Comments on: LHC First Particle Beams Collision Doesn’t Obliterate World, Universe

By: Toby

Toby — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:20 +0000

Actually the TEVatron, so called because it collides protons at up to 1 TEV, has been doing this for years. We will have to wait until the LHC really gets going before those nuts will be satisfied. Worth every penny!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-mc2-Should-Care/dp/0306817586/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevatron

By: Ricardo.s

Ricardo.s — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:50:36 +0000

I like Salt . Does this make me a bad person?

By: Diavoli

Diavoli — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:11 +0000

Thats amazing! Last night I blacked out at about 8:35 and I saw myself observing the glittering remnants of a gamma ray burst in the constellation of Leo. When I awoke I had a splitting headache and a feeling of nausea…… and I’d spilled what was left of the vodka bottle over my lap.

By: John McDade

John McDade — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:38:26 +0000

Thank you to the haters. I was being lighthearted about the whole thing. So here lies the problem with the world. Perhaps the collider will find a solution as to why when someone posts a comment about a blog – a comment which held no serious opinion – and then is slated by over zealous sycophants. Fingers crossed.

By: Shaune

Shaune — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:50 +0000

this is not something we should be messing with, quantum physicis is something we do not understand and messing with sub muleculer structures is never wise on earth. but to do this on another dead planet or in the mids of space is entirly different. my thery is space is streched and not srunk to a finite point in a black hole, if things go wrong then u will notice objects moving towords the hidron colider, one of the most safest places could be in a sub power station.

By: OtherMike

OtherMike — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:54:42 +0000

How do we know the universe didn’t end, just very slowly and everything we are experiencing is actually unfolding in a single moment in time like the bit at the end of The Third Policeman? How would we know? Or perhaps time is hurtling ahead so that the heat death of the Universe happens in about three weeks

By: AJIrving

AJIrving — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:36:02 +0000

I think John McDade needs to be corrected on a couple of ponits. Firstly, although the LHC did cost billions to build, it was an internationally funded project that cost each tax payer in this country the minisule sum of 50p each. Bearing in mind how much each of us pays in taxes each year, 50p is an insignificant sum to pay for gaining a greater understanding of the universe and everything in it.

It’s hardly been a pointless endeavour either and if you’d like to maintain that opinion, I’d advise you to express it on a format other than the internet seeing as the World Wide Web, was created at CERN by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Calliau in a protype form know as ENQUIRE. We have already seen some fruits of this fantastic experiment and I for one cannot wait to see how our knowledge will be massively expanded by this highly vital work.

By: david higenbottam

david higenbottam — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:35:48 +0000

Hooray for the unbounded quest for understanding. Surely it is what our brains our for. Otherwise we would still be living like monkeys!

By: Graeme

Graeme — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:32:21 +0000

Stuart Jones – agree with you. If we’re not curious about the universe and trying to find out as much about it as possible then what’s the point of being here. We may as well just sit around and graze like animals.

John McDade – you are an idiot.

By: Jenny Vuong

Jenny Vuong — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:13:35 +0000

if the world did end, i wouldnt have known =]