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Silvermouse
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Joined: 12 Oct 2002
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 Posted: 02/21/05 - 02:07 Post subject: Cool universe stuff
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| Quote: | Brightest galactic flash ever detected hits Earth
Explosion briefly altered planet's upper atmosphere
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The blast originated about 50,000 light-years away and was detected Dec. 27. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers).
The commotion was caused by a special variety of neutron star known as a magnetar. These fast-spinning, compact stellar corpses -- no larger than a big city -- create intense magnetic fields that trigger explosions.The blast was 100 times more powerful than any other similar eruption witnessed, said David Palmer of Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of several researchers around the world who monitored the event with various telescopes.
"Had this happened within 10 light-years of us, it would have severely damaged our atmosphere and possibly have triggered a mass extinction," said Bryan Gaensler of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
Millions of neutron stars fill the Milky Way galaxy. A dozen or so are ultra-magnetic neutron stars -- magnetars. The magnetic field around one is about 1,000 trillion gauss, strong enough to strip information from a credit card at a distance halfway to the moon, scientists say.
Of the known magnetars, four are called soft gamma repeaters, or SGRs, because they flare up randomly and release gamma rays. The flare on SGR 1806-20 unleashed about 10,000 trillion trillion trillion watts of power. |
Wouldn't it be cool to be killed by the universe??
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kbarr
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Posts: 11239
Location: New York, now go fuck off...
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 02:11 Post subject:
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America will be the savior of the race.
America will be the country that starts the human infestation of space.
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ATM Banana
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 02 Jan 2003
Posts: 8575
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 02:54 Post subject:
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if we don't get blown up.
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Lumberg_fekdher
RealPoor Sensei
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Posts: 1923
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 03:35 Post subject:
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Who gives a shit. If we blow up, we blow up. And there is nothing the NYPD, America, or white people can do about it.
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Kintheris
Luke Warm
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
Posts: 318
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 04:17 Post subject:
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| Lumberg_Fekdher wrote: | | Who gives a shit. If we blow up, we blow up. And there is nothing the NYPD, America, or white people can do about it. |
Post of the year!
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Celestra
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 6929
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 04:23 Post subject:
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If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice.
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Renork
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Joined: 23 Jun 2003
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 04:24 Post subject:
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| Celestra wrote: | | If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice. |
viagra is mine.
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Kintheris
Luke Warm
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
Posts: 318
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 04:37 Post subject:
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| Renork wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice. |
viagra is mine. |
Wait for it....
Wait for it....
<Cue Kbarr's worthless babble>
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Celestra
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 6929
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 04:37 Post subject:
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| Renork wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice. |
viagra is mine. |
good one!~
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ATM Banana
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 02 Jan 2003
Posts: 8575
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 05:28 Post subject:
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| Celestra wrote: | | Renork wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice. |
viagra is mine. |
good one!~ |
agreed.
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Gethy
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 5599
Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 05:41 Post subject:
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| ATM Banana wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | Renork wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice. |
viagra is mine. |
good one!~ |
agreed. |
Only on account of villainy.
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Overon
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 3602
Location: PLANE OF PIXIES
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 06:24 Post subject:
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| Quote: | | A light-year is the distance light travels in a year |
lol
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Silvermouse
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 12 Oct 2002
Posts: 11015
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 06:34 Post subject:
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| Overon wrote: | | Quote: | | A light-year is the distance light travels in a year |
lol |
In the original article there were comments from the scientists reassuring everyone that there aren't any such magnetars nearby (so don't worry about death by universe lol!!!)
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kbarr
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Posts: 11239
Location: New York, now go fuck off...
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 12:01 Post subject:
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| Kintheris wrote: | | Renork wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice. |
viagra is mine. |
Wait for it....
Wait for it....
<Cue Kbarr's worthless babble> |
Here you go, fool.
http://renork.blobbynet.com/Audio/haha.lol.wav
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Yellow Journalist
RealPoor Sensei
Joined: 20 Oct 2002
Posts: 1973
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 12:17 Post subject:
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Kbarr sounds like a mario brother. You from boston or near there? Dont hear many people talk like that on the West coast.
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Qaldyin
Sir Postalot
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 12:23 Post subject:
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Kbarr - the protector of everything that is innocent!
"If you did that to my daughter I'd f**k you up".....your fat ass couldn't catch up to a granny in a wheelchair tho ^^
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Tura
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
Posts: 4866
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 12:24 Post subject:
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We'll be fine.
YJ,
Kbarr is from NY.
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Fattguyy
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 09 Sep 2003
Posts: 9911
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 12:26 Post subject:
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I would want to be killed by a crazed mexican.
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kbarr
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Posts: 11239
Location: New York, now go fuck off...
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 15:31 Post subject:
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| Qaldyin wrote: | Kbarr - the protector of everything that is innocent!
"If you did that to my daughter I'd f**k you up".....your fat ass couldn't catch up to a granny in a wheelchair tho ^^ |
You would fear me irl.
I would make you flinch.
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Silvermouse
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 12 Oct 2002
Posts: 11015
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 16:36 Post subject:
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| Kbarr wrote: | | Kintheris wrote: | | Renork wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | If I had to get killed, the universe is probably my first choice. |
viagra is mine. |
Wait for it....
Wait for it....
<Cue Kbarr's worthless babble> |
Here you go, fool.
http://renork.blobbynet.com/Audio/haha.lol.wav |
is that from that teamspeak thing? lol
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Fattguyy
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 09 Sep 2003
Posts: 9911
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 16:38 Post subject:
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Yeah 
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Tiluvas
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Joined: 19 Oct 2002
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Posted: 02/21/05 - 21:08 Post subject:
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| Quote: | | These fast-spinning, compact stellar corpses -- no larger than a big city -- create intense magnetic fields that trigger explosions.The blast was 100 times more powerful than any other similar eruption witnessed, said David Palmer of Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of several researchers around the world who monitored the event with various telescopes. |
Since when do ex-presidents become astronomical researchers?
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Silvermouse
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Posted: 02/22/05 - 04:27 Post subject:
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| Tiluvas wrote: | | Quote: | | These fast-spinning, compact stellar corpses -- no larger than a big city -- create intense magnetic fields that trigger explosions.The blast was 100 times more powerful than any other similar eruption witnessed, said David Palmer of Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of several researchers around the world who monitored the event with various telescopes. |
Since when do ex-presidents become astronomical researchers? |
Are you maybe thinking of Dwight Eisenhower?
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Occulis
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 13293
Location: Moral Relativity Central
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Posted: 02/22/05 - 13:45 Post subject:
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I'd like to be killed by god. Smitten, I guess you'd say. It would be cool to have him appear and say, "Hey. I'm real. You're an a*****e." And then strike me down with a lightning bolt. Those last few seconds would let me die in peace. Unanswered questions are such a nag.
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Celestra
RealPoor Master of Posts
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Posted: 02/22/05 - 13:52 Post subject:
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| Occulis wrote: | | I'd like to be killed by god. Smitten, I guess you'd say. It would be cool to have him appear and say, "Hey. I'm real. You're an a*****e." And then strike me down with a lightning bolt. Those last few seconds would let me die in peace. Unanswered questions are such a nag. |
hehehe
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kbarr
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Posts: 11239
Location: New York, now go fuck off...
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Posted: 02/22/05 - 14:05 Post subject:
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| Occulis wrote: | | I'd like to be killed by god. Smitten, I guess you'd say. It would be cool to have him appear and say, "Hey. I'm real. You're an a*****e." And then strike me down with a lightning bolt. Those last few seconds would let me die in peace. Unanswered questions are such a nag. |
I know its up there but I don't believe it is a micro manager. It knows we exist like I know ants exist. It doesn't know wether I had fish for lunch or sliced thigh meat harvested off the humans tied in my basement.
The LAST thing I would want to happen would to be noticed. Its never good for the ants when I actually DO pay attention to them.
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Occulis
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Location: Moral Relativity Central
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Posted: 02/22/05 - 14:29 Post subject:
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Go Kbarr! 
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