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- syxxness, on 08/13/2008, -0/+193The LHC is such an awesome display of engineering.
- LittleDas, on 08/14/2008, -2/+155'In experiments, researchers found that an 86-microsecond exposure of the beam would bore a hole 40 meters into a block of copper."
Jesus ***** christ.
Science is So Cool. - 0ceanic, on 08/14/2008, -2/+125why waste all the energy, there must be something cool you do with it. like aim it at the moon or something.
- bipolarruledout, on 08/14/2008, -1/+89Sure. Lets blow up the moon.
- salamnder, on 08/13/2008, -0/+72I cant wait till it goes live and they publish some actual results.
- jgoodstein, on 08/14/2008, -2/+70Actually we would melt it, its made of cheese
- XchrisX, on 08/14/2008, -2/+63Sometimes I like to think of LHC as Black Mesa. When they turn it on, well you know..
- alpinecow, on 08/14/2008, -2/+54I usually just call MacGyver
- thephysicist, on 08/14/2008, -5/+49PHYSICS FTW
- TVarmy, on 08/14/2008, -1/+45Gordon doesn't need to hear all this. He's a highly trained professional. We've assured the administrator NOTHING WILL GO WRONG.
/looks like you're in the barrel today - apuent, on 08/14/2008, -0/+43Why use a 10-Ton block when you can just use your head?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski - 4rp4n3t, on 08/14/2008, -0/+40Sure - ever tried transporting a 27Km long particle accelerator though?
- BlueSkyfish, on 08/14/2008, -2/+37Or they could use it to shoot angels.
- jerryknight, on 08/14/2008, -1/+35"Next, the 0.2-millimeter proton beam passes through 10 dilution magnets, which cause the protons to fan out until the beam has thickened to a lower-intensity diameter of 1.5 mm. Now fattened to the width of a human hair, the beam continues down the tunnel to the beam-dump cavern."
1.5mm? That is one rather thick hair. - Zipko, on 08/14/2008, -1/+32I think that's what we're all secretly hoping for. Things have been kinda boring for a while around here, and alien invasion would really add some excitement to life.
- McHoffa, on 08/14/2008, -1/+32So this is what was built inside the death star...
- MEatRHIT, on 08/14/2008, -0/+30Good to see another tech article on the FP
- andypop481, on 08/14/2008, -0/+30-Sir, are you suggesting we blow up the moon?
-Would you miss it?! Would you? - Stormwern, on 08/14/2008, -0/+29Just modulate the shield frequency nabs.
- kingofinternet, on 08/14/2008, -3/+31we got a couple of physicists over here
- f4nt0m4s, on 08/14/2008, -2/+30750 degrees Celsius = 1382 degrees Fahrenheit
imagine creating a super weapon that used concentrated proton beams - jgzman, on 08/14/2008, -0/+28So what you do is build a huge spaceship to hold one. Yea, you could even put a few turrets on it, possibly a trench or something.
- biff198, on 08/14/2008, -0/+23Touch it.
- tava0002, on 08/14/2008, -0/+23The Pinto was an awesome display of engineering, the LHC is off the charts.
- uptwolait, on 08/14/2008, -1/+23Because the beam's intensity is distributed into the beam dump block in a pattern instead of being focused in one spot, the graphite block's maximum temperature rise is only about 750 C.
"only" 750C !!! - LucasVB, on 08/14/2008, -0/+22http://tinyurl.com/55txql
- 4rp4n3t, on 08/14/2008, -1/+22I had a girlfriend like that once too....
- michaelb1, on 08/14/2008, -0/+21I am selling black hole insurance if anybody is interested.
If you lose any possessions or loved ones as the result of an LHC created black hole I will compensate you to the tune of 300% of assets lost.
Your premium is only $100. Email me if interested. - latrosicarius, on 08/14/2008, -0/+20it wouldn't be a good weapon, seeing as its 27 kilometers long and requires the power of an entire city in order to turn on. oh yeah, plus it takes an astromomical budget and decades to build one of these babies
- rblancarte, on 08/14/2008, -0/+20It is very disappointing that the US and Texas (my fine state) blew the opportunity to do this 15 years ago, canceling the Superconducting Super Collider. 3 times the size, what we could have already known.
Still I fully agree, this is an amazing project. - 4rp4n3t, on 08/14/2008, -0/+20Wow - I would have *loved* to see that happen!
- LucasVB, on 08/14/2008, -0/+20Not just engineering. The LHC is one of the most awesome things humans ever did. The meaning of it all is heartwarming for anyone with a scientific spirit. (spirit in the sense of a personal worldview)
- jgoodstein, on 08/14/2008, -6/+25It Gets better... The September collision is only 4 billion volts, while they plan to get it up to about 5 trillion volts. The first official launch is September 10th at 3am Eastern Time here in the states. I welcome our new black hole overlords. Science Rules, religion Poisons Everything!!!
- taketheleap, on 08/14/2008, -0/+18stand back! I'm going to try science!
/xkcd - Zipko, on 08/14/2008, -0/+18me too. That would teach the neighbors to quit blasting rap music all day and then come up and complain that they can hear me playing rock band and it's bothering them.
- DesdinovaEL, on 08/14/2008, -0/+17Bring a whole ton of copper.
-abc - winmywii, on 08/14/2008, -0/+17The LHC is safe or they wouldn't make it right? Awesome logic.
- Sansui, on 08/14/2008, -0/+17nabs are a name for snack crackers. I learned this from a southerner a couple years ago that looked at me like I was retarded when I didn't know what "nabs" were :/
I can't tell if my comment is dumber than your comment :( We have both failed Digg - dopste, on 08/14/2008, -1/+17I am working on the design as we speak, I was thinking of mounting it to a mustang
- Spelvin, on 08/14/2008, -0/+16So is a proton gun mounted on a horse better than lasers on a frickin shark?
- endlessoul, on 08/14/2008, -4/+20And by "actual results", we mean a black hole that swallows the earth and the whole of mankind.
Just kidding. There's only a small chance of that happening. - anonym02147979, on 08/14/2008, -0/+16WOW, a what a story there.
Unbelievable that he had survived... - MDKAOD, on 08/14/2008, -0/+16You guns are useless. A crowbar on the other hand.....
- Elliuotatar, on 08/14/2008, -0/+15"We're going to blow up the ocean!"
- Onibus, on 08/14/2008, -0/+15Proton Beam - Apply Directly to the Forehead
Proton Beam - Apply Directly to the Forehead - culbeda, on 08/14/2008, -1/+15Or melt a hole in a statue and fill up a house with popcorn.
- speel, on 08/14/2008, -0/+14Yes because all of us here knows what a proton beam looks like.
- EBFoxbat, on 08/14/2008, -2/+15Deflector dish at the end. BTW: it seems as though a single beam would suffice, no need for concentrating them. Nothing with a smaller magnetic field than that of say.... the Death Star, could deflect it.
By the way, there's enough linear real-estate on the DeathStar to have several 27 Km accelerators. One could then merge them at the end of some type of parabilic-magneto-dish... Lucas was a genius. - Croaton, on 08/14/2008, -1/+14I wasn't aware that they measured it in volt... =/
In other news... the LHC will be able to accelerate protons up 7TeV... with two opposing beams thats a total energy of 7 trillion electron volts...
and yes... you will be able to shoot down God with it... it's kind of like Duck Hunt that way... without the irritating dog... - winmywii, on 08/14/2008, -0/+13Who needs 10 tons of graphite when you have a stapler, an old banana peal, and a member of the village people?
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