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10-16-2011, 13:24
BushMasterBoy

Near Miss

I'm
10-16-2011, 13:40
Gcompact30

All I can say is

Oh Dam, That Would Hurt
10-16-2011, 13:46
Chad4000

yikes!
10-16-2011, 14:02
Ridge
10-16-2011, 16:00
dorsum

Had'nt heard about that one. 35,000km is not that far to have missed us by.
10-16-2011, 16:00
SideShow Bob

Dang, missed my ride to Valhalla again. [Mad]
10-16-2011, 16:16
DD977GM2

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Originally Posted by SideShow Bob

Dang, missed my ride to Valhalla again. [Mad]

I can help you with that, I cheat death everytime I go to work in the winter time, so just ride with me when I have to leave for middle of nowhere Wyoming in a flippin blizzard [Beer][ROFL1]
10-16-2011, 16:19
rondog

Watched a program about black holes the other day, that was pretty scary too. Millions of them in our own solar system, and they suck in anything they get close to.
10-16-2011, 16:25
SideShow Bob

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Originally Posted by rondog

Watched a program about black holes the other day, that was pretty scary too. Millions of them in our own solar system, and they suck in anything they get close to.

That sounds like a girl friend I had when I was in the Army...[LOL]
10-16-2011, 16:34
Ridge

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Originally Posted by rondog

Watched a program about black holes the other day, that was pretty scary too. Millions of them in our own solar system, and they suck in anything they get close to.

I assume you mean millions in our galaxy. If there were millions in our solar system, I doubt we would have a solar system.
10-16-2011, 16:39
mcantar18c

Meh... I don't see why people care.
10-16-2011, 16:44
Ridge

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Originally Posted by mcantar18c

Meh... I don't see why people care.

I can see why to care. It gives an idea of how miraculous it is for us to survive on this little ball surrounded by a thousand different kinds of chaos.

There's no reason to get worried about it, because there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.
10-16-2011, 16:45
DD977GM2

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Originally Posted by mcantar18c

Meh... I don't see why people care.

Thats the same mentality to brutal folks on Wall St have and we need to all care the same and have the same level of caring across the board. [ROFL1]
10-16-2011, 16:47
rondog

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Originally Posted by Ridge

I assume you mean millions in our galaxy. If there were millions in our solar system, I doubt we would have a solar system.

Well, I don't know the difference between a galaxy and a solar system and a universe, but they were talking about where our planet is, and our sun, and the other planets we always hear about. Nasty sounding things, those black holes.
10-16-2011, 16:48
Ridge

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Originally Posted by rondog

Well, I don't know the difference between a galaxy and a solar system and a universe, but they were talking about where our planet is, and our sun, and the other planets we always hear about. Nasty sounding things, those black holes.

Well black holes have such a strong gravitational pull, that even light cannot escape them. We wouldn't last long if there was one inside Pluto's orbit. ;)
10-16-2011, 16:58
mcantar18c

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Originally Posted by DD977GM2

Thats the same mentality to brutal folks on Wall St have and we need to all care the same and have the same level of caring across the board. [ROFL1]

You're so right, my bad. Here, how's this...

AAAAAAHHHH OMFG a big freakin rock flying through space almost hit us!!!!!!!!!!

That better? [ROFL1]

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Originally Posted by Ridge

I can see why to care. It gives an idea of how miraculous it is for us to survive on this little ball surrounded by a thousand different kinds of chaos.

There's no reason to get worried about it, because there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.

I understand that the universe is incomprehensibly chaotic, and that there are an infinite amount of things out there that could literally wipe us off the face of the planet, and how miraculous it is for Earth to have survived as it has for as long as it has.

That said, if a big comet, asteroid, alien space junk were on a collision course with us, one of 3 things would happen:
1. I die. Either because I'm in the impact zone, or because whatever happens wipes out all life/planet Earth. In which case, I'll be dead and don't really give a damn what happens.
2. It sends the planet into something along the lines of that seen in the movie "The Road." Still survivable, just changes the rules of the game. BFD.
3. Small effect on humanity. Maybe it lands in the ocean and creates some monster tidal waves that wipe out a few coastal cities, maybe lands in Siberia and nobody cares, whatever. Life goes on, business as usual.
Regardless of what happens, there's nothing we can do to prevent it from happening. So, why worry about it?
10-16-2011, 18:02
Atrain1

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Originally Posted by DD977GM2

I can help you with that, I cheat death everytime I go to work in the winter time, so just ride with me when I have to leave for middle of nowhere Wyoming in a flippin blizzard [Beer][ROFL1]

I know how that is, when I worked in the Jonah field I was almost killed in my K5 blazer on the way to work. Even when it is not snowing in WY it is still snowing cause of the wind and the snow on the ground.
10-16-2011, 19:44
Byte Stryke

The Greatest thing about Conspiracy theorists is tormenting them with their own theories.

Me: "yeah? So this 45 mile wide global killer is heading towards earth and it is going to cause another global extinction event???"

Them: "Yeah its going to kill everything!"

Me: "Then why worry about it? Nothing we can do anyway..."
10-16-2011, 20:52
Irving

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Originally Posted by mcantar18c

You're so right, my bad. Here, how's this...

AAAAAAHHHH OMFG a big freakin rock flying through space almost hit us!!!!!!!!!!

That better? [ROFL1]

I understand that the universe is incomprehensibly chaotic, and that there are an infinite amount of things out there that could literally wipe us off the face of the planet, and how miraculous it is for Earth to have survived as it has for as long as it has.

That said, if a big comet, asteroid, alien space junk were on a collision course with us, one of 3 things would happen:
1. I die. Either because I'm in the impact zone, or because whatever happens wipes out all life/planet Earth. In which case, I'll be dead and don't really give a damn what happens.
2. It sends the planet into something along the lines of that seen in the movie "The Road." Still survivable, just changes the rules of the game. BFD.
3. Small effect on humanity. Maybe it lands in the ocean and creates some monster tidal waves that wipe out a few coastal cities, maybe lands in Siberia and nobody cares, whatever. Life goes on, business as usual.
Regardless of what happens, there's nothing we can do to prevent it from happening. So, why worry about it?

Says the guy who won't go to a haunted house on the off chance that someone takes advantage of the crowd and darkness to commit a crime.