Large Hadron Collider is online, Higgs boson be damned

"We have captured it! First circulating beam of 2009!" And with that tweet, researchers at CERN announced that they did in fact activate the Large Hadron Collider, after quite a long delay and despite warnings of a looming, nefarious Higgs boson. Whether or not we will have had total destruction as an unfortunate result of the device remains to be seen, but should the future find a way to either cease to exist or travel to the past in some time-bending paradox, we only hope linguists and physicists can work together and figure out the proper verb conjugations for this brave new world.

[Naoki7 Posted Nov 21st 2009 1:33AM]

I think my brain will have had crapped itself from these verb tenses.

[cmmndr312 Posted Nov 21st 2009 1:41AM]

This was a triumph. I'm making a note here huge success.

[INNUENDO 64 Posted Nov 21st 2009 1:48AM]

If 99.9% of the population dies, and i survive, i call chicago!

"My name is Robert Neville. I am broadcasting on all AM frequencies. I will be at Navy Pier every day at midday"

[PhotoGuru Posted Nov 21st 2009 2:59AM]

I've got one of these in my backyard- fire it up from time to time with my bar-b-que.

[SEPURB Posted Nov 21st 2009 3:13AM]

Yeah, but how many megapixels in the cam? 1.21 gigawatt?

[Seven Posted Nov 21st 2009 4:00AM]

wtf? wut kind of camera has gigawatts?

[SEPURB Posted Nov 21st 2009 4:10AM]

My apologies. Please pardon my ignorance, 1.21 megawixatts.

[ndhill Posted Nov 21st 2009 12:47PM]

Well since the camera must be power by the flux capacitor. 1.21 gigawatt must be correct!

[Wwhat Posted Nov 21st 2009 4:04AM]

They say there will be a black hole created so powerful it'll pull the engadget comments font straight again.
Although naysayer say that's overly optimistic.

[n1hmrd Posted Nov 21st 2009 4:42AM]

BUT! can it NOW RUN CRYSIS!!!?

Ps i am scared i need a hug!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 21st 2009 6:13AM]

Did anyone see me in there flash forward?

[Fink Posted Nov 21st 2009 6:14AM]

Bosons have been known for centuries.
Every sailing ship had one.

[ufinc Posted Nov 21st 2009 9:35AM]

This is how catastrophes actually happen: Somebody somewhere is doing something unbelievably big and dangerous and the vast majority of peope just ignore it or make fun of it.
I don't see anything funny here. The LHC is a threat to everyone, not just christian people and/or their beliefs. You'll see ...

[csnoke Posted Nov 21st 2009 11:01AM]

You need to just let go... maybe have a beer and relax. Nobody nowhere is doing nothing and it certainly isn't going to ... wait, did you hear that?

[ndhill Posted Nov 21st 2009 12:46PM]

All it needed was a new Flux Capacitor. No black holes here, the only thing this eats is garbage... Thanks to Mr. Fusion.

[MikeZ Posted Nov 21st 2009 12:48PM]

Just make sure it doesn´t have any new delays again just because there´s a tiny piece of bread somewhere.

[zomgkitteh Posted Nov 21st 2009 12:54PM]

I'm so happy about this..it turned my crappy morning into awesomeness...

hey engadget..speaking science...do a blog about how Global Warming is supposably fake now XD ...

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/

[thanatos465 Posted Nov 21st 2009 7:26PM]

lol ppl dont get srcasam anymoar

[Switchbitch Posted Nov 21st 2009 8:10PM]

I'm glad they have a fire extinguisher on the wall.

Instructions:
1. Remove pin.
2. Aim nozzle at event horizon of black hole.
3. Squeeze lever.

[Nicnac Posted Nov 23rd 2009 11:06AM]

reminds me: when is The Quiet Earth coming out on Blu-ray?