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Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:01 pm
by spiraldoor
There's a massive machine called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which is buried hundred feet or something under a research facility called CERN on the French-Swiss border(if you haven't heard of it, try reading Angels and Demons by The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown). The LHC is the largest machine in the world, is shaped like a ring, and is about 17 miles (I think) in circumference. It is what is known as a "particle accelerator". It will be used to accelerate subatomic particles, whose directions will be controlled by magnets, around and around at nearly the spped of light, until they collide into each other, break into even more fundemental particles, and basically let scientists find out a bit more about the workings of the universe. But some people are worried that the LHC might create a black hole which will destroy the world. But some think it won't. What do you think?
EDIT: BTW, the machine will be first turned on...THIS WEDNESDAY!
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:03 pm
by Tobbe
NO!
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:07 pm
by spiraldoor
You never know...
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:10 pm
by Tobbe
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:13 pm
by Acarr
It must've been made for a reason....
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:17 pm
by Hunchman801
Nonsense. Most renowned theoretical scientists have already said that such black holes would vanish before they get big. The LHC may not be a good thing for humanity, because scientific discoveries do not always lead to moral progress, and the proof of the existence (or non-existence) of the Higgs boson would certainly imply either technical progress or fundamental changes in the standard model of particle physics, but it's certainly not going to create a black hole that would feed itself of Swiss chocolates

Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:18 pm
by Acarr
But if it was true- no-one would dare turn it on, anyway.
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:19 pm
by Hunchman801
acarr1 wrote:But if it was true- no-one would dare turn it on, anyway.
Nonsense again. Because it is true does not imply that people know it is.
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:21 pm
by Acarr
What about forgetting about this machine- why not
pretend that the world is going to end on Wednesday?

Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:23 pm
by Hunchman801
acarr1 wrote:Why not
pretend that the world is going to end on Wednesday?

That would suck hard, cause I'm getting a haircut on Friday

Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:26 pm
by Acarr
Nice XD
Because a relative owns a salon- I get free haircuts ect.
EDIT:
why not pretend that the world is going to end on Wednesday?
I've just realised how pointless this topic will become if this happens....
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:32 pm
by Hunchman801
That's cool, because I spend 20 euros a month for that

Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:54 pm
by Acarr
The world is gonna end on wednesday because of hair cuts making people angry.
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:32 pm
by Shawn

Fucking hell, Spiral.

Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:59 pm
by El Dango
Wednesday will allways be better than Monday, no matter if the world ends there or not. Monday sucks!
Garfield wrote:I hate Mondays!
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:52 pm
by Serza5
i heard about this in School, i dont wanna think it is true but the possibility of it happening is 5 billion to 1
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:55 pm
by foultzboyz
I think the possibility is 1:0 in favor of it not happening...
Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:56 pm
by Serza5
hopefully, it will not happen, i dont wanna get sucked into a black hole

Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:57 pm
by El Dango
Actually, it should be 7:1, since there are seven days in a week.

Re: Will the world end on Wednesday?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:57 pm
by Acarr
El Dango wrote:Wednesday will allways be better than Monday, no matter if the world ends there or not. Monday sucks!
Garfield wrote:I hate Mondays!
Monday's are the best school days for me XD