CERN announces start-up date for Large Hadron Collider

[CorvallisBMW]

so what was involved in testing anyone know? OR was it just the speed of the collider that will not be turned up until October?

The test involved firing 1 particle in 1 direction around the LHC. When operational, 2 particles will be fired in opposite directions, doubling their effective speed upon impact.

[Vedubin01]

farbin, you seem to have far greater knowledge of this type of stuff. I understand anti matter and what not but what is an ice-9 type event?

[Farbin Kaiber]

Well the difference is with this one, the speed is just under a fraction of the speed of light, making this the fastest collider yet constructed. And, good for us, even if they do make a batch of anti-matter/dark matter, it is floating in a vacuum, hovering in a magnetic field with little chance to make contact with any "real" matter, so we should not have much to worry about.

Except, if at the millisecond the anti-matter is made and someone detonated an EMP, shutting down the magnetic field, dropping the atom of anti-matter, coming into contact with the bottom of the collider, making for an ice-9 type event.

[Vedubin01]

so what was involved in testing anyone know? OR was it just the speed of the collider that will not be turned up until October?

[CorvallisBMW]

So has this shit gone down yet? I'm still here, and so is r3v, so things appear OK.

They tested it last night. Joey's GF was freaked out all night, she was afraid the world was gonna end

But we're still here, so I guess all is well

[metalix1021]

Oh, and BTW, I found out some new data.

The full operation will be October 21. Interesting that October 22 is
the Jewish Holy day known to many as "The Last Great Day".

Sweet, the world will end on my birfday.

[uofom3]

So has this shit gone down yet? I'm still here, and so is r3v, so things appear OK.

[nando]

the comments in that video link make me sad that so many people are completely retarded. how depressing.

[Jean]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJFllPVIcpg&feature=related

[Turf1600]

I read an article yesterday stating that micro black holes are probable - but they only last like a fraction of a second.

[nando]

Well from my understanding is that it could create mini black holes.

"Concerns have been raised regarding the safety of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on the grounds that high-energy particle collisions performed in the LHC might produce dangerous phenomena, including micro black holes, strangelets, vacuum bubbles and magnetic monopoles."

I still don't get what it does, something about Higgs Bosson Physics element.

concerns have been raised yes - by fucking morons. everyone with only 3 functioning brain cells is scared shitless. ;)

[Jean]

I don't like this F'ing thing. I say don't f with it. Not worth it. I just have a bad feeling about it and I'm never wrong with that stuff.

must quote.

[Jean]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

[SamE30e]

Anyone?

Amazazing game!

[Borat]

I don't like this F'ing thing. I say don't f with it. Not worth it. I just have a bad feeling about it and I'm never wrong with that stuff.

FFS. nothing bad is going to happen. Just the usual media trick of stirring up shit to make the story more interesting.
Human race would be still be wearing loin cloths and living in caves if they stopped experiments like this because a few nut jobs had "a bad feeling"