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New study shows how gamma-ray bursts could end life on Earth
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| 8 Oct 2011
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 10/09/2011 8:28:11 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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It's been nice knowing y'all.
To: smokingfrog
the blasts could be contributing to the depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer.
Oh really? Imagine that.
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:32:05 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: smokingfrog
This is obviously a pre-emptive attempt by friends of George W. Bush to prevent him from being blamed for the extinction of life on earth when it happens. Blame some innocent gamma rays instead of blaming Bush and his oil industry buddies.
If gamma rays have caused earlier extinctions, that would mean that Gary Larson (The Far Side) was wrong when he attributed the dinosaurs' going extinct to their smoking cigarettes.
To: smokingfrog
Somebody get Algore on this right away.
Gamma ray credits?
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:35:37 PM PDT
by
moovova
(Report my sarcastic, fear-mongering lies to www.AttackWatch.com by clicking HERE.)
To: tet68
According to Marvel Comics we just get green and ornery.
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:39:38 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Verginius Rufus
There is a simple solution.
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:40:26 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: smokingfrog; SevenofNine
Holy Clap! Gamera!
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:40:42 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: smokingfrog
My Gamma used to have outbursts all the time. She was a mean old bitc#.
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:41:34 PM PDT
by
NeverForgetBataan
(To the German Commander -- ..........................NUTS !)
To: NeverForgetBataan
My Gamma made a mean cherry pie.
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:45:48 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: smokingfrog
How is this new? This was in a college course I had nearly 40 years ago.
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posted on
10/09/2011 8:55:15 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter Hobbit)
To: mylife
But Gamera is FRIEND OF CHILDREN!!!
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posted on
10/09/2011 9:28:09 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: tet68
Ah, but how will it effect my Man-in-the-Moon marigolds?
To: Calvin Locke
Dang it. Should be “...affect”...
To: smokingfrog
“could be contributing to the depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer”
lets ban xray bursts like we did cfcs
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posted on
10/09/2011 9:39:45 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: NeverForgetBataan
Holy crap, I just spewed on my keyboard.
Laugh out loud of the day !
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posted on
10/09/2011 9:44:57 PM PDT
by
onona
(At the end of your life, you will be judged on love.)
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To: dila813
Well, the fact that we are here as the result of billions of years of life on this planet is evidence that this isn’t something that I should lose sleep over. Could it happen? Yes. Is it likely to happen in my lifetime? The odds would probably be worse than me hitting Powerball and Megamillions in the same week on $1.00 bets.
The “we are here” logic has also been used to demonstrate that the sun’s output is (reasonably) stable, and hasn’t had any (serious) outbursts for at least 500 million years.
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posted on
10/09/2011 10:19:13 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/09/2011 10:21:41 PM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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