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« Reply #45 on: May 20, 2008, 05:37:55 PM » |
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The likelihood of an asteroid colliding with the earth and wiping out every human on the planet is millions of times more likely than the LHC creating a black hole that will destroy the earth. Both are 'possible' and the scientists at CERN won't rule it out because theoretically it's possible.
During the Manhattan Project, some scientists said that the Hiroshima bomb could potentially ignite the atmosphere of the whole planet. It obviously didn't.
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« Reply #46 on: May 20, 2008, 05:41:55 PM » |
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The likelihood of an asteroid colliding with the earth and wiping out every human on the planet is millions of times more likely than the LHC creating a black hole that will destroy the earth. Both are 'possible' and the scientists at CERN won't rule it out because theoretically it's possible.
During the Manhattan Project, some scientists said that the Hiroshima bomb could potentially ignite the atmosphere of the whole planet. It obviously didn't.
Ah - I understand - they have to say it's possible even though very unlikely because there is a chance, even very remote, that this could happen. A bit like M3boy posting about his car and people having sympathy - it's possible but very unlikely - that sort of scale?? If so I'm more comfortable with the odds now....  |
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« Reply #47 on: May 20, 2008, 05:47:16 PM » |
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If the thing does create a black hole which annihilates us all, at least we can take comfort from the fact that the French will be sucked in and crushed before we will.
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« Reply #48 on: May 20, 2008, 05:50:37 PM » |
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If the thing does create a black hole which annihilates us all, at least we can take comfort from the fact that the French will be sucked in and crushed before we will.
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« Reply #49 on: May 20, 2008, 05:55:44 PM » |
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If the thing does create a black hole which annihilates us all, at least we can take comfort from the fact that the French will be sucked in and crushed before we will.
We'll wait till the thing hits Calais then we'll unplug it, or something. A foolproof plan. |
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« Reply #50 on: May 20, 2008, 06:13:37 PM » |
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Trace, probably the biggest physical problem to them developing backward time travel with the lhc is that the wormholes they'll create are unlikely to be big enough to allow even a single atom to pass through so it's highly unlikely they'll be able to create a black hole that destroys the earth. try not to lose any sleep over it.
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« Reply #51 on: May 20, 2008, 06:16:59 PM » |
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I'm constantly moving forward in time at a rate of one second per second.
that's debatable. your impression is that that's what's happening, the reality is probably somewhat different. |
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« Reply #52 on: May 20, 2008, 06:32:33 PM » |
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Trace, probably the biggest physical problem to them developing backward time travel with the lhc is that the wormholes they'll create are unlikely to be big enough to allow even a single atom to pass through so it's highly unlikely they'll be able to create a black hole that destroys the earth. try not to lose any sleep over it.
Bruce Willis will save us all anyway. |
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« Reply #53 on: May 20, 2008, 06:36:19 PM » |
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No, he'll be playing the new unlimited rebuys at dtd.
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My eyes are open wide
By the way,I made it through the day
I watch the world outside
By the way, I'm leaving out today
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« Reply #54 on: May 20, 2008, 06:53:25 PM » |
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has he not been sectioned though?
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« Reply #55 on: May 20, 2008, 06:54:24 PM » |
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has he not been sectioned though?
No, you're thinking of someone else. Different snooker player. |
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« Reply #56 on: May 20, 2008, 06:55:06 PM » |
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I'mageddingon with my chores now, enough of this frivolity.
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My eyes are open wide
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« Reply #57 on: May 20, 2008, 07:00:12 PM » |
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As far as I'm aware it would not be able to sustain a black hole for more than a second or even less simply because there will be nothing for it to feed on. As you can imagine a black hole has a big appetite and they believe the supermassive black hole in the centre of our galxay is in a state of fasting due to their being less and less gas ciculating to the area. I dont think we have much to worry about.
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« Reply #58 on: May 20, 2008, 07:06:45 PM » |
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I'mageddingon with my chores now, enough of this frivolity.
I'm a die hard fan of your puns. |
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« Reply #59 on: May 20, 2008, 07:09:30 PM » |
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I'mageddingon with my chores now, enough of this frivolity.
I'm a die hard fan of your puns. I knew you were going to say that, I've got a kind of sixth sense about these things |
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