Asteroid to pass by earth Sunday - too close for comfort

[baseline bum]

dammmmmm...no thanks...$170....

Buy a used copy

[cantthinkofanything]

Buy a used copy

just bulletpoint it for me

[spurraider21]

And Occam's Razor...if something can go wrong, it likely will.

i think you are referring to Murphy's law tbh

[Cry Havoc]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=occams+razor

You should really read that link yourself.

[Spurminator]

And Occam's Razor...if something can go wrong, it likely will.

[Brazil]

dat thread tbh

[cantthinkofanything]

i think you are referring to Murphy's law tbh

similar. theory of unification.

[Cry Havoc]

similar. theory of unification.

No. And no. You're wrong.

[cantthinkofanything]

No. And no. You're wrong.

you don't believe in the theory of unification?

[Cry Havoc]

you don't believe in the theory of unification?

I don't believe that Occam's razor is a theory that states that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". Or anything remotely similar to that. Do you? Because that's exactly what you said.

[cantthinkofanything]

I don't believe that Occam's razor is a theory that states that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". Or anything remotely similar to that. Do you? Because that's exactly what you said.

Theory of Unification ties all of the theories up into one "unified" theory. I say Occam's Razor...you say Murphey's Law. Tomato tomato.

[Cry Havoc]

Theory of Unification ties all of the theories up into one "unified" theory. I say Occam's Razor...you say Murphey's Law. Tomato tomato.

I can just cite the ToU for everything and never be wrong! That's not inarticulate or lazy at all!

[cantthinkofanything]

I can just cite the ToU for everything and never be wrong! That's not inarticulate or lazy at all!

string theory

[DD]

I propose we send a team of drillers to rendezvous with the asteroid, dig a hole, and drop a nuke in it.

[pgardn]

are u just multiplying random numbers hoping to make it look bigger?

why would you have 9.8 m/s2 x acceleration? 9.8 m/s2 IS acceleration .

Its actually way smaller than that. This is disregarding two huge factors.
9.81 m/s/s is accel. at the surface of the Earth and not way out like right now, and
there is a very large resistive force also affecting accel. in the form of the atmosphere, especially if the angle is severe.

And that crazy formula he wrote is just wacked, but it is quite humorous.

[leemajors]

I propose we send a team of drillers to rendezvous with the asteroid, dig a hole, and drop a nuke in it.

Might as well mine it while we're at it.

[cantthinkofanything]

Its actually way smaller than that. This is disregarding two huge factors.
9.81 m/s/s is accel. at the surface of the Earth and not way out like right now, and
there is a very large resistive force also affecting accel. in the form of the atmosphere, especially if the angle is severe.

And that crazy formula he wrote is just wacked, but it is quite humorous.

others dismissed with "crazy" ideas

Mendel
Galileo
Zweig
Popovich
Einstein

[Aztecfan03]

25,000? did you see the graphic? Have no idea about NASA's website or a torino scale.

The graphic does not show miles but it appears roughly 50,000 km away with the scale. 50,000 km = 31,000 miles so 25,000 miles sounds about right.

[cantthinkofanything]

The graphic does not show miles but it appears roughly 50,000 km away with the scale. 50,000 km = 31,000 miles so 25,000 miles sounds about right.

you can't use the perceived distance from the graphic. If they put the asteroid at the exactly distance by scale, it'd be too close to tell what the was going on. That's why they labeled it.

[SnakeBoy]

if this thread was turned into a picture I'd imagine it would look something like this....

[cantthinkofanything]

if this thread was turned into a picture I'd imagine it would look something like this....

I bet you like to imagine that.

[Brazil]

you can't use the perceived distance from the graphic. If they put the asteroid at the exactly distance by scale, it'd be too close to tell what the was going on. That's why they labeled it.

[SnakeBoy]

I bet you like to imagine that.

Hey your the one doing it to yourself

[Aztecfan03]

Seems to be. Unless he is trolling.

[spurraider21]

Its actually way smaller than that. This is disregarding two huge factors.
9.81 m/s/s is accel. at the surface of the Earth and not way out like right now, and
there is a very large resistive force also affecting accel. in the form of the atmosphere, especially if the angle is severe.

And that crazy formula he wrote is just wacked, but it is quite humorous.

yeah but if said asteroid were to approach earth, when it is approaching surface level its acceleration would be 9.8