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Offline an0n

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The world needs a good global disaster to clear out the crap and help the strong, the righteous and the smart get back to the top of the food chain. Nothing like nuclear war because it's effects are too long-lasting, but a nice conventional war or death from above would be good.......uh, long-term I mean.
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I belive it is the same thing with detection of asteroids as it is with nukes:

If you see the flash... It's allready to late...

and....

If your hear the boom, prepare for your doom....


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Offline Kitsune

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Bah, the government knew it was there.
Despite the lack of funding they knew it was there about 3 or 4 days before it would have passed us.

The thing is if it had gotten around that a giant asteroid was going to pass us by 1/3 of the distance between the earth and the moon, we'd have people going ooh, ahh, and then we'd have idiots saying that the calculations are wrong and we're all going to die.

Besides, what if it was going to hit us?  There isn't much we could do about it anyways.
It's not like we have any geo-synchronous sats with superlasers or nukes for defence against stellar debris getting flung around.


However, I do know we have a 10megawatt laser that's the size of a small tank that can cut through steel.  And the Army's working on a 100megawatt version for combat purposes.  
It's planned to be hideously expensive and the first target in any strike by our 'enemies'.  Even though it'll be years before we'd be able to get it turreted with a decent elevation arc.
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They've got a fixed 3Gw laser used for laser propulsion testing. The capacitors run outta power after about 7 seconds though and it takes about 2 days to recharge.
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Offline kode

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heared it on the radio morning(like most news I hear) a football field sized asteroid almost hit us a couple days ago and now we just found out!


yeah I know. sad isn't it? I should have aimed better. well, there's always a next time...
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Why the **** does nothing every just kill us all? I mean, is it some much to ask for just one huge rock to rain firey/shockwave death upon us?


its just God's way of spitting in our faces
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Offline Martinus

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*Starts digging a tunnel and stockpiling food*

Just in case those 'end of the world' nutters get lucky.

 

Offline Grey Wolf

Hmmm.... I was planning on going to Carlsbad Caverns and shooting everyone who tried to steal my end-of-the-world shelter.
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Offline Su-tehp

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Originally posted by an0n
Why the **** does nothing every just kill us all? I mean, is it some much to ask for just one huge rock to rain firey/shockwave death upon us?


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its just God's way of spitting in our faces


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Offline el84

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It’s just the first shot across the bow from Klendathu…

The “Big K”…

It’s an ugly planet. A bug planet.

 

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Hmmm.... I was planning on going to Carlsbad Caverns and shooting everyone who tried to steal my end-of-the-world shelter.


I was just going to shoot everyone who was on my end of the world :snipe:
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Offline kode

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It’s just the first shot across the bow from Klendathu…

The “Big K”…

It’s an ugly planet. A bug planet.


right on the spot. that heinlein is a genius. umm, verhoeven too.
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Offline Dark_4ce

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right on the spot. that heinlein is a genius. umm, verhoeven too.


Hmm, its been a while since I read the book, but if I remember correctly it was the skinnies who sent the rock to Earth. And in the film it was actually never really justified that the bugs sent the asteroid... True it came from the asteroid belt, but hey, Rogue asteroids. :D But I love the movie. The book was good too, just a bit too propagandaish. Which the movie thankfully makes fun of. I mean, the film is such a satirical one! Much like all of Verhoevens works actually. And its great listening to his commentary on DVD, cause he always gets so exited when it comes to his point of view. He goes "Vell, vat I zink is that people are in general bat... BAT! BAT! BAAAT!" Hehehe. :D
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Hmm, its been a while since I read the book, but if I remember correctly it was the skinnies who sent the rock to Earth. And in the film it was actually never really justified that the bugs sent the asteroid... True it came from the asteroid belt, but hey, Rogue asteroids. :D But I love the movie. The book was good too, just a bit too propagandaish. Which the movie thankfully makes fun of. I mean, the film is such a satirical one! Much like all of Verhoevens works actually. And its great listening to his commentary on DVD, cause he always gets so exited when it comes to his point of view. He goes "Vell, vat I zink is that people are in general bat... BAT! BAT! BAAAT!" Hehehe. :D


Yes, but that's the thing. The movie is presented in a propagandaistic way, and lets people make their own conclusions and theories on what happens.
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Offline Dark_4ce

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Yes, but that's the thing. The movie is presented in a propagandaistic way, and lets people make their own conclusions and theories on what happens.


Yup. That too. :D
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Offline RoachKoach

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this gives me a rediculous idea, that someone should use in a movie. u have a nice movie where we have a football stadium sized asteroid coming at us, and the US, is all calm and composed, and dont tell anyone, when the thing is close enough that people are screaming (should be like in the powerpuff girls :D , people running around and the narrator going berserk) the US and old rivals , now freinds, Mother Russia launch all their nukes (in a way endorsing the need for so many, enough to destroy the world, etc etc... watch what happens dudes). so then the people all stand at attention and look skyward, while patriotic music plays and the US president satisfies a few inturns for the possibly the last time. and then the missiles hit the thing, and theres a huge explosion, and everyone cheers, except for me (what did u think, i wouldnt cast myself?) and then i tap my freind on the shoulder, and say "cool, brilliant, awesome", he says "yeah!". i say "yeah? really? now weve got a thoroughly irradiated football stadium sized peice of galactic dung flying at us."

and he goes "oh, damn, screwed up movie, im gonna kill whoever made it."
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How bout this one to replace it?
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Thats funky !:D
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Offline Dr.Zer0

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How bout this one to replace it?


by the time that relly happends the sun would alredy be gone ;)
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Offline Darkage

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by the time that relly happends the sun would alredy be gone ;)


Actualy the moon is moving away from earth;)
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