Yes, but the question remains, "Big Bang Breakfast Bar" or "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"?
Heh. The CERN people say if it happens it (the black hole) would be so small as to be completely unstable and would not persist for more than an infinitesmal period of time.
They also argue that if it could happen we wouldn't be able to detect as many old neutron stars as we can (about 2000) since cosmic ray collisions would have turned them into black holes all ready. You can read about it here with links to the LSAG reports: http://physics.about.com/b/2008/06/21/new-cern-safety-report-still-no-doomsday-scenario.htm On the other hand they still haven't switched on the second beam. Nobody really KNOWS what is going to happen, but that's the whole point of the experiment. Even if they do manage to create a tiny, stable black hole it will take a very long time for it to eat a planet. But I would be ready to move my investments out of real estate... ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
