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    #21

    Sep 9, 2008, 05:05 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by iAMfromHuntersBar
    Imagine winning the lottery on the day the world ends! Now THAT would be bad luck!
    Oooiiiiii : tomorrow the National Lottery here is drawing the biggest jackpot price ever...

    That must be an indication, something to take into consideration...

    The draw takes place at 14:00 GMT precisely... Set your alarmclocks !

    Have a look here what may be ahead of you ..... (Link) - A MUST SEE !!! <-----

    :D :D :D :D :D :D
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    #22

    Sep 9, 2008, 05:46 PM
    Stephen Hawking believes in it. That's good enough for me.

    Stephen Hawking: Large Hadron Collider vital for humanity - Telegraph
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    #23

    Sep 9, 2008, 09:42 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by iAMfromHuntersBar
    Imagine winning the lottery on the day the world ends! Now THAT would be bad luck! :D
    That would be my luck. :eek:

    I swear, if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any. ;)
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    #24

    Sep 10, 2008, 01:32 AM
    Just checking... everyone's still here... right?
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    #25

    Sep 10, 2008, 01:50 AM
    Has this Hadron Collider thing happened yet? I wasn't sure of the time that it would be happening.

    Thanks!
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    #26

    Sep 10, 2008, 01:56 AM
    Yeah, it's been on the news here this morning, they turned it on at 8:30 GMT!

    A scientist counted down, and amusing said;

    "5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... NOTHING!"

    It would have been much funnier if he would have started screaming as a joke! Ha ha!

    More here from the Beeb;
    BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Success for 'Big Bang' experiment

    Although that was only another test, they don't start doing the 'dangerous' stuff for a while yet!
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    #27

    Sep 10, 2008, 02:04 AM
    Bear in mind this is simply a test.
    Full power experiments aren't due to start until early 2009.
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    #28

    Sep 10, 2008, 04:50 AM
    Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the earth yet?

    Just so you can keep up to date...
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    #29

    Sep 10, 2008, 05:06 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Capuchin
    Oh if I could give you a greenie for that! Ha ha ha! Awesome! :D
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    #30

    Sep 10, 2008, 05:14 AM
    Holy crap, Websense blocks that URL, why would they do that??
    I'll have to check it out at home.
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    #31

    Sep 10, 2008, 05:45 AM
    Fearing end of the world, girl commits suicide

    What a travesty. If only journalists would listen to what scientists have to say on the matter and stop bigging up the whole black hole thing.
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    #32

    Sep 10, 2008, 05:46 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma
    Holy crap, Websense blocks that URL, why would they do that????
    I'll have to check it out at home.
    It just says NO :p
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    #33

    Sep 10, 2008, 07:30 AM
    The world didn't end! Hoo-ray!!! :D
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    #34

    Sep 10, 2008, 08:18 AM
    ::looks around:: Are we still alive? ;)

    Yay, I guess I get to celebrate my birthday after all. :) Darnit, now I have to clean the house and make plans. :(
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    #35

    Sep 10, 2008, 09:51 AM
    I thought I'd just upload this for posterity; the Google banner for today! :)
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    #36

    Sep 13, 2008, 04:39 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Curlyben
    If the odds of this happening where really that HIGH do you think they would of ever been allowed to build the thing ?!?!
    Of course.
    The human capacity for denial when we think we are doing the right thing is enormous.
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    #37

    Sep 13, 2008, 04:42 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by cal823
    of course.
    The human capacity for denial when we think we are doing the right thing is enormous.
    As is the human capacity for delusion when all evidence suggests we're doing the right thing.
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    #38

    Sep 14, 2008, 08:53 AM
    There remains the validity in questioning the wisdom of uncontrolled scientific research.
    This time it went well. But once the collider come at "full steam"?
    Or the next collider with still higher power ?

    Like I already stated : "I do not doubt that there were extensive discussions between many very smart people about that. But even when they all are all "sure" for 99.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999. 999 % (or even more), that still leaves a very very small chance that it goes wrong!

    I do not doubt that scientists and politicians have done their homework, but nobody can ever be sure that their calculations are correct. And why was the world's population never openly asked for their opinion in this ?
    Everyone and everything on earth was involved. Where is their decision and influence?

    The real question here is of course : is there a limit to scientific research in view of the POSSIBLE consequences of that research for earth and all on earth?

    That question goes from gene/DNA research to nuclear research to the insane research on biological weapons and diseases like pocks, plaque, ebola, etc.

    Is there a limit, and if you agree to that : what would that limit be, and how do you control that ?

    :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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    #39

    Sep 16, 2008, 01:52 AM
    I know these scientists might be concentrating on the task at hand, but surely someone should be keeping an eye on stuff like this;
    BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Big bang' experiment is hacked

    "So lads, erm, who shall we hack today? Shall we try that LHC malarky?"
    "Nah, that will be heavily locked down won't i ... ooooh, I'm in!"

    Now THAT's scary stuff! Ha ha!

    Quote Originally Posted by Credendovidis
    ...nobody can ever be sure that their calculations are correct.
    1+1=2... I'm pretty sure that's correct! (In normal denary fashion, none of this other fancy rubbish that is!) He he he!
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    #40

    Sep 17, 2008, 08:49 AM
    I liked this interview with the LHC rapper:

    Rapping the Higgs Boson: Katherine McAlpine (aka AlpineKat) talks particle physics, the Large Hadron Collector, and Rapping at CERN - O'Reilly News

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