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Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:18 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Nice catch, Graham.
Recalculated, that's 450 Megatons. Still powerful, but not enough to really screw with anything more than the local area.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:49 pm
by Aaron
GrahamKennedy wrote:*snip*
Oops, I saw 200 and assumed metres because that's what we use here. Ah well, 450 megatons? That'll fuck up whatever it hit but it won't end the world.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:06 pm
by Monroe
This doesn't make me feel good about our possibility of detecting these things.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:55 pm
by Mikey
We actually have a foolproof method for detecting them - the problem is the timing.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:38 am
by Nickswitz
What might that fool proof method be?
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:58 am
by Sonic Glitch
Nickswitz wrote:What might that fool proof method be?
To paraphrase the great Lt.Col Henry Blake: "Rock...Earth....Boom...."
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:19 am
by Captain Picard's Hair
Nickswitz wrote:What might that fool proof method be?
http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK/ ... 502637081/
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:30 am
by Captain Seafort
CPH's wrote:This video is not available in your country.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:39 am
by Tsukiyumi
When did Nick post a link in this thread?
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:59 am
by Captain Seafort
Nick's link? Where did I say it was Nick's link?
Brain fart - I looked at the quote box rather than who was posting.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:32 am
by Tsukiyumi
Captain Seafort wrote:Nick's link? Where did I say it was Nick's link?
Oh, nowhere. My mistake.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:20 pm
by Captain Picard's Hair
I couldn't find it anywhere else (e.g., YouTube) It's Professor Frink's plan to blow up the comet Bart found heading for Springfield.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:28 pm
by Mikey
me,myself and I wrote:Nickswitz wrote:What might that fool proof method be?
To paraphrase the great Lt.Col Henry Blake: "Rock...Earth....Boom...."
Thanks for picking that up. Yes, the idea was that a huge meteorite is very easy to detect even just milliseconds after impact.
Re: A Bit Too Close For My Taste
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:28 pm
by Monroe
Mikey wrote:me,myself and I wrote:Nickswitz wrote:What might that fool proof method be?
To paraphrase the great Lt.Col Henry Blake: "Rock...Earth....Boom...."
Thanks for picking that up. Yes, the idea was that a huge meteorite is very easy to detect even just milliseconds after impact.
Well unfortunately we might think its a sudden sneak attack by a nation with nuclear weapons.