About the Cern and their tests on September 10th

[NightHunter]

Hi guys,

I know I was absent during the last fews days or weeks. I'm writing this because if this experiment going bad, I would like to tell you all that I love everyone of you and I got a great time with you all.

press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR07.08E.html

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXzugu39pKM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1vKisefsuI

Nh who have is 9mm ready in case of...

PS: Nah, I'm not serious about the last part. But I still hope it's not going bad. So what do you think of that?

[Doomy]

Super plagues, meteor strikes, war, disastrous climate change, and now manmade black holes. Wow, so many armageddon scenarios. Anyone want to run a sweepstake? Collecting your winnings might be tricky.

[Black Cat]

Hey, we're still alive. Hubert Reeves and Stephen Hawkins both say that there are no risks with this. If they're wrong, well, we'll blame them!

[wildhorse]

Yes, we are alive....

[Samildanach]

hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

;D

And gist.github.com/9810

Still, at least someone is thinking rationally about all this.

[Maerin]

Well, it was just a test. Looks like there might be another year of nonsensical hype before they turn the thing on for "real".

Maerin, who thinks humanity a bit too presumptuous of its significance in this case

[Samildanach]

www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

[NightHunter]

Yes, we are still alive.

Let's see what will happen with the upcoming and true test. Two photons that will collided together. Yike! Startrek's technologies is coming.

Oh yeah, I saw Homer Simpsons at the Dunkin Donut near my place yesterday. Any good Simpsons fan will know on which episode I'm talking about.

[Samildanach]

This is reassuring (from Wiki):

On 27 March 2007 a cryogenic magnet support broke during a pressure test involving one of the LHC's inner triplet (focusing quadrupole) magnet assemblies, provided by Fermilab and KEK. No one was injured. Fermilab director Pier Oddone stated "In this case we are dumbfounded that we missed some very simple balance of forces". This fault had been present in the original design, and remained during four engineering reviews over the following years.[25] Analysis revealed that its design, made as thin as possible for better insulation, was not strong enough to withstand the forces generated during pressure testing.