would others act differently around me because they were being recorded with my life record? How would it make you feel if your friend or family member did this?"
Yep, I know I would. I wouldn't want to be around you, and I'd be extremely formal and business-only when talking to you. If a friend or family member did this I'd be extremely annoyed with them.
What interests me the most here is why wasn't this all over the news? We see posts about twice a year talking about the next "near miss" we're going to have. So what happened with this one? Didn't they catch it? Or did they catch it, realize it was going to hit, and decide not to tell anybody?
Because these incidents are fairly common and don't cause any harm. Objects this small are too small to track, and not worth tracking either. This object was probably no bigger than a car. The dangerous ones are as big as mountains...and bigger
And Jesus...for the last time...there's no conspiracy to hide asteroids on collision courses with the earth. The information regarding asteroid orbits is totally public well before we have gathered enough information to make an assessment on whether they'll hit the earth. NASA does not have a monopoly on this information, nor do they control it. There are thousands of professionals and amateurs all contributing data on asteroid orbits nightly. If a huge asteroid is going to hit us, a lot of people would know. There is absolutely no way to keep that quiet. It certainly wouldn't be worth suppressing knowledge of a car sized asteroid, even if it was headed straight at New York...it is a not a threat.
I still have trouble believing that number. 100k person in a moshpit sounds more like the biggest riot the earth has ever seen. Surely hundreds of people would be trampled and killed in such a pit.
Well, speaking for myself, I lived in a Colorado mountain subdivsion that doesn't even have cable. And DSL wasn't brought into the area until about 5 years ago. The only way to get cable out to my place is to follow the long and winding roads. As the crow flies, you'd be running cables up and down 14k ft mountains...which is worse than doubling or tripling the mileage by following the roads. It costs more to put up cable out here and it's simply not worth it for them.
I didn't. But then, I don't really have an issue with the arms industry so I don't care. Hell, my tax dollars fund the arms industry. Not a damn thing I could do about it even if I cared.
In this instance, I don't think so. The object is too small to create anything but very localized damage.
And if it were a danger to earth, there wouldn't be any way to hide it from people. The governments can hide the truth all they want....lots of other people track asteroids and are happy to gab.
well.. nobody better tell 'em history of hagia sofia either...
You mean that hagia sofia is actually based on Jabba's palace and not the other way around? The movies clearly say at the beginning: "A long time ago...".
No planning is required. It just happens naturally. They take a little more money each year, take away a little more power, increase your debt to them...before you know it...you're a serf.
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would others act differently around me because they were being recorded with my life record? How would it make you feel if your friend or family member did this?"
Yep, I know I would. I wouldn't want to be around you, and I'd be extremely formal and business-only when talking to you. If a friend or family member did this I'd be extremely annoyed with them.
There's not reason to let it fade into oblivion without making a lot of noise. We can't make it too easy for the bastards.
So I'm a planet?
Magnitude 2.7ish. 1000 hospitalized. Are we concerned yet?
1000 "hospitalized" for minor cuts from glass. No, not too concerned.
Well, maybe that explains why I get a headache a few hours after having a few beers.
So, what you're saying is that aliens are shooting asteroids at us from both sides?!?
What interests me the most here is why wasn't this all over the news? We see posts about twice a year talking about the next "near miss" we're going to have. So what happened with this one? Didn't they catch it? Or did they catch it, realize it was going to hit, and decide not to tell anybody?
Because these incidents are fairly common and don't cause any harm. Objects this small are too small to track, and not worth tracking either. This object was probably no bigger than a car. The dangerous ones are as big as mountains...and bigger
And Jesus...for the last time...there's no conspiracy to hide asteroids on collision courses with the earth. The information regarding asteroid orbits is totally public well before we have gathered enough information to make an assessment on whether they'll hit the earth. NASA does not have a monopoly on this information, nor do they control it. There are thousands of professionals and amateurs all contributing data on asteroid orbits nightly. If a huge asteroid is going to hit us, a lot of people would know. There is absolutely no way to keep that quiet. It certainly wouldn't be worth suppressing knowledge of a car sized asteroid, even if it was headed straight at New York...it is a not a threat.
Locking the rear wheels at 60+ would almost certainly end in a rolled car.
Maybe if you're a high profile vehicle...or possibly if you slide off the road. But "almost certainly"?
I still have trouble believing that number. 100k person in a moshpit sounds more like the biggest riot the earth has ever seen. Surely hundreds of people would be trampled and killed in such a pit.
Where pray-tell did they find a 100,000 person mosh pit? Most pits I've seen have been more like 1-100 people.
Maybe we'll see a corporate mandated breakup of the government.
First world problems.
Well, speaking for myself, I lived in a Colorado mountain subdivsion that doesn't even have cable. And DSL wasn't brought into the area until about 5 years ago. The only way to get cable out to my place is to follow the long and winding roads. As the crow flies, you'd be running cables up and down 14k ft mountains...which is worse than doubling or tripling the mileage by following the roads. It costs more to put up cable out here and it's simply not worth it for them.
Well... don't they?
Thanks for the link. This will take you to the specific blog entry: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/02/06/space-marines-and-the-battle-of-tradem-ark/
but loathe an industry that makes money by putting guns in the hands of African children so they kill each other
I wonder who gives them the money to buy weapons...hmm....
I didn't. But then, I don't really have an issue with the arms industry so I don't care. Hell, my tax dollars fund the arms industry. Not a damn thing I could do about it even if I cared.
In this instance, I don't think so. The object is too small to create anything but very localized damage. And if it were a danger to earth, there wouldn't be any way to hide it from people. The governments can hide the truth all they want....lots of other people track asteroids and are happy to gab.
The fact that you don't really understand why your statement is stupid is why you can't get-by in Eve.
Actually, I'm betting that was a horribly boring fight. The lag must have been horrendous.
well.. nobody better tell 'em history of hagia sofia either...
You mean that hagia sofia is actually based on Jabba's palace and not the other way around? The movies clearly say at the beginning: "A long time ago...".
It's time to retire both frachises. I'm sick of both of them. Let's have something new.
No planning is required. It just happens naturally. They take a little more money each year, take away a little more power, increase your debt to them...before you know it...you're a serf.
I'm not really a GMO proponent. But the answer to that is obvious. Irrational fear.
How much do you know about Asteroid Mining?
Quite a lot, actually. It's part of the space systems engineering textbook I'm writing
I'm quite curious. Do you know of any good websites or books that talk about it?