Anyone else Geeky enough to watch LHC First Beam?

[Ego Archive]

CERN 9-10-2008, I'm considering being up at 1am local time to watch the webcast. Anyone else?

 

[blacklab]

You're gonna have to supply some more details.

 

[bernerbrau]

Large Hadron Collider.

They're looking for the Higgs Boson.

But there's also a slight chance of destroying the universe. I'll be damned if I sleep through that.

 

[bernerbrau]

This is the LHC:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM]YouTube - Large Hadron Rap[/ame]

 

[blacklab]

I googled it - looks pretty interesting. Just don't type 'google' into google and the universe is safe.

 

[blacklab]

that rap song is totally awesome.

 

[Ego Archive]

Hah, I hadn't seen the rap before, it's funny, a bit weak on explaining why Higgs Boson is so important, but good stuff none the less. Sorry about the throw away title with no explanation, I was leaving work.

I have a friend that pretty much ends every statement with "and destroying the Earth". when we *discuss the Collider "first beam". Really, it's not like a micro black hole created by the collision would be stable or anything.

Not that we sit around discussing the LHC...really!

 

[david_42]

But there's also a slight chance of destroying the universe.

No, here are hundreds of natural events in the power range and higher every day within the Earth (and Sun and planets). If small, stable black holes could be formed, they would have and there would not be a single planet or star in the universe.

 

[EvilTOJ]

There's a slight possibility that the damage would merely be limited to our own galaxy.



/obscure?

 

[bernerbrau]

Doc Brown, BTF2

 

[bernerbrau]

No, here are hundreds of natural events in the power range and higher every day within the Earth (and Sun and planets). If small, stable black holes could be formed, they would have and there would not be a single planet or star in the universe.

Apparently my tongue-in-cheek is busted.

 

[bashe]

There's a slight possibility that the damage would merely be limited to our own galaxy.



/obscure?

Lets hope they are not using a Delorean

 

[adrock]

To answer the OP's question.....No! Nobody else is geeky enough to watch that!

Now that I've got that settled, time to go dole out some swirlies to other nerds.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Anyone else notice that "Large Hadron Collider" is only one dyslexic slip away from yuck?

 

[bernerbrau]

Particle physicists just have a hadron for what they do.

 

[Ego Archive]

Anyone else notice that "Large Hadron Collider" is only one dyslexic slip away from yuck?

I guess there could be particle shedding with either....

 

[bernerbrau]

Now that I've got that settled, time to go dole out some swirlies to other nerds.

You joke, but have you ever been on the receiving end of a swirly? You don't forget that. Ever.

We'll see who has the last laugh when we nerds turn on the LHC and the miniature black holes kill everybody. Don't piss us off.

 

[Bokonon]

You joke, but have you ever been on the receiving end of a swirly? You don't forget that. Ever.

We'll see who has the last laugh when we nerds turn on the LHC and the miniature black holes kill everybody. Don't piss us off.

The prof said it best:

Damn straight! Today, the mad scientist can't get a doomsday device, tomorrow it's the mad grad student. Where will it end?

 

[adrock]

You joke, but have you ever been on the receiving end of a swirly? You don't forget that. Ever.

I have not been on the receiving end of a swirly. I was too busy being the epitome of coolness...Chemist!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Hey, look what they found, its a Higgs! http://news.discovery.com/space/higgs-boson-discovered-120702.html