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	<title>Comments on: LHC and the man on the street</title>
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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Nick</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/11/lhc-and-the-man-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-82206</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am convinced that the LHC will not destroy the world, and I know the odds are infinesimally small, but exactly what are the odds?  I have heard 1 in 10^73, does that sound right?  Or even lower?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am convinced that the LHC will not destroy the world, and I know the odds are infinesimally small, but exactly what are the odds?  I have heard 1 in 10^73, does that sound right?  Or even lower?</p>
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		<title>By: notepad</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/11/lhc-and-the-man-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-82205</link>
		<dc:creator>notepad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>32 days left.

Status: 19.04.08 - 32 days left.
www.notepad.ch
Save the universe.

Timeline

ISSUE Large explosion: 2005
ISSUE Magnet failure: 2007
TEST Test Sector warmup/coopdown cycle: 2007
QA ISSUE 7 of 8 segments failed cool-down tests
CANCELLED Complete warmup/cooldown cycle, Low power runs
INIT System init (1. Time Beam injection): 21. May 2008
INIT Cold Date: 1. June 2008
INIT (1. Time Protons used): 15. June 2008
DOCU New safety report not released
START System activation (1. Time Circulating beams): July 2008
RISK Black hole (First collisions: August 2008
PROD System ready: October 2008
HIGH RISK EXPERIMENT Elevated black hole risk: 21. December 1212

Important note:
These are not official dates. No official dates where available to us yet. CERN should publish them.
These dates are based on news, opinions and insider info. Additionally, I try my best. I am not a scientist - just a citizen. I will update this information and all information on www.notepad.ch as soon as new information becomes available. The blogs at www.notepad. have been created on the 14 of April, that is the date I realized that the black hole danger at the CERN&#039;s LHC is for real. My goal is to let you decide if there is an issue with the &#039;go to prod&#039; of the LHC - or not. That is the reason this site consists just of News, opinions, forum messages etc. I always named the source of the quote, did mention in each article that this is a quote from etc. My assumption is that this is the legal and fair way to quote without changing the context. Please tell me if I am wrong and I will immediately correct it. Thank you.

XX days refers to the initialisation of the LHC. This is the date I currently think is right, but may be corrected at any time. It was pointed out that at this date the risk of black hole creation will not be elevated yet, which is through. In XX days I&#039;m referring to the start date of the potential risk to create a black hole. I also wanted to have a real date, in order to put some urgency on the issue. Which it has.


www.notepad.ch</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>32 days left.</p>
<p>Status: 19.04.08 &#8211; 32 days left.<br />
<a href="http://www.notepad.ch" rel="nofollow">http://www.notepad.ch</a><br />
Save the universe.</p>
<p>Timeline</p>
<p>ISSUE Large explosion: 2005<br />
ISSUE Magnet failure: 2007<br />
TEST Test Sector warmup/coopdown cycle: 2007<br />
QA ISSUE 7 of 8 segments failed cool-down tests<br />
CANCELLED Complete warmup/cooldown cycle, Low power runs<br />
INIT System init (1. Time Beam injection): 21. May 2008<br />
INIT Cold Date: 1. June 2008<br />
INIT (1. Time Protons used): 15. June 2008<br />
DOCU New safety report not released<br />
START System activation (1. Time Circulating beams): July 2008<br />
RISK Black hole (First collisions: August 2008<br />
PROD System ready: October 2008<br />
HIGH RISK EXPERIMENT Elevated black hole risk: 21. December 1212</p>
<p>Important note:<br />
These are not official dates. No official dates where available to us yet. CERN should publish them.<br />
These dates are based on news, opinions and insider info. Additionally, I try my best. I am not a scientist &#8211; just a citizen. I will update this information and all information on <a href="http://www.notepad.ch" rel="nofollow">http://www.notepad.ch</a> as soon as new information becomes available. The blogs at <a href="http://www.notepad" rel="nofollow">http://www.notepad</a>. have been created on the 14 of April, that is the date I realized that the black hole danger at the CERN&#8217;s LHC is for real. My goal is to let you decide if there is an issue with the &#8216;go to prod&#8217; of the LHC &#8211; or not. That is the reason this site consists just of News, opinions, forum messages etc. I always named the source of the quote, did mention in each article that this is a quote from etc. My assumption is that this is the legal and fair way to quote without changing the context. Please tell me if I am wrong and I will immediately correct it. Thank you.</p>
<p>XX days refers to the initialisation of the LHC. This is the date I currently think is right, but may be corrected at any time. It was pointed out that at this date the risk of black hole creation will not be elevated yet, which is through. In XX days I&#8217;m referring to the start date of the potential risk to create a black hole. I also wanted to have a real date, in order to put some urgency on the issue. Which it has.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.notepad.ch" rel="nofollow">http://www.notepad.ch</a></p>
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		<title>By: mariachi82</title>
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		<dc:creator>mariachi82</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From all the doomsday scenarios, this seems the coolest. For once, it will bring humanity &quot;together&quot; heheeh</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From all the doomsday scenarios, this seems the coolest. For once, it will bring humanity &#8220;together&#8221; heheeh</p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/11/lhc-and-the-man-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-82203</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt; Keep it in your churches, I don’t want to touch it with a ten foot stick.

I&#039;d prefer it was simply abolished.

OK, that&#039;s completely unrealistic. But perhaps it could fall by the wayside just as belief in many things have.

We&#039;ve seen slavery discarded. Astrology has been turned into the joke it is. Nobody thinks the earth is supported on a turtle&#039;s back. We&#039;ve rejected absurd ideas like witches exist and can create thunderstorms and transform humans into animals. We&#039;ve set aside blood letting as a therapy. We have tossed aside ideas of &quot;racial supremacy.&quot;

Oh, sure. There are still some people who believe in some of those things. But they are in the outer fringe of civilized society.

With any luck, religion itself will fall into that realm soon.

On the other hand, a majority of Americans believe Jesus is coming back. Soon.

~sigh~</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt; Keep it in your churches, I don’t want to touch it with a ten foot stick.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d prefer it was simply abolished.</p>
<p>OK, that&#8217;s completely unrealistic. But perhaps it could fall by the wayside just as belief in many things have.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve seen slavery discarded. Astrology has been turned into the joke it is. Nobody thinks the earth is supported on a turtle&#8217;s back. We&#8217;ve rejected absurd ideas like witches exist and can create thunderstorms and transform humans into animals. We&#8217;ve set aside blood letting as a therapy. We have tossed aside ideas of &#8220;racial supremacy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Oh, sure. There are still some people who believe in some of those things. But they are in the outer fringe of civilized society.</p>
<p>With any luck, religion itself will fall into that realm soon.</p>
<p>On the other hand, a majority of Americans believe Jesus is coming back. Soon.</p>
<p>~sigh~</p>
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		<title>By: TomV</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/11/lhc-and-the-man-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-82202</link>
		<dc:creator>TomV</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt; I don’t KNOW!! Do YOU?

Actually, yes I do.

I know for a fact God does not exist. How do I know that? .... He told me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt; I don’t KNOW!! Do YOU?</p>
<p>Actually, yes I do.</p>
<p>I know for a fact God does not exist. How do I know that? &#8230;. He told me.</p>
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		<title>By: Luke</title>
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		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reply to KC:

There&#039;s a big difference between LHC and the critical mass measurement experiments you&#039;re referring to.

They knew fully well that manipulating a just-barely-critical assembly of plutonium inside a neutron reflector, all up close and personal, by hand, to try and make a critical mass measurement was very, very dangerous - exactly why they did it that way, I don&#039;t know.

The safety concerns surrounding LHC have been very thoroughly studied by physicists - and the consensus is that it&#039;s completely safe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reply to KC:</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a big difference between LHC and the critical mass measurement experiments you&#8217;re referring to.</p>
<p>They knew fully well that manipulating a just-barely-critical assembly of plutonium inside a neutron reflector, all up close and personal, by hand, to try and make a critical mass measurement was very, very dangerous &#8211; exactly why they did it that way, I don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>The safety concerns surrounding LHC have been very thoroughly studied by physicists &#8211; and the consensus is that it&#8217;s completely safe.</p>
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		<title>By: Lars</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/11/lhc-and-the-man-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-82200</link>
		<dc:creator>Lars</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I &quot;know&quot; that religion does more harm than good, just as certainly as you &quot;know&quot; the opposite.

Religion should be banned from coming anywhere near science, because its nature is corruption of reason. Science doesn&#039;t try to do anything to religion, other than perhaps describe it. Religion, on the other hand, is attacking and polluting science with garbage like ID.

Keep it in your churches, I don&#039;t want to touch it with a ten foot stick.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I &#8220;know&#8221; that religion does more harm than good, just as certainly as you &#8220;know&#8221; the opposite.</p>
<p>Religion should be banned from coming anywhere near science, because its nature is corruption of reason. Science doesn&#8217;t try to do anything to religion, other than perhaps describe it. Religion, on the other hand, is attacking and polluting science with garbage like ID.</p>
<p>Keep it in your churches, I don&#8217;t want to touch it with a ten foot stick.</p>
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