If An Asteroid Were About To Hit the Earth, The Government Would Tell Us. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6963786 United States 02/05/2013 11:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a ridiculously childish and irresponsible policy. The eleventh hour thing. That's like a kid would do if the wrecked the family car and waited till Monday morning to tell the folks. While I accepte that a large number of people behave like cattle or primates, I truly hate that governmental policy is always sighted to the dumbest degree. They completely disrespect and disregard the intelligent people. I guess they have to look out for they're voters. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32833869 United Kingdom 02/05/2013 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a ridiculously childish and irresponsible policy. The eleventh hour thing. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6963786 That's like a kid would do if the wrecked the family car and waited till Monday morning to tell the folks. While I accepte that a large number of people behave like cattle or primates, I truly hate that governmental policy is always sighted to the dumbest degree. They completely disrespect and disregard the intelligent people. I guess they have to look out for they're voters. I don't think it's the intelligent people that you have to worry about if were told that we may only have a few hours or days left on this planet. |
SSERAL User ID: 27308366 United States 02/05/2013 11:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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SSERAL User ID: 27308366 United States 02/05/2013 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They knew the astronauts on the shuttle Columbia were dead when they saw telescope images of the damage on the wing, and they didn't tell them nothing, just let em come in like a Roman candle. They won't tell you either. Quoting: SSERAL what do you expect from a president named osama hussein? The Columbia exploded on February 1 2003 |
Oubliette User ID: 32552748 United States 02/05/2013 12:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have you seen that movie, "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World"? They tell people a few weeks out that the asteroid will hit. People stop going to work, start committing suicide, start riots, and just start doing crazy drugs and having orgies. I assume it would be a bit like that if it really happened. This is an oubliette. The labyrinth is full of 'em. |
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Resister User ID: 669410 United States 02/05/2013 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, & always, well informed... If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty... Let them take arms... What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. " - Thomas Jefferson in 1787 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 33585838 United States 02/05/2013 12:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So let me see if I've got this figured out...our government leaders use our tax dollars to pay for technology that forewarns them of danger far enough in advance to squander MORE of our tax dollars in building bunkers and provisions for their survival of said danger all the while failing to warn the oblivious masses who paid for their provisions until the last possible second before impact of said danger giving them ample time to get to their bunkers without the hassle of dealing with roving hoards of marauders that might block their escape and entrance to said bunkers. Sound about right? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32768010 United States 02/05/2013 12:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So let me see if I've got this figured out...our government leaders use our tax dollars to pay for technology that forewarns them of danger far enough in advance to squander MORE of our tax dollars in building bunkers and provisions for their survival of said danger all the while failing to warn the oblivious masses who paid for their provisions until the last possible second before impact of said danger giving them ample time to get to their bunkers without the hassle of dealing with roving hoards of marauders that might block their escape and entrance to said bunkers. Sound about right? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33585838 Lets super glue their bunker doors shut. |
CripplingLies User ID: 5010858 Brazil 02/05/2013 12:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So let me see if I've got this figured out...our government leaders use our tax dollars to pay for technology that forewarns them of danger far enough in advance to squander MORE of our tax dollars in building bunkers and provisions for their survival of said danger all the while failing to warn the oblivious masses who paid for their provisions until the last possible second before impact of said danger giving them ample time to get to their bunkers without the hassle of dealing with roving hoards of marauders that might block their escape and entrance to said bunkers. Sound about right? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33585838 Lets super glue their bunker doors shut. And fart in their vantilation holes! |
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MONSTER User ID: 2122560 United States 02/05/2013 12:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They knew the astronauts on the shuttle Columbia were dead when they saw telescope images of the damage on the wing, and they didn't tell them nothing, just let em come in like a Roman candle. They won't tell you either. Quoting: SSERAL your so right. They will get to their bunkers and not have to fight the insane hords of people grabbing food off store sheves and burning cities. People will go mad. do you want to know the hour of your death? I really dont KINGDOMS, NATIONS AND KINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN TO THEIR KNEES WITH ONE GLANCE FROM A WOMAN. I WEAR MY SKIN OF ARMOR SO NO ONE CAN GET IN AND NO ONE CAN GET OUT. HOW CAN I MOURN YOU, WHEN I HAVE NEVER LET YOU GO, monster 1991-2008 RIP |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32962191 United States 02/05/2013 01:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They knew the astronauts on the shuttle Columbia were dead when they saw telescope images of the damage on the wing, and they didn't tell them nothing, just let em come in like a Roman candle. They won't tell you either. Quoting: SSERAL your so right. They will get to their bunkers and not have to fight the insane hords of people grabbing food off store sheves and burning cities. People will go mad. do you want to know the hour of your death? I really dont would I want to know the hour of my death? Yes, absolutely! I could then use my remaining time much more efficiently and as my last hour approached I could sit in quiet meditative contemplation. Death is just a moment in eternity. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 5036819 United States 02/05/2013 09:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Never mind the government. Private amateurs would tell you. Remember Elenin guy? He's a private amateur. He discovered Comet Elenin. [link to www.astronomyclubs.com] [link to www.wired.co.uk] 2012 Comet Awards Announced Source: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2013 The Minor Planet Center, located at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Mass., has announced the recipients of the 2012 Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets by amateurs. This is the fourteenth consecutive year that these awards have been given; money for the awards was set aside as part of the will bequeathed by the late businessman Edgar Wilson of Lexington, Kentucky, and administered by the SAO. The following five discoverers receive plaques and a cash award this year: * Leonid Elenin of Russia, for his discovery of comet P/2011 N1 on 2011 July 7 * Artyom Novichonok of Russia, for his co-discovery of comet P/2011 R3 on 2011 Sept. 7 * Vladimir Gerke of Russia, for his co-discovery of comet P/2011 R3 on 2011 Sept. 7 * Terry Lovejoy of Australia, for his discovery of comet C/2011 W3 on 2011 Nov. 27 * Fred Bruenjes of Warrenburg, Missouri, for his discovery of comet C/2012 C2 on 2012 Feb. 11 With his latest find, Lovejoy became the first astronomer in over 40 years to discover a Kreutz sungrazing comet from a ground-based observation. The comet dazzled observers in the southern hemisphere and was nicknamed the Great Christmas Comet of 2011. Lovejoy also received a Wilson Award in 2007 for the discovery of two comets. This is the second Wilson Award, and second comet discovery, for Elenin. Novichonok, Gerke, and Bruenjes are first-time Wilson Award winners. For most amateur astronomers, the historical naming of the comet for them has more meaning than any award, but the bestowment of the Edgar Wilson Award gives extra prestige and notice to their effort. Amateur comet discoverers usually put in long hours observing, with no financial aid, unlike the professional astronomers who discover most comets nowadays via surveys with large telescopes. Automated CCD searches with large professional telescopes have dominated comet discovery since 1998, so the contributions of amateurs deserve special recognition. There have been numerous comet awards over the centuries, but the Wilson Award is currently the largest publicly known award. In years when there are no eligible comet discoverers, the award is made instead to amateur astronomers judged by the Minor Planet Center to have made important contributions toward observing comets or promoting an interest in the study of comets. Contacts: David Aguilar +1 617-495-7462 [email protected] Christine Pulliam +1 617-495-7463 [email protected] Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is a joint collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory. CfA scientists, organized into six research divisions, study the origin, evolution and ultimate fate of the universe. |
Children of the Atom User ID: 20257839 United States 02/05/2013 09:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | But it is not a ELE, not even close to one. It'll blow a city to shit and some government will use it as their reichstag to say, look they used a nuclear bomb! Wake up you dumb ass trolls. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1517542 United States 02/05/2013 10:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have you seen that movie, "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World"? Quoting: Oubliette They tell people a few weeks out that the asteroid will hit. People stop going to work, start committing suicide, start riots, and just start doing crazy drugs and having orgies. I assume it would be a bit like that if it really happened. I'd be at the sex drug orgy camp |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 9107938 United States 02/05/2013 10:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The government does not give a damn about any of us. Why do they care if we die or even have time to prepare? They don't. To them, we are cockroaches. Would you bother to tell a cockroach the end of the world was coming soon? No. Why? Because you don't care if a cockroach lives or dies. The cockroach means nothing to you. And we mean nothing to them. |
Children of the Atom User ID: 20257839 United States 02/05/2013 10:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The government does not give a damn about any of us. Why do they care if we die or even have time to prepare? They don't. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 9107938 To them, we are cockroaches. Would you bother to tell a cockroach the end of the world was coming soon? No. Why? Because you don't care if a cockroach lives or dies. The cockroach means nothing to you. And we mean nothing to them. Only difference being the damn cockroach would actually live. Go figure, right? |