Buehrle>Wood Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 A little fun before a black hole swallows us all tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Idiots. Or geniuses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 How will the world end? World war, plagues, alien invasion or zombie take over? No, it will end by idiot rapping scientists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev211 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 They just turn it on tomorrow. October 21 is when they actually start colliding the particles, so we got about a month and half to live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 That's outstanding! That video explained the Higgs in about 20 seconds, and did it better than any physics geek I've ever met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 We are alive!!!! Rejoice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 08:04 AM) We are alive!!!! Rejoice! Stop your rejoicing there are a million other ways the world can end today. And a few ways might be unruly sox fans I might add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 09:06 AM) Stop your rejoicing there are a million other ways the world can end today. And a few ways might be unruly sox fans I might add. Well, the black holes didnt kill me. At least there is that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 12:31 AM) That's outstanding! That video explained the Higgs in about 20 seconds, and did it better than any physics geek I've ever met. Should Balta start rapping in his posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 09:17 AM) Should Balta start rapping in his posts? That would be so awesome. Maybe he can wear some soxtalk bling on his youtube video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 We really need Balta to come in here and explain how this thing works and what is going to happen on October 21st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 Some pretty cool live webcams: http://lhc-live.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 11:38 AM) We really need Balta to come in here and explain how this thing works and what is going to happen on October 21st. So, for everyone...what this thing is going to do is slam packets of protons together at very close to the speed of light, hoping to basically break them apart so that their components can be detected...somehow. THe specific one they're trying to find is the component that contains most of the mass of the universe, the Higgs Boson. There's a dozen or so big physics questions they think they might get closer to answers on as well (Why is gravity such a weak force compared to the others, can other forces be unified, some wierd things relating matter and antimatter) but those are a bit above my pay grade. In terms of whether this will destroy the earth or the universe...no. First and foremost...collisions with these energies happen all the time, even on earth. The planet is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays that have these energies or higher...we're simply doing them in an environment we can measure. The universe doesn't end every time a cosmic ray from some other source hits a solar cosmic ray. Same deal. Will this create a black hole that will destroy the earth? No. Honestly, it'd actually be kind of cool if it generated a black hole. In the 1970's, Stephen Hawking showed that Black holes aren't truly black...some portion of the energy/mass (all the same stuff) they take in is actually radiated outwards in the form of something called Hawking radiation. It is also likely possible that complex information can actually leave a black hole as well, although it may bear no relation to what you put in (I.e. throw in a rock and out pops homer simpson a millenia later. And that's an example from Stephen Hawking himself). Because black holes aren't truly black, they can actually lose energy and therefore shrink. If the mass of a black hole is small enough, it will lose energy at a rapid enough rate that it will vanish quite rapidly. A black hole can actually be an efficient means of converting matter to energy as well...if you were able to contain one of these things at the right size and feed mass in to it...there's an infinite power source for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 05:58 PM) Some pretty cool live webcams: http://lhc-live.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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