What’s the difference between Abe Vigoda and the Large Hadron Collider?
One has a website where you can see if he’s still around, and one has a website where you can see if you’re still around.
Awesome.
Tip o’ the gluon to QuarkMonkey via Gia.
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September 9th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I think I know how the big bang began. It started when scientists decided to build a Large Hadron Collider about 13-14 billi0n years ago to find out what the origin of their Universe was.
Thus, we repeat not ourselves, but history.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
The website is correct, but highly misleading. I have information from a reliable source that assures me the world has already been destroyed. The scientists at CERN apparently destroyed it prior to starting up the LHC as a safety measure to prevent the LHC from destroying it when it is started up. I know quite certainly that the source is reliable because up to this point it has been completely accurate regarding whether the world has been destroyed, although I will withhold final judgment on the matter until they finish checking their instruments.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I would never have thought Abe was still alive. Thank you intertoobs.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I thought we had the choice between the Vogon poetry and end of the world.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Check the page’s source code for more hilarity
September 9th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Yes, a javascript function for checking whether the world exists. Talk about overkill.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
YUP.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:03 am
You don’t believe everything you read on the Internet, do you? I’m not taking any website’s word that we’re still here; I’m checking for myself.
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Okay, we’re still here. Carry on.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Brilliant.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:01 am
[…] the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?Keep checking. (via the Bad Astronomer).Tags: […]
September 10th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I like this comment on the LHC page:
<!– if the lhc actually destroys the earth & this page isn’t yet updated
please email mike@frantic.org to receive a full refund –>
September 10th, 2008 at 11:34 am
This is why we still live:
http://notyetbutthelargehadroncolliderwilldestroytheworldsoon.com/
September 10th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
[…] PPS: Via Bad Astronomy. […]
September 11th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I have bad news. Abe Vigoda has been swallowed by a black hole.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
For a real laugh, look at the source code on hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com
September 13th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
lol black cat nice one