One of the Coolest Places In the Universe 338
phantomflanflinger writes "The Cern Laboratory, home of the Large Hadron Collider, is fast becoming one of the coolest places in the Universe. According to news.bbc.co.uk, the Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) — colder than deep space. The LHC aims to re-create the conditions just after the Big Bang and continue the search for the Higgs boson."
Higgs Bussom? (Score:5, Funny)
Dark Knight sequel? (Score:5, Funny)
Trying to discover a hypothetical elementary particle, or trying to create Batman's next villain [youtube.com]?!
They're still searching? (Score:3, Funny)
Have they checked behind the couch?
Warning! (Score:5, Funny)
Tongue contact with cold collider parts can result in serious injury.
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:5, Funny)
Ah now I see... (Score:5, Funny)
Bring it on (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Can someone code up a clock? (Score:4, Funny)
And don't forget to include the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey" Also Sprach Zarathustra
Also appropriate, Is Zarathustra in your pocket or are you just happy to see the LHC going online?
Also appropriate since we might see the birth of another solar system where the LHC used to be.
Re:Ah now I see... (Score:5, Funny)
When they create a black hole and destroy the earth, they can say "but it was such a cool experiment..."
Actually, they can't.
Unless they synchronize the destruction with a space tourism trip.
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Everybody! Start checking for suspicious space flights!
Re:!news (Score:4, Funny)
so what the fuck?
Sensory overload. I think I melded that story and the previous with the packaging world record...oh wait, there's something happening on my other monitor, can't talk.
Re:Ah now I see... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, they can't.
Unless they synchronize the destruction with a space tourism trip.
...
Everybody! Start checking for suspicious space flights!
I heard every single one of the bastards has a towel and an electronic thumb all prepared.
Infinitely Improbable (Score:5, Funny)
The collider is so cool you could keep a side of meat in it for a month. It is so incredibly hip it has trouble seeing over its own pelvis. Hey, you sass that hoopy large hadron collider, there's a frood that really knows where its towel's at.
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Warning! (Score:5, Funny)
Higgs Boson? (Score:2, Funny)
I would have assumed that something this cool would be used to search for the elusive Fonz Particle.
Re:Can someone code up a clock? (Score:5, Funny)
Assuming that the LHC will destroy the Earth, this countdown is also the number of days left to lose your virginity.
When I was growing up (Score:4, Funny)
When I was growing up, we had to get by on a few millikelvins, and we were grateful for every last one of them!
Re:Ah now I see... (Score:4, Funny)
Well it would effectively put an end to the vast majority of our problems, replacing them with a single massive problem.
Re:Coolest place looking for the hottest bang? (Score:5, Funny)
One of my little sisterâ(TM)s friends told her in serious horror that âoethe scientistsâ were going to destroy the earth with this device.
Talk about dumb! Doesn't she realize it's not just the Earth, but the entire Universe that is on the line here?!!!
obligatory bash.org quote (Score:5, Funny)
[TheXPhial] vaccuums
[Guo_Si] Hey, you know what sucks in a metaphorical sense?
[TheXPhial] black holes
[Guo_Si] Hey, you know what just isn't cool?
[TheXPhial] lava?
Re:When I was growing up (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:5, Funny)
What do you think a large hardon collider is for?
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:5, Funny)
uneconomic (Score:5, Funny)
Have you seen the cost of this large hagrid colliding thing? What is the point of wasting all that tax money looking for that higgs boson that, when found, will probably have been stepped on or at least be all dirty. Wouldn't it make more sense just to write the boson off at the next inventory count and just requisition a NEW higgs boson from stores?
Okay, we need to be more environmentally aware now, and less wasteful of materials but this just confirms what people have told me about these CERN guys; they just take stuff to extremes.
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I thought.... (Score:3, Funny)
Your own quote clearly says it's in both.
Re:When I was growing up (Score:5, Funny)
Luxury. Well when I were a lad, our dad used to make 160 of us live in a shoebox in the middle of deep space. Millikelvins?? We *dreamed* of millikelvins....
Paradise. Why, when I was growin' up, we were all huddled together inside a higgs boson in the middle of a black hole. Every morning, we'd lick the black hole clean with our tongues, then huddle around the event horizon rubbing our hands together until it went *above* absolute zero.
One of the coolest? (Score:3, Funny)
Anyone know the coldest place in the universe?
Please don't say Cheney's heart...
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ah now I see... (Score:5, Funny)
Har-de-har-har!
I mod myself down for that one.
Re:Can someone code up a clock? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I thought.... (Score:5, Funny)
Could you please point me to the American supersonic jetliner?
Thought not - and seeing as how it was bits falling of a US plane that caused the disaster that killed off Concorde, you've got nothing to shout about.
Concorde was an elementally flawed idea - too small and too expensive to develop and run, but I saw the A380 at Farnborough the other day, and that's going to kill Boeing in the next few years, especially if they lose the USAF tanker contract too.
And 'super-massive supercollider'?
That's just a drag strip with 2 SUVs loaded with lard-arsed Yanks playing chicken :o)
Re:One of the coolest? (Score:3, Funny)
Right, the correct answer is the cold void where Cheney's heart used to be.
Re:Another example of useless science journalism (Score:1, Funny)
Yeha, it was europeans that discovered american... (Score:2, Funny)
So bow down to your creators :)
And makers of great beer.
Re:When I was growing up (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Curious... (Score:5, Funny)
So, how much resistance is there in a Superconductor? A tiny bit?
Re:Ah now I see... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Coolest place looking for the hottest bang? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Warning! (Score:4, Funny)
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to the Large Hadron Collider.
Caution: The Large Hadron Collider may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
The Large Hadron Collider contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use the Large Hadron Collider on concrete.
Discontinue use of the Large Hadron Collider if any of the following occurs:
* itching
* vertigo
* dizziness
* tingling in extremities
* loss of balance or coordination
* slurred speech
* temporary blindness
* profuse sweating
* or heart palpitations.
If the Large Hadron Collider begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
The Large Hadron Collider may stick to certain types of skin.
When not in use, the Large Hadron Collider should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of the Large Hadron Collider, the scientific community, and its parent company, the military-industrial complex, of any and all liability.
Ingredients of the Large Hadron Collider include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
The Large Hadron Collider has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
Do not taunt the Large Hadron Collider.
The Large Hadron Collider comes with a lifetime warranty.
Re:Higgs Bussom? (Score:5, Funny)
We don't wonder. We know why!
Re:Can someone code up a clock? (Score:4, Funny)
Here's a calendar [globalartistvillage.org] designed to show when the LHC comes online and does its first experiment.