Just a quick post: As if anyone is reading this, I would like to congratulate the engineers, scientists, construction workers, architects, and all others involved in the creation of the Large Hadron Collider for a successful first run.
In case you haven't been following this, Google the Large Hadron Collider and read up on their misson(s), as well as the threats they've received. Apparently, a lot of uber-conservative naysayers got ahold of the information that two particles colliding at such high speeds could create a black hole that would quickly engulf the earth. Probability of the creation of a black hole: 1 in 50 million. Actually engulfing the earth? A little less probable...
The worst part is that many people sent threats to the scientists who were shooting off the first partical beam last night. Amusingly, this was a particle beam. There was no collision, just focusing the lenses and the beam. And scientists successfully shot a particle beam around the entire LHC machine with under an hour of focusing!
So congratulations, LHC creators! I can't wait for the first collision, and I am very excited to see what information this machine (which is the largest mankind has ever created) will produce. And thank you for not making the earth blink out of existence.
In case you haven't been following this, Google the Large Hadron Collider and read up on their misson(s), as well as the threats they've received. Apparently, a lot of uber-conservative naysayers got ahold of the information that two particles colliding at such high speeds could create a black hole that would quickly engulf the earth. Probability of the creation of a black hole: 1 in 50 million. Actually engulfing the earth? A little less probable...
The worst part is that many people sent threats to the scientists who were shooting off the first partical beam last night. Amusingly, this was a particle beam. There was no collision, just focusing the lenses and the beam. And scientists successfully shot a particle beam around the entire LHC machine with under an hour of focusing!
So congratulations, LHC creators! I can't wait for the first collision, and I am very excited to see what information this machine (which is the largest mankind has ever created) will produce. And thank you for not making the earth blink out of existence.
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