The Large Hadron Collider will not end the world.

[Smith_3]

Anything that is created in those collisions has already been created in cosmic ray showers, which have much higher energies. The "End of the World" thing is a PR joke. And people are falling for it admirably :evilgrin:

[Heidi]

1. Good morning from Switzerland,

where the world has not yet ended. Translation: I still have to do laundry today. x(

[orleans]

4. hi heidi--what time is it there? n/t

[Heidi]

5. 7:57 a.m.

Hi, orleans! :hug:

[Mojorabbit]

8. I think they are just doing some

testing with it for a few weeks before they do the experiment. So do your laundry and clean the bathroom! :)

[Heidi]

10. You got it, Mojorabbit, Heaven knows I wouldn't want to be caught

with dirty laundry and a filthy bathroom when Teh End comes. :rofl:

[magellan]

11. Yes, today is the first attempt at establishing a full clockwise circulating proton beam

Two beams are required for collisions, clockwise and anti-clockwise. Today is another step in testing for a stable beam.

No collisions today. Sorry, end timers. :)

[WheelWalker]

12. Fuck - and I'm already starting to peak on that windowpane!

[magellan]

17. Well wash it off!

You can always start again.

:D

[orleans]

2. well, it's good to know the world won't be ending any time soon--

i've got a few irons in the fire and i'd hate to think all my hard work has been just a waste of time.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. YES IT WILL--YOU'RE LYING!

[cliffordu]

14. That's a kickin' chapeau, my man.

[Desertrose]

6. ...and if it does, how will we know?

We won't, because things will have ended.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. So *now* you tell me... after I just got done giving away everything in my house

except for my computer & chair... I wish I would have gotten the peoples' names and numbers that I gave the kids to....

:banghead:

[beac]

9. Sarah Palin will be disappointed.

Those darn 'end times' are SO unreliable!

[cliffordu]

13. I dunno, I crossed swords with a friend of mine who thought it was the end

of the world.....

oh.....HADRON collider...Sorry, My bad!!

[Fozzledick]

15. Well, if it does then I'll never speak to you again!

[Neshanic]

16. At least the opening of the dimension to Unicorn land will be cool.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Damn!

:grr: