[FFreak3]

well, in many cases, in my eyes, it's either a half-assed explanation which really doesn't explain anything but buggers around the point, a huge argument, or a "we're not going to die".

Of those, the only one a retarded AI couldn't come up with without any knowledge on the subject is a huge explanation.

Oct. 21, they start with the real tests.

Wait . . . maybe not the 21st, but around there, I think.

[Spann]

www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com

If anyone can point out the really funny thing about that website...

Well there's no prize, but you're definitely a nerd.

[Man Of Doom]

Is it the fact that the code does not seem to allow it to be set to yes?
Haven't used Javascript in years.

[FFreak3]

this is it:
<!-- if the lhc actually destroys the earth & this page isn't yet updated
please email mike@frantic.org to receive a full refund -->

[Spann]

Man of Doom got it, but the refund offer is the second funniest bit.

[Zin]

The LHC will induce time travel, thus allowing the ancient Vikings to land on the moon and found the Illuminati. FACT!*


Personally, I'm waiting for the Really Large Hadron Collider, as described by Stephen Hawking in The Universe in a Nutshell. Basically, it's a particle accelerator that encircles the Solar System, allowing for energies high enough to probe the smallest estimates of the Planck length. Hoo-hah!

My physics prof was really excited about the test results today, but I couldn't quite make out what he was saying becuase his accent gets thicker when he's interested in something.

The conspiracy theory stuff reminds me of those crazy people with ideas about hollow planets and "New" energy and cubic time who always wind up comparing themselves favorably to "Hawkins". Which, of course, I interpret to mean they are comparing themselves to Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island who is almost certainly not any kind of scientist and a lot better at writing than these twits are.

*May not actually be a fact.

[FFreak3]

. . .I, uh . . . made my physics professor really excited about the tests today by excess of enthusiasm . ..

No, actually, he needed some things explained to him about the meaning of the test results. (He never studied quantum physics, he's mostly fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Those guys don't have much reason to know the inner workings of the LHC)

[Maggot4Life]

So apparently we should be dead right about... yesterday.

AW SICK! now i can play Fallout 3 before I die!! wootwootowootwootwootowoot

[Zin]

Unless Yahtzee gives Fallout 3 a scathing review, in which case you won't want to anymore.

Edit: Actually maybe not. I suppose I can't speak for the flexibility of your opinion.

This post has been edited by Zin: 10 September 2008 - 05:14 PM

[Spann]

I thought Fallout 3 had been banned in Oz?

[joshofalltrades]

Drugs are illegal here in the States, and that means it's impossible to get them.

[Spann]

I've never heard of any drugs with regional lockout though...

[ssfsx17]

I find it silly how so many people were afraid that it would create a full Big Bang, an Earth-eating black hole or an uncontrolled resonance cascade. On the other hand, I do worry for the health of any red-haired scientists who are responsible for operating it during thunderstorms. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=yvZYWhiyM8Y

[FFreak3]

it hasn't been fully run yet. there is still time for people to be idiots before nothing happens.

[Patch]

I heard some people died with shock when it didn't destroy the world...

No, not really, but that would make me bow my head in a moments silence to try and stifle my giggles.