[Brilliant]

Sleep well tonight.

[ghost of nixon]

"The system is totally safe. There is nothing to fear," he said.

...I'm getting flashbacks to Spiderman 2...

[C19fan]

Nice explanation of why one needs not to worry about black holes being created by this atom smasher:

http://carnabyfudge.blogspot.com/2008/03/botanist-lobbies-to-save-humanity.html

[ConservativeMind]

Just to scare us a bit more, one reason we can't seem to find traces of any other intelligent beings throughout the universe may simply be because at some point, they created their own black holes from similar experiments.

At least Europe goes first. ;-)

[BlueStateBlues]

Thanks for the thread. I’ve kept periodic track of this, and thought that CERN was going on-line in August or even later. This is great news, and they must have done some preliminary testing to determine that it could be turned on earlier. Keep us posted.

[wolfcreek]

“He also scoffed at fears that the massive experiment could create a black hole with potentially devastating consequences for life on Earth.”

Let’s hope there’s not a blackhole out there somewhere looking for a partner.

[Colorado Doug]

Oh come on, everybody nows that the “end” doesn't come until 2012.

Regardless, I have no faith whatsoever in any assurances from these scientists, most of which are clueless. I have known too many PhDs that I wouldn't trust to screw in a light-bulb. It's not safe to give them such powerful toys.

[Enchante]

"a black hole with potentially devastating consequences for life on Earth"

Hey, look at the bright side: at least we wouldn't have to listen to the Gorebots blather on about Global Warming, er "climate change" ..... anymore.

[Red_Devil 232]

Maybe they could delay this test and conduct it in mecca during the next hajj?

[DungeonMaster]

An atom smasher is to a black hole as a match is to the sun. Not too much to worry about.

[Red Badger]

"The system is totally safe. There is nothing to fear," he said.

Said the captain of the Titanic, the Hindenburg and ...........

[Waco]

My pet rock comes thru again! Shazam

[Captain Beyond]

bump

[lesser_satan]

[Dagny&Hank]

Build it on the Moon.

[SunkenCiv]

“I said ‘Bud Light’.”

[SunkenCiv]

[old joke punchline] "Nothing can go wrong, can go wrong, can go wrong..."

[El Gato]

June is turning out to be a very "interesting" month. In the sense of the old curse, "May you live in interesting times".

The Supreme Court will be handing down it's decision in "Heller" indicating whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right, and if it does, do DC's guns laws violate that right?

The Democrats will probably finally decide whether Socialist (Heavy) Clinton or Marxist Obama will be their nominee to go up against Socialist (light) McCain.

The Congress may refuse to further fund the War on Terror by not passing a supplemental appropriation causing massive layoffs of civilian support personnel and support contractors, as well as cancellation or shelving of several development programs. (The military is already asking permission to transfer money from other accounts so they can pay the troops, but that will only work through mid July)

And now, to end the madness perhaps, a Black Hole may devour the Earth. (Although I highly doubt it. The Fates are not that munificent).

[Grizzled Bear]

"The system is totally safe. There is nothing to fear," he said.

After considering all the things Europeans have been wrong about...socialism, multiculturalism, man made global warming...I'm starting to worry!