Are we nearing the end? LHC is turned on for the first time

[Jeemie]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26439957/

Are we on the threshold of a new understanding of the universe's origin, or will we create a black hole that swallows the earth?

Tune in in four years or so (Hmm- that would be 2012. Coincidence?)

[eyégor]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26439957/

Are we on the threshold of a new understanding of the universe's origin, or will we create a black hole that swallows the earth?

Tune in in four years or so (Hmm- that would be 2012. Coincidence?)

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiine..."

[Rexer25]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26439957/

Are we on the threshold of a new understanding of the universe's origin, or will we create a black hole that swallows the earth?

Tune in in four years or so (Hmm- that would be 2012. Coincidence?)

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiine..."

Some of the first protons to be accelerated inside the Large Hadron Collider smashed into an absorbing device called a collimator at near light speed, producing a shower of particle debris recorded in this image. About an hour later the beam completed a full circuit of the 27km tunnel, to cheers from physicists (Image: CERN)


I don't see a black hole...

[minimetoo26]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26439957/

Are we on the threshold of a new understanding of the universe's origin, or will we create a black hole that swallows the earth?

Tune in in four years or so (Hmm- that would be 2012. Coincidence?)

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiine..."

Some of the first protons to be accelerated inside the Large Hadron Collider smashed into an absorbing device called a collimator at near light speed, producing a shower of particle debris recorded in this image. About an hour later the beam completed a full circuit of the 27km tunnel, to cheers from physicists (Image: CERN)


I don't see a black hole...

Are they killing those poor particles? I'm appalled!

[frogman042]

...smashed into an absorbing device called a collimator at near light speed...

I've had a collimator once, it was not fun - I can't imagine what it would have been like if was performed at near light speed. Ouch! (I'm not even going to touch the black hole reference at this point)

---Jay (In Chang'an, China, according to 1st century records the first human in the air, using feathery wings occured in this year CE - know the year and you know the rest...)