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22 Jul 2003, 00:09
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fascinated by bridges!
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When we all die because of gamma radiation
Okay, that was the shocking headliner, now I'll continue with the opening sentence, and now that's done with.
So lately I've read an article series discussing the various ways our precious earth can be made completely inhospitable for the human beings, that is us.
One of the articles was about when huge stars go off and send out beams of frying radiation in two directions. If one of those directions point right at planet earth, and if the star is big enough and close enough, we all get fried with powerfull gamma radiation and even some worse stuff that I can't remember.
Of course, this isn't happening very often, as I'm sure you've noticed by now. But it kind of turns me off that matters that are in such a huge grade out of our controll can erase us from the universe just like that.
I can't wait till we've read enough sci-fi books to build a some kind of huge shield to protect us though.
Point is that our existance is kind of fragile, and that makes me think that such is the way of nature, and there's nothing to complain about. Just like when I found a net of spider-eggs outside my house and figured I'd prevent a future invasion by crushing them all.
Please add something.
Matrim
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22 Jul 2003, 00:13
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I'm great!
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These go off pointing in our direction quite often actually. If they didn't we would not detect the gamma radiation they emmit.......
What you mean to say, I presume, is if one were to go off in our galaxy and we were in the path of one of these gamma bursts we would be fried. Yes.
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22 Jul 2003, 00:22
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fascinated by bridges!
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Yes, it was the 'us not alive anymore' part I meant didn't happen often.
However please add something else.
Matrim
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22 Jul 2003, 00:23
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Life's a bitch, then your planet's vaporized. :|
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22 Jul 2003, 00:23
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I'm great!
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Well I saw something on TV about this roughly 2 or 3 years ago so I could always add 'old'.
I won't though.
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22 Jul 2003, 01:14
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Re: When we all die because of gamma radiation
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Originally posted by Matrim
I can't wait till we've read enough sci-fi books to build a some kind of huge shield to protect us though.
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If you're going to go as far as reading science fiction you might as well just roleplay 'not dying in a horrible flesh-dissolving way' along with your roleplaying pals.
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22 Jul 2003, 02:54
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We could try detonating nuclear warheads near the moon to move its orbit to block the radiation. Then we just need to detonate more nuclear weapons near the Earth to dodge the radiation from the Moon.
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22 Jul 2003, 04:54
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i refuse to get vaporised by gamma radiation. im going down the giant asteroid route instead.
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22 Jul 2003, 08:10
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I won't die if I get subjected to gamma radiation; instead, when I'm not angry, I'll turn into a small mild mannered scientist.
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22 Jul 2003, 08:34
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Homesick
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Well that's nice and all, but does anybody know the odds of this actually happening? I'd like to know if I can expect to die tomorrow etc.
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22 Jul 2003, 09:27
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tactitus
Life's a bitch, then your planet's vaporized. :|
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I don't think the whole planet would be vaporised, just the surface...
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22 Jul 2003, 09:37
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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If we're ever threatened by an alien invasion threatening to take over the planet and control our minds in order to milk our brain-stems for our juicy thoughts, all we'd have to do is send a link to GD as an example of the planets thought capacity.
If that didn't either scare them off or reduce them to hopeless apathy and thus cancel the invasion because 'invading planets is so 2458, d00d'
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22 Jul 2003, 12:56
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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LOL YOUR MOM WOULD SCARE THEM AWAY.
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