GTP Alternative Cool Wall:1998-2008 European Organisation for Nuclear Research Large Hadron Collider

[Roger the Horse]

Nominated by @Furinkazen

Large Hadron Collider (CERN)

Built: 1998-2008
Purpose: To destroy particles and understand the universe
Size: 27km of tunnels.

More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider​

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

It's built to understand the universe so it can do some impressive things.

But it's not exactly cool so meh.

 

[JAHHAJ]

I'm going to give it an uncool, it's purpose is to understand the universe which isn't exactly cool.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Everything about this machine inspires awe in me. The fact that we can blast individual particles up to within a fraction of the speed of light and then detect the trails left by their remnants within the tiny period of time they exist after collision is incredible, so much so that it actually managed to get the generally ignorant public to sit up and take notice of theoretical physics for once.

Also, they were nice enough to name part of it after me, apparently.

 

[kennylmao]

Read about theories that it could create things that would destroy the world.

Capability of destroying the world gets it a cool.

Also, they were nice enough to name part of it after me, apparently.

Hi, Mr. Large.

 

[PeterJB]

I want to stick a Mars bar in it.

 

[Adamgp]

Meh.

 

[Danny]

Firing things at other things for science is always cool. No exceptions.

 

[Wiegert]

actually managed to get the generally ignorant public to sit up and take notice of theoretical physics for once.

The media scaremongering it resulted in back in 2008 is what got a lot of people's attention. Which I also found hilarious.

 

[Wolfe]

~1.9 Kelvin is about as cool as it gets.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Sub Zero. This thing is probably one of the coolest things ever built by humanity.

 

[Furinkazen]

How anyone can say this is not cool I don't know. It's technical for sure. But 1: The feat of constructing a tunnel 27 kilometres in diameter underground, all the engineering going into building it, and the fact it is for helping us understand the universe and it's origins. How can you not like??

 

[JMoney]

Yeah, it sounds cool, but it took MASSIVE amounts of money to build this thing. And it might explode. And it's scientific, but it doesn't involve space. Seriously Uncool.

 

[Roger the Horse]

The LHC is about as likely to explode as any other large piece of scientific equipment. Or anything else that huge, to be honest.

 

[JMoney]

Yeah, it probably won't actually explode but the fact that a lot of people think it will makes it uncool.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

Yeah, it probably won't actually explode but the fact that a lot of people think it will makes it uncool.

That doesn't make it uncool, it just makes those people ill-informed.

 

[Apok]

but it took MASSIVE amounts of money to build this thing. And it might explode.

That sounds really cool to me. Explosions!
Also, the name is just great. Large Hadron Collider. I'm not sure what exactly it does but it sounds amazing and I want one. Sub-Zero.

 

[Cano]

Yeah, it probably won't actually explode but the fact that a lot of people think it will makes it uncool.

O_o

eh, suuuuuuuuuure.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Simple explanation: It fires hadrons (composite particles made of quarks which are held together by the strong force) at each other at nearly the speed of light, and then detects the remnants of the collisions and looks for anything interesting, like new particles or forces of natures.

It's purpose is to understand the universe which isn't exactly cool.

So ignorance is cool?

 

[Turtle]

Did someone say "quarks"?

 

[Jet Badger]

It makes god angry. Sub zero.

 

[JAHHAJ]

So ignorance is cool?

No, but what I'm saying is, something this scientific can not be cool in my opinion.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Sub Zero, cause of reasons stated above and because it does some amazing things and is one of the most intriguing things built. Not the most amazing but one of them.

I also don't see how science can't be cool, it seems people that don't want to understand it, never were good at it, or just didn't like the kids in science give this an uncool.

 

[Pupik]

Supercolliders are cool.

They'd probably be Sub-Zero, but I think the noises created wouldn't match the imagined sounds my mind thinks they make when subatomic particles collide at unimaginable speeds, along with the start-up power and the glorious aftermath of the whole thing.

I must tour one of these some day...I wonder if the one outside Chicago gives tours?

 

[Roger the Horse]

 

[Dennisch]

But it will create black holes that will devour the Earth!!!!1!!11!!1

Impressive piece of engineering. So cool.

 

[Minty]

Look closely and you will see a tiny little human. I think the people voting thing less than cool dont understand what it is that this machine does.

Easy sub zero. Just look at it. it's beautiful.

 

[CinnamonOD]

I will always respect this kind of massive constructions that need a lot of scientists and engineers to make it true

Sub-Zero

 

[Exorcet]

Yeah, it sounds cool, but it took MASSIVE amounts of money to build this thing. And it might explode. And it's scientific, but it doesn't involve space. Seriously Uncool.

It has plenty to do with space as the last place outside the LHC that looked like the inside of the LHC was the early universe.

 

[Slash]

Sub zero because it looks cool.