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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 04/20/2007 : 10:00:11
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This is one of those terms that has a thousand meanings, most of which bug the shit out of me. Most people say it in reference to any calamity which would 'stone age' humans. I for one am taking this term back where it belongs! The end of humanity =/= the end of the world, nor does the lack of civilization.
The end of the world will only happen when the planet is no more. <-- note the period!
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2007 : 10:51:59 [Permalink]
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| Perhaps when people use it to mean "end of humanity" or "end of civilization" they're saying "it's the end of the world (as we know it)." You may or may not feel fine about that. |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2007 : 11:16:44 [Permalink]
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Japanese film illustrates large asteroid impact. This would be The End.  (As far as life is concerned, though perhaps some microbes might survive to start it all over again.)
(The Acropolis ruin surviving is a nice touch.)  |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2007 : 11:57:08 [Permalink]
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| Yeah it would take an dwarf planet 1/4 our size to really do the trick, these pesky bacteria lie dormant in water drops trapped in deep salt deposits. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2007 : 14:35:59 [Permalink]
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The English rock band City Boy made an album called "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" in which all songs more or less revolved around different aspects of "the end of the world".
Ranging from "When you're lonely it's only the end of the world"
to "I've got no more use for my radio: the whole world ended just an hour ago..."
and "run for your life, the earth's caught fire"
I love the album, and if you enjoy well thought out lyrics, and enjoy rock from the late 70s early 80s, give the album a listen.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/20/2007 : 15:05:55 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Chippewa
Japanese film illustrates large asteroid impact. This would be The End. (As far as life is concerned, though perhaps some microbes might survive to start it all over again.)
(The Acropolis ruin surviving is a nice touch.)
Absolutely frightening animation. But I had a problem with that one scene. I can't imagine the marble structure of the Acropolis glowing red-hot. Doesn't marble break down and turn to powder at much lesser temperatures?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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McQ
Skeptic Friend
USA
258 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2007 : 15:25:58 [Permalink]
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| This wouldn't happen if everyone on the planet was a Ki Master. We could take the punch of any asteroid, or even deflect it away before it hit. |
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2007 : 17:23:00 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
...But I had a problem with that one scene. I can't imagine the marble structure of the Acropolis glowing red-hot. Doesn't marble break down and turn to powder at much lesser temperatures?
I think the Acropolis part was just a little poetic license - the animators are showing everything being vaporized - but a remnant of ancient Greek civilization symbolically endures. |
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 05:18:49 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Chippewa:
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
...But I had a problem with that one scene. I can't imagine the marble structure of the Acropolis glowing red-hot. Doesn't marble break down and turn to powder at much lesser temperatures?
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I think the Acropolis part was just a little poetic license - the animators are showing everything being vaporized - but a remnant of ancient Greek civilization symbolically endures.
I think they were illustrating the superior power of Zeus. |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
1536 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2007 : 06:45:46 [Permalink]
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It's the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine.
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