Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - Page 4

chrizz1 · 08-10-2008, 05:47 PM

glynn I hear sampson said something about a member of your family *backs away into corner and watches*

JamesArndt · 08-10-2008, 09:22 PM

Hey guys ...never once intended anything to cause serious strife in here. I just wanted to mention something directly related to the collider coming online that I had previously read about. I didn't force it on anyone....just said it's for grabs who believes he was a genuine time traveler. I myself am one who does indeed believe that this collider and future similiar exploits will result in us gaining immense new technology. I think some of these forum responses show that same fear mentioned by a previous poster...the fear of something to come that is unknown. I dunno it's just my personality...I'm just not afraid of what is to come. I tend to try and believe in fantastical things.... someone once said that "today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality." it's very true I feel.

The great thing about this is we are all free to believe in what we like... to make our own choices. I choose to believe that technology will achieve great heights in our lifetimes. I guess if anything it's not at all about John Titor...even if he wasn't real one bit, it's the ideal, the idea of the future and what's possible. It's the principle of the necessity of this type of experimentation and work. I think most people will agree we will need this advance...these technologies to help our species to survive some day. What will we do when this earth is too used up or poisoned? Where will we go without the means to travel somewhere new? A lot of inventions came about of necessity....I truly do not wish to cause ill will. I hope this thread can move forward in discussing the implications of bringing this collider online.

Genia · 08-11-2008, 03:04 AM

[quote=JamesArndt;62487]I think most people will agree we will need this advance...these technologies to help our species to survive some day. What will we do when this earth is too used up or poisoned?QUOTE]

Before I comment further Id like to mention that I am a scientist and engineer by profession and cant help but love new technology such as this. So I am all for it personally.

However ... further to your post James, what is it that is poisoning this planet? Weve advanced so far and created so much technology and had no idea as to the effects it would have in the future. We had no real way of knowing that CO2 would be such an issue, just as we have no real way of knowing what playing with miniature black holes will do. And the sort of technology were playing with now is far more energetic, and even less understood than before. Its in our nature to want to experiment and explore and understand the universe, but its also in our nature to want advancement without really thinking through whether the benefits will outweigh the potential damage.

As much as I love that this sort of research is going on, I cant help but think we could have done with that money in solving some of the other social and physical problems plaguing us first. I think our technological advancement has completely out raced our social maturity and were paying the price of that through global warming, obesity, chernobyl, etc etc.

On the other hand though, technology is damn cool!

Genia

sarge mat · 08-11-2008, 06:20 AM

Sort of on that topic I totally agree that we need to fix more of our social and physical problems first. I think organisations like NASA are pointless and a waste of money at this point. There is no denying that they made a lot of advancements but now they are just putting a ship into orbit and back again every so often.

Humanity needs to be united under one flag before it’s really ready to make big advancements in technology and to explore deeper into space. A world wide space program could put a lot more effort into building ships that where capable of travelling between planets constantly without having to come back and land every time.

Even a space lift would not be that far off in such an ideal world and would allow for much better space stations and space ports in orbit around earth.

Kaskad · 08-11-2008, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarge mat

Humanity needs to be united under one flag before it’s really ready to make big advancements in technology and to explore deeper into space. A world wide space program could put a lot more effort into building ships that where capable of travelling between planets constantly without having to come back and land every time.

What? Why would the space program of a worldwide united nation not be just as mired in beaurocracy and mismanagement as NASA is now?

UnsteadyTeddy · 08-11-2008, 07:31 AM

Competition breeds improvement, no?

Quote:

Originally Posted by sampson

how do they cool it down that much?

"It has taken six months and hundreds of tonnes of scarce liquid helium just to cool the superconducting magnets that will bend the protons around the 27-kilometre-ring to their operating temperature. Once all 1600 are sitting comfortably at -271 °Celsius, in the next week or two, around 1400 electrical tests will be carried out to make sure that everything is wired up correctly."

What sites do you crazy people read up on all this shizzle ?

Genia · 08-12-2008, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnsteadyTeddy

What sites do you crazy people read up on all this shizzle ?

www.we-are-smarter-than-thou.gov.uk

PS Dont click that. I made it up and for all I know its some really freaky porn site :S

CyborgGuineaPig · 08-22-2008, 03:20 AM

Is game-artist.net responsible for directing all the immature comments in the article? Seriously, the lot of you need to grow up if thats the case. So much for my first post here.

UnsteadyTeddy · 08-22-2008, 05:06 AM

920: Can it be powered by USB?

1263: I forgot to buy crowbar

hehehe

sarge mat · 08-22-2008, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnsteadyTeddy

920: Can it be powered by USB?

1263: I forgot to buy crowbar

hehehe

Yes I am happy to confirm that LHC can be powered by USB 2.0 and you can also buy an adaptor in ARGOS to support USB 1.0

lol

08-10-2008, 05:47 PM	#31 (permalink)
chrizz1 Senior Artist 228 - 23	glynn I hear sampson said something about a member of your family backs away into corner and watches __________________

08-10-2008, 09:22 PM	#32 (permalink)
JamesArndt New Artist 14 - 1	Hey guys ...never once intended anything to cause serious strife in here. I just wanted to mention something directly related to the collider coming online that I had previously read about. I didn't force it on anyone....just said it's for grabs who believes he was a genuine time traveler. I myself am one who does indeed believe that this collider and future similiar exploits will result in us gaining immense new technology. I think some of these forum responses show that same fear mentioned by a previous poster...the fear of something to come that is unknown. I dunno it's just my personality...I'm just not afraid of what is to come. I tend to try and believe in fantastical things.... someone once said that "today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality." it's very true I feel. The great thing about this is we are all free to believe in what we like... to make our own choices. I choose to believe that technology will achieve great heights in our lifetimes. I guess if anything it's not at all about John Titor...even if he wasn't real one bit, it's the ideal, the idea of the future and what's possible. It's the principle of the necessity of this type of experimentation and work. I think most people will agree we will need this advance...these technologies to help our species to survive some day. What will we do when this earth is too used up or poisoned? Where will we go without the means to travel somewhere new? A lot of inventions came about of necessity....I truly do not wish to cause ill will. I hope this thread can move forward in discussing the implications of bringing this collider online. __________________ www.luciddesignsonline.com

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UnsteadyTeddy Senior Artist 419 - 47	920: Can it be powered by USB? 1263: I forgot to buy crowbar hehehe __________________ http://www.unsteady-teddy.co.uk

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08-11-2008, 03:04 AM	#33 (permalink)
Genia Amateur Artist 59 - 3	[quote=JamesArndt;62487]I think most people will agree we will need this advance...these technologies to help our species to survive some day. What will we do when this earth is too used up or poisoned?QUOTE] Before I comment further Id like to mention that I am a scientist and engineer by profession and cant help but love new technology such as this. So I am all for it personally. However ... further to your post James, what is it that is poisoning this planet? Weve advanced so far and created so much technology and had no idea as to the effects it would have in the future. We had no real way of knowing that CO2 would be such an issue, just as we have no real way of knowing what playing with miniature black holes will do. And the sort of technology were playing with now is far more energetic, and even less understood than before. Its in our nature to want to experiment and explore and understand the universe, but its also in our nature to want advancement without really thinking through whether the benefits will outweigh the potential damage. As much as I love that this sort of research is going on, I cant help but think we could have done with that money in solving some of the other social and physical problems plaguing us first. I think our technological advancement has completely out raced our social maturity and were paying the price of that through global warming, obesity, chernobyl, etc etc. On the other hand though, technology is damn cool! Genia

08-11-2008, 06:20 AM	#34 (permalink)
sarge mat Senior Artist 769 - 31	Sort of on that topic I totally agree that we need to fix more of our social and physical problems first. I think organisations like NASA are pointless and a waste of money at this point. There is no denying that they made a lot of advancements but now they are just putting a ship into orbit and back again every so often. Humanity needs to be united under one flag before it’s really ready to make big advancements in technology and to explore deeper into space. A world wide space program could put a lot more effort into building ships that where capable of travelling between planets constantly without having to come back and land every time. Even a space lift would not be that far off in such an ideal world and would allow for much better space stations and space ports in orbit around earth.

08-22-2008, 03:20 AM	#38 (permalink)
CyborgGuineaPig New Artist 1 - 0	Is game-artist.net responsible for directing all the immature comments in the article? Seriously, the lot of you need to grow up if thats the case. So much for my first post here.