Author Topic: Doomsday clock hands moved from 7 to 5 minutes (Read 6925 times)

FrankZappa · « **Reply #30 on:** January 17, 2007, 01:29:37 pm »

Quote from: davepeck;131222

if jack finds the other 4 suitcase nukes in time, will the clock be turned back? :chin:

Obviously a 24 refrence (which I have not seen), but are you talking about an atomic weapon in a suitcase, or a Nuclear football?

FrankZappa · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2007, 06:58:12 am »

ah, one of my favorites.

Quote from: This day in history, 1/25

1995 : Near launching of Russian nukes

Russia\'s early-warning defense radar detects an unexpected missile launch near Norway, and Russian military command estimates the missile to be only minutes from impact on Moscow. Moments later, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, his defense minister, and his chief of staff were informed of the missile launch. The nuclear command systems switched to combat mode, and the nuclear suitcases carried by Yeltsin and his top commander were activated for the first time in the history of the Soviet-made weapons system. Five minutes after the launch detection, Russian command determined that the missile\'s impact point would be outside Russia\'s borders. Three more minutes passed, and Yeltsin was informed that the launching was likely not part of a surprise nuclear strike by Western nuclear submarines.

These conclusions came minutes before Yeltsin and his commanders should have ordered a nuclear response based on standard launch on warning protocols. Later, it was revealed that the missile, launched from Spitzbergen, Norway, was actually carrying instruments to study the aurora borealis over Svalbard. Nine days before, Norway had notified 35 countries, including Russia, of the exact details of the planned launch. The Russian Defense Ministry had received Norway\'s announcement but had neglected to inform the on-duty personnel at the early-warning center of the imminent launch. The event raised serious concerns about the quality of the former Soviet Union\'s nuclear systems.

It\'s like something Adams would have the Vogons do in Hitchhiker\'s Guide. We all die due to miss-filed paperwork.

omn8prdctns · « **Reply #32 on:** February 05, 2007, 06:17:27 pm »

i bet my kids will see it hit 2 or lower. any takers? (house gets all your stuff when we blow each other up or another ice age descends.)

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #33 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:32:24 pm »

i\'ll bet you\'ll see it strike midnight.

Klout · « **Reply #34 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:34:53 pm »

we\'ll be all good. Just think positive!!!!

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #35 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:36:13 pm »

i dont think we\'ll ALL be all good. and i never said catastrophe was going to be all bad.

Gfunk · « **Reply #36 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:49:16 pm »

:wah:

jocelyn · « **Reply #37 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:50:58 pm »

So... **** it all.

Let\'s royally **** this floating sphere up.

The faster we **** it up, the faster it\'ll be rid of us.

Polar bear shmolar bear.

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #38 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:56:25 pm »

look if it\'s going to bring about a mass transformation in human consciousness, then i\'m all about it.

jocelyn · « **Reply #39 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:06:51 am »

Well... I was just being sarcastic.

But you still win a candybar!

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #40 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:26:13 am »

sweet!

jocelyn · « **Reply #41 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:53:32 am »

Literally.

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #42 on:** February 06, 2007, 04:02:24 am »

hah! just woke up to pee and saw this and it made me laugh out loud.

Klout · « **Reply #43 on:** February 06, 2007, 08:10:33 am »

Cobb watch this video....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8689261981090121097&q=ian+xel+lungold

jocelyn · « **Reply #44 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:17:48 pm »

Quote from: Jim Cobb;133494

hah! just woke up to pee and saw this and it made me laugh out loud.

Geez man you\'re checkin .info when you get up for pee breaks during the night?

:lol: