Asteroid heading our way?

[sedriss]

I figured this might be interesting:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid_risk_041224.html

eek.

[YOke]

Finally a good use for nukes...

[LGM]

I read this on Slashdot earlier. I'm not too worried yet.

1/243 chance it won't hit, and not for another 12 or so years.

You have better luck in dying in a car accident.

[sedriss]

Actually..

Update, Dec. 25, 9:47 p.m. ET: The risk of an impact by asteroid 2004 MN4 went up slightly on Saturday, Dec. 25. It is now pegged at having a 1-in -45 chance of striking the planet on April 13, 2029. That's up from 1-in-63 late on Dec. 24, and 1-in-300 early on Dec. 24.

[Al_Ninio]

Astronomers still stress that it is very likely the risk will be reduced to zero with further observations. And even as it stands with present knowledge, the chances are 97.8 percent the rock will miss Earth.

Can't say I'm too scared.

[HillBilly]

Bush will probably declare war on the astroid terrorist and blow the whole thing up. Yay for Dubyah!

[Hobbes]

Looks like "The Dig" will become a reality after all...

...hmmm.

*Looks up possible job openings at a certain observatory in Borneo*

[c.leksutin]

I tell you what, if it *does* hit, I'm getting my ass a front row seat!  I'm not gonna be one of those monleys who crawls out of some shelter 10 years after it hits to try to scratch a living out of ash and rock.  I've seen the Mad Max movies, and I'm all set.



C.

[Ishmael]

I sure hope Harry Stamper is still alive then- wait, he died already... nevermind.

[Darth Mandarb]

I tell you what, if it *does* hit, I'm getting my ass a front row seat!Ã,  I'm not gonna be one of those monleys who crawls out of some shelter 10 years after it hits to try to scratch a living out of ash and rock.Ã,  I've seen the Mad Max movies, and I'm all set.

This is exactly what I said!Ã,  I wanna be at ground zero when that sucker plows into the Earth!Ã,  Go out with a bang!

Plus in 25 years I'll be 53 years old ... that's a good time to go out.Ã,  Before my bodily functions are no longer under my control!

[Sam.]

ill be 28. thats scary. but nothing could ever happen to us brits, our upper lips are too stiff for that kind of stuff.

I blame mandarb, tempting fate with his adventure games

[Al_Ninio]

ill be 28.

So that makes you what, 3 years old?

[Haddas]

DM, you mean you're 28 and still haven't lost your bodily functions? D:

And I who thought I was superior for still having some left at 16...

[Oliver]

I'll be...*does some serious calcualtions so that I wouldn't make some mistakes* hmmm...38? Almost 39;)

Yay! I will die before I get 40!!!

[HillBilly]

Hey guys! Why don't we just move the entire earth a few miles to the left? 

[Oliver]

Yeah, and George Michael isn't gay right?

[HillBilly]

Righto. So, help me push!

[DGMacphee]

Bah, you numbskulls. Just vote Morgan Freeman for president and everything will work out in an emotional and heartwarming way.

[Happyhelmet]

Actually if we vote in Stanley Anderson by then, we can hopefully resurrect Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck and place them in a starring role as the "World's Best Deep Core Drilling Team" and "Nuke The Rock From The Inside." (more).

I don't know which idea I hate more: Morgan Freeman or Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck

...or maybe we could just get everyone in China to jump at the same time?

[Daz]

Well... apparently the big earthquake that made the big tsunami was the equivalent of a million atomic bombs going off all at once, or something, anyway they also rekon that it shifted the earths rotational axis, or something silly.

So more problems... YAY!!! 

For more informative information: http://www.google.com

Personally i don't see how this works but hey.

PS: i wouldn't rely on my information