The Doomsday clock is moved & set to be 5 minutes to midnight - Page 2

Officerpuppy · 01-20-07, 01:57 AM

Would anyone be left alive to move the clock foward assuming doomsday was upon us?

Some 200 years from now the clock will be in some alien museum, one alien says to the other "ah those humans couldnt even get that right could they".

Zinmar · 01-20-07, 02:17 AM

I clean hazardous materials for a living and a nuc war doesn't really scare me. I know what they are capable of doing and what has been hyped up my hollywood. If you are outside the initial impact zone your chances of survival are pretty good. Alpha particles are only hazardous to your body if they are taken in somehow, breating, swallowing..etc. They are only able to travel a few inches from the material before they die. Now admittadly in a blast they will be thrown over a larger radius but that fact still applies. Beta is stopped by our skin, now it can still effect you detrimentaly if ingested somehow, but over all just a little more dangerous as it travels just a little farther from the substance than the alpha. Now the big worry is the Gamma, this is a strictly energy factor and will pass thru our bodies and damage all the organs as it passes thru. Heavy shielding, and as much distance as possible are the best option when dealing with this slippery bugger. Just my 2 cents worth.

nikimcbee · 01-21-07, 01:39 AM

Oh, I thought this was the Hilary thread

...I'll go over there

Bort · 01-21-07, 05:16 AM

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Do you think the Doomsday clock has a cuckoo? :rotfl:

If it does, will anyone ever get to hear it?:hmm:

I suppose it's sort of like, "if a tree falls in the woods..."

Oberon · 01-21-07, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by peterloo

On 12th Jan, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in a press release noted that the Doomsday clock was to be moved forward to highlight the "Most Perilous Period Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

So I guess the Cold War doesn't count? Or the period in the 1950s when it was two minutes to midnight...or even as recent as 1984 when it went to three minutes to midnight?

It's worrying yeah, but nothing as bad as it used to be....yet.

bookworm_020 · 01-21-07, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Oh, I thought this was the Hilary thread

...I'll go over there

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! HA!

STEED · 01-21-07, 06:47 PM

Panic over people I have just taken a hammer to the doomsday clock. Let's party.

tycho102 · 01-21-07, 07:26 PM

And who is it that determines the "time" on this clock? Physicists? Mathematicians? University professors?

Sounds like a bloody accurate clock to me!

Oberon · 01-21-07, 07:31 PM

Of course it's accurate! It's an atomic clock!

STEED · 01-21-07, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Of course it's accurate! It's an atomic clock!

Was until I took a hammer to it.

But I suspect there's a back up clock some where.

Oberon · 01-21-07, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Of course it's accurate! It's an atomic clock!

Was until I took a hammer to it.

But I suspect there's a back up clock some where.

Aaah, so when Queen did 'Hammer to Fall' it wasn't about nuclear war, it was about the hammer hitting the nuclear clock!

I see now!!

01-21-07, 01:39 AM	#18
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Oh, I thought this was the Hilary thread ...I'll go over there __________________

01-21-07, 06:47 PM	#22
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Panic over people I have just taken a hammer to the doomsday clock. Let's party. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

01-20-07, 01:57 AM	#16
Officerpuppy Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mansfield, TX Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Would anyone be left alive to move the clock foward assuming doomsday was upon us? Some 200 years from now the clock will be in some alien museum, one alien says to the other "ah those humans couldnt even get that right could they".

01-20-07, 02:17 AM	#17
Zinmar Commander Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 304 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 0	I clean hazardous materials for a living and a nuc war doesn't really scare me. I know what they are capable of doing and what has been hyped up my hollywood. If you are outside the initial impact zone your chances of survival are pretty good. Alpha particles are only hazardous to your body if they are taken in somehow, breating, swallowing..etc. They are only able to travel a few inches from the material before they die. Now admittadly in a blast they will be thrown over a larger radius but that fact still applies. Beta is stopped by our skin, now it can still effect you detrimentaly if ingested somehow, but over all just a little more dangerous as it travels just a little farther from the substance than the alpha. Now the big worry is the Gamma, this is a strictly energy factor and will pass thru our bodies and damage all the organs as it passes thru. Heavy shielding, and as much distance as possible are the best option when dealing with this slippery bugger. Just my 2 cents worth.

01-21-07, 07:26 PM	#23
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And who is it that determines the "time" on this clock? Physicists? Mathematicians? University professors? Sounds like a bloody accurate clock to me!

01-21-07, 07:31 PM	#24
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Of course it's accurate! It's an atomic clock!