they hope, it'll merely prove the theory wrong (or as I understand it a large branch of what they call 'New Physics' or something like that). They obviously think that's worth spending serious coin to work out, so presumably someone smart knows what's going on

[Winston001]

So...after all this time, planning and money it turns out that nothing really happens when the thing is switched on...will that prove the theory wrong...or does it just mean that the machine doesn't work...how would you know?

Ok, if the collisions don't slow down the particles, then there is no Higgs-Boson which means......hmmmm, no gravity created, which upsets the current quantuum model. So as Hawking says, no Higgs is exciting cos that means physicists are wrong and have to look in new directions.

At the heart of the matter, we don't know why or how gravity exists. It may be a type of glue at the quantuum level but so far there isn't a particle which explains it. The Higgs-Boson is thought to be the answer, acting like molasses to slow down all other particles and thus making them heavy.

[chrisso]

Well the world didnt end.Bugger. better luck next time Theoretical Physicist boffins

[idb]

Ok, if the collisions don't slow down the particles, then there is no Higgs-Boson which means......hmmmm, no gravity created, which upsets the current quantuum model. So as Hawking says, no Higgs is exciting cos that means physicists are wrong and have to look in new directions.

At the heart of the matter, we don't know why or how gravity exists. It may be a type of glue at the quantuum level but so far there isn't a particle which explains it. The Higgs-Boson is thought to be the answer, acting like molasses to slow down all other particles and thus making them heavy.

Maybe it just means that there's no such thing as gravity...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Maybe it just means that there's no such thing as gravity...

Yeah gravity is a myth the earth sux

[idb]

Yeah gravity is a myth the earth sux

Or the earth is flat so everything just sits on it anyway...

[Mr Merde]

Or the earth is flat so everything just sits on it anyway...

Except for the 4 elephants on the back of the turtle swimming through space

[Winston001]

Except for the 4 elephants on the back of the turtle swimming through space

Gad. I think we have a breakthrough. The Higgs-Boson is in fact..............THE LUGGAGE

[Mr Merde]

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8...olliderme5.png

[Ixion]

And now someone has hacked the computer controlling the thing. I wonder if my travel insurance covers black hole voyaging?

[pyrocam]

recentish news.

A LHC Scientist Terrorist has been Arrested in France
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, said French officials arrested the man on Thursday in south-east France for suspected al-Qaeda links.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...st-france.html

Even the Universe doesnt want the LHC to work
" like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/sc...3lhc.html?_r=2

LHC coming back online, currently operating at colder than deep space
Officials now plan to circulate a beam around the LHC in the second half of November. Engineers will then aim to smash low-intensity beams together, giving scientists their first data.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8309875.stm

Most importantly http://www.Blackholebunker.com has a limited new stock get in quick they will sell out fast! and now sells hoodies too.
http://www.blackholebunker.com/

[Winston001]

Cheers for the update, I'd been thinking about posting the Universe won't let the LHC run stuff. Pretty wild but the trouble is the guys who suggest this are respected physicists and have the maths to back it up. Maybe the Universe doesn't want the Higgs Boson to appear at this time......