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Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:36 pm
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Re: Things That Made You Happy Today
My money's on an asteroid strike!
Oolite Naval Attaché
Talvieno wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:04 amThat's a neat list. Most of these are highly unlikely, and those that are probable or guaranteed aren't showstoppers. Magnetic pole reversal, for instance, has happened a number of times. Only real difference is we didn't have electronics back then, and as I understand it, the reversal would probably wreak some havoc there. As to the rogue black hole, if something gets close enough to emit harmful radiation, we have bigger problems... such as Neptune leaving orbit for an intimate visit with us.Flatfingers wrote: ↑Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:51 pm1. Long Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) from a supernova within ~500 light-years
2. Short GRB from a neutron star merger "kilonova" within ~50 light-years
3. Rogue star or black hole nears the solar system and alters planetary orbits
4. Rogue black hole "eats" material within solar system, emitting system-wide lethal radiation
5. Potentially Hazardous Asteroid, or a comet, strikes the Earth
6. Magnetic pole reversal (resulting in several years with no planetary shield against cosmic radiation)
7. Super-volcano (Yellowstone eruption similar in scale to the Toba eruption 70K years ago)
8. Major Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) event, which would destroy most of Earth's power grid
9. Mega-tsunami (e.g., the supposed Canary Island collapse)
10. Major climate change (-60 degrees F, versus today's 60 degrees F average, versus 90 degrees F) [both lower and upper have occurred naturally]
This post definitely belongs in the topic "Things That Made You Happy Today" because none of the things listed above have happened lately....
This! One should never put all one's Basques in one exit!Flatfingers wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:11 pmAnd again, my main takeaway is: we're living on borrowed time and need to get some humans living off this one rock as soon as possible.
Cody wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:45 amThis! One should never put all one's Basques in one exit!Flatfingers wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:11 pmAnd again, my main takeaway is: we're living on borrowed time and need to get some humans living off this one rock as soon as possible.
They are awesome and prevent me from getting migraine after 5+ hours in a bus / plane / car.
What about trains? They don't work on trains? You don't like trains?
I actually like trains and prefer them to other means of transportation. The pillow thingy works there, too, obviously, but I generally don't get migraine from trains, even in the Goddamn awful Spanish trains (really nice suspension, really big coaches, really smooth ride....and it costs much more than a bus for comparable ride time, so why would I ever spend the entire day in the train when I can ride an overnight bus? ). In my native Russia you get proper beds for any long-distance train anyway, so sleeping in a very uncomfortable position is not a thing.
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