dvice.com — Since the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world this morning, isn't it high time we forgive and forget? And what better way than with a meaty gallery of industrial goodness from all stages of its development, cataloging the effort to build the largest particle accelerator ever. Of course, today was just a test, the collisions come later...
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snowblind113Sep 11, 2008
5th pic looks like Stargate
Closed AccountSep 11, 2008
Contemporary topic.
tyboulderSep 11, 2008
You sound like a nerdy little snot. To 99.8% of the population these pics would be worthwhile even if they had to deal with an even clumsier interface. The www is full of expensive, poorly designed sites- and they're linked to **** content anyway. But, holy iPhone, this page didn't even use ajax! It can't be worth the time it takes to load more than three images...
njpensoSep 11, 2008
I don't care if you don't want to put up with it, keep your bitching to yourself. Instead of whining to the owners of the site (who actually might give a s**t), you whine to digg, where the thousands of crying bitches continue crying about whatever the hell is going on and change nothing. If you hate it so much then f**king do something about it, or shut the hell up and enjoy the pictures.
netmongerSep 11, 2008
Hey - guys.. Ya know I think probably nothing bad is going to happen either, but there *is* some science behind those that are concerned here.There are two concerns: 1 that microscopic black holes might get formed. They are expected to only last for millonths of a second. However this could be bad because if they dont dissipate, they might plummet through the Earth and out the other side, where they would then come flying back the other way bouncing back and forth until they stabilize at the earth's core. As the Earth turns, they would plow through a different path each time effectively making swiss cheese of the planet. The second concern deals with something called 'strange matter'. This matter might be formed in response to a collision. Strange matter causes everything that touches it to become strange matter as well, and thus the entire planet would eventually turn into this 'goo'. Is it going to happen? Probably not. But thats the thing - noone knows *for sure*. And its not like just turning the thing 'on' is going to cause a problem either. Its the specific experiment being done which could trigger something. Think about it: scientists discover things all the time by accident.I think some of the doomsayers have a valid point here: What gives the CERN people the right to do something that others feel might be a danger to the planet?
roadnateSep 11, 2008
Sadly there appear to be more than one of you man-apes.
evlmelSep 19, 2008
I waited for Kurt Russell to show up in one of those pictures. My heart is broken.