It's the end of the world

[The PIT]

So we've got Yellowstone, two islands that are going to split and send huge tidal waves around the world and no doubt a few others I forgotten about and now this.
We Doomed Doomed.

[Fat Tone]

Originally posted by The PIT
... Doomed Doomed.

"Don't Panic, DON'T PANIC"
"Calm down Jones."

[RichL]

Originally posted by Tony Andrews


"Don't Panic, DON'T PANIC"
"Calm down Jones."

Whee're ull duumed!

(Note to non UK residents - its from the same show)

[The PIT]

Dads Army they don't make them like they used too.

[Gurm]

Heh. However, a 2km mass is pretty simple to blow up. Nothing like the bigass rock in "Armageddon". Fear not, if it DOES get close enough, we can nuke it.

- Gurm

[Gurm]

I _also_ love the fact that the picture on that article shows an object probably 1000miles across hitting the earth. Nice to maintain perspective. I always knew the BBC was full of idiots.

- Gurm

[Fat Tone]

I know the entire planet is now thinking about it, but are there actually any technologies yet that we KNOW will work?

[Dogbert]

Hey, before we nuke it, better check what it's made of.
If it's anything like Diamonds, we could trape it on a huge engagemnt ring or something

On the other hand, maybe it contains some materials that could be used for the semi conductor industry.

[Dogbert]

I know, it isn't THAT big, so we could launch a huge butterfly net to catch it while making a guiness record for the largest butterfly net ever !

[Gurm]

Tony,

Does it matter? It's only 2 miles long. Big on a "Tony's House" scale but small on a "conventional weapons can blow this mother up" scale.

- Gurm

[Fat Tone]

Gurm, what I mean is can we yet launch a missile, whatever the type, into space and make it find it's target? Sure it will be do-able, but if we need it next week, is it ready?


BTW, have you seen the size of my house? maybe one wing would take a little dammage...

T.

[RichL]

Sure we can hit it.

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.

*ducks & runs for cover*

[The PIT]

Then you back too loads of bits that can land anywhere and flatten a few cities.
Other ideas iclude placing rockets on the asteriod to change it's course.
At the moment if it landed it could flatten a whole continent and cause climate changes. The chances are that it will still miss us. However we're over due, like we're also over due for a major volcanic eruption, for a major impact.
All I want to know is can we have a orgy before impact and die happy??

[RichL]

Originally posted by The PIT
All I want to know is can we have a orgy before impact and die happy??

I suppose that depends on if Impact is old enough to watch that sort of thing. I'll have to check his Profile and see if he's put his birthdate on there.

[cjolley]

Has anyone not noticed that it is NT 7.0
It's a plot by Mirosoft!!!
chuck