The Large Hadron Collider
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 10:05 amby Guilty_Biscuit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/universe/vote/
50 million to 1 odds on this thing
destoying the world. I'm taking bets and offering even better odds. Forget 50 million to 1 - I'll pay out 100 million to 1 if it does destroy the planet. Minimum stake is $50 please contact me for payment methods
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 10:16 amby Dancing Mustard
Ohhh, thought this thread was about a large Hardon Collide.... what a let-down.
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 10:24 amby btownmeggy
Indeed, dude!
Reminds me of the
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
I think about this beast every night before I go to bed and cross my fingers that the world won't be a black hole in the morning.
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 10:29 amby Dancing Mustard
Well the possibility is kind of cool, in the abstract, but I can't see me losing any sleep over '50,000,000 : 1' odds.
What's special about this 'Hadron' (teehee) dealy anyway? Y'know, that makes it more crazy than Meggy's collider.
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 12:05 pmby Guiscard
I'm really not that bothered about finding the answers if the answers could involve the end of the world
Anyway, I quite enjoy inane arguments with the theists about the start of the world!
Re: The Large Hadron Collider
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 12:10 pmby cosmin
there are more things to things that can kill you everyday and this 1 to 50.000.000 chance wont bother this much.
the greenhouse effect is likely to get us than this crap.
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 12:13 pmby Black Bear
The green house effect is something that can be adjusted with time, what can kill you is politics, mad mens like bush as on and on...
Re: The Large Hadron Collider
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 1:36 pmby The1exile
Hey, it could be an interesting experience.
Afraid I don't have $$ though, only ££
Re: The Large Hadron Collider
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 5:06 pmby Aimless
Guilty_Biscuit wrote:50 million to 1 odds on this thing
destoying the world. I'm taking bets and offering even better odds. Forget 50 million to 1 - I'll pay out 100 million to 1 if it does destroy the planet. Minimum stake is $50 please contact me for payment methods
50 million to 1? Only slightly worse odds than the odds that any of the people interviewed actually have a clue.
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 5:50 pmby I GOT SERVED
Hmmm....those are tempting odds, but I think I'll have to pass on that one.
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 5:52 pmby Guilty_Biscuit
I GOT SERVED wrote:Hmmm....those are tempting odds, but I think I'll have to pass on that one.
Aw... C'mon your $50 would win you $5 billion AND you get your $50 stake back on top of that!
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 6:00 pmby I GOT SERVED
Guilty_Biscuit wrote:I GOT SERVED wrote:Hmmm....those are tempting odds, but I think I'll have to pass on that one.
Aw... C'mon your $50 would win you $5 billion AND you get your $50 stake back on top of that!
Well, now that you phrase it like that.....count me in!
My credit card # is 134 54.......wait a tick....
I should send this in a pm!
Posted:
Tue May 01, 2007 7:05 pmby Spuzzell
So, I'm 5 times more likely to win the lottery on Saturday than to die in a huge black hole? Like them odds..
Thing is, it's in Switzerland. A big black hole could already have happened, and no-one would have noticed.
