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Giant Iceberg to Collide with Glacier

OECD writes "NASA reports that a massive 100-mile-long iceberg is on a collision course (movie) with a floating glacier near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. NASA scientists expect a collision to occur no later than January 15, 2005."

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  1. Oooh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cold Fusion?

  2. Oh Crap... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Roland Emmerich is going to make another movie....

    God DAMN IT.

  3. Wait.. by MrRuslan · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the day after tommorow...well it almost is.

    1. Re:Wait.. by Bob+McCown · · Score: 2, Funny

      The Day after the Day after Tomorrow

      Thursday? I could never get then hang of thursdays...

  4. what's an iceburg? by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    a city in greenland?

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  5. apocalypse , now? by OffTheLip · · Score: 5, Funny

    tsumanis, icebergs, mudslides, giant asteroids on a collision course with earth, windows exploits. armegeddon?

    1. Re:apocalypse , now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      tsumanis, icebergs, mudslides, giant asteroids on a collision course with earth, windows exploits. armegeddon?

      If Windows exploits are a sign of Armegeddon, we've been in serious trouble for some time now.

    2. Re:apocalypse , now? by Troed · · Score: 3, Funny

      prepare for 3.5 years of good times, then 3.5 years of hell on earth.

      Ok, then this cannot be it. We've just had 4 years of hell on earth, and due to the election outcome in the US we're bound for another 4 years of the same.

    3. Re:apocalypse , now? by da3dAlus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nope. Just Tuesday.

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    4. Re:apocalypse , now? by Wes+Janson · · Score: 2, Funny

      And you don't want to know about Monday..

    5. Re:apocalypse , now? by aafiske · · Score: 3, Funny

      I could never get the hang of Tuesdays...

  6. Re:So? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course it's cool. If it weren't, it would be just liquid water, or even steam.

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  7. Re:Iceburg? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Well an "iceburg" is a spellchecker that is frozen.

  8. Re:Iceburg? by MagerValp · · Score: 1, Funny

    The new combined slushie and burger coming to a McDoodoo near you soon!

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  9. Re:Iceburg? by tindur · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's Iceborough in BE.

  10. Re:So? by Naikrovek · · Score: 2, Funny

    well when all the penguins down there cluster themselves into a giant beowulf penguin named guido to push the giant iceburg away from the family home of dave the tv repair penguin, then maybe you'll see the significance.

  11. Re:Iceburg? by cwebb1977 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, I'd like to live there. Cool and quiet, lots of snow... just like Sweden without all the hot blonde babes.

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  12. A Chilly Armageddon by fyrewulff · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's Bruce Willis and a nuke when you need them? The poor penguins must be saved from the iceberg!

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  13. Re:Iceburg? by koi88 · · Score: 5, Funny


    What's an iceburg?

    From German:
    Berg (as in iceberg): mountain
    Burg (as in, umm, iceburg): castle

    So I guess this iceburg is some mad scientist's hideout (Dr. Frost or whatever).

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  14. Iceberg destuction upon collision by MerryGoByeBye · · Score: 1, Funny

    Think of all that poor lettuce!

  15. Re:After reading... by Dachannien · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, you'd think that Slashdotters would be more interested in seeing one gigantic thing ramming into another gigantic thing.

    Oh, wait, there won't be any fire and explosions. Never mind.

  16. Re:Iceburg? by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 1, Funny

    By "British English" I assume you mean English, yes?

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  17. Re:After reading... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You know, you'd think that Slashdotters would be more interested in seeing one gigantic thing ramming into another gigantic thing.
    For a moment I thaught you were referring to porn. But then you mentioned the fire and explosions...

  18. iceberg coming... by geeklawyer · · Score: 5, Funny
    at half a mile an hour.

    Quick! Gather up your children and amble away as though your life depends on it.

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  19. News by DerWulf · · Score: 1, Funny

    This must be the most boring bit of news I ever read in my life. Do I miss some extention in the geek gene that would make this appear to be spectacular to me?

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    1. Re:News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Flashback to junior high physics class:

      Q: "What happens when an unstoppable
      mass hits an unmovable object?
      A: "Something spectacular?"

  20. Wonderful... by Paiway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now all I need is a martini the size of Poland.

  21. I presume the thing by Skiron · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...has a woman driver?

  22. Re:Ooooh 300 million tons by syntap · · Score: 5, Funny

    My God, and that's just the tip of the problem.

    My best sig is this one.

  23. In other news... by rfunches · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...penguin refugees flee to Chile.

  24. Re:Need a better view by sunwukong · · Score: 5, Funny

    Speed 3: Revenge Served Cold!

    Just a sec while I get out my etch-a-sketch and pound out a script ...

  25. Re:Penguins in peril by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's probably a penguin on the iceberg pumping its foot and yelling "Waaaa! No brakes, no brakes!"

  26. Re:Iceburg? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Superman's gotta move now that his house is condemmed.

  27. "Iceburg?" - reminds me of a joke... by jpellino · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's this bar - and there's a Chinese guy and a Jewish guy who find themselves seated next to each other a couple of nights. Things are going pretty good until one night after a few too many, the Jewish guy hauls off and decks the Chinese guy.
    The Chinese guy picks himself up and says "What the hell was that for?!"
    The Jewish guy snaps "That was for bombing Pearl Harbor."
    "Pearl Harbor? Pearl harbor was bombed by the Japanese!"
    The Jewish guy shrugs "Chinese, Japanese, what's the difference?!"
    The next night they find themselves at the bar again, and after a snootful, the Chinese guy hauls off and decks the Jewish guy.
    He picks himself up and shouts "What the hell was THAT for?"
    The Chinese guy says "THAT was for sinking the Titanic!"
    "Are you nuts? The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg?!"
    "Yeah, well - iceberg, Goldberg - what's the difference?!"

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  28. I'll have to put... by Cytlid · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...$20 on the glacier. I think it can take that little guy.

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  29. Re:Need a better view by Daravon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Best watch tho. If you get too excited writing the script, you could get the shakes....and well, there goes your script!! If you're looking for cast, ask Ben Stiller. He stars in anything.

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  30. Re:Iceburger by saider · · Score: 3, Funny

    Me, I can't usually eat 'em 'cause my girlfriend's a vegetarian. Which more or less makes me a vegetarian, but I sure love the taste of a good burger.

    You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in France?

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  31. Re:Iceburger by liangzai · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cheese Royal. It's the metric system, dude.

  32. Re:Iceburger by fr2asbury · · Score: 2, Funny

    Check out the big brain on liangzai!

  33. Ob. Family Guy Quote by NardofDoom · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Speed 3: Ice berg of doom"
    "Oh my god, if this ice berg goes slower than 1 mile a year we're ALL GONNA DIE!!!"

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  34. Re:Need a better view by K-Man · · Score: 2, Funny


    I've seen some Hollywood movies, so I can guarantee that when they collide, the iceberg will fly up into the air, flip over, and explode in an immense ball of flame.

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  35. Re:Penguins in peril by numbware · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod this down! Slashdot is not the place to be talking about penguins... wait, nevermind.

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