AggieDave 6 #1 April 5, 2002 According to CNN we're basically screwed. There is an asteroid that is about 0.6 miles in diameter that is headed towards Earth. Astronomers estimate that it will leave a 10-mile wide crater!Quick, RIOT! Plunder! We only have 877years and 11-months till it might hit us!"Homer Simpson, smiling politely." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #2 April 5, 2002 yeah.... 1 in 300 chances to die in 800 years... I think I'll take my chances and not yet look for a new planet to call home! lolRemsterMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #3 April 5, 2002 maybe we can get keanu reeves to man the nuke shuttle to blow it off course. I'm sure the matrix 2 is already done being filmed. after that he is basically useless anyway.getting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #4 April 5, 2002 I was hoping this was going to be sooner rather than later...that way I wouldn't have to pay this month's bills!FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #5 April 5, 2002 I, for one, am worried because I plan on still being here then (you know with all the healthy eating and exercise I do ). I'm pulling out my old erector set to start building my escape ship now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #6 April 5, 2002 Don't worry about it guys - when it gets here I'll just catch it and throw it back into space. When you participate in sporting events, its not whether you win or loose, its how drunk you get. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk 2 #7 April 5, 2002 *starts collecting food tins to put in fallout shelter*Opinions are like a-holes everyone has one, the only one that does you any good is yours and all that comes out is shit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdctlc 0 #8 April 5, 2002 Oh No, What was it I was planning on doing that day????Oh Yeah, Be Dead Already!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 April 5, 2002 It's things like this that make you realize how little time we have left.....LMAO!!! "I'm a danger to myself and everyone around me!"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #10 April 5, 2002 Laugh it up funny boys.The planet is over due for a good killer asteroid or comet. In the last few years we've had a few fairly close calls with ones that could have done substantial damage.Only last month one missed us by slightly more than the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Astronomers only saw it AFTER it passed us.Even a collision with a smaller object could be misinterpreted as a nuke setting off a volley of ICBMs around the world.quadehttp://futurecam.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #11 April 5, 2002 There's a Niven/Pournelle book that adresses this very subject... I'm blanking on the name right now though...pull & flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #12 April 5, 2002 Quote1 in 300 chances to die in 800 yearsThose chances seem a lot better than my 1 in 800,000,00 to win the 100 million powerball:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #13 April 5, 2002 The Burning City, Lisa? That's the only Niven Pournelle book I can think of... Oh, I guess there'a A Mote in Gods Eye..._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #14 April 5, 2002 You always seem to lighten my afternoon quade... Yeah, but you know, there's really not much that I can do about it, so I'm not going to worry about it. I have enough things in the air creating a large amount of stress already. "Homer Simpson, smiling politely." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #15 April 5, 2002 I want to say Hammerfall but I know that's not it...pull & flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #16 April 5, 2002 And THIS just moved on CNN today.Basically, astronomers are saying there as twice as many of these "big" objects as previously thought.quadehttp://futurecam.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,094 #17 April 5, 2002 Lucifer's Hammer. One of the better end-of-the-world books. I always thought that, The Stand, and the first 90% of The Postman were the best end-of-the-world books out there (end-of-the-world meaning other cities _besides_ LA or DC get blown up.)-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #18 April 5, 2002 The Postman was actually a good book?Who knew?_AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #19 April 5, 2002 QuoteLucifer's Hammer.That's it! Another of my favorite books...pull & flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #20 April 5, 2002 well when it hits I wanna be in the sky, so at least I can see it from a distance before my eyes melt!getting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #21 April 5, 2002 Quote1 in 300 chances to die in 800 yearsI don't need to think of the odds. I know that I will die sometime in the next 800 years.:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #22 April 5, 2002 always a pessimist, huhgetting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,094 #23 April 5, 2002 >The Postman was actually a good book?Like I said, the first 90% is a great book. Stop reading when you get to the last chapter if you don't want to get annoyed.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #24 April 5, 2002 However, if you don't want to get annoyed when watching the movie . . . stop watching after the MPAA rating. quadehttp://futurecam.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #25 April 7, 2002 QuoteThere's a Niven/Pournelle book that adresses this very subject... Sounds like the weapons used in "Footfall" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
