http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/08/lhc.collider/index.html

Story Highlights

• Large Hadron Collider will have first attempt at circulating a beam September 10
  
• It's the largest particle accelerator in the world and costs about $9 billion
  
• Lawsuits allege it could generate black holes that could eat the Earth
  
• Scientists say these allegations have no merit

i think i will take a little break to the moon till Thursday.

seriously i don't think it will destroy the world it just might be a way to make people notice this experiment, i hope i am right lol

Oy. These world ending claims are ridiculous. The black holes will just allow us to slide in to alternate dimensions.

what a cheesy great show...

Actually, there's a much scary/interesting possibility than what's mentioned in that article (though the chance is much smaller and they aren't even sure if these things exist).

There's a theoretical type of matter (sticky matter maybe? I'm drawing a blank on the name) that when it touches any other kind of matter it instantly converts that matter to sticky matter and that bit of sticky matter converts all other matter it touches and so on. Some scientists say that this thing could possibly make some of that matter so the universe would be blinked out in an instant according to them.

lol, Us Irish will be too drunk anyway

Particles hit earth with the same speeds and energy all the time, yet they dont create black holes (that survive anyway, depending on your view of Hawking Radiation).

hej be glad it's quick death.

I read this experiment wont destroy the planet.

Just Switzerland.

Sorryb swiss people!

people are suing over scientific expansion... we will never move to the next level of knowledge of people are to stupid to let scientists try things. Thank god these scientists wont listen to lawyers. lol

 Im reminded of the 'Monty Python' way of saying sorry

sorry.