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Sept 4, 2008 12:59:19 GMT
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for on Wednesday, we may all be dead  Next Wednesday the Hedron Collider will be switched on, and for those who don't know what this is, its the big bang machine that will let scientists see what happened when the earth was created. Either that or the machine will create a black hole and within a millioneth of a second the earth will implode (last year the scientists miscalculated something as simple as the hole in the ground to take the machine, so it doesnt look too good for us all ;D) But please don't delete this thread as being off topic, as I am using this Hedron thingy as an excuse to go travelling all this weekend and the start of next week. If you see my dark blue Fiat panda (see below) travelling around Northumberland, Scotland, Cumbria, and Yorkshire, give a wave  . The trip could end up as 1000 miles (might just pop down to Lands End  ) oh, and just in case the world does implode, I am going to leave cleaning up the campervan until next Thursday  EDIT - details of the (shorter) trip here... www.retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=46333 |
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2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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rodharris83
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Sept 4, 2008 13:07:47 GMT
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Sept 4, 2008 13:10:01 GMT
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Why am I worried about that.... ...oh, have an odd road trip picture.    |
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Sept 4, 2008 15:07:02 GMT
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Id heard about that big machine being switched on too. I was kinda worried it was trigger a chain reaction that would result in the destruction of the universe too. When scientists first split the atom they had a hunch the same would happen then, but thankfully it didnt!
Good call on holding off the campervan till Thursday. Imagine how annoyed youd be if you did all that work and it ended up being atomised!
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Tim
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Sept 4, 2008 16:16:53 GMT
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I think its mainly scaremongering, and I don't think they are actually trying it for real for another year - the first test is with a different particle (neutrons, not protons)
basically until a blackhole reaches a critical size, it cannot sustain itself - it is smaller than an atomic nucleus, and therefore is not to hit enough other particles in a vacuum to actually sustain itself before it extinguishes.
The blackholes event horizon also develops a field of constantly imolating matter and anti-matter particles, which act as a kind of field, and at that size, the holes gravitational pull isnt strong enough to repel this. one particle will fall into the black hole, and will have a negative mass, whilst one is fall away from the black hole with a positive mass - thus the black hole is emitting matter (although not really as its all quantum ;D) and will extinguish
I may have got some of that wrong, but I think the theory is right. I cant remember enough detail about it without reading up :-)
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Sept 4, 2008 16:21:02 GMT
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AHHHH
I don't wanna hear about this. I'm 17 with a half finished Golfl on my driveway and no license.
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Sept 4, 2008 16:22:29 GMT
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Sept 4, 2008 16:23:31 GMT
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AHHHH I don't wanna hear about this. I'm 17 with a half finished Golfl on my driveway and no license. What are you waiting for? I challenge you to finish the golf and pass your test before wednesday! |
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Lex
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Sept 4, 2008 16:29:26 GMT
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AHHHH I don't wanna hear about this. I'm 17 with a half finished Golfl on my driveway and no license. What are you waiting for? I challenge you to finish the golf and pass your test before wednesday! Completely impossible... |
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Tim
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Sept 4, 2008 16:32:01 GMT
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Id heard about that big machine being switched on too. I was kinda worried it was trigger a chain reaction that would result in the destruction of the universe too. When scientists first split the atom they had a hunch the same would happen then, but thankfully it didnt! That was the first nuclear test - there was a theory that the energy created released (slap wrists, you cant create energy) by the critical reaction could potentially ignite the atmosphere - calculated as 1:1000's chance - they went ahead should have really been 1:1000,000's - someone cocked up an order of magnitude since been shown that its pretty much impossible - well over 3000 nuclear tests havnt done it ! |
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Sept 4, 2008 16:38:31 GMT
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So the plan is to accellerate two protons to extreme speed and make them collide? Surely using volvos would release more energy?
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Sept 4, 2008 16:40:30 GMT
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So the plan is to accellerate two protons to extreme speed and make them collide? Surely using volvos would release more energy? that would surely end the world |
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Sept 4, 2008 16:45:11 GMT
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My head hurts! See you all on the other side of the event horizon! |
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Sept 4, 2008 16:51:41 GMT
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.... See you all on the other side of the event horizon! No thanks. I remeber things not working out too well for Sam Neill and Laurence Fishbourne.  |
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tri
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Sept 4, 2008 17:04:14 GMT
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.... See you all on the other side of the event horizon! No thanks. I remeber things not working out too well for Sam Neill and Laurence Fishbourne. *shudders* hated that film. I shan't bother sorting out my rust this weekend then, would be very annoyed if it all got sucked into a black hole. |
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Tim
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Sept 4, 2008 17:05:20 GMT
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No thanks. I remeber things not working out too well for Sam Neill and Laurence Fishbourne. *shudders* hated that film. I shan't bother sorting out my rust this weekend then, would be very annoyed if it all got sucked into a black hole. dangle the car off a bit of rope, it should suck all the rust off :-) |
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Sept 4, 2008 17:35:21 GMT
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wouldnt that be great if everything negative went into the black hole, and everything positive stayed here. No more rust, chavs, or Bovril ;D
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2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Sept 4, 2008 22:51:05 GMT
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I'm reading this at ten to midnight and i fully understand all of that techno babble, if id read it this afternoon i wouldnt have had a clue. ;D |
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Sept 4, 2008 22:55:07 GMT
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sod all that i want the bovril
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Sept 4, 2008 23:06:06 GMT
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About as much chance of the LHC imploding as there is of me waking up tomorrow morning inside jessica stam.
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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. The trip could end up as 1000 miles (might just pop down to Lands End 
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