Not to worry we don't have any colliders big enough to blow up the planet. Probably nothing worse could happen than to blow up one or 2 continents at worst. ;) We're talk huge amounts of mass that need to be converted to energy to produce something like the light show going on in space. That was a super nova more mass than we have in our whole planetary system. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:jfowler@westrope.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:05 PM > To: Kclug@Kclug. Org > Subject: OT: Stellar tech to ignite big-bang project > > > Anyone else see the problem of recreating the Big Bang? > > "Grey said scientists are pretty sure the collider will > produce the conditions > they need to create the particles, if they exist at all." > > Um... it's a BIG BANG dude. Like create-the-universe kinda bang. Like > blow-us-the-f*ck-up kinda big bang... Well, I'm sure they're > much smarter than > me, so I'll assume they know what their doing. > > http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-995004.html > > > > majordomo@kclug.org >