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I want to take this opportunity to say good bye to everyone on FG just in case the Hadron Collider experiment sucks the earth and everything we know into a massive Black Hole this Wednesday. It will be 9:30 AM here in California when this event takes place and I will at that time be at my computer having my second cup of coffee with Brandy and enjoying my Eggs Benedict.
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Lon;978815 wrote: I want to take this opportunity to say good bye to everyone on FG just in case the Hadron Collider experiment sucks the earth and everything we know into a massive Black Hole this Wednesday. It will be 9:30 AM here in California when this event takes place and I will at that time be at my computer having my second cup of coffee with Brandy and enjoying my Eggs Benedict.
Was great getting to know you Lon, your sense of humour should of been snapped up by movie moguls years ago...
I'm unsure of whether to bother turning in for work tomorrow, if it dont go bang, what will I use as my excuse:-3
Was great getting to know you Lon, your sense of humour should of been snapped up by movie moguls years ago...
I'm unsure of whether to bother turning in for work tomorrow, if it dont go bang, what will I use as my excuse:-3
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Lon. as I am closer to the time zone where the black hole will start, I assume that I will be sucked in first, so I will be waiting on the other side to welcome you and all the other FG members from N America.
safe trip
safe trip
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Bye Lon......erm..Take care.
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I think that in order to play it safe, you should transfer your funds into my account tonight...
I'll be sure and get that money right back to you, in the unlikely event that we survive...
I'll be sure and get that money right back to you, in the unlikely event that we survive...
I expressly forbid the use of any of my posts anywhere outside of FG (with the exception of the incredibly witty 'get a room already' )posted recently.
Folks who'd like to copy my intellectual work should expect to pay me for it.:-6
Folks who'd like to copy my intellectual work should expect to pay me for it.:-6
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I just saw a report on this on TV.
Now I only have 1 question.
In Ireland we can’t get the government here to build a reasonable transportation system without major delays, budget issues, bureaucracy and anything else that goes with government.
But how is it that they can build this massive underground scientific facility that will carry out this kind of testing?
Who builds this kind of Dr. No kind of stuff? Who finances this when elsewhere in the world governments are bailing out major financial institutions from collapse potentially starting a major depression?
And Why??
OK, that was more than 1 question, but who is counting.
Now I only have 1 question.
In Ireland we can’t get the government here to build a reasonable transportation system without major delays, budget issues, bureaucracy and anything else that goes with government.
But how is it that they can build this massive underground scientific facility that will carry out this kind of testing?
Who builds this kind of Dr. No kind of stuff? Who finances this when elsewhere in the world governments are bailing out major financial institutions from collapse potentially starting a major depression?
And Why??
OK, that was more than 1 question, but who is counting.
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It takes ages for one of those small black hole things to grow, there's so little matter there that you need to be subatomically close to slip in. Mind you, as it picks up a few gigatons it gets more attractive so the process speeds up. I reckon... hang on... sine a quarter pi, exponent t... proton mass times avogadro's constant... divide by G... the planet won't collapse until November. Mind you, there'll be a lot of earthquakes the week before. When the seas disappear, that's the final three hour warning.
So. Going into the office tomorrow's still on whichever way it turns out.
So. Going into the office tomorrow's still on whichever way it turns out.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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This machine cost 5 billion dollars and will probe the very fundamental nature of reality, thats the cost of about three days fighting in Iraq, or about 0.1% of the public liability that is involved in the bailing out of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
It is one of humanities' greatest achievements and the most fantastic and largest machine ever devised by the mind of man. It is as likely to cause the end of the world as Ozzy Osbourne is. I for one would take the particle collider any day over keeping a criminal war going or featherbedding those god damed jaded overpaid bankers in their grubby jobs by bailing out the markets they have just wiped out. I wish people would take more interest in such things, as opposed to sport and naked celebrities, if they did the world would be a better place.
Unfortunately the only story that seems to have caught the imagination is this national enquirer one, about fictitious black holes. Its funny than when scientists patiently explain to people how we are actually destroying the world, they don't want to listen. Yet they will believe any old garbage written in the daily mail about the LHC. Uniquely depressing I feel.
It is one of humanities' greatest achievements and the most fantastic and largest machine ever devised by the mind of man. It is as likely to cause the end of the world as Ozzy Osbourne is. I for one would take the particle collider any day over keeping a criminal war going or featherbedding those god damed jaded overpaid bankers in their grubby jobs by bailing out the markets they have just wiped out. I wish people would take more interest in such things, as opposed to sport and naked celebrities, if they did the world would be a better place.
Unfortunately the only story that seems to have caught the imagination is this national enquirer one, about fictitious black holes. Its funny than when scientists patiently explain to people how we are actually destroying the world, they don't want to listen. Yet they will believe any old garbage written in the daily mail about the LHC. Uniquely depressing I feel.
"We are never so happy, never so unhappy, as we imagine"
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
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Galbally;978874 wrote: This machine cost 5 billion dollars and will probe the very fundamental nature of reality, thats the cost of about three days fighting in Iraq, or about 0.1% of the public liability that is involved in the bailing out of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
It is one of humanities' greatest achievements and the most fantastic and largest machine ever devised by the mind of man. It is as likely to cause the end of the world as Ozzy Osbourne is. I for one would take the particle collider any day over keeping a criminal war going or featherbedding those god damed jaded overpaid bankers in their grubby jobs by bailing out the markets they have just wiped out. I wish people would take more interest in such things, as opposed to sport and naked celebrities, if they did the world would be a better place.
Unfortunately the only story that seems to have caught the imagination is this national enquirer one, about fictitious black holes. Its funny than when scientists patiently explain to people how we are actually destroying the world, they don't want to listen. Yet they will believe any old garbage written in the daily mail about the LHC. Uniquely depressing I feel.
I was with you right up until the naked celebrities part.
It is one of humanities' greatest achievements and the most fantastic and largest machine ever devised by the mind of man. It is as likely to cause the end of the world as Ozzy Osbourne is. I for one would take the particle collider any day over keeping a criminal war going or featherbedding those god damed jaded overpaid bankers in their grubby jobs by bailing out the markets they have just wiped out. I wish people would take more interest in such things, as opposed to sport and naked celebrities, if they did the world would be a better place.
Unfortunately the only story that seems to have caught the imagination is this national enquirer one, about fictitious black holes. Its funny than when scientists patiently explain to people how we are actually destroying the world, they don't want to listen. Yet they will believe any old garbage written in the daily mail about the LHC. Uniquely depressing I feel.
I was with you right up until the naked celebrities part.
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flopstock;978830 wrote: I think that in order to play it safe, you should transfer your funds into my account tonight...
I'll be sure and get that money right back to you, in the unlikely event that we survive...
What a great idea------------------please send me the routing numbers of your bank and your account number---------Oh---might as well include your credit card number.
I'll be sure and get that money right back to you, in the unlikely event that we survive...
What a great idea------------------please send me the routing numbers of your bank and your account number---------Oh---might as well include your credit card number.
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spot;978870 wrote: It takes ages for one of those small black hole things to grow, there's so little matter there that you need to be subatomically close to slip in. Mind you, as it picks up a few gigatons it gets more attractive so the process speeds up. I reckon... hang on... sine a quarter pi, exponent t... proton mass times avogadro's constant... divide by G... the planet won't collapse until November. Mind you, there'll be a lot of earthquakes the week before. When the seas disappear, that's the final three hour warning.
So. Going into the office tomorrow's still on whichever way it turns out.
pfffffffft:rolleyes:
So. Going into the office tomorrow's still on whichever way it turns out.
pfffffffft:rolleyes:
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I heard about this, the kids at school have been freaking out!
I can't help but keep singing 'It's the end of the world as we know it' down the corridors. :wah:
I can't help but keep singing 'It's the end of the world as we know it' down the corridors. :wah:
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Oh good gawd, we should be in the black hole before you. I'll save you a spot.
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that sucks!
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So far so good. :guitarist