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Re: Another asteroid near miss #331623 06/21/02 12:32 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA V Viss1 Member
Viss1 Member V Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA	Quote: Originally posted by EdwardC: An interesting point to ponder is that catastrophic bolide impacts may be the most important limiting factor preventing the evolution of intelligents species in other star systems. We have been pretty lucky that a major impact has not occurred in the last 2 million years as our hominid ancestors became fully human and migrated out of the African grasslands into other parts of the world. Or you could look at it another way, which is once a species begins an obvious cultural decline and no longer has anything to offer to the universe, fate/god/the universal will/whatever exterminates the species and hopes for better luck next time. E0 #36 Interior Mods Mutts Rule! My Paintings

Re: Another asteroid near miss #331624 06/21/02 08:47 PM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 68 Allentown, PA X Xoom Member
Xoom Member X Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 68 Allentown, PA	I am starting to believe (at 16) that all this stuff is media hyped bull**** because O no Osama is coming after us. anyone remember y2k bug? LOL what a huge joke! i just cant stand it anymore anyone know of a good news source thats unbiased? sorry im off topic just have to get this out Xoom '98 Ford Contour Bone stock except for: Audio: JVC kdlx-100 4 Pioneers 2-180 and 2- 200 watt speakers Meguiars Car wax Future Mods: Fog or Driving lights Headlight Covers (Blackouts) 35% all around window tints

Re: Another asteroid near miss #331625 06/21/02 08:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809 Virginia * Sway Member
Sway Member * Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809 Virginia	i was thinking about this oxymoron.. near miss.. [mindless babble] and i know it's kinda, funny. but maybe it's like.... it was so NEAR it could'a hit.. but it MISSED cclloossee.. it wasn't a FAR miss.. it was a.. near..miss. [/mindless babbling] * Kathryn * "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds" -Bob Marley [95 tour LX]

Re: Another asteroid near miss #331626 06/21/02 09:04 PM
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 462 Indianapolis D daenku32 Member
daenku32 Member D Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 462 Indianapolis	Quote: Originally posted by Davo7SVT: Say we do find something that can cause catastrophe coming at us. There is absolutely nothing we can do about it (sorry "Armageddon" fans). The only way is if we had around a decade to devise some form of interception. Even after that, though, I think we overestimate our ability to change the course of a very large celestial object. Don't you know that "Harry doesn't know how to fail." 98.5 Contour SVT Kenwood KDC-MP8017 MP3/CD Player Meaning of life is SOLO II

Re: Another asteroid near miss #331627 06/21/02 09:08 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 683 Bracebridge,Ontario, Canada,Ea... B blitzkrieg53 Member
blitzkrieg53 Member B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 683 Bracebridge,Ontario, Canada,Ea...	american beer is an oxymoron Currently: 2002 ztw focus wagon, black, manual. Yippee it sucks!! blitzkrieg53@hotmail.com

Re: Another asteroid near miss #331628 06/21/02 09:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 147 9 95-gl-v6 Member
95-gl-v6 Member 9 Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 147	Quote: Originally posted by Sway: i was thinking about this oxymoron.. near miss.. [mindless babble] and i know it's kinda, funny. but maybe it's like.... it was so NEAR it could'a hit.. but it MISSED cclloossee.. it wasn't a FAR miss.. it was a.. near..miss. [/mindless babbling] [more mindless babble] I think you are right. "near" has a few meanings: 1 : at, within, or to a short distance or time 2 : ALMOST, NEARLY 3 : in a close or intimate manner : CLOSELY 4 archaic : in a frugal manner I think when people say "a near miss" they mean "a close miss". (Having little space between.) NOT: "a almost miss". [/more mindless babble]

Re: Another asteroid near miss #331629 06/21/02 09:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809 Virginia * Sway Member
Sway Member * Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809 Virginia	woo hoo lol * Kathryn * "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds" -Bob Marley [95 tour LX]

Re: Another asteroid near miss #331630 06/22/02 03:47 AM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 582 Barboursville, WV, USA D DrGonzo Member
DrGonzo Member D Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 582 Barboursville, WV, USA	Quote: Originally posted by Xoom: I am starting to believe (at 16) that all this stuff is media hyped bull**** because O no Osama is coming after us. anyone remember y2k bug? LOL what a huge joke! i just cant stand it anymore anyone know of a good news source thats unbiased? sorry im off topic just have to get this out Xoom You are way off. There are some in the media that understand the importance of beginning a real program to track bodies that are on an Earth collision course, and to formulate ways to deal with this. The latest body was only the size of a football field. It would cause massive loss of life in a populated area, but not the end of the human race. More like a random nuke hit. This is NOT hype. Better tracking would allow plans for preparedness. Given a month notice, we can damn near estimate the point of impact and evacuate that area. Given no or little notice, people are screwed if it is headed for them. I do agree that an object big enough to cause extiction cannot be deflected with current technology. Doug former owner of a 95 SE MTX Now driving a Bravada, no more fun in the twisties! DrGonzo767@aol.com

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