Are little black holes causing UFO sightings?

[Math Is Hard]

For those interested:

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

I keep hitting refresh on my browser.

 

[tribdog]

It just says "can't find host" when I click on it. Are you sure tha

 

[wolram]

Yay, i have been wishing not to wake up dead, and every morning from now on i will be checking every thing is exactly the same.

 

[neu]

It says "Yes" on my computer.

 

[edward]

It says nope on my computer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7604293.stm

and

http://www.usnews.com/articles/scie.../worlds-largest-atom-smasher-goes-online.html

are withing the last hour.

Apparently protons are running around in circles, with no collisions as of yet.

 

[Lisa!]

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[Math Is Hard]

Pretty lights! This looks like something from Disneyland.

 

[OAQfirst]

It just says "can't find host" when I click on it. Are you sure tha

Ha ha ha! That's a good one, tribd

 

[OAQfirst]

Pretty lights! This looks like something from Disneyland.

Oh, I love it! Maybe they'll make a ride! Ooh, that could help teach some principles to the public.

 

[lisab]

Oh, I love it! Maybe they'll make a ride!

EXTREME bumpercars!

 

[Moonbear]

Pretty lights! This looks like something from Disneyland.

Ooh, no wonder Zz loves Disney AND physics so much! Pretty!

 

[B. Elliott]

Here's an awesome set of pictures that a friend of mine found, of the LHC during assembly. They look a lot like National Geographic style pictures.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I hope everything is OK, I heard there was a collision there yesterday.

 

[FrancisZ]

Here's an awesome set of pictures that a friend of mine found, of the LHC during assembly. They look a lot like National Geographic style pictures.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html

Does anyone else find it amusing that the "toroid cap" looks just like a gigantic watch cog? That's so Switzerland! :)

 

[muppet]

99.9999991% of the speed of light... that'd be a helluva ride

 

[muppet]

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I hadn't realized that this was taken from the source
I like the fact that there is an if statement such that it could (almost ) say "yup"

 

[OAQfirst]

Oh cool! They've got a webcam set up:

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

 

[Moonbear]

Oh cool! They've got a webcam set up:

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

That's great!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

If the end of the world scenario wasn't enough to drive the folks at the LHC bonkers, this from the local news should do it!

UFO sightings connected to Large Hadron Collider experiment?

http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/UFO-sightings-connected-to-Large.4492819.jp

 

[Topher925]

If I ever run for president, I'm going to put severe restrictions on letting stupid people breed.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Oh cool! They've got a webcam set up:

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

Brilliant!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

If I ever run for president, I'm going to put severe restrictions on letting stupid people breed.

It is funnier than you know. One suggested explanation for some UFO and ball lightning reports is "little black holes".
http://arxiv.org/ftp/astro-ph/papers/0212/0212251.pdf
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r634u5r82070uq75/