bluecoup Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 500km across is only big what do they call a huge one, saturn coming over to hit us good use of floyd though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 After JAE that would happen if I lit a Fart ATM.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Cool vid, just imagine surfing that wave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benyon Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I best return my dvd back to blockbuster's asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 500km across is only big what do they call a huge one, saturn coming over to hit us good use of floyd though 500km would be utterly gigantic. The asteroid tht hit the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico which wiped out the dinosaurs was 'only' 10-14km across. The only other sizable creaters are the ones in Siberia, Arizona & Antartica. A 500km asteriod would be very unlikely to leave a creater as the entire surface of the earth would be moltern. I'm guessing they are counting the Moon hit as one of the six as therehave only been five ELA's so far that we can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 A 500km asteriod would be very unlikely to leave a creater as the entire surface of the earth would be moltern. I'm guessing they are counting the Moon hit as one of the six as therehave only been five ELA's so far that we can tell. Wouldn't a 500km asteroid simply smash the earth into a few asteroid-esque rocks? What's ELA's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 What's ELA's? They are a band from the 70's...... H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 What's ELA's? I presume he means ELE, Extinction Level Event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Where are the 5 (or 6) then? I'm guessing Yellowstone would have been one, since it's pretty much a giant supervolcano underneath. And the Gulf of Mexico is apparently an asteroid crater of some kind. There's not really much point worrying about it though, it'd be instant death, I'd be more concerned about being on the outskirts of a nuclear blast or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Where are the 5 (or 6) then? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keancy Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 They are a band from the 70's...... H. No that was ELO Well at least it looks like it all be over quickly. How gloomy Red lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELE I thought he meant there have been 6 extinction sized asteroids before though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_palmer Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Thats if this doesnt kill us first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider End of the world schedualed September 10th 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 No that was ELO Please tell me that you knew I was kidding Anja..... H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keancy Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Please tell me that you knew I was kidding Anja..... H. Yeah course, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I thought he meant there have been 6 extinction sized asteroids before though! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELE#Major_extinction_events The classical "Big Five" mass extinctions identified by Jack Sepkoski and David M. Raup in their 1982 paper are widely agreed upon as some of the most significant: End Ordovician, Late Devonian, End Permian, End Triassic, and End Cretaceous.[2] In addition, there is mounting evidence for two other mass extinctions of a similar scale: the current Holocene extinction event and the end-Ediacaran extinction at the start of the Phanerozoic eon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I presume he means ELE, Extinction Level Event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELE That'll make for good reading I hope this afternoon Thats if this doesnt kill us first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider End of the world schedualed September 10th 2008. I quite like the idea of having a mini black hole in the corner of the office. Saves having to do any cleaning - just chuck your apple core at it and it'll disappear, hassle free! Is it the strangelets that could turn the surface of the planet into, in essence, a star? That would be cool . Painful, but cool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELE#Major_extinction_events Surely one of these ELE things at the end of the Triassic would have meant there would be less/smaller dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 500km would be utterly gigantic. The asteroid tht hit the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico which wiped out the dinosaurs was 'only' 10-14km across. The only other sizable creaters are the ones in Siberia, Arizona & Antartica. A 500km asteriod would be very unlikely to leave a creater as the entire surface of the earth would be moltern. I'm guessing they are counting the Moon hit as one of the six as therehave only been five ELA's so far that we can tell. Where are the 5 (or 6) then? Gaz was talking about asteroid strikes, and said there were 5 'hits' that we know of. I asked where they were. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELE#Major_extinction_events The classical "Big Five" mass extinctions identified by Jack Sepkoski and David M. Raup in their 1982 paper are widely agreed upon as some of the most significant: End Ordovician, Late Devonian, End Permian, End Triassic, and End Cretaceous.[2] In addition, there is mounting evidence for two other mass extinctions of a similar scale: the current Holocene extinction event and the end-Ediacaran extinction at the start of the Phanerozoic eon. All that says is there were 5 big ELEs, it doesn't say they were asteroids or strikes of any kind, in fact this bit: Only the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event is associated with strong evidence of such an impact, but that impact is easily the largest for which there is strong evidence. suggests that impacts only account for one of the five ELEs. I don't understand why you keep posting the same link and not explaining your argument against me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 my god that was a cheery simulation, Anyone up for a suicide cult before we are all f**ked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 my god that was a cheery simulation, Anyone up for a suicide cult before we are all f**ked? How about a f**k before were f**ked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 How about a f**k before were f**ked? yeah sod it, If you like mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 yeah sod it, If you like mate *leaves work with KY in hand* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I think the end othe world by asteroid would be quite annoying, particularly if you've just cooked a nice dinner or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I think the end othe world by asteroid would be quite annoying, particularly if you've just cooked a nice dinner or something. Or heaven forbid having washed the car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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