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Earth's Asteroid Risk Downgraded
xanthines-R-yummy writes "Relax, everyone - the risk of a gigantic asteroid colliding with Earth just got smaller! Nature reports: "A new survey revises down the likelihood of a massive asteroid hitting the Earth by 20-30%. We're only due to collide with rocks larger than one kilometre across roughly once every 600,000 years, it concludes." Whew! What a relief!"
Thank goodness - I was worried.
mix_master_mike
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Will this finally put an end to all those damn asteroid-hitting-the-Earth movies?
Please?
I mean, there hasn't been a rock that large hitting us in, like, 599,000 years...
Aw FUCK!
...but it's being eaten...by some...Linux or something...
Earth is about to enter an ice age.
The Sun is about to erupt a massive solar flare which will kill everyone on Earth.
Scientists accidentally turn off the weather.
Earth's orbit disrupted by nearby blackhole.
That the dinosaur version of Slashdot released that same story on the Jurassicnet just 48 hours before they left the earth.
i saw armageddon, then wished i hadn't wasted money on a stupid, excessively emotionally charged fake piece of crap movie with a dumb love story tied in. yeah sure. go chase one of your employees through the ramparts of a fucking oil thingy in the ocean with a shotgun (was it?). oooo yay. if you actually thought that was anything remotely sane you're a fucking moron. your comment makes me incapable of sleeping at night, you fucking jackass piece of shit cocksucker fucking dualksjdf;oaihg80h24b80h
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> Did anyone see Armageddon and then go home unable to sleep for nights on end?
I sure did. After that two hours of sleeping in the movie theater I was wide awake all night.
World leaders would retreat to their shelters deep within the earth where they have been hoarding food, fuel, HDTVs, and Playboy Playmates. They'll start a new civilization consisting of moderately attractive people that don't know how to do anything except lie, cheat, steal, and make a fantastic raspberry smoothie.
It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer
That, and hiring a small army of painters to actually paint the damn thing would cost a fortune! They charge a fortune for coming over here even if they are from the same town, can you imagine what they would charge for going to an object somewhere between Mars and Jupiter?
Hate me!
For some reason your post reminded me of this:
Smithers: Oh Mr. Burns, we'll thaw you out the second they discover the cure for... seventeen stab wounds in the back. How are we doing boys?
Professor Frink: Well, we're up to fifteen!
It also reminds me of the mentality a lot of people still have re: the environment. Destroy it now, because by the time it really matters we'll either be dead from something else, or we'll have such good technology we can fix the damage.
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
After watching 'The elegant universe' (<--- torrent links)I can trade in my fear for an continent sized asteroid hitting earth for the more bleeding-edge fear of a new 'Big Bang' occuring. :) No rest for the paranoid.
If you haven't seen the End of the World, then have a look at what you are missing.
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
Couldn't we send in a team of negotiators to try reasoning with it ? Maybe offer it a bribe to hit the next planet along ? If all else fails we could try mocking it.
Yeah, to hell with history! It's 50%.
By remarkably similar logic, the chances of Jesus' arrival back on Earth tomorrow is also 50%.
So don't worry about the asteroid, as chances are that Jesus will arrive before or very soon after it hits. But before the bank closes tonight, you'd better stop by and cleanse yourself of the sin of usury, or you're going to burn in hell forever!
Oh, and please post here to confirm that you've withdrawn your money from all interest-bearing investments. See you in line at St. Peter's place!