[kj] Black Hole Chaos

[Jerry Butson]

Or Jaz Coleman's "Underworld"...they're virtually the same thing

On 02/05/07, Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk> wrote:

>

>  >PS - you bastard, I now have Europe's 'The Final Countdown' stuck in my

> >head!

>

> "Were heading for Venus and still we stand tall

> Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all"

>

> Worst lines ever committed to vinyl

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: uncle bennys magical bra factory [mailto:fatpotanga at gmail.com<fatpotanga at gmail.com>

> ]

> Sent: 02 May 2007 10:27

> To: The Gathering

> Subject: Re: [kj] Black Hole Chaos

>

> It was on TV last night.

>

> Was quite interesting.

> I missed a good chunk of it some I'm probably missing something

> fundamental

> out or have all this completely wrong but basically ... (switch off now if

> potanga-mangled science bores you)

>

> The famous E = MC2 (Energy = Mass x the speed of light squared) shows that

> mass & energy are the same thing.

> Anything with mass contains a huge amount of energy & conversely massive

> amounts of energy can create mass.

> As Bill Bryson put it rather nicely in his brilliantly pleb proof, simple

> to

> understand 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' (which I highly

> recommend)

> "... if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your

> frame...

> enough energy to explode with the force of 30 very large hydrogen bombs,

> assuming you knew how to liberate it & really wanted to make a point"

>

> We know all the sub atomic particles that make up everything, but not the

> glue that holds these bits together - that binds these little bits into

> solid, tangible things. In finding out they'll discover more of how the

> universe was made.

> Like this guy said on the TV, "It's too complicated to fathom out now, the

> easiest way is to go back to the beginning & look at it"

> So they're re-creating a mini 'big bang'

>

> This thing they're building is 7 times more powerful that the biggest,

> erm,

> thingy machine (those things they fire atoms round tracks with) we have

> today which is 6 km in diameter

> (Hosannas! I remembered the name of the thingy - particle accelerator! )

>  in the hope that they will find the glue they've been theorising about.

> One side affect of this massive release of energy is the possibility of

> creating a black hole.

> They were saying that if it does create a black hole it will disappear as

> soon as it materialises. Phew!

> Thank god scientists are never wrong...

>

> > Perhaps the final countdown has just begun...

>

> PS - you bastard, I now have Europe's 'The Final Countdown' stuck in my

> head!

>

>

>

>

>

>

> On 2/5/07 09:48, "Darth E. Vader" wrote:

>

> > Anyone else seen the news story about the Black Hole

> > reactor on the Swiss French border which might destroy

> > the world when it is activated in November?

> >

> > Perhaps the final countdown has just begun...

>

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