Terrible news: Gordon Freeman spotted near Large Hadron Collider

[Wookie Man]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/largehadron.jpg

Well, that was fun, wasn't it, human race? We had a good run, didn't we? Had a few laughs? ... Oh, why are we saying goodbye to everyone we know and love? Well, as you can see in the picture above, Gordon Freeman was recently spotted at the Large Hadron Collider, a device with the capability to create a world-ending black hole.

Sure that's troubling enough, but here's the beautiful part: They're turning it on tomorrow. Yeah, and Gordon Freeman is there, so there's absolutely no way it's going to go well. We just want to be the first to say: We called it.

[Manic Mouse]

This could mean trouble...

[KusoSamurai]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/largehadron.jpg

I heard about this in school today in my study hall. Pardon my French but FUC*! :noway

[Manic Mouse]

Oh Noes! We're All Gonna Dieeeeee!

[egarrard]

If it happens, it will be today...

[efernandez_98]

Meh. What could happen?

http://www.jeffbots.com/vincent.jpg

S'rsly?

http://www.jeffbots.com/bob.jpg

[gkpeter1]

Meh. What could happen?

S'rsly?



I think the concern I read was the creation of a black hole.

[Tivon]

You know as a little kid I watched that Black Hole movie in the theaters. :)

Meh. What could happen?

http://www.jeffbots.com/vincent.jpg

S'rsly?

http://www.jeffbots.com/bob.jpg

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[Manic Mouse]

So did I. Only I wasn't a little kid. Watched it at a drive-in with my wife.

This is just a test run. I'm guessing it will be just about 4 years (2012) before both LHCs (CMS and ATLAS) are fully online.

I wonder what its like being sucked down a black hole...

[Tivon]

So did I. Only I wasn't a little kid. Watched it at a drive-in with my wife.

This is just a test run. I'm guessing it will be just about 4 years (2012) before both LHCs (CMS and ATLAS) are fully online.

I wonder what its like being sucked down a black hole...

I still recall going to a drive-in a few times with my parents..

[eire1274]

You know as a little kid I watched that Black Hole movie in the theaters. :)

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So did I! Scared the **** out of me.

http://io9.com/assets/resources/2008/04/Max.jpg

[evil_gusgus]

well they said even if they managed to make a black hole it should close it self and if it didnt then there are no physics as we know of

[:3productions]

You can see live solenoid tests on their web cam.
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
its really cool.

[KusoSamurai]

You can see live solenoid tests on their web cam.
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
its really cool.

Humorous only after you realize its a fake

[Ricochet]

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/09/large_hadron_co_2.php

[efernandez_98]

Atom-smasher hit by electrical hitch (http://www.physorg.com/news140950348.html)

http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/CPS.NQC38.180908165153.photo00.quicklook.default-245x163.jpg (http://www.physorg.com/news140950348.html)

The world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet, part of the experiment in smashing atoms, September 10. The world's largest particle collider has been stopped, a week after its startup, as a result of an electrical fault, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said.

The world's largest particle collider was stopped on Wednesday, a week after its startup, as a result of an electrical fault, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Thursday.

The problem affected a cooling system for high-powered magnets designed to steer beams of particles around the Large Hadron Collider's 27-kilometre (16.9-mile) circular tunnel, CERN said.

The LHC "is still in commissioning phase, it's a very complex tool and it's normal for there to be stoppages," a CERN spokeswoman told AFP.

Commissioning work stopped on Wednesday, but was likely to resume later Thursday, she said.

The LHC took nearly 20 years to complete and at six billion Swiss francs (3.76 billion euros, 5.46 billion dollars) is one of the costliest and most complex scientific experiments ever attempted.

It aims to resolve some of the greatest questions surrounding fundamental matter, such as how particles acquire mass and how they were forged in the "Big Bang" that created the Universe some 13.7 billion years ago.

Counter-rotating beams, comprising strings of protons, are whizzed around the tunnel and then are smashed together in four huge laboratories.

Arrays of detectors swathing the walls of these chambers will trace the sub-atomic rubble spewed out from the collision, looking for signatures of novel particles.

The September 10 switch-on saw the testing of a clockwise beam, and then an anticlockwise beam. The first collisions are not expected for a number of weeks, given the long process of testing the LHC's equipment.

The steering magnets in the LHC tunnel are chilled to as low as -271 degrees Celsius (-456.25 degrees Fahrenheit), which is close to absolute zero and colder than deep outer space.

At this extreme temperature, electrical currents overcome resistance, thus making it easier and cheaper to power electro-magnets.

Fixed! :Thumb

[Ricochet]

Fixed! :Thumb

thanks efer :o
ur a good man :Thumb

[efernandez_98]

thanks efer :o
ur a good man :Thumb

Sure, glad I could help! :Thumb

[robodude666]

That can't be him... He doesn't have his crowbar!

[efernandez_98]

That can't be him... He doesn't have his crowbar!

:lmao these are the intro scenes before he gets his first weapon.

[KusoSamurai]

:lmao these are the intro scenes before he gets his first weapon.

awwww no gravity gun then. I like it when its blue, thats when the real fun begins XD