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2004 MN4 Asteroid Odds Inching Up Again
bfwebster writes "The latest update from NASA now gives 2004 MN4 a 1-in-37 chance (probability of 2.7%) of hitting Earth on April 13, 2029. That's a bump up from the 1-in-46 (2.2%) odds given this weekend and almost a 10x increase in probability from the original 1-in-300 odds announced late last week. Interesting times, indeed."
Ladies and gentlemen, may i present the new Slashdot soap opera: Asteroid 2004 MN4!!! That's right -- we have ourselves a new SCO! Watch out, for soon, it'll be demanding $699 license fees from all of you!
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Or, if you prefer, they are now at 1 in 1,000,000.
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Will Bruce Willis even by alive by then?
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I are not under stand what you is try ing to said hear.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004mn4.html
We've killed Neo! Now we're doomed for sure!
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24 more years to try and get laid.
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When can we start the looting?
this is more likely to kill you than ANY OTHER death due to injury in your lifetime!
Odds of Death Due to Injury, National Safety Council
A tinfoil hat isn't gunna stand a chance against this thing.
Would this be Friday the 13th?
That's right, Hot Fudge Sundae arrives on a Friday...
A dingo ate my sig...
I would start to worried if astronomers suddenly started to buy a lot of Boeing and Lockheed stock.
I just called up Bruce Willis and he said he will take care of it....
(Uh, 1 in 7, better than the odds of it hitting Earth.)
On the bright side, this does solve the 2038 rollover of the 32-bit time_t.
Have you read my blog lately?
1 in 37? Who'd be dumb enough to worry with odds like that?! Now excuse me, I need to go buy a lottery ticket for this week.
Keep Austin Weird!
Uh oh. We slashdotted nasa.
I think that might be a federal crime!
That would be "Fridae," of course.
JADBP
due to your EXCELLENT math skills.
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
People, please stop slashdotting Nasa. It makes them look even worse. Deadly asteroids, THEN server explosions ?
How about 'calendar -t 13.04.2029'
Apr 13 Thomas Jefferson born, 1743
Apr 13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos
Apr 13 National Day in Chad
Apr 13 Songkron Day in Thailand
Apr 13 Aujourd'hui, c'est la St(e) Ida.
Apr 13 N'oubliez pas les Herménégilde !
Apr 13 Earth destroyed
No we don't have to worry about systems with time_t defined as a 32bit signed int rolling over in 2038.
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Asteroid insurance anyone?
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
If you ever get a chance to bet on an asteroid wiping out humanity, make sure you bet that it won't; otherwise even if you win you can't collect.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
So, that's a 97.29% chance that you'll still have to file your taxes two days later.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
And I thought the last crash of '29 was depressing.
-Peter
I think the US should pay to take care of this little problem. It may cost a trillion dollars, but it is well worth another 50 years of being able to rub the rest of the world in the fact that we saved their asses. (again)
I thought that Slashdotters were suppose to be a relatively intelligent crowd.
Slashdotters intelligent? Don't you read the comments in here?
I think I'm going to claim exempt for 2028.. because their is a 1 and 37 chance that I won't have to pay up.
Obama = Socialism.
I hope it's after noon - I have an important 10 o'clock meeting that morning.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
How long do we have to wait for this
Hi
I am Prince Okabaoakauu of of the microbial strain found on Asteroid Mn4. We control the motion of our asteroid and can divert it safely if the earthlings wish so. However we are not sure if the earthlings(a.k.a. you) want a collision or not. Hence to help us decide , please forward this mail to 12 people within 1 hour of receiving the mail if you do not want a collision. You will also get a free mobile phone and 2 Ipods. If you do NOT immediately forward this email we will assume that you want the collision.
Thanks
I JUST RECVD THIS MAIL, PLS FWD IT TO ALL UR FRIENDS
That there's not a Beowulf cluster of these things on the way.
"Eve of Destruction", it's not just for old hippies anymore...
Well, assuming you're running a modern operating system (Linux, OS X, FreeBSD) ...
... if this thing hits (and we don't do anything about it in the next 25 years).
...
$ cal 2029
[...]
April
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
[...]
So yeah, we're all going to die on Friday the 13th (of April), 2029
All praise superstition
The Future of Human Evolution: Autonomy
Here's something odd. April 13, 2029 is a Friday. Friday the 13th is the end of the world.
-gjr
Wait, I found a slashdot fake! The guy's running in root, so he can't be a real geek.
1) Get off our island earth and spread. Mars?
2) Create powerful space based energy weapons to destroy this big rock.
3) Profit?
unzip ; strip ; touch ; grep ; find ; finger ; mount ; fsck ; more ; yes ; fsck ; umount ; sleep
Ok, how else do you plan on getting a League of Super Friends formed? Think people, THINK!
In reality, I would hope whatever plan they would use would break it into small enough pieces that the majority would burn up in the atmosphere.
Don't Panic
it can be the next X-Prize. First one to destroy the rock wins.
On a lighter note.. So, what do you think will kill us first, this asteroid or global warming?
Plus, if you addd the digits in 13, you get 4 (April being the fourth month of the year.) On top of that if, you subtract 4 (month) and 13 (day) from 2029 and add those digits, you get 5 which is amazingly the same number that you get when you sum the digits in 202 and subtract that from 9.
Point being, well actually I have no point.
Not everything is analogous to cars. Car analogies rarely work.
Just think of the possibilities. You could build a asteroid-proof shelter in your backyard, and then, when it's clear that the human race has only hours left to live, you invite all the cute chicks from your neighborhood into your shelter, so that can ... ehem... repopulate the Earth.
Finally, slashdot readers get laid.
This would almost make it worth wiping out civilization as we know it.
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
The IRS income tax deadline in 2029 will be Monday, April 16th. I think, perhaps, I'll file for an extension that year.
Specifically, I used a 0.0003 meter grain of salt with a density of 2165 kg/m^3 (suggested by the I'm Feeling Lucky result for how big is a grain of salt) at 17km/s and 45 degree impact, and dropped it in 1000 meters of water.
Results
- Impact Energy: This projectile is so small that it burns up during atmospheric traverse
- Crater Formed in Seafloor: Are you kidding?
- Earthquake: It burns up in the freakin' atmosphere!
- Radiant Flux at 100 km: You're an idiot.
I really don't see what you're so worried about."Survivor: Asteroid Impact"
You compete with 20 others to get a spot in the emergency bunkers.
No holds barred.
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I knew it! That is why I sit in my shack in Wyoming writing manifestos!
My sigs offend the max # of people all over the world, regardless of race, religion, color, sex or creed. It's a gift.
Does everyone in the world get a free Taco if it hits a Taco Bell?
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Well then, you are sitting on top of a large volcano, just ready to blow.
Nah, he's a real geek. He's running in root on someone else's box.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!