We would have seen it. Duh.

Can we some how find a way to concentrate the burst towards Florida?

" tomorrow to 500,000 years from now"

oh

so did it hit while he was typing the thread title? does this mean it's over, because that -

Pretty sure that physicist in the OP is quoting Overkill lyrics.

I thought he retired the other day.

A 10 second blue flash...I think I'll duck for cover after 7. :thumb:

We should look to immediately start building up the CO2 in our atmosphere as a protective layer for when we lose the rest of the ozone!

So really he's talking about the near future. Make plans for the apocalypse now MUTHA****AS.

See...this is where those biblical doom prophets (Harold Camping?) go wrong.......they always give an exact date.

I mean, c'mon.....with 500,000 years as your window of opportunity.......people will really have to go the extra mile to call you out if it doesnt happen!

Too vague to discredit, but precise enough to apply for government funding. Who says our educational system doesn't produce smart people?

I believe it is "for all intensive purposes"

I ****ing LOLLED over this comment. :LOL::LOL:

Also, was I the only satirical, sarcastic asshole who read the first paragraph thinking "There isn't a Star WR wearing Jersey #104"? Perhaps I just miss football season lol.

Can we get that Dave scientist guy in here? I don't know much about science, but how fast do gamma rays and optical photons travel? Faster than the speed of light? Cause the planet is 8,000 light years away.