Tomorrow they are ready to start the LHC collider. The Earthcan be exploded in a 1000 seconds!
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From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on 24 Feb 2010 16:03 robert bristow-johnson wrote: > On Feb 24, 11:47 am, Vladimir Vassilevsky <nos...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >>Magnetic wrote: >> >>>Tomorrow they are ready to start the LHC collider. The Earth can be >>>exploded in a 1000 seconds! >>>Are you happy? >> >>>Best regards, Ivan Gorelik. >> >>It became known that the End of the World happens in 3 days. >> >>In Vatican, they all are praying. >>In USA, they all went to Las Vegas. >>In USSR, they are trying to accomplish government 5-year plan in 3 days. > > > i dunno if you guys remember this, but i remember reading that on the > evening of the Trinity test blast in New Mexico in 1945, they didn't > know for sure if the nuclear chain reaction would stop when the > uranium ran out. Enrico Fermi was taking bets about whether or not > the entire atmosphere would light up in a nuclear reaction. i s'pose > it was a little tongue-in-cheek. AFAIR the possibility of igniting nuclear reactions in the atmosphere and in the ground seemed to be a real concern, and they seriously considered that in the course of the project. It was shown to be impossible. Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant http://www.abvolt.com |