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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
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MisteR
Netherlands595 Posts
If I may be so bold, I believe that an end-of-the-world prediction from a bible's prophet in medieval times is much more a big deal than the arbitrary decision that the end of the calender of a prehistoric, primitive civilization living in the jungles of Central-America, should have any predicting value. And even that Armageddon, was after all, a load of bollocks. Armageddon predictions come and go, and are from all times. Whatever the cause, there always will be people who make them. Some like to scare, others misinterpret random events or mathematical coincidences, and some might want to end the world so badly that they start believe that it will. There are of course a few serious (scientific) possibilities for the world to end, and many of them are out of our control. In five billion years, for example, the Sun will stop doing her thing and all life in the solar system will likely end. Or what about the chance that a huge comet hits the earth. Minuscule, but it has happened before. What about some kind of super virus, or huge climate changes. Nuclear war. Volcanic activity on grand scale. Some kind of water poisoning. Go mad, the possibilities are endless. But please, stop waisting my time with bullshit like this because some fraud said so or because some random occurrences coincide with each other. I'll bet you ten thousand euros that the world will still go on, more or less the same, in 2013. | ||
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Rubyfire
Germany186 Posts
On November 05 2010 20:38 nam nam wrote: My calendar ends on December 31. Should I be worried? Yes! The end is nigh, mate. :D Btw regarding the Hadron Collider: It already ran some collision-runs, didn't it? IIRC it ran on March 30th this year. There are of course a few serious (scientific) possibilities for the world to end, and many of them are out of our control. In five billion years, for example, the Sun will stop doing her thing and all life in the solar system will likely end. Or what about the chance that a huge comet hits the earth. Minuscule, but it has happened before. What about some kind of super virus, or huge climate changes. Nuclear war. Volcanic activity on grand scale. Some kind of water poisoning. Go mad, the possibilities are endless. Yeah. People should rather be worried about a large red tide, Yellowstone just blowing up, China fucking up the US-Dollar leading us to WW3 or Zombies, since they've already been amongst us (according to Zombie Research Society). :D | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On November 05 2010 20:07 thehitman wrote: Natural world(trillions of years of evolution) vs mankind toys(200 years of breaking and exploding)... hmm lets calculate that in the particle accelerated calculator. Come on what can go wrong, a multibillion technology, that is the most complicated thing in the world, nothing can go wrong.... Toaster dies, TV explodes, PC short-circuits, car electric windows break, airplane control system completely shuts down(yeah its happened on more than 1 occasion), ship navigation goes berserk, every second NASA space shuttle exploding mid flight not even reaching the stratosphere, yeah what o what can go wrong with a totally new technology, designed to create mini black holes? Hurry, lets make fun of the one sane person that actually thinks there is a reasonable threat with it, because it will make our e-penises much bigger. Uhm what? If you knew anything about the technology and the theory behind it you wouldn't get your panties in a knot. Maybe you didn't read my full post before you decided to go off on your rant again, but what happens in the particle accelerator is something that HAPPENS ALL THE TIME in nature. Was that easier for you? If it actually pose any real danger you would see random black holes pop up everywhere in the universe... And since the earth is still here, I'd say that is quite unlikely. You are saying technology can fail? Yeah that is perfectly right. But I'm sorry if I'm not afraid of a capacitor blowing up or a computer failing. Which is about the worst that can happen with this device. There are a gazillion better things to worry about than this device. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10866 Posts
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johanngrunt
Hong Kong1555 Posts
Recommend checking snopes every now and then. | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On November 05 2010 20:53 johanngrunt wrote: Why is the thread still active? Doomsday prophecies are mostly fake. Recommend checking snopes every now and then. Hmm, mostly you say? *Strokes chin* | ||
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Rubyfire
Germany186 Posts
On November 05 2010 20:53 johanngrunt wrote: Why is the thread still active? Doomsday prophecies are mostly fake. Recommend checking snopes every now and then. Because this thread is perfect to raise your post-count and look smart at the same time. :D Some Asteroids are already freaking people out, since they're predicted to barely miss us. Apophis for example is one of these. lt'll most likely pass earth on Friday, April 13th (olol) 2029 and we could be able to see it just with naked eye. It will be extremely close since it'll be closer to earth than some of our satellites are - 22,600 miles (36,350 kilometers). | ||
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Riouh
Netherlands60 Posts
On November 05 2010 21:09 SB.Legendary wrote: Because this thread is perfect to raise your post-count and look smart at the same time. :D Some Asteroids are already freaking people out, since they're predicted to barely miss us. Apophis for example is one of these. lt'll most likely pass earth on Friday, April 13th (olol) 2029 and we could be able to see it just with our eyes. It will be extremely close since it'll be closer to earth than some of our satellites are - 22,600 miles (36,350 kilometers). that would be so damn cool :D i'll be sure to watch it | ||
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
On November 05 2010 21:09 SB.Legendary wrote: Because this thread is perfect to raise your post-count and look smart at the same time. :D Some Asteroids are already freaking people out, since they're predicted to barely miss us. Apophis for example is one of these. lt'll most likely pass earth on Friday, April 13th (olol) 2029 and we could be able to see it just with naked eye. It will be extremely close since it'll be closer to earth than some of our satellites are - 22,600 miles (36,350 kilometers). Apophis is harmless. Even if it does hit us we'll have 15 years of warning and it won't destroy Earth. It's the ones we don't even know about that freak me out. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On November 05 2010 20:48 nihlon wrote: Uhm what? If you knew anything about the technology and the theory behind it you wouldn't get your panties in a knot. Maybe you didn't read my full post before you decided to go off on your rant again, but what happens in the particle accelerator is something that HAPPENS ALL THE TIME in nature. Was that easier for you? If it actually pose any real danger you would see random black holes pop up everywhere in the universe... And since the earth is still here, I'd say that is quite unlikely. You are saying technology can fail? Yeah that is perfectly right. But I'm sorry if I'm not afraid of a capacitor blowing up or a computer failing. Which is about the worst that can happen with this device. There are a gazillion better things to worry about than this device. The media should never have even reported about the possibility of the black hole with the LHC. | ||
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thehitman
1105 Posts
On November 05 2010 20:48 nihlon wrote: Uhm what? If you knew anything about the technology and the theory behind it you wouldn't get your panties in a knot. Maybe you didn't read my full post before you decided to go off on your rant again, but what happens in the particle accelerator is something that HAPPENS ALL THE TIME in nature. Was that easier for you? If it actually pose any real danger you would see random black holes pop up everywhere in the universe... And since the earth is still here, I'd say that is quite unlikely. You are saying technology can fail? Yeah that is perfectly right. But I'm sorry if I'm not afraid of a capacitor blowing up or a computer failing. Which is about the worst that can happen with this device. There are a gazillion better things to worry about than this device. Okay be smart, you are the smartest man on the planet and know it best, but don't say I didn't warn people. Playing god when you don't even have the power to shit right isn't something we should take for granted. And again, natural world billions of years of evolution, if it created millions black holes each minute we wouldn't be here arguing this obviously. Mankind 200 years or exploding toys, lets see who wins? Best case scenario, Switzerland is wiped out and the rest of the world lives... okay bad joke there. Seriously though, the accelerator has not even been used at 60% of its capabilities yet and their 90+% run coincides with the doomsday scenario, isn't that a bit strange or coincidental? Again, we've wasted 30% of planets resources in less than 500 years of any kind of technology, we've wasted black gold in less than 50 years and with recent studies showing we would only have until 2030(if we live through 2012). Don't you consider those indications of where man is going with technology? Personally I don't think its all fun and games and roses and pink in the tech future. | ||
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georgir
Bulgaria253 Posts
On November 05 2010 19:27 Schplyok wrote: Shit... 21.12.2012 is on Friday  Work all week and then *BAM*I always hoped the world would end on a Tuesday... Yeah well I expect most bosses will be considerate and let people have a few days off beforehand. My own boss however insist that even if I'm unable to go to work on Friday because of the end of the world, I should be there the day after to catch up. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10866 Posts
Do you also burn some Woman as witch if some people in your village get ill? Btw: It's kinda obvious that you believe our Techfuture isn't nice, it ends in 2012... | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On November 05 2010 22:07 thehitman wrote: Okay be smart, you are the smartest man on the planet and know it best, but don't say I didn't warn people. Playing god when you don't even have the power to shit right isn't something we should take for granted. And again, natural world billions of years of evolution, if it created millions black holes each minute we wouldn't be here arguing this obviously. Mankind 200 years or exploding toys, lets see who wins? Best case scenario, Switzerland is wiped out and the rest of the world lives... okay bad joke there. Seriously though, the accelerator has not even been used at 60% of its capabilities yet and their 90+% run coincides with the doomsday scenario, isn't that a bit strange or coincidental? Again, we've wasted 30% of planets resources in less than 500 years of any kind of technology, we've wasted black gold in less than 50 years and with recent studies showing we would only have until 2030(if we live through 2012). Don't you consider those indications of where man is going with technology? Personally I don't think its all fun and games and roses and pink in the tech future. Uhm what again? You post is barely coherent. Evolution has absolutely nothing to do with this, I don't see why you keep bringing that up. No one is "playing God" here. We are throwing particles together, not creating life. Is it a bit strange or coincidental? Coincidental yes. What's strange with that? And your last paragraph has nothing to do with my point, so I don't see why you wrote that "again." And no I'm not that smart, but you don't have to be a genius to understand what is going on here. Try reading up on the whole project instead of this technology fear mongering you have going on. You might also want to look up the difference between a worm hole and a black hole, since you apparently now have a new theory of what will happen from your first to your second post. | ||
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kojinshugi
Estonia2559 Posts
On November 05 2010 22:07 thehitman wrote: And again, natural world billions of years of evolution, if it created millions black holes each minute we wouldn't be here arguing this obviously. You don't know what "evolution" or "black hole" even mean, stop having opinions on things you don't understand. As to your clever "toasters break!" argument, yeah, toasters do break. So do particle accelerators. But saying the LHC breaking will destroy the planet is like saying the toaster breaking will give you AIDS. | ||
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Slaughter
United States20254 Posts
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kojinshugi
Estonia2559 Posts
On November 05 2010 22:05 Ferrose wrote: The media should never have even reported about the possibility of the black hole with the LHC. If I got a penny for every time the media reported speculative, sensationalist nonsense about a science story, the mass of all that copper would actually collapse into a black hole. | ||
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Rubyfire
Germany186 Posts
On November 05 2010 21:44 hypercube wrote: Apophis is harmless. Even if it does hit us we'll have 15 years of warning and it won't destroy Earth. It's the ones we don't even know about that freak me out. Maybe it is harmless compared to some super gigantic asteroid, but ~850000kT (source) of pure explosion fun, would still do terrible, terrible damage to its impact zone. :x Good to know that it will miss us. :> | ||
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imreker
Poland95 Posts
Instead, it will last as long as people are going to fail at breeding straight bananas, which would offend The Great Straight Banana, who does not wish to have it's portrait in the world of mortals. Fight the apocalypse! Keep the bananas curvy! For those, who will try to prove me wrong: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4664/bananan.jpg) | ||
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