/sci/ - Science & Math

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416272]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110119-yellowstone-park-supervolcano-eruption-magma-
science/

Yellowstone National Park's supervolcano just took a deep "breath," causing miles of ground to rise dramatically, scientists report.

The simmering volcano has produced major eruptions—each a thousand times more powerful than Mount St. Helens's 1980 eruption—three times in the past 2.1 million years. Yellowstone's caldera, which covers a 25- by 37-mile (40- by 60-kilometer) swath of Wyoming, is an ancient crater formed after the last big blast, some 640,000 years ago.

Isn't it weird that Future Guy predicted exactly this?

[CNS !ZB6kpElKD6 No.2416278]

This is going to be fuel for the 2012 apocalypse fearing people.

[Anonymous No.2416283]

>>2416278
>implying people on the subway haven't randomly started talking at me about birds dying and fish without eyes and other random shit

this is going to be the two most annoying years of my life

[Anonymous No.2416286]

Future Guy was fun. I enjoyed suspending my disbelief, and either he was telling the truth or he was a bloody good science fiction writer.

[Anonymous No.2416294]

i'll enjoy trolling people reminding them of the anomalies (coincidences) in the world.
2012 is nigh

[Anonymous No.2416306]

I think 2012 is just going to be a excuse to get wicked drunk.

[Anonymous No.2416360]

>>2416283

Consider their back peddling the after party of it all.

[Anonymous No.2416384]

If there's a global disaster, it'll give people (read: the general public and people who can pull strings) the motivation to get into space so we don't have all our eggs in one basket anymore.

[Anonymous No.2416434]

aw man 2013 is going to be so sweet!
I am going to laugh at all the 2012 apocalypse thinkers once we had that bullshit gone.
I am lower than scum but man does it feel good

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416441]

>>2416384
I will definitely be making a Youtube video and being all Sagan-like if this happens

[Anonymous No.2416449]

>>2416434
As soon as it's over, it will be just like no one was ever worried about it. Just like y2k.

[Anonymous No.2416459]

I'm going to go to the apocalypse parties. Apocalypse parties are awesome.

[Anonymous No.2416461]

>>2416434
>>2416449
sorry to break it to you.. but when 2012 doesn't happen, they'll say the russkies were right about it being in 2019 (really, russians published that the mayans ment 2019, not 2012)

I think the same team also said that the mayans were just predicting droughts, probably only gonna affect central-america

(i'd look for sauce, but it's in a news article ((bad)) + it's in spanish)

[Anonymous No.2416464]

>>2416461
isnt 2019 the date apophis hits earth?

[Anonymous No.2416469]

>>2416441
Let's hope it works and people aren't so caught up in their own shit to care. That's the nasty thing about disasters, there's always such disorganization and panic to get anything done properly.

[Anonymous No.2416473]

So basically we want a narrow miss of a disaster? An asteroid close enough to disrupt tides or something?

[Anonymous No.2416475]

>>2416464
wat.
is it?

[Anonymous No.2416480]

>>2416459
Fuck, I want to go to an apocalypse party. That sounds like fun.

>>2416473
This would probably be ideal, maybe something a little more severe.

[Anonymous No.2416486]

>>2416464

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416498]

>>2416464
So, if Apophis really is on a collision course with the Earth, who wants to go to Cape Canaveral with fully automatic rifles and attempt to hijack one of the shuttles or rockets?

[Anonymous No.2416503]

>>2416498
well they called it apophis... you know, apophis the destroyer.
Not sure if they would do that for no reason.

[Anonymous No.2416505]

It's okay guys, I read my tea leaves and studied my star charts today. They are indicating that their will be no cataclysm in 2012. They are also telling me that they are not a true science. However, I sleep better at night.

[Anonymous No.2416515]

>>2416498
You have my sword. Or... automatic rifle.

You know how to fly a space ship? If not, I could probably figure it out, though I'm guessing there wouldn't be much room for error.

[Xlore !!oIaXoksOFZm No.2416521]

i love how no one read the article.

It says in there that scientists aren't concerned because the magma is 10 kilometers underground.

The only time they would be concerned if it was 2 or 3 kilometers.

I had to check if i was on a different board cause of all the 2012 crap and no common sense

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416523]

>>2416515
I would expect them to have computer systems for the launch, the hard part will be re-entry into Earth's atmosphere (if there's anything left worth landing on)

If not I will be taking many asparagus seeds, we will steal the ISS' fuel, and jet off to Mars. better do it while it is at a Fast Transfer distance though.

[Anonymous No.2416524]

>>2416503
Actually it was named after the Stargate SG-1 villan

[Samefag !SHjzCSZsqE No.2416525]

>>2416515
>learn how to pilot a spaceship on the fly

[Anonymous No.2416527]

>>2416498
I'm keen. What else should I bring?

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416533]

>>2416527
Relatively lightweight things with some form of ultraviolet shielding in which we can create greenhouses. If you can nick a small nuclear power generator that'd be super.

[Anonymous No.2416542]

>>2416521
It's pretty obvious what's in the article. I mean, nothing DOOMSDAY-like ever happens. It's pretty much safe to assume nothing is going to happen.

However, be prepared for the worst, always.

Which is why plans like these
>>2416523
are important!

[Xlore !!oIaXoksOFZm No.2416558]

>>2416542
>People rallying behind inurdaes' Mars obsession.

Sigh

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416560]

>>2416558
Mars, is a world of wonders

[Anonymous No.2416563]

>>2416558
Come on, it's just a little fun.

[Xlore !!oIaXoksOFZm No.2416574]

>>2416563
Not to him. He's serious.

Or a very good troll

[Anonymous No.2416590]

>>2416560
oh lord, I lol'd so hard. Thanks man, you're my favorite person of the day.

[Anonymous No.2416597]

>>2416574
Doubt it. Nobody seems to be bothered much other than yourself.

His major flaw is where he confuses hopes with accurate predictions.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416609]

>>2416597
I'm just feeling some really good change will occur relatively soon.

[Anonymous No.2416623]

>>2416609
A glorious dawn awaits.

[Anonymous No.2416627]

>>2416609
Yeah, well, depressed people feel it's never going to get better and Muslims feel that Allah's watching over them. I like you, Inurdaes, but I lack your optimism and certainty concerning the future.

[Anonymous No.2416647]

>>2416627
Things will only get better if we make them better.

[Xlore !!oIaXoksOFZm No.2416651]

>>2416597
Oh i am not bothered by it.
I understand what he wants.

Just surprised me that people rallied behind him. I used to be like him, but then i realized the difference between present reality and future reality.

>>2416609
If you are right well then you won't be the only one happy.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416660]

>>2416627
I used to feel the same way, in fact, many would expect someone who has had my life experiences to be extremely pessimistic. I am about some things, such as the future state of mainstream society, but being on the internet as frequently as I have been, reading and watching talks other educated people give and the seemingly increasing pace of progress, I see an eventual point where scientific, technological and intellectual progress will just overtake the rest, and/or split off to form the good society.

If it doesn't happen, I believe /sci/ is already aware I plan to create it if all else fails.

[Samefag !SHjzCSZsqE No.2416682]

>>2416660
>I plan to create it if all else fails.
You have my sword.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416693]

>>2416682

[Anonymous No.2416694]

Just in case people don't know of future guy here are some of his predictions for HIS timeline.

2008: Barack Obama elected president.

2009: President of North Korea dies, however details of his death are released years later.

2011, January 6th: Assassination attempt on Barack Obama.

2011, November 19th: The release of id Software's Rage.

2012: Chelsea Clinton elected president following legislation allowing the minimum age for presidency to be lowered to 21.

2016: Maynard elected president of the USA..

2016: The development of "cohabs" after "a botched attempt to curb globabl warming by removing particulate matter from the upper atmosphere"

2016: Civil war in America, .

2030: Cold sleep firms are in operation.

2037: Cold sleep firms start taking reservations.

2036: Aphosis does not collide with the Earth.

2060-2070: Alex Beyman is born.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416719]

>>2416694
Alex Beyman?

[Anonymous No.2416721]

>>2416719
Alex Beyman is futureguy

[Anonymous No.2416723]

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2416725]

>>2416721
Uh huh.

[Anonymous No.2416799]

self-fulfilling prophecy

[marinegeologyfag No.2418296]

derp derp it went up by like 10 inches guys. this does not constitute anywhere NEAR enough inflation to indicate eruption. volcanoes do this shit all the time.

mfw my study site has inflated 2.5 METERS in the last 5 years and still hasn't erupted.

[None !LoVeEKpnh2 No.2418326]

>>2416272
Do creationists have a theory of intelligent burping or something to explain this?