Yes, and I've been rather anxious to see if it gives us any promising results regarding the Higgs boson.
you're assuming none of them quickly googled itDEATHROAD said:Ha..that made me laugh, 6 people dont know what it is, 300 do.
And i thought i was smart![]()
They finally made it work, huh? LHC kinda fell off my radar after the first time they've tried to launch it (and damaged magnet cooling system).d3structor said:And for those of you who didn't catch it, last week it collided particles for the first time at 7 TeV
Haven't watched Star Trek, and as Cracked said, replicators would ruin society.Wilbot666 said:Not really. By getting a clear snapshot of the "Big Bang" scientists hope to better understand the energies which must no-doubt run rampant in such an act of tumultuous "creation". It could teach our species fascinating things (from a physics point of view anyhow) about the way matter is formed, the way it bonds together and breaks apart, and also the forces that can both govern and change it.oppp7 said:Also, who cares about what happened at the Big Bang? That's similar to paleontology, AKA the useless biology subject.
Ever watched Star Trek and wished you had one of those damn replicator gizmos for when the beer runs out? Well this type of research is the most likely to someday lead to the possibility of that sort of technology.
And yes I realise that all this stuff (including the so-far theoretical Higg's-Boson molecule) is merely speculation at this point, but there's no harm in dreaming.
Correct. Nice dp.Thunderhorse94 said:Yeah I know what it is partially. That massive machine scientists are using to smash particles together at extraordinarily fast speeds?
Thats good to know, if things like the carbon credit "bullshit" doesn't work at least we'll be able to get a few people off a crippled dying earth....grimsprice said:The "carbon credit" bullshit planet wide moves enough money to build the international space station. annually.
Wow those are some interesting facts.grimsprice said:Do you realize that America alone spends 10 times the cost of the LHC on cigarettes. Yearly.Marq said:More like Large Money Sink Collider.
Seriously, if they don't find the Higg's Boson like they intended from the start, then all they have is a giant particle accelerator.
NASA receives less money annually than Americans spend on lip balm.
If the Coca Cola company stopped spending money on advertising they could build a Large Hadron Collider once every 2 years. (and lets be honest, Coca Cola does not need advertising)
The "carbon credit" bullshit planet wide moves enough money to build the international space station. annually.
The U.S. spent enough money on the B-2 "Spirit" Bomber, from inception to production, to fund NASA for 8 years.
Each Virginia class nuclear attack submarine (which serve precisely 0 purpose) is over 3 times the cost of both the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. Bots, rockets, launch, and ground crew for the entire duration of the mission.
The Gross Domestic Product of Luxembourg is enough to fund every space agency on the entire planet.
OPEC makes enough money to launch the space shuttle 3 times a day.... for a whole year.
Science is cheap compared to keeping 7 billion people alive, happy, and protected... from themselves.
The Higgs Boson particle isn't really the intended goal. Rather, it is affirming or disproving a great number of theories, Higgs Boson amongst them.Marq said:More like Large Money Sink Collider.
Seriously, if they don't find the Higg's Boson like they intended from the start, then all they have is a giant particle accelerator.
Or an Infinity Improbability Drive.Dexiro said:I just hate it when people start whining about it creating black holes and destroying the universe.
The scientists said it had like a 0.0000000000001 percent chance of creating a black hole, and even in that scenario the black hole would be so small it'd collapse on itself in a millisecond.
The publics response: "OMG THERE'S 100% CHANCE IT'LL CREATE A BLACK HOLE AND DESTROY US ALL, WHY ARE SCIENTISTS TRYING TO KILL US?!"
That aside i'm excited to see what they find out from the collider, and with some luck we'll get a flying car or something from it in the long run![]()
Umm.. I wouldn't call ignorat, but this thing does a have a slight chance of affecting you... it could create a strangelet, and that would turn earth into a black hole. So, you might wanna check it out.SnootyEnglishman said:Nope i have no what you are talking about because i don't pay attention to most things that don't directly affect me. Call me ignorant if you must but that's the way i am