"World ends tomorrow. Any plans?" Topic

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Great excuse for a party (assuming your parties need excuses).

A few quotes that caught my eye:

"Someone will spot a light ray coming out of the Indian Ocean during the night and no one will be able to explain it, retired Professor Otto Roessler told London's Mail on Sunday. "Very soon the whole planet will be eaten in a magnificent scenario — if you could watch it from the moon. A Biblical Armageddon. Even cloud and fire will form, as it says in the Bible."

ssounds like the crew of the international space station are in for quite a show.

A pair of Russian scientists even think the LHC would be the world's first time machine, and that we should expect visitors from the future to arrive soon after it goes into operation.

Aren't they confusing this with a Warp Speed engine and visitors from Vulcan?

Public reaction, true to form, has been mixed.

The real burning question is what will happen to Britney?

And yes I know there have been previous topics on this but they have been sucked into the black hole of the frontpage already.

"Very soon the whole planet will be eaten in a magnificent scenario — if you could watch it from the moon. A Biblical Armageddon. Even cloud and fire will form, as it says in the Bible."

Yay! Overtime and I'll get to sleep through it at the same time!

Well, at least I won't have to worry about my mortgage.

A pair of Russian scientists even think the LHC would be the world's first time machine, and that we should expect visitors from the future to arrive soon after it goes into operation.

Those wacky Russkies! Why do the time travelers from the future have to wait until the Collider goes online? Couldn't they visit *any* time in the past? Or are they only making themselves known after the Collider goes online, for some reason? Enquiring minds want to kno!

right, I'm staying off work.

I'm already taking leave. Maybe I can be transported back to Monday to give me an extra day to get my figures done for Recruits this weekend.

Well I feel much better. The good folks at the LHC have put together a rap video and posted it on YouTube link

And we all know if it is on the innernets it gotta be true

Those wacky Russkies! Why do the time travelers from the future have to wait until the Collider goes online? Couldn't they visit *any* time in the past? Or are they only making themselves known after the Collider goes online, for some reason? Enquiring minds want to kno!

so they say, it's because the 'other' end of the wormhole won't come into existince until the LHC is switched on and creates it here. so travel back from the future to the LHC switch on point but no earlier will be possible…. whew!

"…and that we should expect visitors from the future to arrive soon after it goes into operation."

Cool! I hope they have good stock picks for me! With my luck, they would be from some post-apoc. future where technology has disappeared. Maybe! They will all be hot looking chicks from a future where all the men are dead. I'll be the first man that they've seen in years…yeeehawww…hmmm, I could teach them about the finer things in life-comic books-miniatures-sci-fi movies:)

In any event, I am excited about what we might learn from this experiment. Maybe this is why we haven't heard from any green men. Maybe the second they get to our tech level-AND!!-they create a super collider and-BOOOM!!!-thats all she wrote:)

Ooooh. World ending tomorrow. Guess I can tell off the boss and all the politico's around here without fear or worry. *BAEG*

So when I go to bed tonight and don't wake up in the morning I'll know why.

Personally, I like the 'very little risk of something going horribly wrong' reassurance.

Man, I feel better.

I predict an army of ultra-dimensional triffids will appear to enslave us all !

Well I for one welcome are new triffid overlords.

(is that Simpsons line getting old now?)

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I think I'd… try to sleep through it.

"Any plans?"

Meh, just the usual.

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I'm still here? You guys?

Well, they have only sent the particle beam in one direction so far, so no 'Earth shattering ka-boom' yet….

Apparently the blackhole will take 4 years to get everything.

Professor Rössler claims that, in the worst case scenario, the earth could be sucked inside out within four years of a mini black hole forming.

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The question, what do we do for 4 years. Yeah give the Boss the finger and then and all the other 'amusing' stuff- Do we just not bother, and allow ourselves to starve to death? Society breaks down, looting etc, then what. Force the farmers to grow food at gunpoint? (I'm not interested in any NRA guff here- very few people could sucessfully hunt for food).

Depends on what you are willing to consider "food". Soylent Green anyone?

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I think I'd… try to sleep through it.

It works for a hangover; why not for the end of the world?

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Apparently the blackhole will take 4 years to get everything."

That will give Mel Gibson plenty of time to kill the evil british scientist who designed this machine and save the planet. Because, after all, it must be the brits who screwed this thing up according to Mel. It's always england in his mind.

Crazy Russians, time-travelers indeed.

(Pat to Base. i think nobody is taking it seriously. will proceed to deposit £1.00 GBP GBP in high-interest bank account and buy shares in InflatableElephants.com as originally planned. Prepaere to be very very rich. Will bury copy of this letter in the Blue Peter Garden as usual, JIC. time-message ends.)