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- roflcawpter, on 10/11/2007, -0/+103You know that, it's disgusting that things like Paris Hilton can make the news, when we have technology and things like this being built.
Seriously, when was the last time you heard CERN mentioned on any major news outlet? I'm ***** losing faith in our media... - iRoy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+85"...people both inside and outside of the physics community have voiced concern that the LHC might trigger one of several theoretical disasters capable of destroying the Earth or even our entire Universe" -Wikipedia
Awesome! - mcdaddy1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+42The media reports what people are interested in. They are a business. If you want to educate people go start your own media company with your own set of principles.
People do give a ***** about paris hilton and other stupid *****. What do you find people reading at the Barnes and Nobles....people always flock toward the magazine section reading People, Maxim and other stupid *****, not Scientific American or Harpers.
So you should be losing faith in your fellow citizens, not faith in the media. The media is simply a reflection of the public. - maheshee11, on 10/11/2007, -4/+44Awesome!
- scabbers, on 10/11/2007, -1/+35That thing has "Black Mesa incident" written all over it.
- geekchic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31I had the pleasure of a visit to CERN when most of this stuff was being assembled above ground - amazing to see the size of the components.
It's worth a visit BTW - if you go as a group, they'll lay on a tour, but even if you go on your own, the museum is very "adult", unlike most places which try to dumb down to the school kid level. They also have Tim Berners-Lee's original WWW document on display. - KMye, on 10/11/2007, -0/+30You're still in the process of losing faith in the media? What's keeping you?
- resplence, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21Interesting, how was it?
- akimbo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20Seems like a nice places to witness a resonance cascade.
- iRoy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18Levitation, duh.
- knutslie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17I wonder if there is an HEV suit hidden away in that red locker in the back.
- EmileVictor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17Then don't.
- ursername180, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17WTF? Techno-porn?
- GliTCH82, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13Can you draw a source that relates the experiments they are going to do with the natural high energy collisions in our atmosphere? Or are you just talking out your ass like most Diggers do?
- misterS, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Well,
A one mile long building doesn't really compare to a 16.7 mile structure, does it? ;) - peterjmag, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10One question: How do these 360-degree rigs capture what's directly beneath them without showing any part of the rig itself (or whatever's supporting the camera)?
- marshn, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12Do you ever get the impression that people hate Quicktime just because it's made by Apple?
- KMye, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11I think the fact we're still here is a pretty good argument the universe is a pretty hard thing to break. Unless by some insanely unlikely chance we ARE the first technological civilization...
- ricksite, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Quicktime VR is awesome (unless you hate Quicktime). I wish 360 degree images were more common. They aren't too hard to make if you have a camera, a tripod and the right software.
- DesuKN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Series of tubes
- Bega, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I predict unforeseen consequences...
- icepick314, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8i go for Scientific American or Popular Science...
- Wynner3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Damn, I was hoping to see the one in Stanford. I live not too far from it and drive over it every time I go to san jose. SLAC. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. It's in a building that is a mile long.
- GliTCH82, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Ok, so the universe is pretty solid. The earth, on the other hand....
- Vrail, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Considering molecules stops moving at 0 degree kelvin, yes... that's cold.
- fabioromeu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I'll keep a crowbar under my pillow, just in case.
- amc178, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7No but then I've been there and it is bigger than it looks on the quicktime vr (the ATLAS detector). Really big and impressive. If you are ever going to France or Geneva book a tour, well worth the time.
- GliTCH82, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6"Scientists also reported that cooling the massive magnets to the required 1.9 degrees Kelvin (that's cold) seems to be taking a little longer than planned."
*Checks Google*
Holy *****, that's -456.25 degrees Fahrenheit!!! - 2Warped, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Engineering porn is more like it.
Now that is one damn nice erector set I'd love to get my hands on. - kazamx, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6The 360 image is the best :-)
http://petermccready.com/portfolio/05091901.html - Wilson, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Quicktime Alternative is the Windows user's friend.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm - kd1s, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Why call it by it's mundane name, the Large Hadron Collider or LHC. Instead we should call this the Cathedral to Scientific Investigation to dispel Religious Superstition.
- jeuhrn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4CERN has a really massive photo database with HR shots of pretty much anything going on down there.
http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PhotoDatabase/welcome.html - sonoffishman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4How much money did they spend on paint? O_o
- Ramble, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6I've met a crazy german lady who works on the ATLAS detector.
Craaazy as *****. - archlich, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Their concerns are unfounded. Higher energy collisions happen in our atmosphere all the time.
- tybris, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"one theoretical failure situation could lead to the creation of a black hole that devours the earth."
No, the is a science-fiction failure situation. The theorical situation is that the black hole would vaporize instantly. Also these delays have little to do with the formation of black holes. - robbh66, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3The SSC they were building near me would have crushed all of your guys 'toys' - the thing was set to be 87km
Stupid Congress canceled it :( - 3leggedHorse, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Earth consumed by a black hole fitting end. At least you cannot blame global warming.
- digginestdog, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Very Myst-like, especially with the sounds on
- mmgreenmms, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4The new update allows you to view videos full-screen. on windows. for FREE!
- asforme, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Either I don't know what I'm doing, or digg killed it, or it doesn't work in firefox in linux.
All I've got is mplayer plugin buffering 99%. - GliTCH82, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2It used to be the media's job to inform and educate the general public. The problem is that the media is now a form of entertainment that targets a dumbed-down audience. At some point, the media outlets figured out that there are higher ratings involved with stories that are fun and exciting than those that actually inform and teach. Only a small group of us would find articles such as these fun and exciting, the rest would probably click off to another channel. Sad but true.
- sprash, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Oh I actually know one but she is not crazy. She is analyzing the impact of cosmic rays on the ATLAS Detector. Another Friend of mine works there as well. He is developing the recoil detector for hadrons on the ALICE experiment.
- supazio, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Linear accelerators are a thing of the past.
- penneyisok, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If you wanna skip it all and just see what will happen if it DOES create a black hole here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1064145032318364724#49m10
But the whole documentary revolves around the experiment , if you have the time it is a good watch. - chedabob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I think he is actually referring to the following statement from the Wikipedia article:
Perhaps the strongest argument for the safety of colliders such as the LHC comes from the simple fact that cosmic rays with energies up to twenty million times the LHC's 1.4×10¹³ eV capacity have been bombarding the Earth, Moon and other objects in the solar system for billions of years with no such effects - Blandyman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I saw it on the news. They mentioned it when a huge segment of the plant had to be remade because they were off by 3cm on their calculations or something.
That was the only time. - MrObjectional, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I'll keep a fully functional guass cannon under MY pillow, just in case.
- crunchyeyeball, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I was about to submit the same thing. REALLY good documentary, recommended to everyone. Kind of like a dramatised set of short stories about possible ways the world as we know it could come to an end, each followed by a brief scientific explanation of the actual level of threat posed. The particle accelerator threat hinges on the creation of "Strangelets" rather than black holes and is the last story given, but reassuringly the actual scientist sounded confident it couldn't happen, unlike the other dangers they looked at. The giant meteor landing in Berlin is quite well done too.
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