Comments on: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I’m thinking about iPods

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:20:57 +0000

MODERN MUSIC JUST SOUNDS LIKE A LOAD OF BANGING

BOFFINS TURN AMP UP TO 11 – MILLIONS DIE

The fact that the guy’s name is Brian Cox could lead to a whole raft of jokes about his namesake always playing bad guys, too. But I can’t think of any.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:09:59 +0000

What about :

You’ve Saved My World (Not!)
Blow up the world

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:58:05 +0000

U R THE LAST THING

And I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of …

SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LARGE HADRON COLLIDER

… though that works whether the world ends or not.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:59:49 +0000

> So they said the decision had been made to just jump in at the deep end and get the big stuff done as soon as possible. Fuck everything! We're going to five blades!"

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:57:58 +0000

DON’T, D:REAM – IT’S OVER

Sorry, that’s shite :)

By: Tony Kiernan

Tony Kiernan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:06:25 +0000

THINGS CAN ONLY GET NON-EXISTENT?

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:20:03 +0000

From what I can gather, today is just running a single proton stream in one direction – once this morning and once this afternoon. They all seem inordinately proud of themselves for managing this.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:59:23 +0000

On TV a few nights ago, the physicists were saying that initial plans had been to gradually warm up to the big stuff, but then they’d changed their mind because of cost. The whole thing runs at about 1 degree Kelvin, so, if even just one little tiny thing goes wrong, it takes days just to get it warm enough for someone to go and fix it without dying, then time to get it cold again before they can switch it back on. So they said the decision had been made to just jump in at the deep end and get the big stuff done as soon as possible.

But maybe they’ve changed their mind again.

Personally, I want the world to end, just for the headlines. Because one of the physicists running the thing is the ex-keyboard-player from D:Ream.

REALITY ITSELF RUPTURED BY ONE-HIT WONDER

WRITER OF LABOUR’S THEME TUNE DESTROYS UNIVERSE

AT LEAST GARY GLITTER DIDN’T TEAR THE FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME

Yeah, yeah, I know there’d be no headlines. Obviously.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:49:56 +0000

This is a useful site:

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:48:45 +0000

I’ve just gone and had a look and it looks like October might be a conservative estimate. The proper stuff might not be for a year.

By: mupwangle

mupwangle — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:39:22 +0000

I thought that the serious high-energy experiments didn’t start until late October?

Joystiq made me laugh by spotting someone who had the same specs and facial hair as Gordon Freeman in one of the press photos from CERN. What could possibly go wrong?

By: Tony Kiernan

Tony Kiernan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:15:51 +0000

I’m kinda disappointed to be sat in the office working, TBH.