Omg!!!

[Just Learnin']

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5066/hl2yx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5066/hl2yx9.d34b25d189.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=76&i=hl2yx9.jpg)

[NINaudio]

Ah, the FreeMan!

[ThugsRook]

dont worry, theyll all be dead soon when they figure out that when you try to recreate a big bang... you get a big bang! :rotflmao:

[Just Learnin']

Ah, the FreeMan!

Looks like a Physics Professor holding a crowbar! :hide:

[bball4ever39]

dont worry, theyll all be dead soon when they figure out that when you try to recreate a big bang... you get a big bang! :rotflmao:Lol ya.. seriously...

[GrrDonDon]

can't understand whether we should/or should not throw a party to celebrate the end of the world (or at least the idea of it happening a bit sooner than expected :D )... :scratch:

PS. factors increasing the chance (+50% at least) of party being held are shown in the upper picture :D

[Snafu]

holding a crowbar!
Um, I hope you don't work on cars. That's a torque wrench :lol:

Good catch on teh pic :thumb:

Now wonder if they are going to turn this area of space into a black hole :scratch:

[Just Learnin']

Hey Ron look closely at Gordon Freeman's hands... very crowbar-like... :look:

[Snafu]

:rotflmao: okay, okay.

[Freddy]

Now wonder if they are going to turn this area of space into a black hole :scratch:Too bad! :p We're still here! :rotflmao:

[ThugsRook]

today was just a simple test, 1 lap around the pipes.

the real tests are yet to come.

[Snafu]

Well at least we are still here. Bummer or boom?

[Sir Golitech]

Apparently for every successful test they will speed up the particles. And what if one tiny little blackhole got sucked into another, and so and so, would that not increase the mass of the blackhole?

[Just Learnin']

AAAAAAIIIEEEEEE!!!! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BXzugu39pKM&feature=related)

[GrrDonDon]

now this is promising JL - looking forward to it! :D

good thing i celebrated a bit yestrday :D

[NINaudio]

they're not even smashing atoms together yet guys. Just testing both rings on their own to make sure they are accelerating particles up to speed. They'll probably start smashing stuff together in a few weeks once they make sure everything is up to speed. Then you can worry about temporary, miniscule blackholes destroying the earth if you choose to. :p

[Freddy]

today was just a simple test, 1 lap around the pipes.

the real tests are yet to come.I know... and that's precisely what all those guys who are trying to make "normal" people (as opposed to physicists) :p scared are saying now too... For months they've predicted the end of the Earth yesterday. Now that it didn't happen they are looking into it just a little bit further (not far enough of course) :coocoo: and they're saying: "Yes, well... Just wait until they REALLY start things!" :rolleyes:
Listen guys: "It... won't... happen!" Too bad, no spectacle ahead! :D
But a beautiful YouTube video nonetheless! :yup:

[OnYX]

Too bad! :p We're still here! :rotflmao:

calm down, we still have our nukes.... just in case :D

[Just Learnin']

Who is that?

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1816/li0nm0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/li0nm0.jpg/1/w500.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img114/li0nm0.jpg/1/)

[ThugsRook]

I know... and that's precisely what all those guys who are trying to make "normal" people (as opposed to physicists) :p scared are saying now too... For months they've predicted the end of the Earth yesterday. Now that it didn't happen they are looking into it just a little bit further (not far enough of course) :coocoo: and they're saying: "Yes, well... Just wait until they REALLY start things!" :rolleyes:
Listen guys: "It... won't... happen!" Too bad, no spectacle ahead! :D
But a beautiful YouTube video nonetheless! :yup:
yea nothing to worry about here, HAARP is harmless too :thumb:

[Sir Golitech]

Who is that?

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1816/li0nm0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/li0nm0.jpg/1/w500.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img114/li0nm0.jpg/1/)

Holy freakin sh!t, is that who I think it is?

[Just Learnin']

Who do you think it is? :scratch:

































Could it be teh G-Man from the Half Life series??????? :hide:

[Sir Golitech]

It so looks like him, that's for sure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/Golitech/Half-life.jpg

[NINaudio]

wow, this is getting a bit freaky now...

although it does look a bit doctored...

[Freddy]

wow, this is getting a bit freaky now...

although it does look a bit doctored...That's because it is... Here is the original:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/media/serve/20080111---loc_01.jpg
But the first picture is real.

[Sir Golitech]

LOL :rotflmao:

[Just Learnin']

That's because it is... Here is the original:

But the first picture is real.

Spoil Sport!!! :lol::hide: Mind you the only "doctoring" was removing the glasses the G-Man had on as a disguise. :yikes:

[Freddy]

So... :look: then it really IS the G-Man???!!! http://members.chello.nl/h.h.j.f.beens/temp/ahhhhh.gif

[NINaudio]

Spoil Sport!!! :lol::hide: Mind you the only "doctoring" was removing the glasses the G-Man had on as a disguise. :yikes:

And darkening the eyes a bit and shortening the nose and...


:D:lol:

[Just Learnin']

Okay but that could have been a putty nose extension and makeup to go with the glasses disguise. I mean c'mon man, the suit, sideburns and obvious just out of picture briefcase are dead giveaways, absolute proof no question. Besides why else would Gordon be there with his crowbar??? Answer me that!!

[OnYX]

they're not even smashing atoms together yet guys. Just testing both rings on their own to make sure they are accelerating particles up to speed. They'll probably start smashing stuff together in a few weeks once they make sure everything is up to speed. Then you can worry about temporary, miniscule blackholes destroying the earth if you choose to. :p

I've heard it might take up to another year to get the LHC ready for the detection of Higgs Bosons.

[Freddy]

I've heard it might take up to another year to get the LHC ready for the detection of Higgs Bosons.There is a difference between:

- producing a Higgs (this can be done pretty soon, depending on how energetic the Higgs turns out to be of course) and

- detecting its signature in all the data being produced (this could take more than a year).

[Freddy]

For those that wondered what's the use of all this: :p
http://science.kukuchew.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/accel.png

[Just Learnin']

:lol::thumbs:

[ThugsRook]

supposedly....

they are gonna discover that 'string theory" is real by unlocking the secrets of time travel. (i kid you not)

what they will find out is that time travel itself isnt entirely possible, but you can jump to another string (universe) at a different date in time, but it wont be "your" universe.

supposedly :scratch:

[Jim]

supposedly....

they are gonna discover that 'string theory" is real by unlocking the secrets of time travel. (i kid you not)

what they will find out is that time travel itself isnt entirely possible, but you can jump to another string (universe) at a different date in time, but it wont be "your" universe.

supposedly :scratch:

As long as I can go back in time a few years and make a kiling betting Super Bowl games I'm all for research. :thumbs:

[ThugsRook]

As long as I can go back in time a few years and make a kiling betting Super Bowl games I'm all for research. :thumbs:
well, the way it goes (supposedly) is that you cant go back home. you cant identify which timeline you came from. the best you can hope for is to come close.

and the universe you went back in time to... is gonna be slightly different, or maybe drasticly different, then the one you came from.

it uses the theory that all possibilities that can happen do happen. each possibility creates a new (?) time line/sting/universe. you travel to that timeline at whatever point in time you want, but its not your timeline.

again, supposedly.

[Freddy]

again, supposedly.Stress: supposedly! :rolleyes: Where did you find this wild interpretation of String Theory!?... :p

[ThugsRook]

Stress: supposedly! :rolleyes: Where did you find this wild interpretation of String Theory!?... :p
yes, supposedly.

read: the John Titor story.

[Freddy]

read: the John Titor story.Ah!... A reliable source! :rotflmao:

[Freddy]

Just to set things straight for those interested:

- this "time travel" theory is a fantasy based on the "many-worlds interpretation" of quantum mechanics, which is also still just a theory and definately not generally accepted. It has nothing to do with string theory however.

- string theory, on the other hand, predicts 6 hidden dimensions, next to the 3+1 (space and time) that we already know. The LHC is going to look for evidence of these extra dimensions: not worlds/universes/timelines or whatever. But unfortunately, even if they exist, it is not very likely that the LHC is strong enough to detect these dimensions either, so...

[Just Learnin']

Doh!: CNET News (http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10047185-76.html?tag=mncol;posts)


The world's largest particle collider has been shut down for at least two months due to a large helium leak stemming from an incident Friday, officials said.

[Freddy]

Yes... :( Very sad!...

[ThugsRook]

pft, dont expect to ge the truth of whats going on there. yea it broke down, yea right. chances are they are working on something much worse then what they claim, and they will never tell you what that it is.

[Just Learnin']

Probably some benchmarker stashed his PC in there when they built it to take advantage of the extreme cooling. :suspect:

[Freddy]

Probably some benchmarker stashed his PC in there when they built it to take advantage of the extreme cooling. :suspect::look: :shhh: That was me... :o :p
:lol: Good one Pete! :thumbs:

[Just Learnin']

:look: :shhh: That was me... :o :p

What I wouldn't give to have access to your resources Freddy! :look:

So were you the guy with the crowbar or the fake nose and glasses? :yikes::hide:

[Just Learnin']

Phew! :look: Dodged the black hole for a little longer...

Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7632408.stm)


The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be shut off until spring 2009 while engineers probe a magnet failure.

The incident on 19 September caused a tonne of liquid helium to leak out into the experiment's 27km-long tunnel.

Officials said the time required to fully investigate the problem precluded a re-start before the lab's winter maintenance period.

The collider is built to smash protons together at huge speeds, recreating conditions moments after the Big Bang.

[ThugsRook]

want me to translate that for you?


that means theyve already done what they wanted to do :shhh: