The experiment itself seems innocuous enough but (like most cutting edge science) little will be understood until the door is opened. Once it is opened there will be no going back. And if it is interfered with after the door is opened we will really be in strife.

Hackers identifying themselves as Group 2600 of the Greek Security Team got into the Collider’s main computer system soon after the thing was switched on last Wednesday. They were stopped just one step away from gaining full control of the Collider’s central computer system. Why an event such as this had not been fully anticipated is difficult to comprehend.

The forces of evil are everywhere… and their capacity to wreak havoc should not have been underestimated. The group claims to have infiltrated the system simply to prove that it could be done… opening a whole new (previously unrealised) dimension of possiblity to the whole experimental programme!

I watched the documentary “In the Shadow of the Moon” last night. It was a fantastic account of man’s first forays into space (including the first lunar landing) as told by the astronauts themselves. These guys are now well into their 70s. What surprised me most was how comparatively underprepared they were to venture forth into this brave new realm.

They went off even without knowing for sure they would ever return. That’s not to say they weren’t incredibly brave intelligent and capable men… they were. (In fact… these men were made of stuff rarely seen in people today!)

But in hindsight the whole space programme was built upon a leap of faith… and a bloody minded desire to beat the Russians to it!

Incredible.