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Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
edited April 2005 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">WHO NEEDS A DOOMANIAC?</div> <a href='http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/04/10/189239.shtml?tid=146&tid=14' target='_blank'>Obligatory Link to Slashdot</a> - Pretty cool stuff. <Obligatory praising of slashdot.> Apparently
the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) was able to drill a hole to the Earth's Crust for the first time ever. It stands to reason that they have put considerable time into solving this problem if they have gotten this far. One wonders what their resources are. However I'm sure their findings have been pretty good since this is something that's not been done before.

<a href='http://www.livescience.com/technology/050407_earth_drill.html' target='_blank'>Obligatory Link to what Slashdot already links to.</a> - <Opinions> The original article is very thought provocative blah blah blah blah blah. <Opinions.> Several questions are posed by this article. What sort of machinery is used to blah blah blah blah.

<Obligatory "Crazy" statement and/or idea.> (I.E. Haha, I can see it now, Geothermal Powerplants a.l.a. Total Annihilation. Placed right next to the mantle so as to have the highest efficiency.)

<Obligatory Question to Audience.> (I.E. What do YOU think is at the core of the Earth?)

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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    You might very well be voyaging to Earth's core soon, once the moderators return and see what you've done, Cold NiTe.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    It had to be done. That AND I think the article is interesting.
  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    It is very interesting, though I'm not sure what you can do with a hole that deep besides geothermal power production.
  • Seph_KimaraSeph_Kimara Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19359Members
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Apr 11 2005, 04:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 11 2005, 04:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> (I.E. What do YOU think is at the core of the Earth?) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The sweet, sweet chocolately centre.

    <!--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-->It is very interesting, though I'm not sure what you can do with a hole that deep besides geothermal power production.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Throw rocks into them. Them be good times.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Apr 10 2005, 11:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Apr 10 2005, 11:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It is very interesting, though I'm not sure what you can do with a hole that deep besides geothermal power production. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    There may be undiscovered elements and or Chemical processes taking place down there. We don't know everything about Earth just yet buddy. We just assume we do. It's like the way people just sort of assume we know all the living species on the planet. No one says it outright, but no one really assumes there are anymore truely great discoveries to be had. I chalk it up to human arrogance really. Am I just being too cynical? I dunno, but I don't agree with the way we assume we know everything.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Apr 10 2005, 10:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Apr 10 2005, 10:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Toot Toot? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What is it you kids say these days?

    Oh yes...

    QFT!?
  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    Who let the murlocs out?
  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    Hehe it would be funny if they find that the earth is hollow and they fall into a deep hole <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Hollow earth link:
    <a href='http://www.davidicke.net/mysteries/hollow/patent.html' target='_blank'>http://www.davidicke.net/mysteries/hollow/patent.html</a>
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Apr 10 2005, 11:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Apr 10 2005, 11:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What is it you kids say these days?

    Oh yes...

    QFT!? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Why would you want to emulate them?
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Generally they hate it when we use their slang.

    I was being sly!
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    I was afraid you were succumbing to their juvenile wiles, DOOM. Good to see you're still with us.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    pfft.

    After all, I am Monse's apprentice!


    I can't wait till I'm really old, so I can be a grouchy bastard. Angry yet funny all the time. Like that one guy from the Friar's club (before Comedy Central bastardized it)
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    edited April 2005
    You've destroyed my thread with but a sweep of your hand.

    Revenge <i>shall</i> be mine, Doomaniac.
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    Well, it was a little more than a sweep; he did have to clickity click the keys to type the words. Sweeping his hand across the keyboard would make gibberish, as you should well know.

    In the end, I blame communism.
  • CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
    ... since when has Doom been considered an adult?

    (lo <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->)

    On topic: Cool, now we can go fishing for Lavafish!
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-MedHead+Apr 10 2005, 11:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MedHead @ Apr 10 2005, 11:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well, it was a little more than a sweep; he did have to clickity click the keys to type the words. Sweeping his hand across the keyboard would make gibberish, as you should well know.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Probably could have done just that and had the same effect. Because it'd still divert our attention from anything to do with the core of the earth.

    As for me, I don't sweep my hand across the keyboard to produce gibberish, I read Triple A's posts, black out, then allow my head to spasm on the keyboard. It's a different sort of process really.

    <!--QuoteBegin-MedHead+Apr 10 2005, 11:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MedHead @ Apr 10 2005, 11:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In the end, I blame communism.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Agreed.

    --------------
    Speaking of Lavafish, the first thing I thought of when I read this news post was that 3d video by Blur animation studios, "Rockfish". Anyone remember it?
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Apr 10 2005, 10:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 10 2005, 10:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You've destroyed my thread with but a sweep of your hand.

    Revenge <i>shall</i> be mine, Doomaniac. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    My apologies.

    back on topic:

    I hope that this sort of technology develops, allowing us to drill deeper for oil. Then maybe there will be a sudden new supply and prices will drop, and also a country's influence and reputation will be based more on their behavior & policies than on what dinosaurs died under their land.





    Toot toot!
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Apr 11 2005, 12:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Apr 11 2005, 12:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I hope that this sort of technology develops, allowing us to drill deeper for oil. Then maybe there will be a sudden new supply and prices will drop, and also a country's influence and reputation will be based more on their behavior & policies than on what dinosaurs died under their land. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wouldn't we want to end oil dependence altogether? If the center's all molten rockey can't it provide a lot of energy somehow? I mean, the rocks are <i>molten</i> for Christ's sake. Molten. That's like, colder than ice or something.

    Edit: Damn, Cold-Nite, your post was so shortly after mine, the obligatory exclamation gives me a perfect excuse to fix my tags...

    I didn't expect to run lava-fueled cars tomorrow, but the deprecation of oil is what I'm looking forward to. That and VR porn.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    edited April 2005
    You've rebuilt my thread with but a digitally remastered sweep of your hand.

    Revenge <i>shall</i> be mine, Doomaniac.

    ---------------
    On topic;

    I hadn't thought of drilling for oil. Dumb of me to glaze over something like that. I'm sure that would change the geopolitical powerscale. But that sort of thing is always far away. And I'm sure OPEC wouldn't sit idly by and watch. They might try to work on the technology themselves if it was shown to have any possibilities of increasing their profits. They might pull a DeBeers and halt any progress in that direction.

    @Crono, of course we'd want to halt oil dependency. It's an archaic and fruitless means of energy. But thinking in the somewhat short-term, that's simpler than trying to equivocate geothermal energy with something as mobile as a car. Unless you plan to run your car on lava or something.

    **EDIT**
    I think all men on the internet look forward to VR porn. That however, is another thread for another day, probably to be started by Mantrid.
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Apr 10 2005, 11:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Apr 10 2005, 11:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It is very interesting, though I'm not sure what you can do with a hole that deep besides geothermal power production. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Why an express route to china of course!

    <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Apr 10 2005, 09:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 10 2005, 09:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That however, is another thread for another day, probably to be started by Mantrid. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    We always hurt the ones we love, Cold Nite. Let me love you.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Apr 11 2005, 12:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Apr 11 2005, 12:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Apr 10 2005, 09:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 10 2005, 09:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That however, is another thread for another day, probably to be started by Mantrid. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    We always hurt the ones we love, Cold Nite. Let me love you. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is exactly why I worry about the effects of the internet on young children. You could have been a brilliant kid, but now you are the guy in the bondage gear...
    <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->

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    I was expecting Davis to make a Bugs Bunny reference of some kind when he said that. Silly me.
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    Or a reference to burrowing Onos'.
  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Apr 10 2005, 09:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 10 2005, 09:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Apr 11 2005, 12:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Apr 11 2005, 12:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+Apr 10 2005, 09:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ Apr 10 2005, 09:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That however, is another thread for another day, probably to be started by Mantrid. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    We always hurt the ones we love, Cold Nite. Let me love you. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is exactly why I worry about the effects of the internet on young children. You could have been a brilliant kid, but now you are the guy in the bondage gear...
    <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hey, I'm still brilliant!
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Crono5+Apr 10 2005, 11:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Crono5 @ Apr 10 2005, 11:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Wouldn't we want to end oil dependence altogether? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Of course, but that sort of thing is a ways off. Drilling a bit deeper and finding a new supply of oil would be more of a quick fix to get us out of insane gas prices at least until the new supply runs out.

    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->You've rebuilt my thread with but a digitally remastered sweep of your hand.

    Revenge <i>shall</i> be mine, Doomaniac.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I aim to please. ;)
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    <b><i>Go to bed, DOOManiac!</i></b>
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Oh yeah.. bed...

    Goodnight sleepy drowsy medicine head. :)
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-MedHead+Apr 11 2005, 01:20 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MedHead @ Apr 11 2005, 01:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <b><i>Go to bed, DOOManiac!</i></b> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    imo, Pretty much, tbh.
  • InfinityInfinity And beyond&#33; Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 50Members
    Thats some pretty cool stuff.

    [Edit: Bad doomy! spamming all over like that!]
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