Hannah Shucksmith Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 The page could easily be as fake as that supposed BBC news website that stated Hotmail users would start being charged. Anyway, if it happens, it happens. Tough luck (:Ahh well, means I won't have to hand in my biggg essay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 The world wont end, but if it does, at least the french go first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 The page could easily be as fake as that supposed BBC news website that stated Hotmail users would start being charged.That page was real7 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 The world wont end, but if it does, at least the frencd go firstIf that happens, i will die a happy man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 So if we can smash an particle and get a little something more than quarks out, a revolution in contemorary thinking wll emerge.I hate that - not a very elegant way of going about things is it - just see if you can get a bigger hammer and smash it into a smaller bit ? It is a little disturbing though that people predict this sort of thing ... I imagine that if the mini black holes did persist it would all be over instantaneously - makes you wonder ... rowly ?Anyway we are clearly safe - we havent had the second coming yet ..... oh wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 If you can stroke a proton until all its little parts come out then be my guest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted September 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 The world wont end, but if it does, at least the frencd go firstExactly what a work mate of mine said today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Swindlehurst Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 im goin to have nightmares 'Kin Great stuffJust read it all sound interstinghow will the black holes be created? and then dissapeare? f**K nosanyway the results will be good to find out hopefully we wont die danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Pearson Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 The world wont end, but if it does, at least the french go firstBy something close to 0.0001 of a second, and in a black hole even that would be relative to.... damnit, this is where I need Dave Marshall again....On a serious note, other than the concept of exploration and discovery, what actual practical applications does this £4.4 billion jackhammer have in the real world? I mean, sure, its cool and all, but couldn't we have cured a few diseases before we went chasing quarks with with the defecit of 20 different nations? Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 (edited) The amount of energy that is in transfer there will lead to almost black holes but the energy isnt sustained so they will effectively collapse as soon as the collison is finished. Thus why while black holes are being created, they wont lead to any end of the world situationsEDIT: In answer to rich's question, yeah there are alot of things taht the money could have been spent on but this isnt just cool, there may be applications of this stuff, in the way that when particles were discovered there was loads of new things developed. Edited September 1, 2008 by Has anyone seen my shoe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Or we could just collide the chavs at rediculous high speeds and say we were doing it for science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 (edited) 70mph head on with another corsa metro should do it. Edited September 1, 2008 by Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Or we could just collide the chavs at rediculous high speeds and say we were doing it for sciencePlausible. You could say you were looking for the parts which make up basic life forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Or we could just collide the chavs at rediculous high speeds and say we were doing it for scienceOr get Hendrix to drive in front of them in his Volvo for long enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 70mph rear on with a volvo should do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I knew this topic would come up, and I somehow knew 'The Sun' would turn it into some scare tactic.If Stephen Hawkings it to be believed, blackholes do not gather mass; and so it will not get bigger - nore will it suck everything into it. This experiment will examine theory; 'the end of the world' is one theory of course but its not certain to happen, hell, it might not do anything at all!Another threory (coming from someone with more experience and education than a Sun journo) is that if something did happen, it would happen for an absolute nano second. However, doing this experiment they will be sending tetrabytes of data all over the world every nanosecond - making this one of the biggest data projects the world has ever seen.I don't think they would produce a 'turn on date' to the public and make it official. I'm sure a lot of hippies would go out their way to destroy the experiment...Don't believe everything you read; especially in the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Or get Hendrix to drive in front of them in his Volvo for long enough... While playing a blistering guitar solo in a mini studio that was custom built for his car by the guys that made slash's hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 The guitar is actually made from his Boxx, that's why he can't show it to us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Ahh well, means I won't have to hand in my biggg essay.500 words can be a killer can't it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I think this is good news. Finally there'll be a concrete line drawn under Princess Diana's death. There'll be no more grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Another threory (coming from someone with more experience and education than a Sun journo) is that if something did happen, it would happen for an absolute nano second. However, doing this experiment they will be sending tetrabytes of data all over the world every nanosecond - making this one of the biggest data projects the world has ever seen.people think its what future internet will head this way. since so much data needs to be examined for the project normal internet connections is far too slow. and they would need far more than a few buildings of computers to analyse the data.i feel safe since stephen hawking told us so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 i feel safe since stephen hawking told us so.And you feel unsafe because The Sun told you so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I think Stephen Hawking is a government scam. I mean, if he died, and got replaced with a robot, you wouldn't notice would you? And then they can get him to spout out all the rubbish they want. Hawking is no more than a computer controlled droid - a puppet, if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 (edited) If you can stroke a proton until all its little parts come out then be my guest. What about stroking a hadron and making something come out?On a serious note, other than the concept of exploration and discovery, what actual practical applications does this £4.4 billion jackhammer have in the real world? I mean, sure, its cool and all, but couldn't we have cured a few diseases before we went chasing quarks with with the defecit of 20 different nations?An understanding of funtamental physics will lead to things being invented, based on that understanding. It might lead to better computers, and other things requiring really small parts, etc, but really at the minute it's just for 'shits and giggles', accumulating an understanding which might have practical use in the future.As for should the money have been spent... we should definitely not wait until *all* of the worlds problems are solved before looking into this stuff. Besides, the project:- increases diplomatic stability across 20 nations- will produce results (either confirming or not confirming the higgs boson at certain energy levels)- and was able to be budgetted accurately (money and time)These are all plus points which attract funding. Unfortunately throwing money after curing diseases is not like this. Edited September 2, 2008 by Extreme_biker0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamness™ Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I just discovered today that if we converted the Earth's mass, including everything on the planet at the moment, into a black hole it would be roughly the size of a pea. Lets see how big there one is with some protons and anti protons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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