Hackers have mounted an attack on the Large Hadron Collider

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

You do realize that that wasn't the only claim that you made, right?

munu9

Okay, let me explain. In nearly all the places on our earth where there is some form of water, there has been life reported. Everywhere from near underwater volcano's that reach boiling temperatures, to alaska where plants can grow in -20 degree temperatures with ice, to places where the water is highly acidic (water + acid) We have found life. So it's VERY likely that if there is somewhere in our universe where there is some for of water and a lot of it. It is very likely that would should find life there. Albiet only if the temperatures/conditions aren't too extreme.

the stupidity of these people might cost humanity's advancement dearlyWizz46

The way I see it, it will be a matter of time before you need a liscence to go on computing courses/own a computer etc. These people are scum imo. If my goal in life was to be counter-productive I would rethink that goal....

[QUOTE="GetEnTheKitchen"][QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"][QUOTE="GetEnTheKitchen"]

I would rather worry about the here and now than some machine that cant really do anything for me. Heres what can happen:

1: Nothing happens.

2: World ends.

3: Machine breaks.

4: We discover something amazing that has no practical benefits.

Can anyone answer this one question? What will this do to help humanity?

fanboy-buster

1 - Perfectly possible. But I'm sure that £9 million wouldn't be spent on something that might not work.

3 - Nothing's perfect.

4 - We could discover dark matter, which in theory can be a new fuel source, or the Higg Boson which can explain the origins of our universe.

Can we reproduce Dark Matter? Can we harvest it? Who will control this? Can we build an engine or recator running on it? Is it toxic? Is it radioactive? Is it even real?

Ok, we discover the Higgs Boson. We know some stuff about the begining of the universe. Can this particle be used? From what I have heard about it, this particle will only exsist for billionths of billionths of a second. It cant realistically be used.

Now look today all the benefits brought by oil!

But we knew oil existed in the first place.

[QUOTE="fanboy-buster"][QUOTE="GetEnTheKitchen"][QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"][QUOTE="GetEnTheKitchen"]

I would rather worry about the here and now than some machine that cant really do anything for me. Heres what can happen:

1: Nothing happens.

2: World ends.

3: Machine breaks.

4: We discover something amazing that has no practical benefits.

Can anyone answer this one question? What will this do to help humanity?

GetEnTheKitchen

1 - Perfectly possible. But I'm sure that £9 million wouldn't be spent on something that might not work.

3 - Nothing's perfect.

4 - We could discover dark matter, which in theory can be a new fuel source, or the Higg Boson which can explain the origins of our universe.

Can we reproduce Dark Matter? Can we harvest it? Who will control this? Can we build an engine or recator running on it? Is it toxic? Is it radioactive? Is it even real?

Ok, we discover the Higgs Boson. We know some stuff about the begining of the universe. Can this particle be used? From what I have heard about it, this particle will only exsist for billionths of billionths of a second. It cant realistically be used.

Now look today all the benefits brought by oil!

But we knew oil existed in the first place.

Umm... why the hell is the LHC connected to the internet???

Wouldn't it be 10x smarter to use a closed network?

[QUOTE="munu9"][QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

You do realize that that wasn't the only claim that you made, right?

xaos

Okay, let me explain. In nearly all the places on our earth where there is some form of water, there has been life reported. Everywhere from near underwater volcano's that reach boiling temperatures, to alaska where plants can grow in -20 degree temperatures with ice, to places where the water is highly acidic (water + acid) We have found life. So it's VERY likely that if there is somewhere in our universe where there is some for of water and a lot of it. It is very likely that would should find life there. Albiet only if the temperatures/conditions aren't too extreme.

His error is in thinking that Earth is MORE than one data point. It's a fair mistake to make, but he failed to take into account that life actually SPREADS over the planet. So rather than there being thousands of data points all over the earth, one really does have to take the Earth as a single data point.

Umm... why the hell is the LHC connected to the internet???

Wouldn't it be 10x smarter to use a closed network?

CheeseGuardian

lol... These smart people are looking very dumb right about now.

I would have liked them to build it around the planet. Would take an awesome amount of power to run though.

It's only connected to a machine that records results, not something that controls the LHC itself.

Wish there was a group of hackers that would own these fools, Greek Secuirity Team ... :lol:

I hope this worlds dies as soon as possible.tfpcgmr