Re: The end of the world


"Martin Griffith" <mart_in_medina@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3fuhc4ta0ke6tag9ncgvcs07dekqll53jp@xxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:23:22 +0800, in sci.electronics.design "Den"
<Invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"The Real Andy" <therealandy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1fphc4teaqces8sb93rl6nu74rhsgvqd1l@xxxxxxxxxx
Dont know about anyone else, but I found it quite dissapointing.
Perhaps round 2 in 23 days (correct me if I am wrong) will be much
more impressive...




Live webcams below are impressive:

http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

some more stuff here
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080905/full/news.2008.1085.html
such as
0.00000000047 grams = total mass of protons circulating in the LHC
at any time.

362 megajoules = collective energy of LHC's protons at top speed.

martin


low mass & big joules, lets you appreciate how fast they're going.


.