Party: Not the End of the World

[mirrorshard]

The Large Hadron Collider, at CERN, will be switched on for its first beam at approximately 0930 CET (0730 GMT, 0830 London time, other times around the globe) and the world will not end.

This is quite historic; it is (as far as I know) the first occasion on which it has been definitively, authoritatively, and scientifically proven that this will not be the case. There's even a risk assessment (PDF link).

So I suggest we endeavour to celebrate it by consuming items topologically identical to the LHC - eg., ring doughnuts, iced ring biscuits, onion rings, bagels, &c. - around that time. Suggestions of other suitable food items are welcome.

Pass it on.

Comments

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

It should be noted that this is just producing the beams. The world and potentially universe destroying first collisions, which is when the science starts arriving, will be a few weeks later. So enjoy those bagels while you can!

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

Good point! We'll clearly just have to keep doing it for the rest of the universe's lifespan.