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Armageddon... in 2014. Almost.
anetic was among several to note a story making the rounds striking fear into the hearts of many.
Armageddon will just barely miss us, so make sure to get your panic in the streets over with early.
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I don't need to worry about the unix 2038 time problem??
Near Earth Objects
A mugshot of Bruce Willis as icon will draw the right associations.
Windows 2000 - from the guys who brought us edlin
Look at the bright side, Bruce Willis will drill it AND he won't be coming back.
Philip
Signatures are broken
It's 909,000:1 that it will miss us, but there's only a 50:50 chance that's right.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Bruce Willis can stay put.
Lets send him anyway..37 - what does it stand for really...
A windup powersource and a storage device capable of mirroring the internet, oh and some beer
"They locked up a man who wanted to rule the world, the fools, they locked up the wrong man! L.Cohen
It's SCO's final solution.
At 1 in 909,000, you're still much more likely to be hit by an asteroid than you are to win PowerBall.
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
I have to wonder how they (them, you-know-who ;) ;)
.....
came up with a name for this massive rock...given the chances that it will hit us, you'd have thought that they'd come up with something more imaginative...
(For good examples, please see relevant crap doomsday movies or scifi novels
In a situation like this, I'd recommend what any other geek would: We need a slashdot Poll!
"Most appropriate name for a massive rock that will most likely possibly maybe destroy all life on earth:
A) EarthCrusher
B) Foot of God
C) StarHammer
D) SCO's Laywers' Bill
E) DinosaurKiller
F)
G) CowboyNeal's Booger
Ah, but perhaps this NEO is the One? *grin*
I say we take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...
General "Buck" Turgidson: Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?
Dr. Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Ambassador de Sadesky: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor.
NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
And rightly so. Nuclear power is an unnecessary and eco-unfriendly option. Whale blubber, dolphin snouts and bear cub hides make a far more efficent fuel when burnt.
Why isn't anyone doing anything!!
Vimes: Does this mean I'm going to die?
Death: POSSIBLY.
Vimes: You turn up when people are possibly going to die?
Death: OH YES. IT'S QUITE THE NEW THING. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.
Vimes: What's that?
Death: I'M NOT SURE.
I hereby place the above post in the public domain.
... or your so-called data points! This is just an opinion forum. Informed opinions have no place here.
Suppose I have rolled 10 six-sided dice
What for? Save vs. huge-ass rock?
(My apologies to all the AD&D players out there)
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass