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From its brightness, astronomers estimate it is about two kilometres wide, large enough to cause continent-wide devastation on Earth.
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Now, what if it has a minimal albedo? A big, black evil looking chunk of coal-black rock that just doesn't reflect that much light? It might be much larger than 2km then. Maybe 20km.. if it hits in the right spot, this could puncture the Earth's crust and create a huge caldera.. a mega-volcano to plague us all for eons after the initial dust has settled in a couple hundred years or so..Last edited by KvHagedorn; 24 July 2002, 08:28. -
We just tell the Americans theres an Afghan wedding party on the asteroid next to the Red Cross building and someone was spotted with a beard.
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Personally, I liked /.'s commentary on the article.
*grin*The BBC article's headline (and accompanying illustration) are more alarming than the story itself seems to warrant: this asteroid has been given a 0.06 on the Palermo technical scale, which means it shouldn't bump getting run over by a llama off your list of worries.
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Originally posted by Tony Andrews
I know the entire planet is now thinking about it, but are there actually any technologies yet that we KNOW will work?
Sure!
Launch 40 Apollo rockets and attach them and they will move it
If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
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Attach them, feh.
Load 'em up with dy-no-mite (and Jimmy Walker, while we're at it...) and watch it go BOOM!
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LOL!FT.Comment
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That's IF it even comes close to hitting Earth!Titanium is the new bling!
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Originally posted by Lizzard[MPE]
i hear ben affleck is free.. send em' up
Good idea. While we're at it, lets send Nsync too.#1 DRILL SERGEANT PICK-UP LINE
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You know, in some sick and twisted way I'm kinda hoping that that asteroid WILL hit the Earth. We need a change.
I'd even settle for seeing it hit our moon, that would make quite the awesome show.
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Do you guys actually want to stop it or just send them up there as an excuse to get rid of them? lolOriginally posted by Strahd
Good idea. While we're at it, lets send Nsync too.
Titanium is the new bling!
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So what you're saying is that life has been just a little dull these days. The world needs a good swift kick in the ass. Kinda like what God needed yesterday. Just don't tell him I said that.
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Originally posted by ZokesPro
Do you guys actually want to stop it or just send them up there as an excuse to get rid of them? lol
Ding, ding, ding. :P#1 DRILL SERGEANT PICK-UP LINE
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Yup, but unfortunetely it's not an asteroid that is going to change that!Originally posted by Strahd
So what you're saying is that life has been just a little dull these days. The world needs a good swift kick in the ass. Kinda like what God needed yesterday. Just don't tell him I said that.
P.S: I won't say anything to G-D if you don't! My lips are sealed. Plus, I don't know the guy so I won't say anything if I see him on the street.
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I knew it. Kicking God up the arse wasn't a good idea. Now he's going too tortures for the next seventeen years wondering if this thing is going to hit us or not.Originally posted by Strahd
So what you're saying is that life has been just a little dull these days. The world needs a good swift kick in the ass. Kinda like what God needed yesterday. Just don't tell him I said that.
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