Anyway, one-way protons don't smash into each other, so there's no danger of creating a black hole or other weirdness.
That we know of!!!
Dun Don DUNNNNNN!!!
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
Inara ,'Serenity'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 10, 2008 5:10:36 am PDT #8034 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Lee - Sep 10, 2008 5:11:01 am PDT #8035 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I ended up tivoing Fringe anyway, and I think if I keep watching, that's going to be the best thing for me, since I can fast forward through the gross parts. The stuff in the lab didn't bother me though--only the stuff before that.
I like Joshua Jackson a lot too- he's a cutie.
Gudanov - Sep 10, 2008 5:12:24 am PDT #8036 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
LHC Day!!
Today they just launched protons one way around the collider, to make sure that...well, I don't know what. To make sure it worked? To make sure there were no bumps that made the protons trip?
Yeah, they just made a complete circuit of the 17 miles of superconducting magnets. It's an amazingly complex and huge machine.
Trudy Booth - Sep 10, 2008 5:18:45 am PDT #8037 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
ION, I'm going to marry Garrison Keillor. [link]
Gudanov - Sep 10, 2008 5:18:58 am PDT #8038 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Immediate destruction doesn't seem to be on the agenda, but who knows - maybe we'll get pulled into a black hole REALLLLLY SLOWWWWWWLLLLY.
I believe that if a black hole got created and if Hawking was wrong about Hawking radiation, it would still be so small that the Sun would engulf the Earth before it could gain enough mass to be a problem. Black holes with super teeny tiny mass would have ultra super teeny tiny gravity.
Trudy Booth - Sep 10, 2008 5:23:07 am PDT #8039 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Teeny tiny black holes? You could SO market those.
Jessica - Sep 10, 2008 5:23:38 am PDT #8040 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
To make sure it worked? To make sure there were no bumps that made the protons trip?
There was an incident on a previous particle accelerator where someone had sabotaged it by putting a couple of empty beer bottles in the tunnel. So they need to make sure nothing like that is going on in this one before they turn it on for real.
Jessica - Sep 10, 2008 5:26:09 am PDT #8041 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I believe that if a black hole got created and if Hawking was wrong about Hawking radiation, it would still be so small that the Sun would engulf the Earth before it could gain enough mass to be a problem. Black holes with super teeny tiny mass would have ultra super teeny tiny gravity.
Yeah, according to an ex-coworker's husband who is working on the LHC (she's an ex-coworker because he got this job and they moved to Switzerland), it would take something on the order of 5 or 6 billion years before the black holes created in the LHC became a problem.
Gudanov - Sep 10, 2008 5:29:28 am PDT #8042 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Trudy Booth - Sep 10, 2008 5:33:01 am PDT #8043 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
McCain's campaign said Obama's remarks were offensive and a slap at Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin -- despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton's.