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DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
edited February 2005 in Off-Topic
I was browsing along until I ran across this article on MSNBC:

<a href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6994277/' target='_blank'>Brightest galactic flash ever detected hits Earth</a>

The first thing that got my attention was this magnificent image:
<img src='http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050218/050218_space_blast_hlg11a.hlarge.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Top scientist minds quickly tried to explain the events:

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Researchers don't know exactly why the burst was so incredible. The star, named SGR 1806-20, spins once on its axis every 7.5 seconds, and it is surrounded by a magnetic field more powerful than any other object in the universe.

"We may be seeing a massive release of magnetic energy during a 'starquake' on the surface of the object," said Maura McLaughlin of the University of Manchester in the UK.

Another possibility is that the magnetic field more or less snapped in a process scientists call magnetic reconnection.

Gamma rays are the highest form of radiation on the electromagnetic spectrum, which includes X-rays, visible light and radio waves too.

The eruption was also recorded by the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array of radio telescopes, along with other European satellites and telescopes in Australia.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->





Little do the fools know what fate awaits them...
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    It was the Death Star obliterating Alderaan.
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    edited February 2005
    That pic looks Photoshopped to me...see? I tried to tell you that Microsoft owns the media's souls, but no one listened.

    Either that, or its an intergalactic laser traveling at incalculable speeds heading toward Earth to bring us to our sudden and firey demise.
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  • Vahn_PaktuVahn_Paktu Join Date: 2002-10-28 Member: 1666Members, Constellation
    edited February 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-BaconTheory+Feb 19 2005, 09:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BaconTheory @ Feb 19 2005, 09:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That pic looks Photoshopped to me...see? I tried to tell you that Microsoft owns the media's souls, but no one listened.

    Either that, or its an intergalactic laser traveling at incalculable speeds heading toward Earth to bring us to our sudden and firey demise. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin-from site+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (from site)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Artist's impression of the blast streaming out in all directions through the galaxy.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Vahn Paktu+Feb 19 2005, 10:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vahn Paktu @ Feb 19 2005, 10:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-BaconTheory+Feb 19 2005, 09:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BaconTheory @ Feb 19 2005, 09:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That pic looks Photoshopped to me...see? I tried to tell you that Microsoft owns the media's souls, but no one listened.

    Either that, or its an intergalactic laser traveling at incalculable speeds heading toward Earth to bring us to our sudden and firey demise. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin-from site+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (from site)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Artist's impression of the blast streaming out in all directions through the galaxy.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Buh..gah...fine! You win.
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  • ShoeboxShoebox Join Date: 2004-11-15 Member: 32817Members
    one of my teachers was talking about something like this. he said there was like two stars spinning together like right next to each other and one star got sucked into a black hole and the other went flying like uber fast in the other direction.
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  • docchimpydocchimpy Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18266Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Little do the fools know what fate awaits them...

    <img src='http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/martinstudio/af/unic.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No! It can't be! Not...not...IMAGE HOSTED BY ANGELFIRE!

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Hush, I fixed it. :P

    P.S. I found <a href='http://www.meta-earth.com/tf/tf.html' target='_blank'>this</a> while searching for the image. Very, very disturbing.
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin-docchimpy+Feb 19 2005, 07:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (docchimpy @ Feb 19 2005, 07:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Little do the fools know what fate awaits them...

    <img src='http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/martinstudio/af/unic.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No! It can't be! Not...not...IMAGE HOSTED BY ANGELFIRE!

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    doom = fired
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    TRANSFORMERS CONNECTED TO THE UNIVERSE'S DEMISE?!
    NOOO OPTIMUS, WHY HAVE YOU BETRAYED US?
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  • KoniaXKoniaX Join Date: 2003-02-16 Member: 13641Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-BaconTheory+Feb 19 2005, 10:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BaconTheory @ Feb 19 2005, 10:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That pic looks Photoshopped to me...see? I tried to tell you that Microsoft owns the media's souls, but no one listened.

    Either that, or its an intergalactic laser traveling at incalculable speeds heading toward Earth to bring us to our sudden and firey demise. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    bwahahah lol
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-BaconTheory+Feb 19 2005, 08:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BaconTheory @ Feb 19 2005, 08:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That pic looks Photoshopped to me...see? I tried to tell you that Microsoft owns the media's souls, but no one listened.
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    the pic is fake... if you clicked on the news link you would see thats a artists rendering of what it looked like
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  • Seph_KimaraSeph_Kimara Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19359Members
    Well, it IS 2005.

    Rather fitting.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Indeed.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <img src='http://img232.exs.cx/img232/7601/lollerwich5om.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />






    >_>
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  • UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
    Here the story as seen on nasa.gov, <a href='http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/swift_nsu_0205.html' target='_blank'>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watcht...t_nsu_0205.html</a>

    They also have a video of the thing hitting the earth
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    edited February 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Feb 20 2005, 02:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Feb 20 2005, 02:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <img src='http://img232.exs.cx/img232/7601/lollerwich5om.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'd hit it!

    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac @ Feb 20 2005+11:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Feb 20 2005 @ 11:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->P.S. I found this while searching for the image. Very, very disturbing.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Only if you LARP doomy, only if you LARP. Man, I can so imagine a bunch of people with cardboard boxes strapped all over themselves running around town then folding themselves over to transform into a car. While shouting "Die Autobots!"
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-docchimpy+Feb 19 2005, 10:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (docchimpy @ Feb 19 2005, 10:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Little do the fools know what fate awaits them...

    <img src='http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/martinstudio/af/unic.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No! It can't be! Not...not...IMAGE HOSTED BY ANGELFIRE!

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Bwahaahhahaha.

    Oh man I just scared my cat.

    oh god I can't breathe
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    Seconds before the explosion, a scientist on a planet orbitting SGR 1806-20 said, "Hey, watch this..."
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History

    02.18.05<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    and

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->NASA and European satellites and many radio telescopes detected the flash and its aftermath on December 27, 2004<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Why did it take this long for information to be given to the public?
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  • ElderwyrmElderwyrm Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15296Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Feb 20 2005, 04:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Feb 20 2005, 04:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History

    02.18.05<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    and

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->NASA and European satellites and many radio telescopes detected the flash and its aftermath on December 27, 2004<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Why did it take this long for information to be given to the public? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    They had to be sure it wasn't the death star before the public knew anything.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Feb 20 2005, 04:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Feb 20 2005, 04:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History

    02.18.05<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    and

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->NASA and European satellites and many radio telescopes detected the flash and its aftermath on December 27, 2004<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Why did it take this long for information to be given to the public? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Because they probably weren't sure if it would really cause mass-extinction. If it was going to I doubt they'd tell anyone.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Feb 20 2005, 10:37 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Feb 20 2005, 10:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Thaldarin+Feb 20 2005, 04:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thaldarin @ Feb 20 2005, 04:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History

    02.18.05<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    and

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->NASA and European satellites and many radio telescopes detected the flash and its aftermath on December 27, 2004<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Why did it take this long for information to be given to the public? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Because they probably weren't sure if it would really cause mass-extinction. If it was going to I doubt they'd tell anyone. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Mass-extinction?

    *Puts on pompus 1920's British accent*
    My good sir, that is <i>preposterous</i>!
    *Ends accent*
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    Well I browsed through the NASA report on it or whatever, they said if the same thing happend to a star 10 lightyears away or closer it would've destroyed the atmosphere causing mass extinction
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Argh! No DOOM, no! I must prepare Cybertrons' defenses!

    *Goes off to awaken Devastator*
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  • AlienCowAlienCow Join Date: 2003-09-20 Member: 21040Members
    Well I think its quite humorous that the "Very Large Array" is capitalised. That's a cool official name for it.
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  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-docchimpy+Feb 19 2005, 10:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (docchimpy @ Feb 19 2005, 10:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Feb 19 2005, 10:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Little do the fools know what fate awaits them...

    <img src='http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/martinstudio/af/unic.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No! It can't be! Not...not...IMAGE HOSTED BY ANGELFIRE!

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I call it The deathticle
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  • SpetsnazSpetsnaz Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24761Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Feb 20 2005, 03:30 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Feb 20 2005, 03:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It was the Death Star obliterating Alderaan. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A boobie?
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  • docchimpydocchimpy Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18266Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-UnderDOG+Feb 20 2005, 01:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UnderDOG @ Feb 20 2005, 01:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Here the story as seen on nasa.gov, <a href='http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/swift_nsu_0205.html' target='_blank'>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watcht...t_nsu_0205.html</a>

    They also have a video of the thing hitting the earth <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The only thing I could think of while watching that movie was some captain saying "All power to forward shields! BRACE FOR IMPACT!"
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  • SpetsnazSpetsnaz Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24761Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-docchimpy+Feb 20 2005, 02:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (docchimpy @ Feb 20 2005, 02:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-UnderDOG+Feb 20 2005, 01:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UnderDOG @ Feb 20 2005, 01:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Here the story as seen on nasa.gov, <a href='http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/swift_nsu_0205.html' target='_blank'>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watcht...t_nsu_0205.html</a>

    They also have a video of the thing hitting the earth <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The only thing I could think of while watching that movie was some captain saying "All power to forward shields! BRACE FOR IMPACT!" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    its a TRAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPP!
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Feb 20 2005, 10:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Feb 20 2005, 10:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well I browsed through the NASA report on it or whatever, they said if the same thing happend to a star 10 lightyears away or closer it would've destroyed the atmosphere causing mass extinction <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    10 lightyears - 50.000 lightyears.

    You know, I'd say there wasn't much of a chance...
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