Success!!

They fired it amidst protests and prophecies and ta dah!!! It worked. They successfully circulated the beams through the 27 km long tunnel. And we're all still alive aren't we? I still don't know what became of the Stephen Hawking bet but what i do know is that the Higgs Boson, the primary reason for the experiment will take another year to be discovered. Now they also say that this was just a minor experiment compared to the high energy collisions that will take place on 21 October, 2008 when the LHC will be officially unveiled.
Maybe there will be another(and possibly bigger) threat to mankind then. *yawn* Till then, whats on the other channel.