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Vaporizing the Earth In the Name of Science

Posted by Soulskill on from the what-better-reason dept.

cylonlover writes "Unlike in old B movies, real scientists don't scream, 'Fools! I'll destroy them all!' before throwing the switch on their doomsday device. At least, most of the them don't. However, the August 10 issue of the Astrophysical Journal reports that a team of scientists are working on destroying the world – not once, but repeatedly (abstract). Fortunately, the world they're vaporizing exists only in a computer simulation and its destruction is in the service of learning more about planets revolving around other stars."

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  1. And then the AI in the lab next door... by dywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...somehow starts talking to their supercomputer, probably because of some undisciplined USB stick swappage, and thinks that that's what he was designed to do, and then we got a SyFy movie!

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    The guy who said the election was rigged won the presidency with the second-most votes.
  2. Sounds familiar by Cornwallis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Saw Jon Stewart a few years ago and, while talking about the poltical scene in general he made a pretty good comment along the lines of "When the world ends the very last thing we'll hear is some scientist saying "It works!"'

    1. Re:Sounds familiar by ThunderBird89 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or, "Hey Bubba, Watch This!"

      "I bet you my Nobel Prize and a beer you can't hit the unobtanium sample with the coils on manual!"
      [Cue resonance cascade]

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      Hyperbole: I use it liberally!
  3. Where's the Ka-boom!?! by Picass0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was supposed to be an Earth shattering ka-boom!!!