r2Dtoo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1332519901' post='2406144'] Yeah, I plan to reach a certain level of preparedness, for instance if we have to flee the country. Or hole up in our house for however long. It's just common sense, really. [/quote] You left out a super-volcano eruption of Yellowstone, or if something the size of Neptune crashes into the Earth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1332520130' post='2406148'] You left out a super-volcano eruption of Yellowstone, or if something the size of Neptune crashes into the Earth... [/quote] Clearly you've never seen my blast shelter blueprints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 But how is that going to help if Neptune comes crashing down from the heavens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 It's a pretty strong blast shelter. Are you familiar with the famous "diamond car crash" thought experiment?Due to extensive research done by the Fourchon University of Science, diamond has been confirmed as the the hardest metal known the man. The research is as follows. Pocket-protected scientists built a wall of iron and crashed a diamond car into it at 400 miles per hour, and the car was unharmed. They then built a wall out of diamond and crashed a car made of iron moving at 400 miles an out into the wall, and the wall came out fine. They then crashed a diamond car made of 400 miles per hour into a wall, and there were no survivors. They crashed 400 miles per hour into a diamond travelling at iron car. Western New York was powerless for hours. They rammed a wall of metal into a 400 mile per hour made of diamond, and the resulting explosion shifted the earth's orbit 400 million miles away from the sun, saving the earth from a meteor the size of a small Washington suburb that was hurtling towards midwestern [url="http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Prussia"]Prussia[/url] at 400 billion miles per hour. They shot a diamond made of iron at a car moving at 400 walls per hour, and as a result caused two wayward airplanes to lose track of their bearings, and make a fatal crash with two buildings in downtown New York. They spun 400 miles at diamond into iron per wall. The results were inconclusive. Finally, they placed 400 diamonds per hour in front of a car made of wall travelling at miles, and the result proved without a doubt that diamonds were the hardest metal of all time, if not just the hardest metal known the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1332512507' post='2406043'] i love cracked [/quote] Me too! I actually used their stuff from one article in a lecture once, and everyone thought I got it from a purely academic source... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Well, actually if a Neptune like object crashed into the Earth it would look more like this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO45ZiGql8E[/media] Except in this scenario, Earth would be destroyed, considering it's mass would be way smaller than Neptune. Your blast shelter would just get blasted along with Earth. You need a teleportation device... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB0o-mHhNfw[/media] One with longer range, and better durabilty, but it's still vital for your existence. Edited March 23, 2012 by r2Dtoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1332521744' post='2406170'] Well, actually it would look more like this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO45ZiGql8E[/media] Except in this scenario, Earth would be destroyed, considering it's mass would be way smaller than Neptune. Your blast shelter would just get blasted along with Earth. You need a teleportation device... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB0o-mHhNfw[/media] One with longer range, and better durabilty, but it's still vital for your existence. [/quote] I don't think you're fully understanding the implications of a blast shelter made from diamond, the hardest metal known the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1332521814' post='2406171'] I don't think you're fully understanding the implications of a blast shelter made from diamond, the hardest metal known the man. [/quote] I don't think you understand the full implications of Neptune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 0:36 illustrates the point nicely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1332521995' post='2406173'] I don't think you understand the full implications of Neptune. [/quote] Is Neptune made of diamond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Maybe this Neptune like object is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1332510649' post='2406024'] Aristotle wrote a lot books, and is still well regarded in the scientfic community. I beleive he was the first person to even theorize that atoms existed, even if he was completely wrong about them. [/quote] No, he was a latecomer Jain philosophers discussed the existence of atoms in the sixth century, BC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1332522473' post='2406178'] Maybe this Neptune like object is... [/quote] Now you're just grasping at straws. Thank God that some of us have actually done our homework on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1332522765' post='2406183'] No, he was a latecomer Jain philosophers discussed the existence of atoms in the sixth century, BC. [/quote] Buddhist philosophers probably discussed it around that time too, because Buddhism rejects the existence of "wholes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 All the better to poke you in the eye with! *poke* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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