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- fkr3, on 04/04/2008, -3/+101Actual source:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13555-partic ...
Gizmodo once again contribute nothing, this time on a subject more complicated than whether or not they think a phone is purdy. They're edumacated now! - fluidfoundation, on 04/04/2008, -3/+79It will just turn the earth into a large sperm whale and the moon into a bowl of petunias.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -1/+69I'm hoping for some Black Mesa style action!
- skoober, on 04/04/2008, -3/+45Its cool, I've already stocked up on 13Kg bags of rice and some spare water.
If it happens, i'm ready. - SevenTwo, on 04/04/2008, -2/+39Nothing a crowbar can't fix.
- BigManOnCampus, on 04/04/2008, -2/+39Thus... the joke that he was trying to make...
yeah, you killed it. - inactive, on 08/28/2008, -0/+25i'll get my crowbar ready just in case
- captainkeene, on 04/04/2008, -0/+24No thanks. I'll just have my towel.
- delmar14, on 04/04/2008, -2/+25that sounds like some creationist-style logic to me.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -1/+22Oh no, not again!
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -0/+20note who submitted it.
- eliot2000, on 04/04/2008, -1/+21Yeah! plus, it takes at least a 50 Kg bag of rice to plug up a black hole. Maybe if he soaked it in the water, because then it would expand.
- LarryLacuna, on 04/04/2008, -0/+17If it does destroy the world it's not like anybody will be around to say, "I told you so".
- karmakanic, on 04/04/2008, -0/+17It's okay. Switzerland is a neutral country, so nothing that happens there will have any effect on positively- or negatively-charged particles.
- Pillage, on 04/04/2008, -0/+14If we could only understand why you thought this, it is accepted that we will have a better understanding of the universe.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -9/+23"It's their machine, they designed it and they've been telling everyone for a while that their research shows it's safe."
Well, they've got an interest in saying that, don't they? I certainly wouldn't spend umpty-billion dollars on a machine and then say, "There is a *slight* chance of... um, apocalypse." Not unless that's why I'd built it in the first place. - scooterbaga, on 04/04/2008, -11/+24Isn't the whole reason to build the thing to get results they haven't gotten before? Essentially this means they really don't/can't know what will actually happen, right?
...So thinking that this thing will destroy the world/universe isn't completely stupid... just mostly stupid. - anyone4apint, on 04/04/2008, -6/+19Beavis: uhuhuhuhuhuhu Large Hardon collider
Butthead: uhuhuhuh Hardon
Beavis: uuhuhuhuhhu Large Hardon
Butthead: uhuhuhuhh Hardon - eclectro, on 04/04/2008, -2/+14The're only morons up to the point that the unexpected event horizon developes.
- cap11235, on 04/04/2008, -0/+12Ah, I see that you've read my autobiography.
- bittie, on 04/04/2008, -0/+11Prepare for Unforeseen Consequences....
- KaiUno, on 04/04/2008, -0/+11Resonance cascade ftw! *grabs his crowbar*
- imitokay, on 04/04/2008, -0/+11That like saying that you can't know what happens when you walk down a road you've never been on ...
The exception is that you can predict to a certain (acceptable ) degree of accuracy what will happen givin your past experiences
Id rather be on the side of acceptable degrees - Drahkir, on 04/04/2008, -1/+11That's exactly what I was thinking while reading the article. Not that I know anything about this kind of research; unlike most digg users who most assuredly do, since they're all ex-snipers that can code in six different languages and are psych majors at an undisclosed Ivy League school. I can only assume that would explain the preemptive insult in the title to anyone who may doubt their claims.
- jmgarrison, on 04/04/2008, -6/+16Okay, am I the only one who read that as "hardon" ?
- DemonWasp, on 04/04/2008, -0/+10I'm not sure where you get "pseudo-scientists" from; these are very real scientists, with publicly published data. There is independent confirmation in the scientific community (which is notoriously hateful and spiteful towards the success of others) that LHC isn't going to destroy us.
Secondly, while the LHC is very exciting, it is not a toy. It's not a toy in the same sense that a high-end server, or carrier is not a toy - it's a tool, and a powerful one. - Puppetfunk, on 04/04/2008, -0/+10Won't it be hilarious if they're wrong?
- delmar14, on 04/04/2008, -1/+11That would put you at a decided advantage if the world was swallowed up by a black hole...
In other words, I hope you kept that receipt. - RepoOne, on 04/04/2008, -0/+10"We've assured the administrator that nothing will go wrong."
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -1/+11and if it did happen, would that really be such a bad thing? looks like a win/win to me. scientific discovery or an end to the world. I'm happy either way
- Anfidurl, on 04/04/2008, -0/+9Well at least they didn't spell it "Large HARDON Collider" like the New York Times did...
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -2/+11i kind of imagine that thousands of scientists wouldnt want to build a machine they thought would destroy the earth.
i just pray to jesus that ignorant retards dont delay/prevent the opening of LHC - lucutus, on 04/04/2008, -0/+9This is just so depressing
- jocnnor, on 04/04/2008, -0/+9Eh...it's only a side effect. It will wear off.
- Privil3g3, on 04/04/2008, -0/+9"super collide-er...but I just met her"
*robotic applause* - inactive, on 04/04/2008, -0/+8Ahhh! Woooh! What's happening? Who am I? Why am I here? What's my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I?
- JohnFrum, on 04/04/2008, -0/+8Morons to CERN, have you not played Half Life?
Trust us, this is bad. - alittleroy101, on 04/04/2008, -0/+8please please give me a link to that, that sounds amazing.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -0/+8Most of the problem here is probably that scientists are very reluctant to EVER say something is "not possible." Especially with quantum mechanics, there's a possibility that the universe could collapse on itself, but the LHC makes it more possible than at any other point in time by an insignificant amount. Until we develop accelerators capable of generating energies higher than we have already observed from cosmic rays it's not really a concern.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -1/+9So I bought a crowbar for nothing? =(
- theuniversal, on 04/04/2008, -0/+8"The LHC is actually designed to probe the boundaries of physics, and while a 2003 safety study did conceed that micro black holes or magnetic monopoles may be formed, they would be short-lived and offer no threat."
I'm not saying it's unsafe. But for those concerned, this statement doesn't help in the least. - Pinkertinkle, on 04/04/2008, -0/+7Hopefully the aliens only infest Europe.
- wolfofwar, on 04/04/2008, -1/+8Sortof like the pride of those working on the Manhatten project took second place when they theoretically proposed the slight possibility of a never ending chain of atomic splits that would engulf the entire earth and bring upon it's destruction?
- Harabeck, on 04/04/2008, -0/+7Nah, its because they didnt want to spend the money on it. The sad thing is, the money were throwing at Iraq could easily pay for it...
- fkr3, on 04/04/2008, -0/+6You (or Gizmodo if you're not one of their minimum wage content regurgitators or "editors" roflmfao) do the least possible to give credit for a story. Why don't you do something for your readers for a change and actually cite ***** properly, and maybe even put relevant links throughout your articles? Relevant being linking to the actual ***** you're talking about instead of some other piece of crap "article" you chumps spewed out. CERN doesn't get a link anywhere in this article, but your piece of crap about searching for the force does? You manage not to even link to wikipedia in an article where you copy & pasted technical jargon 90% of your readers won't be familiar with.
You guys are pitiful. Anyone who supports this all too popular model of minimising outbound links to maximise ad impressions is also pitiful.
Usability gets the shaft because some genius figured readers might accumulate a few more ad impressions looking around on the site for some relevant content - that they'll eventually realise they have to go to Google to find. The saddest part is how much these blogs need digg yet still try to gouge the readers... their articles that don't get on the front page of digg are lucky if they get a couple thousand views, the articles that do get front paged get 15 - 30 thousand. And people keep on digging this ridiculous practice. - Pillage, on 04/04/2008, -0/+6that machine was built to run Crysis on its highest resolution.....
- WolverineBlue, on 04/04/2008, -0/+6Protip: they're both 0
- DaviDTC, on 04/04/2008, -2/+8I cant wait until it does destroy the earth cause I want to hear their excuse then. Do you think a simple "oops" will do?
- absurdist, on 04/04/2008, -1/+7Isn't it time for your nap or something?
- imitokay, on 04/04/2008, -0/+6I hope it turns you into pie.
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