Universe to end next Wednesday.

Billios

How a man (Prof. Rossler) who has almost no background in theoretical particle physics can make these kind of statements I have no idea. He's a Chemical Engineer, i know chemical engineers, clever guys but wouldnt know the Quantum Field Equations if they slapped them in the face :shock: .

dondare

Well, I know Quantum Physicists and they tend to be somewhat out of phase with reality.

Billios

dennisn

Wait a minute. I haven't skied or biked the Alps yet.

Dennis Noward

il_principe

Bronzie wrote:

LangerDan wrote:

I quite like the idea of what is probably the biggest machine in the world having an "On" switch.

Here it is.....................

I love the ambiguity of that sign!

squired

If the world is to end on Wednesday my theory is that it will either happen just as I go to leave work, or the second the England footy match (which will no doubt be another diabolical performance) finishes. Talk about your life ending on a high note!!!

sicrow

oh good I've got to pay my credit card bill on Thursday - or not now

Bronzie

jashburnham wrote:

Bronzie wrote:

LangerDan wrote:

I quite like the idea of what is probably the biggest machine in the world having an "On" switch.

Here it is.....................

I love the ambiguity of that sign!

But something about that sign just makes you think "I wonder what'll happen if I push that button?"

boybiker

If the universe ends on Wednesday then I don't have to do the hill climb next month YEY!!!! :P :P :P

dondare

boybiker wrote:

If the universe ends on Wednesday then I don't have to do the hill climb next month YEY!!!! :P :P :P

The Universe does not end immediately. [ OK ] A small black hole forms which starts to eat the world from the inside and will eventually consume enerything. [ OK ]
Of course, the black hole will increase the gravitational pull of the earth and so make everything; you, your bike &c. a lot heavier. [ OK ] [ OK ]
Enjoy your hill climb. [ok]

[ OK ] [ OK ] [ OK ] this isn't working....

whyamihere

Problem is, that black hole, if it even occurs (which there is great debate about) will be made up of two particles weighing 1.672x10^-27kg. The resulting black hole will be less than the weight of 2 of the protons as energy will be lost in the collision, which reduces the mass by E=mc^2. A black hole that small will have no effect on anything, it will most likely blink out of existence in fractions of a second.

The world's not going to end. Don't be silly.

Jez mon

STOP BEING SO BORING

The end is nigh and you know it

whyamihere

Sorry, theoretical physics student with an interest in particle physics.

RUN FOR THE HILLS! THE END IS NIGH!

Better?

boybiker

From the point of view of someone crossing the event horizon of a blackhole time travels increasingly slowly and time eventually stops and so you are stuck for the rest of eternity climbing up that sodding hill.
of course from the point of view of an external observer anything crossing the event horizon of a black hole is destined to be ripped apart by gravitational forces.
It used to be thought that nothing ever came back out of a black hole but its now known that due to Hawking radiation a black hole gradually gets smaller and smaller increasing the intensity of radiation until it vanishes up its own singularity with a huuuumungous KABOOOOOOOM!!!! after several billion years.

pneumatic

If there's a problem, Gromit will know what to do.

bobpzero

are you guys sure its this wednesday? i hope richard dawkins goes first

sicrow

I might need a new battery on my clock because it says thursday - have I survived :?:

idaviesmoore

sicrow wrote:

I might need a new battery on my clock because it says thursday - have I survived :?:

All the kids in my martial arts class are shi@@ing themselves because one of their teachers told them that the world was going to end :roll:
Talk about focusing young minds

jimwin

Was that pr*t teaching science, mythology or religion?

If science, he/she should have at least read up on the literature.

- JimW

CK

I really hope it does not mean the end of the world for everyone. Ive been without a bike for 6 weeks now and know what its like.

On the upside i suppose its one way of getting rid of gordon brown which just goes to show that every dark cloud has a silver lining.

pneumatic

Just in case, bye everyone. It's been a privilege chatting with you all.

or

If you wake up in a parallel universe, I'll be the handsome, lithe muscular guy on the S-Works leaving the peloton behind on hard climbs just for the fun of it.

ddraver

sicrow wrote:

I might need a new battery on my clock because it says thursday - have I survived :?:

that or time is running faster - is that a good or bad thing?

synchronicity

unclemalc wrote:

David I agree entirely. Every time I read about the blessed LHC or anything to do with the money spent/wasted on particle physics research makes me throw a fit. :twisted:
I seriously think that the people who run LHC are hoping to find the science that will let what remains of humanity to escape 'Offworld' after we've @rsed up the Earth beyond reasonable living conditions.
All the supposed 'benefits' of the work were dreamt up way before i) the true costs were realised and ii) the far more pressing problems facing us which need addressing NOW became a priority.
Trouble is, the average jo is aware of what SHOULD be going on but the t

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ers in charge faff about for so long that nothing gets done.
The amount of money involved in LHC is simply staggering - its like trying to get your head around distances from here to a bloody star.
That and bloody flights to the planets.....
We live in times where common sense and a bit of forward thinking has been lost .
Now you've got me started... :shock:

Well put, I couldn't agree more with you mate! I used to be a research graduate, thankfully not in particle physics... I'm now involved with bikes & the career cahnge has been a revelation.

smoo wrote:

If it does work, and leads to a grand theory of everything, there will probably be lots of currently unforeeable spin-offs with practical applications.

Care to give an example :?:
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to wait around holding my breath for these miraculous practical applications to appear any time soon...

smoo wrote:

Actually, it's difficult enough getting funding these days to do any science that doesn't have obvious commercial or social applications. The particle physicists seem to be the exception!

I'm well aware of what you're saying because my thesis was entitled "Characterisation of Australian opals". Depsite winning a 3.5 year scholarship, I thought additional funding would be nigh impossible, but we still managed to convince the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering to give us several thousand dollars extra in order to blast bits of rock with ionic radiation. Yes we discovered something new eventually. Will it help anyone? Not bloody likely.

My point is, I learned that scientists are veritable EXPERTS in justifying research funds.

popette

I know it's pathetic but I am actually a little bit worried. I'll will have dropped the kids off at nursery and school by then (I think the experiment happens at 8.30) so they'll be on their own if it does happen.

Stewie Griffin

Phew!

boybiker

WhooHoo!!! I am still here, either that or I have fallen into a blackhole and haven't noticed :?

azzurribike

people have started randomly disappearing on the opposite side of the globe to the Cern collider.

Oh bugger I'm back LOL!

gert_lush

Hoorah, i'm still here somewhat predictably.

....although i do seem to have no recollection of what or where I was at 8.30am this morning at the time of the experiment, maybe time as we know it stropped, maybe I was sucked into a parallel universe, i do remember a hazy vision of being a Jason Bourne type spy kicking some ass and running from the baddies.....or maybe i was just asleep dreaming..who will ever know!...sadly it didn't fix my broken clavicle...doh

jc4lab

...The tunnel might make a nice cycle track when they have finished with it..

LangerDan

I've been watching it live - booooring. No explosions, no cash-grabbing scientists sitting at solid gold computers, no evil mastermind stroking a cat and telling visiting dignitaries "...no, I expect you to DIE!". Just a bunch of people milling around. An unusual proportion have manbags, though.