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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: theomen on July 23, 2002, 11:14:14 PM
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An asteroid discovered just weeks ago has become the most threatening object yet detected in space.
A preliminary orbit suggests that 2002 NT7 is on an impact course with Earth and could strike the planet on 1 February, 2019 - although the uncertainties are large.
Astronomers have given the object a rating on the so-called Palermo technical scale of threat of 0.06, making NT7 the first object to be given a positive value.
From its brightness, astronomers estimate it is about two kilometres wide, large enough to cause continent-wide devastation on Earth.
Anyone hoping that it\'s gonna hit Richard Simmons? Or that Dell kid....or maybe hit them both, while they\'re making hot gay love to eachother.
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2019....I\'ll be 34 and my life will be miserable at that time anyways...
AH! NO I DON\'T WANT TO DIE!!! BRUCE WILLIS SAVE US!
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Omen..do you realize for it to hit either of them..provided they still live in the US, there is a good chance of it killing you and many others as well..provided the same. :D
**EDIT..BTW..got a link on this?
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it\'s on the drudge report...i\'ll get the link in a bit.....
*edit;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2147879.stm
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i hardly doubt something two meters in size will destroy an entire continent
it will lost most of its mass in entry burn anyways
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two kilometres wide
2 kilometers = 2000 meters
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That\'s like 3200 miles wide. :eek:
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Originally posted by Samwise
That\'s like 3200 miles wide. :eek:
ummm.. r u reffering to the asteroid?
if so *slap*;)
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Whaa... what\'s wrong with that? :)
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Originally posted by Samwise
Whaa... what\'s wrong with that? :)
only the fact that the report said the asteriod was 2km wide, but u said it was 3200 MILES wide, mile>km :).
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2km = 1.242742 miles... or 6561.678 feet.
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wow! Hey everyone! Cygnus owns a calculator! oooooooo... :eek:
*secretly hopes the asteroid hits the middle east...
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STFU
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Originally posted by CHIZZY
*secretly hopes the asteroid hits the middle east...
*secretly hopes the asteriod will be shoved up chizzy\'s ass* ;).
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We can transport Richard Simmons and the Dell Dude to the moon, and then divert the asteroid to collide with the moon instead. Would that solve your problem, luckee? BTW I want to put Tom Green on that flight too.
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Originally posted by Tyrant_246
only the fact that the report said the asteriod was 2km wide, but u said it was 3200 MILES wide, mile>km :).
Well... uh... *runs*
Ok, so I was tired, drunk and on heavy drugs when saying that. ;)
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A reason to over-endulge in sex & cheap alcohol if ever there was one.
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I guess.... For those that NEED reasons:rolleyes: :D
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Originally posted by Coredweller
We can transport Richard Simmons and the Dell Dude to the moon, and then divert the asteroid to collide with the moon instead. Would that solve your problem, luckee? BTW I want to put Tom Green on that flight too.
add carrot top, that chick from the glad bag commercials with the annoying voice, and jack black and we have a deal.
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Oh god, not another thread where clowd debates creationism Vs evolution. LOL :laughing:
Originally posted by Coredweller
We can transport Richard Simmons and the Dell Dude to the moon, and then divert the asteroid to collide with the moon instead. Would that solve your problem, luckee? BTW I want to put Tom Green on that flight too.
If the moon is destroyed, all life on earth will cease too, though
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Originally posted by politiepet
If the moon is destroyed, all life on earth will cease too, though
Why is that? You\'re theory intrigues me.
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the moon stops the earth from spinning like crazy (with spinning, I mean the vertical spinning, that causes seasons, like summer and winter), which would cause severe temperature differences, fatal to almost all living things on earth. It\'s kinda hard for me to explain, but I hope you know what I mean.
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I think I get it, but that\'s something Ive never heard of before.
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Originally posted by politiepet
the moon stops the earth from spinning like crazy (with spinning, I mean the vertical spinning, that causes seasons, like summer and winter), which would cause severe temperature differences, fatal to almost all living things on earth. It\'s kinda hard for me to explain, but I hope you know what I mean.
I seriously doubt that is true.
The earths spinning causes day and night. Its rotation around the sun causes season change.
Cool fact: We are actually farther from the sun during the summer months. Its the angle at which sunlight enters out atmosphere that causes the heat
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Actually, according to some members here, doesn\'t GOD cause the seasons to change? :rolleyes:
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why the hell would that cause tidal waves? if anything the water would be more tranquil
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Originally posted by CHIZZY
Actually, according to some members here, doesn\'t GOD cause the seasons to change? :rolleyes:
:D
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Originally posted by Kimahri
I seriously doubt that is true.
The earths spinning causes day and night. Its rotation around the sun causes season change.
Cool fact: We are actually farther from the sun during the summer months. Its the angle at which sunlight enters out atmosphere that causes the heat
please note, that I said vertical spinning, not horizontal. Horizontal spinning is what causes day and night, vertical spinning causes seasoning, because of this vertical spinning the distance light has to travel through the atmosphere changes, because the angle it falls into it changes, because of the moons gravity this spinning is reduced to an amount living creatures can bare
edit: please excuse my language, as I\'m too lazy to change things
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Something I was thinking about..keep in mind, that this rock could do some pretty good damage. The one that hit arizona was 150ft and left a crater of 1mile....now one that is 6000ft...with luck it should burn up upon entry to half the size(with luck) so..that would be a 30 miles crater. Imagine if it hit a major city. Literally billions of lives could be lost(if it hit china or india)
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Originally posted by luckee
Something I was thinking about..keep in mind, that this rock could do some pretty good damage. The one that hit arizona was 150ft and left a crater of 1mile....now one that is 6000ft...with luck it should burn up upon entry to half the size(with luck) so..that would be a 30 miles crater. Imagine if it hit a major city. Literally billions of lives could be lost(if it hit china or india)
the chances of it hitting us are pretty small, they aren\'t really sure where it\'s gonna fly and the area stretches over millions and millions of kilometers
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You say that now..but they could be very correct in that it will hit us.It\'s too far off to say either way. I\'ll start worrying in 2018
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They always say that.
"There is an asteroid heading straight for us, it\'s a big \'un too, 25 miles across etc.... 20 years down the road we predict that it will directly cross earths path, not to worry though the chances of such a thing happening are slim, in fact you have a better chance of being struck by lightening while wiping your arse on the tail fin of a Jumbo jet in mid-flight"
Sound familiar?
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guess it\'s time for jehova\'s whitnesses to change the date for the end of the world (again)
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Bah... when I heard this one the news, they said it like it was most definatly gonna hit us in 17 years. Then 30 mins later (on another channel) they said the possibility was 1:200000. Then later I read the possibility of it hitting us is 1:1000000. So bah.
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I have bigger worries than an asteroid hitting me, I worry about things like "I wonder why it hurts so much when I pee" and "I hope samwise didn\'t give me an STD....has he been tested?"
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Speaking of... I wonder how PSX J is....
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i hope his penis didn\'t explode like a cartoon cigar
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truth is.. no one surely knows if it\'s gonna hit us or not... Lots of things can take it off track.. Planets, Black holes, Other BIG rocks.
But even if it was gonna, We have 17 years to plan on a way to knock it outta the way, with the way technologys are advancing. We should be ok. Some people already have a plan. so i\'ve heard.
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I\'ve got a plan, next week I\'m gonna get really drunk, get my Glock, and shoot at it all day. Even if I don\'t hit it, I might scare it away.
I\'m no hero, just a drunk guy that likes to shoot stuff
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Originally posted by theomen
I\'ve got a plan, next week I\'m gonna get really drunk, get my Glock, and shoot at it all day. Even if I don\'t hit it, I might scare it away.
I\'m no hero, just a drunk guy that likes to shoot stuff
Great Plan :D
infact i could 2X the Fire power by booking a Flight and getting drunk with you.
i don\'t own a Gun, but will mooning at it help ?
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Originally posted by ooseven
Great Plan :D
infact i could 2X the Fire power by booking a Flight and getting drunk with you.
i don\'t own a Gun, but will mooning at it help ?
you could try mooning it, and calling it slanderous names. It\'ll be our two pronged attack.
See everyone, we have things perfectly under control. go about your normal ways, and don\'t you worry.
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how about getting Sammy in that way he can Fondel it too ?
3X fire power
or 6X fire power if we let Clyde Throw poop at it
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so get this....we chain 30 nukes together....although with the dell kid and richard simmions....then we blow the astroid up....and we all win.
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Who is Richard Simmons? I keep hearing his name mentioned, but I have absolutely no idea who he is. Same with the Dell kid, I don\'t know him/her either.
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Originally posted by Jaye_Bennington
Who is Richard Simmons? I keep hearing his name mentioned, but I have absolutely no idea who he is. Same with the Dell kid, I don\'t know him/her either.
hes the in Some EYES "gay" (please don\'t Sue me) fitness freak with the curry hair
Come on Jaye stop acting ...YOU know fine and well how he is ;)
j/k
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when it enters our atmosphere you guys can say mean things to it to make it feel small
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I\'ll show it my penis and it will feel small.
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Originally posted by Jaye_Bennington
Who is Richard Simmons?
believe me....be glad you have never seen him or heard him.
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Originally posted by square_marker
believe me....be glad you have never seen him or heard him.
Why? Is he THAT bad?
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Originally posted by Jaye_Bennington
Why? Is he THAT bad?
jaye, the less u know about the guy the better.
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Originally posted by Tyrant_246
jaye, the less u know about the guy the better.
Ok, I\'ll take your word for it..;) ;)
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Originally posted by ben_high
C\'mon dude,you\'ve really never seen his "sweatin to the oldies"commercials?
Nope.
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Originally posted by politiepet
please note, that I said vertical spinning, not horizontal. Horizontal spinning is what causes day and night, vertical spinning causes seasoning, because of this vertical spinning the distance light has to travel through the atmosphere changes, because the angle it falls into it changes, because of the moons gravity this spinning is reduced to an amount living creatures can bare
edit: please excuse my language, as I\'m too lazy to change things
dude, there is only one kind of spinning and that is the earth spinning in its axis. Then there is the rotation around the sun. The destruction of the moon would not have any effect on the rotation of the earth around the sun, which is responsible for season change.
And i fail to see how no moon would cause the earth to spin eratically on it axis. Mercury and Venus do not have any moons and as far as i know they have regular spinning patterns.
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Originally posted by ben_high
He\'s equally well known from his"this thread is gay"appearences.
It\'s not that jessop with the curly hair who wears skin tight excercise gear is it?
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Originally posted by Kimahri
dude, there is only one kind of spinning and that is the earth spinning in its axis. Then there is the rotation around the sun. The destruction of the moon would not have any effect on the rotation of the earth around the sun, which is responsible for season change.
And i fail to see how no moon would cause the earth to spin eratically on it axis. Mercury and Venus do not have any moons and as far as i know they have regular spinning patterns.
well, the earth kinda spins like a wobbly top...maybe that\'s what he\'s talking about...
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if the moon was destroyed it would change our axis. in fact the poles would change. Seasons would be very different. The moon has effects with our gravity.
Read
http://www.allanstime.com/UFT_discussion/0000001f.htm
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Originally posted by ben_high
Now you know who were talking about.
The penny finally drops, I think I DO know who you\'re talking about now.;)
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
if the moon was destroyed it would change our axis. in fact the poles would change. Seasons would be very different. The moon has effects with our gravity.
Read
http://www.allanstime.com/UFT_discussion/0000001f.htm
Ha! told ya!
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Stop talking about my father! :crying:
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yea now this topic is screwed....anyway...were all gunna die sometime....i mean in some odd billion years the sun will blow up....
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I hope I\'m dead by then! :)
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Eh, if it did hit I\'d be damn near 40 years old and probably still workin\' some mundane job and goin\' home to the same \'not-as-pretty-as-when-I-Married-her wife\', while little rugrats run around my house tearing up stuff I work long hours for and at the same time asking me , "daddy, can I have some money?".
Basically, come 2018 I\'ll probably be wishing for this thing to hit right where I live and kill me.
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Hehe, they jump at something with such a small probability as this, but they wait to the last moment to do something about Y2K.
Humans are hard to understand