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18 hours until the end of Earth
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C.A.T.S. CEO
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Aug 7, 2008, 05:52 AM
 
Lock this thread mods, "the first high-energy collisions are planned to take place after the LHC is officially unveiled, on October 21, 2008."

I f*cked up.
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Aug 7, 2008, 07:07 AM
 
Whew! I've got things to do tomorrow.
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 07:38 AM
 
My affairs are in order.

(don't tell my wife)
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 08:33 AM
 
It's 18 hours until October 21st?
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 08:57 AM
 
l2p nub
we don't have time to stop for gas
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 09:24 AM
 
Dammit - I hope the new macbook's are announced before then.
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 09:34 AM
 
OMG!!! I just got hit in the head with a meteor!
"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 09:37 AM
 
*evil, knowing laugh*
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 10:12 AM
 


That doesn't give us a lot of time, now does it?
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 11:16 AM
 
Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO View Post
Lock this thread mods, "the first high-energy collisions are planned to take place after the LHC is officially unveiled, on October 21, 2008."

I f*cked up.
unveiled... or actually tested?

"the first high-energy collisions are planned to take place after the iPhone Shuffle is officially unveiled, on September 26, 2008"
     
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Aug 7, 2008, 11:49 AM
 
Can the meteor count as a tax exemption?

How does one get end of the world insurance anyway, can't find anything on the Lloyds of London website.
     
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Aug 9, 2008, 06:01 AM
 
I get it... 08 08 08

Well, I am still alive.
     
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Aug 9, 2008, 10:13 AM
 
Originally Posted by calverson View Post
I get it... 08 08 08

Well, I am still alive.
It's not 8-8-08 on the Jewish calendar.

It's the year 5768! (So futuristic!)

I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
     
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Aug 9, 2008, 10:25 AM
 
I predict the LHC will encounter technical troubles and starting that sucker up will be delayed until 2012.
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Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
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Aug 9, 2008, 11:12 AM
 
Originally Posted by design219 View Post
I predict the LHC will encounter technical troubles and starting that sucker up will be delayed until 2012.
Err...
Joe: "Hey Frank, is the red cable supposed to run into this green-thing..."
Frank: "Ah, I'm color blind hey"
(thud)
Joe: " We gotta start again."
     
   
 
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