03-03-2008, 12:30 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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We're all gonna die.. soon I mean.
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2...mma-ray-burst/
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GRBs are a special type of supernova. When a very massive star explodes, the inner core collapses, forming a black hole, while the outer layers explode outwards. Due to a complex and fierce collusion of forces in the core, two beams of raw fury can erupt out of the star, mind-numbing in their power. Composed mostly of high-energy gamma rays, they can carry more energy in them than the Sun will put out in its entire lifetime. They are so energetic we can see them clear across the Universe, and having one too close would be bad.
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Neat blog entry from the BA today.
I say we build an earth sized shield and launch it out so it's between there and us. 
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03-03-2008, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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My tinfoil hat will protect me.
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03-03-2008, 12:37 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Can't there cutting back NASA's funding.
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03-03-2008, 12:37 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Oh well, I had a good run.
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03-03-2008, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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let the looting begin!!
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03-03-2008, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by Prottotype
My tinfoil hat will protect me.
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HEY! Thats mine!
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03-03-2008, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Clinching Party
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Luckily I'm already stocked up on plastic sheeting and duct tape.
If one of them things exploded today wouldn't it still be 8 thousand (or way more) years before anything reached us?
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03-03-2008, 12:44 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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03-03-2008, 12:44 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Luckily I'm already stocked up on plastic sheeting and duct tape.
If one of them things exploded today wouldn't it still be 8 thousand (or way more) years before anything reached us?
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Yes, but it may have exploded 8000 years - 1 day ago, and we won't find out until tomorrow when the sleet of hard radiation strips our atmosphere away and turns you into a nice mush before scattering your component atoms to the solar winds.
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03-03-2008, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Luckily I'm already stocked up on plastic sheeting and duct tape.
If one of them things exploded today wouldn't it still be 8 thousand (or way more) years before anything reached us?
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We are looking back into the past basically... we know that 8000 yrs ago it hadnt blown yet...
WE would get hit with the burst as soon as we saw it....
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03-03-2008, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by photon
Yes, but it may have exploded 8000 years - 1 day ago, and we won't find out until tomorrow when the sleet of hard radiation strips our atmosphere away and turns you into a nice mush before scattering your component atoms to the solar winds.
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Well are'nt we the glass is half empty.
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03-03-2008, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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Any idea if SARS masks will help us?
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03-03-2008, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by Prottotype
Any idea if SARS masks will help us?
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I sure hope so.
When SARS broke out I panicked and ran out and bought a ton of those.
I had no idea what I was going to do with all the damned things. 
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This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
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If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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03-03-2008, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally Posted by photon
Yes, but it may have exploded 8000 years - 1 day ago, and we won't find out until tomorrow when the sleet of hard radiation strips our atmosphere away and turns you into a nice mush before scattering your component atoms to the solar winds.
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Well when you put it that way, now I really am scared.
But as long as it's quick. I don't want to have to wait around starving to death and fending off emboldened wildlife.
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03-03-2008, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Well when you put it that way, now I really am scared.
But as long as it's quick. I don't want to have to wait around starving to death and fending off emboldened wildlife.
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You're doing it wrong.
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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03-03-2008, 12:58 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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So basically screw global warming; this will be the mother of all global warming.
Sorry, "Climate Change."
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03-03-2008, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Clinching Party
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Ha ha. No doubt.
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03-03-2008, 01:11 PM
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That Cat does not look happy at all.
High energy gamma rays! could we all become Incredible Hulk's?
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03-03-2008, 01:12 PM
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I sure hope so.
When SARS broke out I panicked and ran out and bought a ton of those.
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At the time, I worked at a paint factory. Thanks to a-holes like you, we couldn't keep up our supply of dust masks. The main ingredients of paint are water and a very fine type of calcium carbonate powder.
Locke, I finally have a legit reason to kill you. you might wanna tie up any loose ends... 
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