In the news...

[KDog]

Probably one of the most disturbing news items I've read lately.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418204,00.html

A British physicist has claimed he can explain the secrets of the Big Bang Theory, but his controversial experiment has scientists believing he could bring about the end of the world, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported.

For centuries, scientists have sought unsuccessfully to unlock the secrets of the Big Bang Theory — a model explaining the birth of the universe. But 63-year-old Dr. Lyn Evans of Aberdare, England, popularly known as "Evans the Atom," claims to know the answers, and will test his experiment on Wednesday by using a 17-mile-long doughnut-shaped tunnel that will smash sub-atomic particles together at the speed of light, the Mail reported.

Evans' ambitions, however, have brought widespread concern among scientists who say the experiment could create a shower of unstable black holes inside the Earth, and subsequently bring destruction to the planet.

"Nothing will happen for at least four years," retired German Otto Rossler told the Mail. "Then someone will spot a light ray coming out of the Indian Ocean during the night and no one will be able to explain it."

 

[baginoman]

wow the ion collider is going to be launched this coming wed.?

wow, thats gonna be interesting haha...

 

[crazyj0n]

:dw: What the hell? All i hear is something about 4 years (2012) and black holes inside earth.

 

[baginoman]

:dw: What the hell? All i hear is something about 4 years (2012) and black holes inside earth.

wow did not even notice that...scary haha

 

[SOHCit2me]

:dw: What the hell? All i hear is something about 4 years (2012) and black holes inside earth.

Yea, possibly the most piss poor excuse for a news report I've ever read.

 

[KDog]

The Daily Mail is the original source, so take it for what it's worth.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1053091/Meet-Evans-Atom-end-world-Wednesday.html

 

[canibus]

nukes or black holes. we're going to kills eachother anyway

 

[Zinc03Cobra]

yesssss!! can't wait!!!

 

[Duende]

Oh, good lord. Seriously, come on, someone call the ball on this shit.

 

[Junior00]

For the LOVE OF GOD...this has been posted on at least 3 times in the past month or so. It is called the Hadron Collider...or as one thread starter called it...THE HARD ON! lol

 

[Venomous01]

Maybe we'll discover time travel and send Jean Claude Van Dam back to the future. :lol1:

 

[SNCBOOM]

yesssss!! Can't wait!!!

+1!

 

[Juruense]

The UK Daily Mail is not a credible media source.

 

[TwinTurbo4vGT]

Maybe we'll discover time travel and send Jean Claude Van Dam back to the future. :lol1:

or maybe well all be sucked into another dimension. :dancenana:

 

[James Snover]

If that gets us two copies of Mia Sarah in this world, then what the hell are we waiting for? Press the damn button!

Jim Snover

Maybe we'll discover time travel and send Jean Claude Van Dam back to the future. :lol1:

 

[James Snover]

Well, for starters, they got the speed wrong. It will not be "at the speed of light." Near the the speed of light, yes. 99.8% of it, maybe, if everything is running as it should. But not _at_ the speed of light.

A small distinction, but in relativistic terms, an exceedingly important one.

Pop quiz: does the speed of light vary?

Jim Snover

Probably one of the most disturbing news items I've read lately.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418204,00.html

 

[Juruense]

The speed of light is a universal constant.

 

[James Snover]

Hawking, I think, once said our entire universe is inside a black hole. That's good enough for "another dimension" for me.

Jim Snover

or maybe well all be sucked into another dimension. :dancenana:

 

[F8LBITEva]

end of the world and ive been paying off these CC's for no reason.

 

[James Snover]

A popular misconception. The speed of light is not a constant. Anyone know under what conditions it slows down, what happens when it slows down, and how it has relevance to everyone with a functioning pair of eyes, just for starters?

Jim Snover

The speed of light is a universal constant.