06-26-2008, 11:31 PM
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Large Hadron Collider and hilarious overreactions
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06-26-2008, 11:58 PM
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Extremely nerdy.... But recreating the birth of the universe is....... *bursts out laughing* ....pure insanity! 
That's the most out-there, courageous thing I have read in a while! Good luck to them and i'll be watching what happens! 
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06-27-2008, 04:33 AM
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The science is beyond me but the general plan seems pretty neat!
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06-28-2008, 09:26 PM
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I keep thinking Black Mesa when I look at the pictures of this place.
"Please activate the mass spectrometer Gordon..."
It's an absolute giant project in the long run of things. 17 miles in diameter and 600 feet under ground.
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07-21-2008, 10:57 PM
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Oddly enough if this experiment was to be conducted in the US - the entire project would be literally blacklisted by the very same community that is currently embracing it 
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07-22-2008, 10:50 AM
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haha man this is great i'm really excited as how this will work out!
hmm imagine this whole thing quenches... omg biggest explosion on earth ever? 
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07-24-2008, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by silentm
hmm imagine this whole thing quenches... omg biggest explosion on earth ever? |
nothing compared to a meteorite striking us 
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07-23-2008, 02:14 AM
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1.9 degrees Kelvin...so the accelerator will be operating at just barely over absolute zero.
What the hell are they using to super cool that thing without destroying the materials around it.
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07-23-2008, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Spiffu
What the hell are they using to super cool that thing without destroying the materials around it.
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the article says liquid helium. i guess it to be in some kind of metal tubing.
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1.9 degrees Kelvin...so the accelerator will be operating at just barely over absolute zero.
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barely over 0 kelvin would be around a half billionth K which was achieved by a science group in the US
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09-15-2008, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Spiffu
1.9 degrees Kelvin...so the accelerator will be operating at just barely over absolute zero.
What the hell are they using to super cool that thing without destroying the materials around it.
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liquid nitrogen
oh well, enjoy yuour last moments, grap a mp3 of portishead's glory box, some astro glide or some other slippery substance, close your eyes, think about monica bellucci, best way to go
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09-15-2008, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 10000rpmlover
oh well, enjoy yuour last moments, grap a mp3 of portishead's glory box, some astro glide or some other slippery substance, close your eyes, think about monica bellucci, best way to go
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Man, you've thought this through, haven't you? 
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07-23-2008, 07:40 PM
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I just have to point out, since I work for the world leader in mass specs.... a mass specometer isnt a colider.. its a measurement device to measure mass at the atom level.
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07-23-2008, 08:20 PM
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