David Cameron
Nov 2005
 Junior Member
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First particles are due to be fired round this thing in a couple of days but theres still another month to wait for the first collision data.
You wouldn't know this if you read about it in The Sun or any other tabloid though. Oh no, this is The Sun's recent offering(Click picture for full story.)
I've had to spend the weekend trying to explain to my less academic friends that the world is not about to end and that this experiment has been known about for about a decade, that the first collisions won't be made for another month and that their is little to no chance of the world ending.
"Have you heard about this machine thats going to end the world, I read about it in the The Sun?
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"Oh yeah, the Large Hadron collider, its been on for about a couple of months now but it won't be making any collisions until October".
"No No , this is a different story, its just been in The Sun, it says it could end the world when its switched on in 9 days".
"Yeah, its the same story, they're just slow reporting it".
"No no, it can't be the same one, it was only in the paper a couple of days ago".
"ITS THE SAME FUCKING STORY YOU SPASTIC""
"Whats a Hadron?"
"Stop talking to me"
Last edited by David Cameron on 09-08-2008 at 09:01 AM
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