Mon 8 Sep 2008
Goodbye Cruel World
Posted by anaglyph under Gadgets, In The News, Science
[18] Comments
I was going to go and mow the back lawn this morning, it having grown into something of a jungle, but then I remembered that there really is no point because the world is going to end tomorrow. Yes, as I’m sure you’ve heard, September 10, 2008 is the day that the boffins throw the switch on the Large Hadron Collider, thereby creating a black hole that will expand in seconds to the size of a small planet and suck in all light and matter (including us) in the near vicinity.* ‘Near’ being a relative term, of course.
This is something of a shame, because I was really looking forward to my birthday in a couple of weeks. Amazing how much of an inconvenience a lot of nothing can be.
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*This is not really going to happen, despite the clamouring to the contrary by assorted lunatics.
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Can’t be any worse than the mayhem caused by this Hole.
I thought we were all going to change into strangelets? :P
Atlas: That Hole is a whole lotta nothing too.
Yoo: Most of my readers already are strangelets.
Dangd brainless, that black hole scenario.
Then again, maybe Im jus tryin to rationalize havin awready mowd th dangd lawnski.
So, figure this out- many gamblers are excited by the great odds being given on the world ending.
Hey, 100000-1 is great odds, and IF you win well…
oh. um, wait a minute…
All chant with me now, it is your only hope:
IA! IA! CTHULHU FTHAGN!
You know, somehow, the thought of it makes me …. feel … kinda peaceful. aaaaaaah.
(sorry about your birthday, though. After I got you such a neat present, too.)
Oh well fuck it.
Better way to go than many. We are stardust anyway.
Joey: I went ahead and mowed the lawn anyways. I mean, if the planet is going to get obliterated, may as well go with a tidy yard.
Colonel: Well, it doesn’t really matter who has your cash – you or Ladbrokes – it’s all going to be elementary particles by noon today…
Malach: …even Cthulhu.
Cissy: Dang. Was it a Black Hole Survival Kit?
LoL: That’s the spirit!
JAK: When I pointed all this out to Violet Towne yesterday, she though the same. In fact, she said that if the LHC actually wasn’t going to make a black hole, maybe those boffins should make it so it could. You know, just in case…
Yes it was. But now I can’t find it anywhere.
What time today is that thing supposed to start? I just want to know so I can plan my work schedule today accordingly. I may want to push back a lunch date I have if this is going to disturb my work day.
The LHC is the coolest science geek project going. If you don’t think so, you haven’t seen the girls and boys at CERN doing this.
The rap is sensational, but whatever you do, don’t read the Youtube comments about it. Pfffft – kids these days….
Ahem.
The boys and girls at CERN doing this
You just lost your geek credentials… :-)
But yes, I’ve seen the LHC Rap, and I agree – those are some groovy-ass physicists.
Listen up young feller: I never had any newfangled ninnynet geek credentials
Hey – I think you only get deference by a mere few years if I remember correctly…
Nope! No deference for me at all. Yours by just under a year. I was just feeling all old, dumb and cantankerous ;)