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How the Large Hadron Collider works v. We're all gonna die (vid)

Old Sep 12, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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Rico...do you watch Big Bang Theory?

Those 4 guys would jizz all over the Collider!
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ShaolinLueb
dude, if they can learn to make things go fast as the speed of light, then i am down. imagine going to mars and back for an afternoon trip?

Not possible, you'd have to travel an X amount faster than the speed of light to do so
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ShaolinLueb
dude, if they can learn to make things go fast as the speed of light, then i am down. imagine going to mars and back for an afternoon trip?
i agree dude... i'm all for this thing! I think advancement like these are extremily important and i dont think it will cause the end of the world. If one thing it could prevent the end of the world on decembre 21 2012

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Rico...do you watch Big Bang Theory?

Those 4 guys would jizz all over the Collider!
Love that show
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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Next step, build a Halo.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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i'd love to see halo vs death star
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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sweet, live footage of the testing


http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by RicoD
The experiments also have to be intensified from now on because it degrades with each use
There are some parts that degrade from use, but the real degradation is that we can only run the same experiment so many times before it stops making more value (I've seen some people confused about this). The value of what we extract is less and less as more and more data is accumulated.

After a while, we'll gain all we can from it, and then it will be an oversized university toy instead of a theoretical tool.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Epoch
There are some parts that degrade from use, but the real degradation is that we can only run the same experiment so many times before it stops making more value (I've seen some people confused about this). The value of what we extract is less and less as more and more data is accumulated.

After a while, we'll gain all we can from it, and then it will be an oversized university toy instead of a theoretical tool.

That's what I meant h:
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by RicoD
Not possible, you'd have to travel an X amount faster than the speed of light to do so
Whaaaat? You know it only takes 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach the earth and mars is closer than the sun so it would take less than 8 minutes to get to mars at the speed of light.
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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a girl in india committed suicide by drinking pesticide on wednesday... not sure how dying through poisoning oneself is better than dying by getting sucked into a black hole :dunno:
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