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Offline STM1993

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Earth = Dying?
« on: July 14, 2009, 10:45:02 am »
I decided to start a new topic to avoid the Soldat = Dying? thread from being flooded with off-topic posts. Those who are interested, discuss.

Everybody and everything eventually dies, that is an undeniable fact.

Even games die. For example, how many people on the face of the Earth do you think still play Goldeneye 007 on Nintendo? The old Nintendo...

In 20 years, how many people do you think will still play the Halo trilogy? Today it's one of the greatest series. Perhaps the greatest. Not in 20 years, though.

If Soldat dies, then soldat dies. One of the great things about Soldat is that it's so easy and fun to alter and modify. But even that will get old.

Soldat had a great run for a small, 2-D game. MM should be proud, but hell, even Old Yeller died.

Everybody and everything eventually dies, that is an undeniable fact.
Its just what humans use to think....
Don't think like a human...everything will be immortal...

Don't be too sure. People today have no clue how easily our life can be wiped out. It really doesn't take much. Our sun (that bright, hot thing in the sky) frequently vents out solar flares, which are enormous bursts of energy. If one of them just happens to be aimed at Earth when it erupts, say 'goodbye!' to every electrical and technological gadget, tool, vehicle, and microchip everywhere, 'cause we are goin' back to the stone age. Our recorded history will be erased, except the now-useless buldings.

The only reason why this hasn't happened is 'cause the odds that the solar flare is aimed right at the Earth are very very very low. The entire course and progress of humanity can be reset instantly... it kinda makes you appreciate the basic idea that nothing lasts forever.

And that we need to get our a$$es in outer space and on other planets. ;)

Doesn't make sense...Humans are one of the most Superior ever made species...if only they will stop being selfish and kill each other for their own fun.
edited:Oh i got a bit offtopic ^^

anyway what i want to say is..
Just look at us...i mean so many s**tty things had happened to soldat and its still a great game...
and so we are here to support it...

well maybe not support but play it like in the old times.. :)

You evolutionists are nuts. The Earth has been around for how long now. If the Earth wasn't protected, SOMETHING, would have happened to the earth in that time span, whether it be a meteor striking, solar flares, mankinds own weapons, or anything of the like.

Woah, okay, see, you're making a couple errors here, buddy...

1. It is scientific fact, agreed by all scientists, that a solar flare, if aimed directly at earth, will set us back to the Stone Age. It's FACT, not opinion or religious belief.

2. Even creationists believe this is quite true. They'll say that God had a reason for wiping out all the microchips... This has absolutely nothing to do with evolution, so whatever in your mind made you think that, needs to be reformatted... the sooner the better.

3. Earth is protected by a magnetic field and it's atmosphere. The field prevents harmful UV radiation from the sun from killing us. That's normal radiation that constantly shoots off from the sun. The atmosphere is 5 parts, exosphere (almost outer space), thermosphere (very hot) mesosphere (middle) stratosphere (getting lower) and lastly the troposphere (bottom, us.) Asteriods and meteors and whatnot burn up in the Thermosphere and Stratosphere. They start as the size of aircraft carriers, and are burnt into the size of baseballs.

"SOMETHING, would have happened to the earth in that time span"...........

Earth, if I remember correctly, is about 5.5 billion years old, and I don't know if you've heard about this or not, but there's this CRAZY theory that we had DINOSAURS, which mysteriously DISSAPEARED. Why? Oh, we're not too sure... it could've been disease, mammals eating dino eggs, or possibly a LARGE METEOR HITTING EARTH. Did you ever hear about that wild rumor?  ;)

When you think meteor hitting earth, you must think "big object strikes surface, makes big mess, but only in that area... not true. If it was a meteor that wiped out dinosaurs, the reason why it killed them all was because the impact threw up a very large cloud of dust that blocked out the sunlight across the entire planet. See, that brings us to the next weird theory called Ice Age. No, not that kiddy cartoon movie, there actually WAS an Ice Age!

Lastly, the use of electricity has only been going on for about what? 100+ years? A solar flare could've hit the planet in 750 B.C., and nobody would notice 'cause, surprise surprise, Romulus and Remus didn't exactly have a Gateway computer when they built Rome, now did they?

For all you know, Earth has been hit numerous times with solar flares. It's only 5,500,000,000 years... Not to mention the odds that a solar flare is directly aimed at Earth are pretty low.

You see, I'm not saying "tomorrow, technology will come to an end with a solar flare." I'm saying, "nothing is immortal, not even computer data, because a flare can wipe it out."

[Sigh], it's like I just gave a Science lesson here. Doesn't your school teach?

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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 10:50:47 am »
Great..someone stalks after my posts...
back to topic: well basicly you should all know that earth is not gonna be destroyed and if it will we will survive ^^ ... thats all..
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 10:54:34 am »
Oh for God's sake...

why is it that everyone here seems to misunderstand what I'm saying? Honestly, it isn't that hard to comprehend.

This is a hypothetical possibility. A very minimal possibility too. I am not saying that the world is dying. Just that hypothetically, it can easily be changed in an instant, and that you shouldn't always take things for granted.

Now I'll make you a deal: when I start getting aluminum foil out and making aluminum foil hats to keep the aliens out of my head, that is precisely when I'll start saying that the world is gonna die.

For the record, this is all HYPOTHETICAL.

Now, where is the aluminum foil, I need to make a hat (just kidding, that is a JOKE.).
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2009, 10:56:44 am »
Is Earth dying now?  Doubt it...
Next 100 years? Not likely
Is it possible to tell when? Not at all
Will it eventually "die" and make place for a whole new planet? Yes, and no humans will survive.

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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2009, 10:59:46 am »
And news coverage of Michael Jackson, let's not forget that.... 'cause it'll never stop  :P
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2009, 11:01:11 am »
And news coverage of Michael Jackson, let's not forget that.... 'cause it'll never stop  :P
Or Stephen Colbert's news reports about the news reports about Michael Jackson.
..But that's beside the point. ;p
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2009, 11:22:56 am »
Most people don't know this, but the distant star, Betelgeuse, is supposed to explode into a supernova soon.

In other words, since Betelgeuse is light-years away, it may have already supernova-ed, and is now currently, likely a black-hole. The supernova light has yet to reach us humble earthlings. However, when it does, they say it'll be an phenomenal sight to behold. The supernova's size from our POV will not only will be larger than the size  of the moon from our POV, but may continue to be there for weeks or months (though you won't be around to see it... your great grandchildren might when they're 70).

I'm bringing this up because as it is, our greatest scientists barely grasp the principles of this galaxy. This universe. Even less does the majority of people. Honestly, raise your hand if you knew about Betelgeuse. Anyone?

So if you don't even know that one of our greatest stars will soon vanish, what makes you think you know when or if the planet will be destroyed? I don't claim to know, I just claim a hypothetical possibility.
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2009, 11:31:08 am »
Most people don't know this, but the distant star, Betelgeuse, is supposed to explode into a supernova soon.

In other words, since Betelgeuse is light-years away, it may have already supernova-ed, and is now currently, likely a black-hole. The supernova light has yet to reach us humble earthlings. However, when it does, they say it'll be an phenomenal sight to behold. The supernova's size from our POV will not only will be larger than the size  of the moon from our POV, but may continue to be there for weeks or months (though you won't be around to see it... your great grandchildren might when they're 70).

I'm bringing this up because as it is, our greatest scientists barely grasp the principles of this galaxy. This universe. Even less does the majority of people. Honestly, raise your hand if you knew about Betelgeuse. Anyone?

So if you don't even know that one of our greatest stars will soon vanish, what makes you think you know when or if the planet will be destroyed? I don't claim to know, I just claim a hypothetical possibility.

*HandRising*

Well, I knew that. I don´t like discussions about an end at all since if there is an end you can´t discuss about the end when you get what I mean in the end :P End is end, it´s the final, no one could possible say when the end is near, when it will "take part in history", when all religions are right and false at once since we all die then.

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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2009, 12:32:21 pm »
Humanity and everything else on this rock will most likley kick the bucket before the rock itself does....

Like George Carlin said, that the earth had whistood meteorites, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, radiation and what else? and we worry that a bunch of plastic bags would do any damage?

UNLESS!!! aliens come and go exterminatus on our asses. :P

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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2009, 12:50:25 pm »
Humanity and everything else on this rock will most likley kick the bucket before the rock itself does....

Like George Carlin said, that the earth had whistood meteorites, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, radiation and what else? and we worry that a bunch of plastic bags would do any damage?

UNLESS!!! aliens come and go exterminatus on our asses. :P

I was already probed by a group of aliens while out on a picnic... They went "Kinky Pleasures" movie on me. *cries*
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2009, 12:57:24 pm »
MadDog is spot on. Might as well lock the topic.

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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2009, 01:31:31 pm »
Earth isn't gonna die. WE are.

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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2009, 01:43:45 pm »
2D and 3D games has their totally different charm. 3D games developes quickly and our today favorites will be overwrited by tomorrow's games.
Same goes for 2D games, theres only few 2D games with advanced game engine which makes for example Soldat very special.
But Soldat ain't an exception, someone with more greater imagination, ability and effort than MM will surpass Soldat eventually.

As for the Earth's dying, sooner or later a huge ass meteorite will hit us and scatter our precious homeland around the space.
That would definitely be a great honor to be alive when that happens.

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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2009, 01:55:18 pm »
Probably. Worrying about it won't cause it to not die though. Fix it or nothing, talking is useless.
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2009, 02:15:42 pm »
earth cant die its too fucking cool

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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2009, 03:21:24 pm »
Okay, lemme make this super easy:

After a nuclear weapon is detonated, in addition to the bomb vaporizing a very large area, it also causes an EMP.

What is an EMP?

EMP, or Electro-Magnetic Pulse, is an incredibly strong surge of energy, that can intensely increase the voltage in anything electrical until that thing is fried.

HYPOTHETICAL:

Now, a solar flare is essentially like a gigantic, super-powerful EMP that will affect the entire Earth, not just one location. Anything with a microchip will be gone. Computers, printers, vehicles, calculators, cell phones, air conditioners, wristwatches radios, Tvs, tivos (oh no!!!!!! the last episode of Lost was lost?! AHHHH!!!), outboard engines, satelites, if the space shuttle Discovery is up there....

Quite literally, the only real difference between Earth after a solar flare, and the Cromagnons in the Stone Age, is that instead of throwing stones, we're gonna be shooting each other. But hey, look at the bright side: seeing as how they're never gonna stop blathering about Michael Jackson, at least the solar flare will end it.

Again, this is all HYPOTHETICAL, but very true. So, when thinking about the apocalyse, don't just think of a big asteroid hitting Earth, think- "my Iphone won't work!!!"
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2009, 04:15:04 pm »
A note

If anyone thinks our resources are running out: uh-huh. (hint-hint: sarcastic undertones)
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2009, 04:22:24 pm »
A note

If anyone thinks our resources are running out: uh-huh.

Well, yeah, but ideally, by the time we run out of fossil fuels, we will have alternative energy sources...

like- [cracking up] like... clean coal technology! [laughing]

There's no such thing, clean coal is a myth...

So, on second thought.... good point.
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2009, 04:23:48 pm »
The world isn't "dying", it's dead.
Because it's inevitable, cause everything that has a start has an ending.
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Re: Earth = Dying?
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2009, 05:27:41 pm »
2012!
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