SCIENCE!

[eliyes]

In roughly 34 hours from the time I've begun typing this post, something will happen. There is a 1 in 5000 chance that this will result in the destruction of 80% of the galaxy or thereabouts, including, of course, our planet.

That's right, they're going to use the Large Hadron Collider, aka the LHC. It's a physicists dream come true: they're going to "smash protons moving at 99.999999% of the speed of light into each other and so recreate conditions a fraction of a second after the big bang."

So. In the unlikely (but more likely than the planet being struck by an extinction-event-level meteor, apparently) event that we are all destroyed, I just wanted to say that it's been fun. :3

Check out the countdown!

eta: *massive pout* They postponed it.

Comments

[anibunny.livejournal.com]

OMG AWESOME! *Claps hands*

:3 Seeing this post made my day.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

That's great
It starts with an earthquake
Birds, snakes, an aeroplane
Lenny Bruce is not afraid

I consistently misread it as "Large HARD-ON Collider," then giggle like a schoolgirl. Whoops! :V

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

Ok, gonna party tomorrow like its the end of the world. Can't tonight, have to be at my physical at 5:45 AM, ugh.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I told you about the "City with a HarHeart On", Wright?

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Oh, bleh! Well, take a nap afterwards and hey -- tell everyone you're partying in celebration of great scientific achievement! That way if the world continues on, you don't look silly. ;3

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

:O Why?

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

*rawks out*

No. XD

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

I'll party after the appt and if the world doesn't end, tell people I was partying for my clean bill of health.

I can weasel out of anything.

[anibunny.livejournal.com]

Because I totally need a I Survived the LHC Experiment icon.

Also. News has been really boring today. I sit in a newsroom. . .hearing boring news. So this is like "Wow! Something interesting to read and research." :3

Though I honestly haven't found any news saying it will happen in a couple days. It says it is going through testing still and it isn't until September or October when it goes through its first all-round test.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

This would be it. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Monctonskyline_857.png)

And I mean, seriously -- who the hell uses the phrase "heart on"? How did that get past the Town Council without someone realizing that, especially to anyone from further West, who think Maritimers talks fast, it was inevitable that it would sound like "Moncton: The City With a Hard-on".

Ah, well. I suppose it's better than the previous slogan. X3 "Moncton! The Armpit of the Maritimes". It's the City on the Bend, you see. X3

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Like Stuttering John (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBR6daiqbHs)? ;}

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I gotcha. X3 Yeah, I can imagine slow or boring news days suck.

Sept or Oct are too far past "mid-2008" to be accurate -- maybe that's when they expect to release results?

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

*g* Not quite. But I have this innate ability to charm people into believing what I have to say. I should have been a lawyer or gone into politics.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

See, I have difficulty getting people to believe me when I'm telling the truth, or to not take me seriously when I'm joking.

Also, I seem to have a special power over 50-something female academics -- it seems I can hypnotize them with my voice. :D

Please use your powers for good.

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

Too late ;) I think part of it is that I look young and sweet that it hides my true nature.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Too late to use them for good? Not so! It's never too late to See the Light(tm). *has been watching a lot of shounen anime lately*

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

But that's not fun *pouts* I only realized my power five months ago. After I have my fun I'll be good, I promise ;)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

*wags finger* I'll hold you to that! ;3

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

Once I get my career (and NOT have to ship off to the military!) I will, I promise. Actually getting it might use all my charm up anyway, lol

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

I think the bastardization would have made an awesome slogan. >:3

Oh lord. XD

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Well, with that radio tower sticking up like it does... XD

It has a lot of historical significance, especially for shipping, but the armpit thing became popular when we had a few years of really crap weather.