*pinches self*
Still alive.
Quote: Afinkawan @ September 10 2008, 11:09 AM BSTWasn't that the Mayans, not the Aztecs?
They didn't say it was the end of the world completely, just a new age, the beginning of the current one was the Egyptians or something, so perhaps the next one is floaty spaceship time!
*calls shotgun*
Quote: Aaron @ September 10 2008, 11:35 AM BSTexpect*
Ahem.
Oh my God, I may be about to shoot the BBC presenter in the face. She actually just said that the Internet came out of the Web. AND THE SCIENTIST GUY DIDN'T EVEN CORRECT HER. >_<
reverse that.
That's pretty bad, but I'm glad to hear the standard of reporters haven't just dropped in Canada. I was watching one on CBC who used the word "ginormous".
Quote: Rachel @ September 10 2008, 12:00 PM BST*pinches self*
Still alive.They didn't say it was the end of the world completely, just a new age, the beginning of the current one was the Egyptians or something, so perhaps the next one is floaty spaceship time!
*calls shotgun*
Yeah they suggested a planet (which has apparantly been discovered by NASA in the 80's but now deny it.........)
And by 2012 we'll be able to see it in the night sky.
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 12:18 PM BSTI was watching one on CBC who used the word "ginormous".
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 12:18 PM BST
That's pretty bad, but I'm glad to hear the standard of reporters haven't just dropped in Canada. I was watching one on CBC who used the word "ginormous".
I actually heard something similar the other day. Can't for the life of me recall what it was, but I just remember sitting here thinking "No... Did he really just say that? That's not a real word, just a colloquialism!"
Don't go breathing a sigh of relief, they only turned it on today. They haven't started smashing things up yet. Wasn't reassured by one of the project leaders having a Welsh accent. Wasn't reassured by the the idea of 40 Million collisions per second and TV announcements moving from "may create black holes" to "will almost certainly create black holes" - GMTV interview or R4, forget which now.
I love the idea that we're being told there's nothing to worry about the creation of black holes on Earth especially when they are probably one of the least understood and most destructive of phenomenum in the universe. The work done on these things is (by the very nature and distance of these objects) totally theoretical. They've never been observed, rather they are a postulation derived from - and attempting to explain - particular strange astronomical observations. It's not as if you can look inside one to confirm your thoughts, even if we could get close enough to them.
I loved Brian Cox's comment on R4, the creation of mini-black holes CERTAINLY won't be the end of the planet. Why are they running the experiment? Why not just ask Cox, he seems to know it all - enough to talk in certainties.
And yep, they haven't begun real testing (or have they? conspiracy theorists amongst us) but the news reported a big earthquake in Iran. Yowser.
I don't think it's the end but arrogance seems to be a peculiar trait of all mankind. To conduct experiments where the outcome is both unknown and potentially catastrophic just because we have the capacity to do so is jaw-dropping.
I thought ginormous was a real word!
Luckily I don't think I've ever used it written down though...
Quote: SlagA @ September 10 2008, 1:35 PM BSTI don't think it's the end but arrogance seems to be a peculiar trait of all mankind. To conduct experiments where the outcome is both unknown and potentially catastrophic just because we have the capacity to do so is jaw-dropping.
It'll be fine. They all have hard hats.
Yeah, but does anyone really care about Iran?
Stephen Hawking said that these particles smash and shit millions of times every day in the Earth's atmosphere and nothing bad happens. That's good enough for me right now.
Quote: zooo @ September 10 2008, 1:37 PM BSTI thought ginormous was a real word!
Luckily I don't think I've ever used it written down though...
Well found!
I wonder what CERN's electricity bill is like. I assume it takes ginormous amounts of energy to run that fiendish instrument of destruction.
Perhaps they could power it with poo. My city is planning to sell my own poo-generated electricity back to me:
http://news.yahoo.com/story//nm/oukoe_uk_usa_energy_excrement_odd
Quote: DaButt @ September 10 2008, 2:09 PM BSTI wonder what CERN's electricity bill is like. I assume it takes ginormous amounts of energy to run that fiendish instrument of destruction.
Maybe they are on a fixed rate with Powergen.
I would like to add that the Mothership is doing nothing short of wandering the streets with a sandwich board bearing the legend "The end of the world is nigh". I said about Stephen Hawkin saying it was okay and he is one of the worlds most brilliant minds and she said "That is what they said about Hitler". Now, I'm not sure Stephen has an awful lot in common with Adolf but maybe I'm missing the point.
Quote: zooo @ September 8 2008, 7:00 PM BSTIs that better?
Ah, I like him. He makes physics cool(er).
AND he's a Northerner!
So he is!
He actually sounds just like Jeremy (League of Gents) Dyson.
