Large Hardon Collider

[Kryssan]

Ok, I'll admit, I had to Google the name because I didn't know it.




And the first result? This.



Priceless. Another Darwin Award waiting to happen. Are we certain she's not one of the girls that fell in the hole and jumped on FB with her phone rather than call 911?



A lot of people could stand to learn to be correct before being first. *cough* Some of them are close by.

[Pirian]

They're making black holes in texas? I somehow always knew it.

[Korietsu]

They're making black holes in texas? I somehow always knew it.

Yeah, that hole over in Waxahachie is doing alot of work. Shame that that project fell through. Then again, when you tell a congressman that that machine is the closest you can get to god, well, I guess a cancellation is expected to happen somewhere down the line.

[Mizango]

Decided to post this in the spirit of Christmas. I hope you guys enjoy because it is a really goofy and funny read.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1205233544.htm

Also, no matter what you guys believe or whatever I hope each of you have a great day tomorrow and a great weekend. Enjoy your friends, family and be safe out there. I mean this is the most non homo way possible but I love you guys and appreciate each and every one of you.

No, im not drunk and no im not high lol.

[Kryssan]

I mean this is the most non homo way possible but I love you guys and appreciate each and every one of you.

No, im not drunk and no im not high lol.

So, we should just assume both to be safe, yes?

[Woozie]

Santa's been holding out. This technology could be incredibly useful to society if he wasn't so stingy with it.

[oldoldman]

Happy Birthday Isaac Newton! (Julian fo' life.)

[Eliseos]

Decided to post this in the spirit of Christmas. I hope you guys enjoy because it is a really goofy and funny read.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1205233544.htm

Also, no matter what you guys believe or whatever I hope each of you have a great day tomorrow and a great weekend. Enjoy your friends, family and be safe out there. I mean this is the most non homo way possible but I love you guys and appreciate each and every one of you.

No, im not drunk and no im not high lol.

Definitely got the gay.

[Woozie]

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages.../15744.jpg?v=1

[Silenka]

Just wanted to bring to the attention of those who may be interested that shirt.woot has a LHC-themed shirt up today. It's a pretty rockin' design, it will only be up til 1am CST tomorrow.

http://shirt.woot.com/

[Mizango]

Just wanted to bring to the attention of those who may be interested that shirt.woot has a LHC-themed shirt up today. It's a pretty rockin' design, it will only be up til 1am CST tomorrow.

http://shirt.woot.com/

Wow nice lol. This is the 2010 Wolfshirt, wait and see.

[Eliseos]

Wow nice lol. This is the 2010 Wolfshirt, wait and see.

Haha, I thought the same thing.

[Silenka]

Today's is an artistic rendering of us crashing a rocket into the moon. Awesome.

[Kryssan]

Today's is an artistic rendering of us crashing a rocket into the moon. Awesome.

I suppose drawing them crashing into Mars would be more realistic than artistic. Good choice on their part.

[Eliseos]

Yahoo with a shitty story:

MOSCOW – Russia's space chief said Wednesday his agency will consider sending a spacecraft to a large asteroid to knock it off its path and prevent a possible collision with Earth.

Anatoly Perminov said the space agency will hold a meeting soon to assess a mission to Apophis, telling Golos Rossii radio that it would invite NASA, the European Space Agency, the Chinese space agency and others to join the project once it is finalized.

When the 270-meter (885-foot) asteroid was first discovered in 2004, astronomers estimated the chances of it smashing into Earth in its first flyby in 2029 were as high as 1-in-37.

Further studies ruled out the possibility of an impact in 2029, when the asteroid is expected to come no closer than 18,300 miles (29,450 kilometers) above Earth's surface, but they indicated a small possibility of a hit on subsequent encounters.

In October, NASA lowered the odds that Apophis could hit Earth in 2036 from a 1-in-45,000 as earlier thought to a 1-in-250,000 chance after researchers recalculated the asteroid's path. It said another close encounter in 2068 will involve a 1-in-330,000 chance of impact.

Scientists have long theorized about asteroid deflection strategies. Some have proposed sending a probe to circle around a dangerous asteroid to gradually change its trajectory. Others suggested sending a spacecraft to collide with the asteroid and alter its momentum, or using nuclear weapons to hit it.

Without mentioning NASA findings, Perminov said that he heard from a scientist that Apophis is getting closer and may hit the planet. "I don't remember exactly, but it seems to me it could hit the Earth by 2032," Perminov said.

He wouldn't disclose any details of the project, saying they still need to be worked out. But he said the mission wouldn't require any nuclear explosions.

Hollywood action films "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," have featured space missions scrambling to avoid catastrophic collisions. In both movies space crews use nuclear bombs in an attempt to prevent collisions.

"Calculations show that it's possible to create a special purpose spacecraft within the time we have, which would help avoid the collision without destroying it (the asteroid) and without detonating any nuclear charges," Perminov said. "The threat of collision can be averted."

"People's lives are at stake. We should pay several hundred million dollars and build a system that would allow to prevent a collision, rather than sit and wait for it to happen and kill hundreds of thousands of people," he added.

Boris Shustov, the director of the Institute of Astronomy under the Russian Academy of Sciences, hailed Perminov's statement as a signal that officials had come to recognize the danger posed by asteroids.

"Apophis is just a symbolic example, there are many other dangerous objects we know little about," he said, according to RIA Novosti news agency.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091230/...roid_encounter

I thought Apophis was dead, now the Russians don't even know anything about it, and/or are ignoring our findings.

[Mizango]

lolyahoonews. They make me want to punch myself in the face anytime they post anything news related.

[Eliseos]

I like how they sound disappointed that we aren't following a Hollywood approach with blowing up this asteroid.

[Mizango]

I like how they sound disappointed that we aren't following a Hollywood approach with blowing up this asteroid.

No kidding lol. We need to contact Bruce Willis and Steve Buscemi stat.

[Jojothemidget]

I present to you the spaceship that will save us all.

It kills aliens too!

[kuronosan]

So when's this thing getting fired up?