World To End - May 4th 2102

Desmo · 6 Mar 2006 at 12:03

:/

I don't like beans.

valerian · 6 Mar 2006 at 14:35

they also said all the computers could fail in 2000
must get a 200year mortgage

LoadsaMoney · 6 Mar 2006 at 15:12

It doesn't matter to me.

Spunj99 · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:03

Oh great. Smack bang (ahem) on my birthday.

That must make me the messiah, or something.

/shrugs

Melm0 · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:06

*Writes in diary* - cheers for that

Oh no! Day before my 113th birthday!

valerian · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:08

had to end some time

Mundu · 27 Jun 2006 at 00:40

Heard about this on the radio again today and found an interesting wiki article on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_MN4

Berserker said:
Mind you, I'd be more worried about a Goa'uld System Lord turning up in 2029. Are we sure that's just a rock?

Not to worry, as you can see I'm allready at the SGC now and can confirm it's not actually a System Lord as the only Goa'uld you need to worry about is BAAL who is on Earth atm with his clones. I can also confirm the mass heading for is a fleet of ori ships. We're still trying to figure out how to stop them atm.

nikebee · 27 Jun 2006 at 01:12

Mundu said:
Heard about this on the radio again today and found an interesting wiki article on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_MN4

Not to worry, as you can see I'm allready at the SGC now and can confirm it's not actually a System Lord as the only Goa'uld you need to worry about is BAAL who is on Earth atm with his clones. I can also confirm the mass heading for is a fleet of ori ships. We're still trying to figure out how to stop them atm.

my own thread, and i'd completely forgot about this

pretty interesting read on the wiki though... good find.

UOcUK Poopscoop · 27 Jun 2006 at 01:29

yer_averagejoe said:
I don't know about you lot but a 1/3000 chance of most human life being wiped out is too high a chance to take. Shame they dont want to do anything about it seeing as its only 1 in 3000 though..

the damage an asteroid that size can inflict largely depends on how fast it is travelling when it hits us. It could be travelling fast enough for the atmosphere to barely harm it.

Personally I can live with a 1/3000 chance of an asteroid hitting.....

It's the seemingly headlong rush us humans have to destroy the planet ourselves I find very worrying.

Cybermyk · 27 Jun 2006 at 01:54

Aww hell, guess it's time to start drinking

SiriusB · 27 Jun 2006 at 02:08

Toekiller said:
Where's Dave Lister when you need him?

Wasted on crack!

SiriusB

Marius · 27 Jun 2006 at 02:11

A NEO (Near Earth Object), termed Apophis will be making several passes around the Earth in the near future. Back in 2004, it had a Torino rating of 1 (A routine discovery in which a pass near the Earth is predicted that poses no unusual level of danger. Current calculations show the chance of collision is extremely unlikely with no cause for public attention or public concern. New telescopic observations very likely will lead to re-assignment to Level 0). This has since been lowered to 0 (self explanatory). However the slightly disturbing thing here is that the subsequent approaches will be altered by the Earth's gravity. Sometime in 2038 we will either get hit, or have a fantastic nighttime display to watch as this thing swooshes past

From

Abstract: Orbit determination for Near-Earth Asteroids presents unique technical challenges due to the imperative of early detection and careful assessment of the risk posed by specific Earth close approaches.
This article presents a case study of asteroid 99942 Apophis, a 300-400 meter object that, for a short period in December 2004, held an impact probability of more than 2% in 2029. Now, with an orbit based on radar
ranging and more than a year of optical observations, we can confidently say that it will pass safely by the Earth in 2029, although at a distance of only about six Earth radii from the geocenter. However, the extremely close nature of this encounter acts to obscure the trajectory in subsequent years, when resonant returns to the vicinity of the Earth are possible.

Click to expand...

The really disturbing thing is that NASA want to practise deflection techniques on this thing when it next comes around (I will try to find a linky for those who are interested in it).

pinkacidbootson · 27 Jun 2006 at 02:25

Well i won't be changing my plans, or reading The Sun for that matter.

KizZ · 27 Jun 2006 at 02:31

Dont worry. We'd be dead by then

Neoni · 27 Jun 2006 at 03:34

KizZ said:
Dont worry. We'd be dead by then

thanks for brightening my life.

Robdav · 27 Jun 2006 at 06:27

KizZ said:
Dont worry. We'd be dead by then

yeah but my grandchildren might not be

Lostkat · 27 Jun 2006 at 06:30

Impact Probability

0.001600000% chance of Earth impact

or

1 in 63,000 chance

or

99.99840000% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE

Robdav · 27 Jun 2006 at 07:23

some insane part of me wants to see what happens if it did hit. Can you imagine what the news network would make if it if a small metor hit (say something big enough to take out a city, but not do global damage)

Spacky · 27 Jun 2006 at 08:41

Robdav said:
some insane part of me wants to see what happens if it did hit. Can you imagine what the news network would make if it if a small metor hit (say something big enough to take out a city, but not do global damage)

If they can calculate if its going to hit then they can also calculate where its going to hit.

Robdav · 27 Jun 2006 at 08:53

gievn enough time, they could pin it down to a small area I guess. Would be like a big nuke going off... boom!

hopefully it would hit in an unpopulated region like slough