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**DPS Computing** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 00:29

Large Hadron Collider - will it cause the end of the world? - Telegraph

Just in case we all die tommorow its been nice knowing you all!!!

**Ben** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 00:33

hahaha. This is hilarious!!! I thought you were really leaving the forum for sometime 'n all

I only heard about this LHC since the BBC news about 10ish. Not sure if anyone would read this thread before 6am which I believe is the start of all this crazy experiment.

At least if we die we'll become part of matter

**Brian** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 00:41

I got a nice bottle of Merlot that will go down good just before I get sucked into a black hole

**DPS Computing** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 00:42

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hahaha. This is hilarious!!! I thought you were really leaving the forum for sometime 'n all

I only heard about this LHC since the BBC news about 10ish. Not sure if anyone would read this thread before 6am which I believe is the start of all this crazy experiment.

At least if we die we'll become part of matter

hehe, no don't want to intentionally leave the forum, if this does come true then the forum wouldn't exist and we would have all technically left lol

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Not sure on the time, but if it is 6am, then Judegement Day could be close.

Hopefully I will still see you all to post here tommorow night. If not, I'll see you on the big cloud in the sky

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**Ben** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 00:46

So I guess the Internet will be ending shorter than expected?

**DPS Computing** · #6 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 00:57

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So I guess the Internet will be ending shorter than expected?

Yep - at least we can live safe in the knowledge that we spent some of our last hours on the lovely eUKhost forum.

**Ben** · #7 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 00:59

No more global warming to worry about!!

**DPS Computing** · #8 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 01:02

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No more global warming to worry about!!

Nope, and no more politicians, WMD or wars in Iraq and George Bushes to worry about either.

But we'll all always remember that

and I'm sure will be the number 1 hosting company in heaven! Will have to relocate the Maidenhead datacentre to "Cloud base 1" though unfortunately - hope another datacentre move doesn't affect you too much Mark (or should I say the spirit of Mark!

)

Daniel · #9 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 06:31

Nothing will happen, Guaranteed. This is a small chance, there is a higher chance when they actually fulfill the experiment in October, this is basically a test ensuring they go the correct way, if they don't the atoms will be dispensed immediately, nothing will blow up

**Ben** · #10 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 08:59

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Nope, and no more politicians, WMD or wars in Iraq and George Bushes to worry about either.

But we'll all always remember that

and I'm sure will be the number 1 hosting company in heaven! Will have to relocate the Maidenhead datacentre to "Cloud base 1" though unfortunately - hope another datacentre move doesn't affect you too much Mark (or should I say the spirit of Mark!

)

I hope backups are in place

**paul** · #11 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 10:03

It would be greatest day to watch the big bang happening and seeing everything going inside the black hole before our eyes.

**DPS Computing** · #12 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 12:50

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Nothing will happen, Guaranteed. This is a small chance, there is a higher chance when they actually fulfill the experiment in October, this is basically a test ensuring they go the correct way, if they don't the atoms will be dispensed immediately, nothing will blow up

Its easy to say that after the experiment had already started!!!! lol

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I hope backups are in place

So do I!!! Or a self destruct mechanism!

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It would be greatest day to watch the big bang happening and seeing everything going inside the black hole before our eyes.

I think it would be too fast for us to analyse!!!!

**Ben** · #13 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 14:25

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Its easy to say that after the experiment had already started!!!! lol

So do I!!! Or a self destruct mechanism!

I think it would be too fast for us to analyse!!!!

Haha!!

Don't worry, its only took us 10,000 years of evolution to destroy our planet, maybe other planets won't be too welcoming to our arrival when they hear the news

Oh wait, even Google are anticipating:

**jc8654** · #14 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 20:29

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So I guess the Internet will be ending shorter than expected?

The irony in that comment - the internet was born at CERN when the previous experiment there was in operation.

It's quite funny actually as today nothing has actually been colliding. All they've been doing is passing particles around the complete ring to check everything is working... It's nothing that exciting - it's the equivalent of road testing a car before you do the safety test. Today was seeing if the car will drive - when we get to crashing the car into things, that is when the fun will really start and then we might get a black hole!

And frankly (being a physicist I actually do know what I'm talking about here) there is more chance of an asteroid hitting the Earth than a black hole appearing - just think, you're far likely to die in a car crash than anything CERN creating a black hole which will devour the earth.

Hypothetically, if you were to get pulled into a black hole, it would be quite interesting as your feet would get pulled into the hole faster than your head so your body would just get stretched. So there is still hope for all the short people out there!

**WelshTom** · #15 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 20:38

Yay! Considering I'm only 5ft 6 :P