(LE BUSA @ Mar. 02 2007,20:16) Well I'm not saying that I believe that 2012 is the date of the end of the world, but with my luck just about the time I was getting close to being able to retire, BANG
You got that right(BIGSMOOTHH @ Mar. 02 2007,22:37) Then you have 5 years to get right with The Man.
Chicxulub all over again eh?(tpbio @ Mar. 02 2007,16:04) Well, the article on the new warhead only says the new design is mainly to add safegaurds against possible theft and misuse and that it will more robust, whatever that means. It also states that this new warhead will allow for a reduction in current inventory.
The first article, I really don't have a clue
If ancient peoples somehow could have predicted the end of the world, I really think the realization of the event would be due to a natural occurance, not man's intervention. I believe the end of the world would come because of a massive meteor impact.
We were not here then.(YH2K @ Mar. 03 2007,07:16)Chicxulub all over again eh?(tpbio @ Mar. 02 2007,16:04) Well, the article on the new warhead only says the new design is mainly to add safegaurds against possible theft and misuse and that it will more robust, whatever that means. It also states that this new warhead will allow for a reduction in current inventory.
The first article, I really don't have a clue
If ancient peoples somehow could have predicted the end of the world, I really think the realization of the event would be due to a natural occurance, not man's intervention. I believe the end of the world would come because of a massive meteor impact.
As bad as that was, we are all still here today.
but first you must ask yourself....(BlueHaya @ Mar. 02 2007,12:31) If this crap does happen...you have to ask yourself would you rather be 1 mile from the blast or 100 miles?
tpbio?.....so you can come to the conclusion that the primarys for the re-design is primarily a security issue yet you seem to be at a loss to define what "More Robust" means?...(tpbio @ Mar. 02 2007,13:04) Well, the article on the new warhead only says the new design is mainly to add safegaurds against possible theft and misuse and that it will more robust, whatever that means. It also states that this new warhead will allow for a reduction in current inventory.
"This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or conspiracy theory society. Rather, it is the scientific conclusion of the best paid, most widely-respected geologists, physicists, bankers, and investors in the world. These are rational, professional, conservative individuals who.."(kml @ Mar. 03 2007,08:07) The end is near
read about it here:
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/
That CAN'T be true
where's that sand?
look, a hole
in goes the head
phew!
I'm safe now....
cheers
ken
And it only takes a few minutes.(BIGSMOOTHH @ Mar. 02 2007,17:37) Then you have 5 years to get right with The Man.
well?....our christian backed leaders just selected a newly re-designed warhead...and authorized production.(Wag @ Mar. 03 2007,09:32) The Mayan calendar is the one that predicts the world to end on 12/21/2012. If you combine that thought with the fact that our current Gregorian calendar is off by 12 years (therefore, the actual year "2000" is 2012) you may have some impetus to believe that the end of the world will arrive somewhere in there . . . .
The Mayan guy's chisel arm probably just got tired right then and he stopped and never came back to it . . . .
Personally, there is more evidence (not that I believe it) that space aliens will determine our fate than anything else.
Believers in Judeo-Christian religious thought have always looked for the end of the world. The believers during early Christian periods have always said, "The end is near," or other similar statements, including that they, "look forward to the return of Christ."
No different than it is today. My father, grandfather and great grandfather believed wholeheartedly that they would live to see Jesus and lo and behold, they have passed away without seeing it, just like the hundreds of generations of believers before them.
Granted, I'm not saying people shouldn't believe what they want to believe. More power to them if they wish to choose these beliefs. Perhaps it gives comfort and peace. My reason for commenting is to say why I, personally, don't believe. This belief actually gives me greater peace and comfort in my life.
Eh. Regardless, the end of the world is likely not something man can predict. If it's a space object about to crash into us, we can't do anything about it, I don't think. I could be wrong. If man has the power and the stupidity to blow the world to smithereens, I doubt any of us individuals are going to have the ability to stop it. If it's going to be the act of an angry god or space alien, again, I can't stop it.
My point, of course, is that it's not worth spending time and energy worrying about it. I just can't see losing any sleep over something I'm not able to control, prevent or alter. That's why I don't lose any sleep over how the sparks get to my plugs in my Busa. There's a wire. If it fails, so be it. I'll work on it then.
Just rambling, as usual.
--Wag--