--- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0523/p25s02-stss.html>> > > Artificial black holes: on the threshold of new > physics
<snip> > "But wait", I hear you say, "Has anyone considered > that creating artificial > black holes might not be the best idea?" The idea of > creating black holes > in the laboratory has to give one pause. I mean, how > can anyone resist the > urge to imagine future headlines like "Artificial > Black Hole Escapes > Laboratory, Eats Chicago" or some such thing? In > reality, there is no risk > posed by creating artificial black holes, at least > not in the manner > planned with the LHC. The black holes produced at > CERN will be millions of > times smaller than the nucleus of an atom; too small > to swallow much of > anything. And they'll only live for a tiny fraction > of a second, too short > a time to swallow anything around them even if they > wanted to. Shshsure...that's what they thought in _Earth_! (My copy *still* hasn't been returned, darnit!) So, when do we get "point singularity drive?" ;) Compressed Looking-Glass Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
