I like your prediction of doom. The doom around lately here got stale and then all of a sudden absent.

I am ready for such hammerings. Let the games begin.

There have been plenty of delays with this countdown but hopefully it will kick of soon. I'm curious as to how they lower the temperature so significantly...what technique is used?

My favorite LHC prediction is that after it gets turned on, it will enable visitors from the future to use it as an anchor for time travel - that is, we have yet to see time travelers up to this point in history because they can't go to any time before the LHC gets turned on, but they will be able to after that. Of course, even if time travelers show up all over the place, I'm not sure that we'd find out, I'm pretty certain they'd be kept under wraps even more so than aliens are/would be (depending on your POV)

I just suggest everyone get acquainted with End Times Prophecy.

The events leading to this time have come perfectly as written, no reason for this man to believe the ones to come will be any less supernatural.

So, the countdown expires at midnight of...August 8th, 2008...

Anything else going on on that day?

Originally posted by pluckynoonez
Let the games begin.

Literally.

For every ending there is a beginning. Time will move forward until it is no longer observed, but does that mean anything has ended?
I'm not fearful but I do have some concern over this machine. Mainly in it's funding. I hope that it justifies itself in the future and is not another instrument to be used irresponsibly.
Many years ago I would have been excited about the uncovering of information leading to the Grand Unified Theory, but my observation of the direction of the scientific community has left me disappointed and I haven't wanted to look at particle physics, much like astronomy, in decades(yeah I'm aged). I occasionally read a few articles to see if things have changed. Well, this project is ahead of schedule and I'm glad to have it brought to attention. I predict this will be the biggest scientific event since the begining of the Atomic Age.
"Doomsday", well it can't be ruled out considering the lack of oversight and the runaway emotions attached to this project. I have faith though that we are not entirely given charge of our own total annihilation and that whatever happens has been set in motion. Our doom will probably be in the form of some percieved sufferage if that's the case.
This is only an opinion/forecast.

Originally posted by jasonjnelson
The thing is, I don't think it will happen here on Earth. Maybe it will be a Rip in the sky, a patch of stars removed from our view...

Maybe a trigger sets off objects in the Kaiper Belt...

Maybe nothing will happen like all the other recent end of world or world changin prophecies

If that is the case, they can always restart the clock like they usually do

I don't have a feeling of impending doom. I hope something massive doesn't happen...

If so, I'd have to find another avatar

Why should we assume that this large scale particle accelerator will act any differently from other particle accelerators that have been in use since the 50's?

You know, I didn't realize that this was happening on 888!

How weird? Two huge events on the same oddly named day... I guess I will know in 10 or so...

I'm glad to see someone is doing their part on that day. Cheers to you and have a great b-day.

From what I have read it will take at least three months to turn the whole thing on.

The cool part is that my birthday is Aug 9. So midnight Aug 8 is my birthday. Maybe we celebrate not with a bang but with a bursting of the fabric which is the balloon of reality!

Now that's what I call a blowout!

Seriously we might not see a horror show for years, when they finally get the thing tuned and work up the courage and confidence to try the really questionable experiments that they don't even have the theoretical understanding to hypothesize yet but learn from the early tests.

Like the splitting of the Muon. (I made that up)

aaaah the LHC..

the infamous Lucifer Hell Creator.


yes yes.. countdown indeed... indeeeed...



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