CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Goes Live 10th Sept 08

[j26]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

For those that don't know what it's all about

 

[Rhosfelt]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Back-up dancers:

prefer anonymity.

I like it. Bookmarked. I "particularly" liked the chorus.

 

[bigandy]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

I've made that my homepage.

 

[OutThere]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

Haha good one.

I'll be sure let you guys know if I get sucked into a black hole, as I'm relatively near by the machine.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Do you have any surgical steel in you??

Because this thing will make an MRI look like a fridge magnet.

 

[Doctor Q]

According to some physicists, the LHC can operate at high enough energies to generate mini-black holes. However, the vast majority of particle physicists say there is no need for alarm. If any should be created, they should evaporate quickly.

I added the bold because that's the funny part. Particle physicists are so used to qualifying what they say (because new research can always cause today's theories to change) that they can't give us more confidence than "should". As if we'll make them eat their words if the planet is destroyed!

According to some physicists, the LHC can operate at high enough energies to generate mini-black holes. However, the vast majority of particle physicists say there is no need for alarm. If any should be created, they should evaporate quickly.

Even funnier... The sentence is ambiguous. It could be saying that if any particle physicists are created, they should evaporate quickly!

 

[r.j.s]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

That's awesome.

 

[Schtumple]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

Gave me a good ol' belly laugh right there, and I'm trying to keep quiet...

 

[Rhosfelt]

Gave me a good ol' belly laugh right there, and I'm trying to keep quiet...

That's awesome.

Haha good one.

I'll be sure let you guys know if I get sucked into a black hole, as I'm relatively near by the machine.

I've made that my homepage.

I has a win!

I remember reading that it would take a week or two for the "black holes" to show up, anyone else remember this?

edit: found it, says "months"

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/

 

[Cromulent]

Hadron Collider at CERN started without hitch

Just watched this being turned on live. Completed the full loop without incidence, probably the most exciting scientific achievement since the moon landing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7604293.stm

 

[cristo]

I has a win!

I remember reading that it would take a week or two for the "black holes" to show up, anyone else remember this?

edit: found it, says "months"

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/

Indeed: the first protons are not going to be collided until around the end of October.

 

[saxman]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

Nice. I didn't hear a big boom or anything, so I guess we survived?

 

[noaccess]

The webcast sure was fun.

Kept tweaking things for an hour before I gave up. And then just left the flash version on my screen for another three, and when I returned it was still loading.

I wanted to see it all live so bad...

 

[localoid]

The logo on Google's homepage today...

 

[iShater]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

Love it. Been checking it regularly since my buddy sent it to me earlier today.

 

[Doctor Q]

Nice. I didn't hear a big boom or anything, so I guess we survived?

No we didn't. By the way, hello from the other side.

 

[iShater]

The whole hoopla about it reminded me of Half Life.

 

[sushi]

One thing I've wondered is why is it built so far underground? Is it to limit the potential problems (lightning, terrorist attack etc)?

Guessing for stability of the structure.

With it built into the Earth, it is easier to maintain alignment of the parts.

By having the LHC so far underground, the rock acts as a radiation shield. Not only does it stop natural radiation affecting the experiment, but it also prevents radiation produced at the LHC from entering the atmosphere.

That too.

Everyone within 10 miles will loose their pocket change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

For those that don't know what it's all about

Funny video.

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

Ha ha!

The logo on Google's homepage today...

Cool.

No we didn't. By the way, hello from the other side.

Still here in Japan as well.

 

[Schtumple]

I thought this would be pretty relevant http://dvice.com/archives/2008/09/exploring_the_l.php

New wallpapers anyone?

 

[ismoker]

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

I check every two minutes.

do i get to see it change to the other answer if it happens?
hehe

 

[JW8725]

1.What element(s) do the protons come from?

2.How are the accelerated?

Thanks

 

[cristo]

1.What element(s) do the protons come from?

2.How are the accelerated?

Thanks

1. Hydrogen

2. The LHC has many superconducting magnets around the tube which accelerate and focus the beam. Note that the LHC doesn't accelerate the protons from rest, though. There are a series of "synchrotrons" which accelerate the proton beam, each machine giving the beam an extra boost, until it is finally shot into the LHC where it is accelerated up to its final energy.

 

[JW8725]

1. Hydrogen

2. The LHC has many superconducting magnets around the tube which accelerate and focus the beam. Note that the LHC doesn't accelerate the protons from rest, though. There are a series of "synchrotrons" which accelerate the proton beam, each machine giving the beam an extra boost, until it is finally shot into the LHC where it is accelerated up to its final energy.

ah ha penny drops! Cheers mate.

The live feed is up now by the way:

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

 

[sushi]

The live feed is up now by the way:

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

Funny.

I am not worried in the slightest.