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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:57 AM Original message |
End of the World: 10 Disasters that could end it all at any given second. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. So Chimp is only at 6, 9 and 10. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Are you sure Cheney doesn't count as #8? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. We Aliens Are NOT Claiming Him |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. GRBs are the only one of those that I take seriously... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Wait—global war and/or ecosystem collapse aren't realistic possibilities to you? |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. No, not realistic at all. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. bubble nuclueation ??? |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. And for this I quit smoking. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. HAH! nt |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. Ah, but 8 won't result in destruction |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords." n/t |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No no---changlings |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. they're here already... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. My first serious idea for a novel posited an alien "rescue attempt" of enviro-fried Earth. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. As if there weren't enough to worry about already :-) |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. 11. asteroid, comet, or meteor collision |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. Fun document on how to Destroy the Earth |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. #1 is pretty much agreed to be impossible |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Yup. Additionally, the chances that the LXD models are true is slim. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. The number 3 (Gamma ray burst) scenario is horrifying. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. odds are that this will NOT happen in anyone's lifetime |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Is There A Big Enough Star Close Enough? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You need something pretty big... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. i just knew that |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Unknown. A binary neutron star would be almost impossible to detect. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. wouldn't astronomers be able to detect a |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Two neutron stars orbiting each other are virtually undetectable |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. gotcha...thought you were talking about a massive star |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. interesting story...it looks like in some scenarios |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. The current attack upon Congressional power is plenty enough in and of itself. Please read: |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. Do we get to vote? |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. 11. God's cat walks across the keyboard and reboots our Universe. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
28. Gigli II |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. i was sooo confused |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It took a bit to get DU to reload so I could fix it. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. does #4- 'omega point' make any sense to anyone...? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. i don't think you are high enough |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. the universe just gets to its logical end and runs out. Omega.. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. oh, great. more shit i can lose sleep worrying about! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. "There is no safety in the cosmos." - Alan Watts |
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