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Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/7/2008 11:45:37 PM
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Zhi
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This is the week for the Large Hadron Collider to actually do a full beam circulation (September 10), though high-energy collisions aren't planned until October 21.
If you feel a rumble, you might turn on the TV and see if France is still there.
In honor of this great occasion, those who want to geek out with me might find the Large Hadron Rap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM) amusing. ;)
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/8/2008 8:45:24 AM
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Should be cool. I wish there was more interest in this among the general population.
-Dan.
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/9/2008 12:30:10 PM
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Have you ever seen geeks dance????
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/9/2008 1:51:35 PM
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Should be cool. I wish there was more interest in this among the general population.
-Dan.
Oh there will be plent of interest when half of Europe is leveled in the implosion created.
Thanks
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/9/2008 2:03:36 PM
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Should be cool. I wish there was more interest in this among the general population.
I think it's pretty fascinating, Dan, especially speculation about the collider opening micro-black holes which would immediately blink out.
But when you think that this machine is capable of punching very tiny holes in space-time, it's pretty mind-blowing.
I live very close to the Fermilab underground collider in Batavia, IL. So far, the world hasn't been sucked down a cosmic void.
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/9/2008 2:35:59 PM
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Have you ever seen geeks dance????
Well sure! Many geeks play Dance Dance Revolution.
My husband doesn't, but I do. He says it looks like a Thriller zombie trying to Riverdance.
But hey, high score!!!!
On the collider... if we can create miniature, sustainable, controllable black holes, the possibilities are limitless.
That's a long ways out though. At the moment, I'm just excited about whether or not they really find Higgs-Boson particles. I mean, if that theory turns out wrong, the entire physics discipline is going to be doing somersaults trying to find a new theory to explain the universe.
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/9/2008 2:41:49 PM
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Still time to check out "The Quiet Earth" and watch it one more time.
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/11/2008 3:57:31 AM
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They can use it for demolition purposes or 'massive landscaping But i too agree that we can play God much too much ..And in remote parts of california [desert] i'd like to see some mts. gone LOL but i am serious that we need to smell some roses.I would like to use one in the desert where i stay and wondering if they would mind if i borrowed it .They should use it for mining on Mars too.They should use them to change the soil chemistry of infertile areas too.
But i don't care if they do stuff with it or they shut it down as my life is not connected to how well they use it..
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/11/2008 8:06:27 AM
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But i don't care if they do stuff with it or they shut it down as my life is not connected to how well they use it..
You're probably right, but it could very well affect the lives of your kids or grandkids.
-Dan.
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RE: Large Hadron Collider turns on this week! - 9/11/2008 2:05:21 PM
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I am a little ticked at the media on this one. They have headlined articles about how dangerous "some people" think it is but... they don't quote one single mainstream scientist who is concerned. You know why, because there aren't any. The people who are objecting are not knowledgeable. They are conspiracy theorists.
It is unethical, IMO, and they (the media) are deliberately trying to stir up fear.
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