Slog - Comments on Q: Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the World Yet? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye Find the answer at hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:28:29 -0800 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:51:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Skip The page source on that's pretty funny, too.

]]> Skip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137286 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:33:13 -0800 Comment by thickturd my new favorite website ever.

]]> thickturd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137291 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:34:32 -0800 Comment by the man who couldn't blog Gotta put that on my RSS feed...

]]> the man who couldn't blog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137309 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:40:43 -0800 Comment by Organized Lightning I appreciate that it's RSS'd, so I don't even have to visit the page: my aggregator will tell me when the world has ended. Very considerate of them.

]]> Organized Lightning http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137312 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:41:49 -0800 Comment by Schrödinger That's not the result I'm seei -

]]> Schrödinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137321 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:45:33 -0800 Comment by bibliogrrl The source on this one is funnier:

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com

]]> bibliogrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137367 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:03:17 -0800 Comment by andy if (!(typeof worldHasEnded == "undefined")) {
document.write("YUP.");
} else {
document.write("NOPE.");
}

]]> andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137368 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:03:30 -0800 Comment by Alan I love a hot physicist.

]]> Alan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137408 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:23:57 -0800 Comment by Abby What if it does, and we don't know, because we're in a parallel universe somehow?

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137428 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:30:58 -0800 Comment by MikeSF Don't make a typo on that name.

]]> MikeSF http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137436 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:33:50 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' @10, is LargeHardonCollider.com taken yet?

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137446 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:37:47 -0800 Comment by &y Check back in a month or two, when they switch from just accelerating particles to actually smashing them together. That's when you should start obsessively clicking the refresh button.

]]> &y http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137452 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:41:24 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Screw the collider -- I can bend light with my ass!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137554 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:29:39 -0800 Comment by Darcy @12: You know those exact same collisions happen in our atmosphere more or less constantly anyway, right? The LHC just collides them under such circumstances as to allow physicists to easily observe them.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137619 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:59:00 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder http://xkcd.com/474/

Make sure to read the roll-over. . .

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1137664 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:16:46 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Good thing we made a back up copy of the world first.

You did realize that, didn't you?

We're all clones. Yes, we all are. Every one.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138016 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138016 Teh Internets Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:55:23 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV According to the website:

No.

No, it hasn't.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138145 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138145 Teh Internets Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:06:13 -0800 Comment by rococo @14 - I wonder why no one's even brought that point up in all the coverage about the LHC. Certainly, the LHC is going to be producing a LOT of high energy collisions. However, according to wikipedia (yeah, I know) with a reference to Space Science Reviews, a real, peer-reviewed journal, cosmic rays with an energy ~10 times what the LHC will work at hit every square meter of earth each second.

Cosmic Rays

]]> rococo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138581 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138581 Teh Internets Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:14:22 -0800 Comment by Darcy @18: Nobody's brought it up because news headlines like "PARTICLE ACCELERATOR MAY OPEN BLACK HOLE, SWALLOW EARTH" are more exciting than reality. To be honest, I think most Americans put too much stock in "spatial anomalies," "theta radiation," and other crap they learned about from science fiction (though they'd be loathe to admit it, 'cause scifi's for unsocialized nerds of course) - and I say that as a devout Trekkie. It's just TV, people.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138714 Teh Internets Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:22:53 -0800 Comment by Westside forever It has, but no one noticed because the universe was instantly replaced by a new one that is EXACTLY THE SAME!

You will know this is true if McCain wins.

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138793 Teh Internets Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:54:05 -0800 Comment by josh bomb i've been extrememly fascinated,watching the Haldron livefeed webacm: i really recoomend checking out the link: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

]]> josh bomb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1138880 Teh Internets Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:36:41 -0800 Comment by Lawks a Lordy @21 - Brilliant!

]]> Lawks a Lordy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1139692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/q_has_the_large_hadron_collider_destroye#c1139692 Teh Internets Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:51:20 -0800