2012-02-28, 16:17 | Link #19861 |
I disagree with you all.
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I'm just saying - tacking "ian" to every country name instead of having a boatload of variations would simplify things. "US of Americanian", "United Kingdomian", "Chinaian"... and yes, "Israelian". No more questions!
On second thought, maybe countries in "-a" should just become "-an". "American", "Indian"... "Chinan". |
2012-02-28, 16:28 | Link #19862 | |
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And the extreme-right in the Knesset aren't helping.
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2012-02-28, 20:43 | Link #19865 | ||
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anyone else think the government should just let nature take it course and let the Spotted owl go extinct? Even with huge tracts of forest being set aside, is numbers are still dropping. It just can't compete with other owls.
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2012-02-28, 21:26 | Link #19868 | ||
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2012-02-28, 23:28 | Link #19873 |
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I doubt it's a threat to Mankind, even if it was really on a collision course with Earth.
The only dangerous asteroids are the ones that would remain unidentified until a few months before impact. With today's technology, we might fail at dispatching it in time. But an asteroid we see coming 30 years in advance ? Easily nukable (well, unless our petty governments insist on remaining petty till it's too late) I still think we don't need any help from nature to wipe ourselves out. |
2012-02-28, 23:49 | Link #19874 |
Did someone call a doctor
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You know the whole nuke-an-asteroid tactic won't actually work on anything that would be a threat. Assuming an asteroid is even made of rock, and not solid iron ore (which may just shrug off a nuclear blast), it will probably just reform itself under its own gravity in a few hours anyway, rendering Mr Nuke a complete waste of time. Besides if it didn't reform and big-ol-chunks of rock came raining down all over the planet rather than just hitting the one spot and possibly causing even more damage, well whoever fired the thing would have a few questions to answer.
There are better ways to deal with them other then nukes, they're kind of a last ditch 'may as well toss everything including the kitchen sink' kind of defence.
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2012-02-29, 00:50 | Link #19876 |
YOU EEDIOT!!!
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A trade union is planning a strike for the London Olympics.
Hopefully the chavs and yobs won't also "celebrate" the anniversary of last summer's riots too. |
2012-02-29, 00:52 | Link #19877 |
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Fears grow of Israel-Iran missile shootout
http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_ne...ssile-shootout Now they are talking, in detail, about what Israel and Iran might do to each other and with what. "I have a bad feeling about this" I just wonder if we aren't being distracted by this from something else that is actually worse.
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2012-02-29, 00:55 | Link #19878 |
YOU EEDIOT!!!
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450 feet is a bit bigger than normal, but it doesn't sound like a potential extinction event. I've heard the one that killed the dinosaurs was about the size of Mt. Everest, for some perspective.
So...let's just hope that if we can't deflect it, it'll be a dear and come down in some remote area like the Tunguska event. |
2012-02-29, 00:55 | Link #19879 | |
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And yes, bunch of small debri causes less harm to the sphere (note: I did not say human civilization and settlements) than one massive chunk. The latter can cause a ripple effect from crust penetration, causing massive secondary damages.
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2012-02-29, 01:33 | Link #19880 |
Did someone call a doctor
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I wasn't talking about the 450ft sized one (much of which would burn up on entry, probably about half it's mass, depending what it's made of) I was talking about the threatening ones (ie 1KM in length or greater). Anyway I'm not going to get drawn into an argument about it (since I don't care that much), you can go read up on it the theories for the best ways to stop asteroids from credible sources all over the internets.
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