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jonKranked

jonKranked

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Westy said:
Because of enthalpy, or something like that, black holes dissolve over time if not fed additional matter.
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Yup. Blackholes in space can (theoretically) completely dissolve over time if they stop sucking things in. Providing Hawking Radiation actually exists (hasn't been proven or disproven yet)
 
ultraNoob

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Westy said:
That is how black holes happen in the Newtonian sense. In the crazy world of quantum mechanics anything can happen at any time, a tiny black hole can apear anywhere. The odds under most circumstances is rediculously slim. At the energy levels that can be obtained in the LHC the probability of a black hole forming are ten times higher than rediculously slim.
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10(rediculously slim)= kate moss?
 
Damo

Damo

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Well it's nearly 48 hours after they started and I'm laying here wondering if selling the house, the business and all my belongings so I can go out in style was really such a good idea.


 
drkenan

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Well at least if you die in a black hole it's all "trippy"...

If you fell into a large enough black hole, your last moments would be a little bit like being on the inside of a distorted, one-way mirror. No one outside would be able to see you, but you'd have a view of them. Meanwhile, the gravitational pull would bend the light weirdly and distort your last moments of vision.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2199664/?gt1=38001
 
DRB

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26780393/

The world's largest particle collider malfunctioned within hours of its launch to great fanfare, but its operator didn't report the problem for a week.

In a statement Thursday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research reported for the first time that a 30-ton transformer that cools part of the collider broke, forcing physicists to stop using the atom smasher just a day after starting it up last week.
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No need to thank me... I'll be damned if I'm going to let those damn dirty robots do us in.
 
dan-o

dan-o

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They should've known hiring former VW electrical engineers was a bad idea.
 
jonKranked

jonKranked

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Heh I was reading about this last night... because they're using supercooled superconductors, its gonna take a few weeks just to bring the environment up to a temperature that is warm enough for workers to get in there and make the repairs. All total they're looking at 2 months of downtime.
 
DaveW

DaveW

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Damo said:
People are holding 'End Of The World' parties in Geneva.

Ah well, if it all goes pear-shaped, at least I'm near it and it'll be quick!

Party anyone?
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It's true Damo, the end of the world is at hand...... HLAH have reformed for a gig in Welly! :shocked:
Just though you'd like to know. ;)
 
Damo

Damo

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Well, the LHD is still broken (it never was able to work) and it's going to cost them about £14m to fix. Work not expected to start till next summer and even then, it won't be at full power.

We have a little while left on this earth...
 
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