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Offline sam

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How many minutes until Doomsday?
« on: January 15, 2010, 01:01 »
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/01/13/how-many-minutes-until-doomsday/

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Are we getting closer to our catastrophic annihilation?

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (based, appropriately enough, at the University of Chicago) has kept track of our impending doom for over 60 years. They use a clock to represent our current time, where midnight is complete catastrophe. Back in the good old days, this meant something prosaic like global nuclear conflagration. Nowadays, there are plenty of other things to add to the list, including global climatic collapse, avian swine ebola, and grey goo. The current time is 11:55pm. Uncomfortably late.
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2010, 10:16 »
Madmanmahoud will ensure we are getting closer!   :bawl:
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2010, 13:11 »
but we just took a minute away from it...
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2010, 14:16 »
I'm shocked! 
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2010, 15:55 »
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2010, 20:44 »
Has anyone planned their minute yet?  :)x
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2010, 21:41 »
Yep.  I'm going to pair-up my socks.   ;D
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2010, 22:14 »
I thought I might snap a bit off of my hankie, to de-ice the car with.
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2010, 04:06 »
well I was going to get the giant DONK out...  ':|
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2010, 09:52 »
Did we really wish to know that?   :o :)x
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2010, 11:46 »
I'd got it marked down for a DR fillet steak. ;D
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2010, 11:52 »
Little wonder the lovely Lizzie loves him so much!   ;D
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Re: How many minutes until Doomsday?
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2010, 11:54 »
Quote from: Simon on January 15, 2010, 20:44
Has anyone planned their minute yet?  :)x


wot... you missed it!   :woot: :crazy:  :P
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