tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14385434.post3344466744637446847..comments2008-10-06T10:34:39.114+11:00Jimziphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898047278409201807blue_cube+1@mac.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14385434.post-83888899629395308552008-10-06T10:34:00.000+11:002008-10-06T10:34:00.000+11:00Hmm, interesting thoughts James. And I'm sorry to have to discredit them! You see, I think if we had been sucked into a black hole there would have been a definite "whooosh!" noise. :)Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364602836880880812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14385434.post-29798816243186538332008-09-29T22:40:00.000+10:002008-09-29T22:40:00.000+10:00I must have been totally under a rock when all this came about but i had no idea there was a possibility the world could end until the night it could have happened! haha. I was driving to the city and totally had a mini freak out about the whole thing. Lack of knowledge totally causes me to catastrophise! Now thanks to Lukes post... i will have another chance to contemplate the meaning of my life in approx 22 days haha! <BR/><BR/>Ali<BR/><BR/>ps. Hope ur well! oxAlinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14385434.post-2095758990790166752008-09-16T06:08:00.000+10:002008-09-16T06:08:00.000+10:00Hahah. I read that article too - it's good to see scientists can have humour! But yeah, I'm with you on that, I don't think this thing will end the world. One thing that someone was saying is that the collisions and general particle interaction is already happening every minute in the atmosphere. For some reason I find that comforting.<BR/>The flipside is that although these are 'common' reactions, containing them in a space like the collider means that the resulting particles can't escape (I believe the term 'hanging around' was used), that's where some of the problems lie.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know Oct 21 was when the first reactions are scheduled either. Must have missed that, ah-me! Thanks for the heads up!<BR/><BR/>Aaaaannway, sorry for the large response to your response to my post in response to the article on the comments of the scientists...<BR/><BR/>Jimzip :DJimziphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898047278409201807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14385434.post-17093565946113804602008-09-13T15:45:00.000+10:002008-09-13T15:45:00.000+10:00PS. Yes, looking back, I used the word amazing too many times in that comment. :pLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10871454096346440318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14385434.post-14037158568849962742008-09-13T15:43:00.000+10:002008-09-13T15:43:00.000+10:00I think everything to do with the large hadron collider is amazing. Although it still amazes me that people smart enough to build it and spend $8 billion on it, so massively miscalculated the public relations side of things. Instead of it being seen as an amazing step forward, it's being seen as a doomsday machine because they're so inept at informing the public. Perhaps proof science nerds have no social skills. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I don't think it'll end the world (fingers crossed) - but expect everybody to be nervous again on oct 21 when the first actual collisions take place. Apparently the first clue that something's gone wrong would be the world instantly disappearing or possibly nothing for a month, then the world's oceans turning into lava etc. Personally, I'm still hoping it makes dragons.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10871454096346440318noreply@blogger.com