Apophis

Kahgan · Post by **Kahgan** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:55 pm

I find it rather over-spectacular that a handfull of nukes can blow up the earth.

As someone in that crappy film armageddon said; "Light a fire-cracker on your palm and it will leave a burn mark, but your hand will recover. Close your hand around it, and you'll loose your fingers."

It's true, go try it. And does anyone realize how BIG the earth really is? You'd have to dig deeper than possible to get the desired affect

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:00 pm

I don't think you can nuke the earth to pieces no matter how deep you dig. There are forces far more powerful in the core of the earth and nearer the surface(earthquakes). The blast would be absorbed completely by the surrounding land masses. Nuking the planet uninhabitable is just pacifist propaganda.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:04 pm

The radiation / nuclear fallout / nuclear winter would work wonders on killing off most life and / or destroying mankind, but literally blowing earth in pieces is really far-fetched.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:40 pm

The point is, doesn't Bruce Willis become vulnerable at the end of Unbreakable?

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:43 pm

No. He stays just as unbreakable as he always was - he just finds out that he's both "unbreakable" in normal life, except that he has a motral weakness: water. He'll drown like a baby, but otherwise he can take any form of punishment and survive without a scratch.

Oh yeah and spoiler warning in case you haven't watched Unbreakable.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:31 am

Kashluk wrote:Oh yeah and spoiler warning in case you haven't watched Unbreakable.

Cheers, you fetid whore.

Carib · Post by **Carib** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:24 am

So, the doom of our time has been named. Apophis. Yes, well I should be in my advanced fifties by then, happy and content with life when it comes.

Of course, by then cloning should be perfected and they can clone Bruce Willis and Ben Afflics to help combat the deadly meteor.

I hope.

On other news, a bunch of nukes won't blow the world up but it would kill a lot of life, and while all you die away from radiation poisoning and strife caused from the attacks, I will be sitting back in the tropics enjoying my life long dream --- Becoming an arms salesman and Soda Pirate.

ApTyp · Post by **ApTyp** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:35 am

Ass Pirate.

Carib · Post by **Carib** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:47 am

Yeah, well you'll say that now... but when the irradiated red necks strike, you may think differently... Let the first world burn! Besides, you all can always migrate to my home isle and live the rest of your days in peace, or we could just eat the lot of you.... Hey, caribs are cannibals, or used to be.

With that said, it's only 31 more years... Live like their is no tomorrow.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:55 am

Blowing up the planet seems impossible... I'd rather vote to place all nukes in one place and throw Earth off orbit...

AND INTO THE SUN! YEAH!

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:30 am

Clinically, they were hoping that the moon fell out.

And away.

O, In Smirking Memory. At and With the tides.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:38 pm

Kashluk wrote:The radiation / nuclear fallout / nuclear winter would work wonders on killing off most life and / or destroying mankind, but literally blowing earth in pieces is really far-fetched.

In that case, the bombs should be distributed and detonated evenly thoughout the surface of the world. Even if the USA and USSR would nuke the crap out of each other, the material and mortal effects would mostly be regional. Isn't nuclear winter just a wacky theory? And humans are survivors, like rats. You can't kill em all with the present supply of man-made weapons.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:35 pm

I think the wind and following rains, after a massive nuclear war, would finish the genocide.

Edit - VasikkA, isn't Helsinki in Finland and not Norway?

Carib · Post by **Carib** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm

Well when the nukes go off we can see if the Nuclear Winter is practicle or theory.... I hope they build the vaults.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:54 pm

That's probably a subtle Die Hard reference, Susan.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:51 pm

Eh..?

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:59 pm

You slut.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:14 pm

Is that a reference as well?

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:20 pm

Nope, not really.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:39 pm

VasikkA wrote:
Kashluk wrote:The radiation / nuclear fallout / nuclear winter would work wonders on killing off most life and / or destroying mankind, but literally blowing earth in pieces is really far-fetched.
In that case, the bombs should be distributed and detonated evenly thoughout the surface of the world. Even if the USA and USSR would nuke the crap out of each other, the material and mortal effects would mostly be regional. Isn't nuclear winter just a wacky theory? And humans are survivors, like rats. You can't kill em all with the present supply of man-made weapons.

Well I should say that in my opinion I did put weight on words "most" in "most life" and destroying *mankind* - specifically, mankind as the whole thriving complex of civilization, culture and heritage - not literally every single human being. So basically all what we've accomplished / ruined so far would be whiped off the face of the Earth along with most of things we consider as "life", but most likely nature would take care of it's own and return another living, breathing cycle of wonderful critters and flora on this planet, within the following 100 million years or so. And technically that shouldn't stop human beings from excisting and/or some sort of a latter incarnation of our species from forming.

Cheers