| Author |
Message |
    
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2880
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 12:38 pm: |     |
Created: Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 09:48:36 EST
Do you worry about an asteroid hitting Earth?
Yes 13% 10311 votes
No 87% 66102 votes
Total: 76413 votes
This QuickVote is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate. The results cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of Internet users in general, nor the public as a whole. The QuickVote sponsor is not responsible for content, functionality or the opinions expressed therein.
Related:
NASA: 100-foot asteroid to fly by Earth
|
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 2476
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 12:43 pm: | |
First, 13% seems quite high, considering the risk. But what does "worried" mean? Maybe some respondents merely believe an asteroid will hit the earth in their lifetimes but don't expect to be affected by it. They'd be right, and we just wouldn't categorize their guess as a worry.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
|
Dave
Citizen
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6630
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:16 pm: | |
I voted yes because I thought the question was priceless and couldn't stop myself. |
Gene Z
Citizen
Username: Genez
Post Number: 34
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:22 pm: | |
Those of us who have seen "Armageddon" sleep well, assured that Bruce Willis will surely save us!
Z |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 2102
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:39 pm: | |
That's next on my neurosis list, after I get over the ozone layer, dolphin safe tuna and worrying about the biohazard posed by putting dirty diapers in landfill. |
drremulak
Citizen
Username: Drremulak
Post Number: 29
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 2:44 pm: | |
62% chance of the asteroid striking the earth on september 27. its true. i read it in the current maxim magazine (with paris hilton on the cover) |
Cutter
Citizen
Username: Cutter
Post Number: 320
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 5:32 pm: | |
quote:Its true. i read it in the current maxim magazine
You buy Maxim for the articles? |
just me fromsouthorange
Citizen
Username: Jmfromsorange
Post Number: 219
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 12:06 am: | |
what is 'maxim?' |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 841
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 7:59 am: | |
Best magazine on earth!! |
drremulak
Citizen
Username: Drremulak
Post Number: 30
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:22 am: | |
....or what's left of it after september 27.... |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 843
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:25 am: | |
Paris Hilton was also inside if you look hard enough. |
mfpark
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 245
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 3:14 pm: | |
I worry more about Paris Hilton and Maxim than I do about an asteroid hitting the earth.
Anyhow, I plan to hitch a ride on a Vogon construction ship in case an asteroid comes our way. |
Gene Z
Citizen
Username: Genez
Post Number: 36
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 4:56 pm: | |
But then, you'd have to listen to the Vogon Captain's poetry!
No, no; that cost is just too great! I'd still rather put up with Bruce Willis. |
Habanero2
Citizen
Username: Habanero2
Post Number: 47
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 7:43 pm: | |
40% of people believe in ghosts, so 13% for the asteroid seems low.
50% of people think their taxes should be higher (or at least that my taxes should be higher) so 13% again seems low.
90% of people in France think Sadaam is a better human being than Bush (again 50% of Americans think that) so 13% worry about asteroids seems unbelievably low.
"You kids today have it easy. When I was a kid everything was HUGE. My dad was nearly four times bigger than me. You couldn't even see the tops of counters.... Then gradually everything became smaller until it was the manageable size it is today." |
dacar
Citizen
Username: Dacar
Post Number: 80
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 7:51 pm: | |
I'm more worried about Kerry hitting washington |
Soda
Citizen
Username: Soda
Post Number: 1213
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 8:52 am: | |
"Bring it on"--Dubya |
anon
Citizen
Username: Anon
Post Number: 1062
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 4:36 pm: | |
Is "maxim" an archetectural magazine or a travel magazine? Did they show The Paris Hilton because they were featuring that particular building or were they doing an article about vacationing in France? |
clkelley
Citizen
Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 183
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 1:22 pm: | |
What's wrong with Vogon poetry?
Try this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/vogonpoetry/lettergen.shtml
don't panic |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 953
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 3:38 pm: | |
The thing about big asteroids hitting the Earth isn't that it's likely, it's the amount of damage they could do IF it happens. And my understanding is that we're getting overdue for an impact with a biggie.
But I'm pretty sure that an asteroid that is the size of a basketball as it strikes my house is a heck of a lot more likely (and more difficult to detect) than one that is millions of tons landing in the ocean just east of Staten Island. That is why I am secretly digging out a giant shelter a mile beneath my basement. |
Gene Z
Citizen
Username: Genez
Post Number: 39
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 4:15 pm: | |
clkelley:
Thank you, you made my day; or, what's left of it, which isn't much considering I'm still at work and then have to go home in my black car, with the black switchs and lights, and...
Oh, forget it; here's the poem:
"See, see the Polish sky
Marvel at its big Orange depths.
Tell me, Bela, do you
Wonder why the Aardvark ignores you?
Why its foobly stare
makes you feel with my fingers.
I can tell you, it is
Worried by your schnicklefritz facial growth
That looks like
An O'Doul's Amber.
What's more, it knows
Your Insider potting shed
Smells of tomato worm.
Everything under the big Polish sky
Asks why, why do you even bother?
You only charm my noses."
Never mind asteroids; it's those hyperspace by-passes that worry me!
See you at Milliways! |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 2518
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 4:17 pm: | |
notehead, why do you think we're overdue? If you flip a coin ten times and get heads each time, the likelihood of getting tails at the next flip is the same as it always was.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
|
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 850
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 4:28 pm: | |
You should worry about earthquakes.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/2939954/detail.html |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 956
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 2:46 pm: | |
Tom R: On any given day, the odds of having a big ol' asteroid smash into the Earth, destroying most organisms on the planet, and further delaying the resumption of this season of "24," are basically nil.
However, as I recall from some cool show I saw on the subject, our solar system is cruising around the periphery of the Milky Way galaxy. As it does so, it bobs in and out of the galactic plane where there is quite a lot more stuff whizzing around than there is above or below. It is when we cross this plane that we are most likely to have a major asteroid impact, and this theory is strongly supported by the evidence of the largest craters that we've discovered on Earth, and the amount of time that passed between each of those impacts. Apparently, we've been in the 'hot zone' crossing the galactic plane for a while and we are, by some measure, overdue to get smashed like a pitcher getting beaned by a line drive.
So, I wouldn't let it keep you up at night... but, on the other hand, don't feel too bad if you can't resist that 3rd slice of pizza. |
dytunck
Citizen
Username: Dytunck
Post Number: 165
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:47 pm: | |
I'm so worried about what's happening today,
In the Middle East, you know.
And I'm so worried about the baggage retrieval
System they've got at Heathrow.
I'm so worried about the fashoins today,
I don't think they're good for your feet.
And I'm so worried about the shows on TV
That sometimes they want to repeat.
I'm so worried about what's happening today,
In the Middle East, you know.
And I'm so worried about the baggage retrieval
System they've got at Heathrow.
I'm so worried about my hair falling out,
And the state of the world today.
And I'm so worried about being so full of doubt
About everything anyway.
I'm so worried about modern technology,
I'm so worried about all the things
That they dump in the sea.
I'm so worried about it, worried about it,
Worried, worried, worried.
I'm so worried about everything that can go wrong.
I'm so worried about whether people like this song.
I'm so worried about this very next verse,
It isn't the best that I've got.
And I'm so worried about whether I should go on
Or whether I shouldn't just stop.
I'm so worried about whether I ought to have stopped.
And I'm so worried because it's the sort of thing I ought to know.
And I'm so worried about the baggage retrieval
System they've got at Heathrow.
I'm so worried about whether I should have stopped then,
I'm so worried that I'm driving everyone round the bend.
And I'm so worried about the baggage retrieval
System they've got at Heathrow.
- Terry Jones (MPFC)
Dytunck
`'|'`'|'`'|'`' |
mfpark
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 256
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:49 pm: | |
So long, and thanks for all the fish...... |
Crazyguggenheim
Citizen
Username: Crazyguggenheim
Post Number: 542
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:57 pm: | |
Call me crazy, but I'm worried they might run out of beer at the Pub.
Call me crazy |
Marilyn May
Citizen
Username: Marilynmay
Post Number: 236
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, April 4, 2004 - 10:43 pm: | |
I heard on channel 4 that the asteroid was going to hit at 4:04 on 4-4-4 at latitude 4 and longitude 4. |
Marilyn May
Citizen
Username: Marilynmay
Post Number: 237
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, April 4, 2004 - 10:45 pm: | |
Forsooth and Alas, I should have added, had I been forthright! |
Ed May
Citizen
Username: Edmay
Post Number: 2024
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, April 4, 2004 - 10:48 pm: | |
I MIGHT HAVE BELIEVED it would hit on 6-6-6 at 6:06 but i don't get channel 6. You need a sixth sense about these things. |
JJC
Citizen
Username: Mercury
Post Number: 228
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 5, 2004 - 11:23 am: | |
I am worried about being hit by something falling off the Time Warner bldg... |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1564
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 5, 2004 - 6:58 pm: | |
I think Channel 4 has the asteroid pinned in a circular weather pattern first uncovered by NEXRAD 4. Apparently they are hoping to pulverize it using a combination of Al Roker and Doppler 4000. The technology is not new (well, Al is remade, but essentially still human), but the application is a breakthrough. Bruce Willis has bought the rights. |
Closed: New threads not accepted on this page