it's Five Minutes to Midnight, prepare to die soon(ish)

[CptStern]

Doomsday clock: midnight is described as "catastrophic destruction" so the closer we get to midnight the closer we are to "catastrophic destruction"

IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
2007 ? The world stands at the brink of a second nuclear age. The United States and Russia remain ready to stage a nuclear attack within minutes, North Korea conducts a nuclear test, and many in the international community worry that Iran plans to acquire the Bomb. Climate change also presents a dire challenge to humanity. Damage to ecosystems is already taking place; flooding, destructive storms, increased drought, and polar ice melt are causing loss of life and property.

with daylight savings time is the time now 1.55am? that cant be good


the reasoning behind the 5 to midnight:

WASHINGTON, D.C. and LONDON, ENGLAND - January 17, 2006 -- The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) is moving the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock today from seven to five minutes to midnight. Reflecting global failures to solve the problems posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, the decision by the BAS Board of Directors was made in consultation with the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors, which includes 18 Nobel Laureates.

BAS announced the Clock change today at an unprecedented joint news conference held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC, and the Royal Society in London. In a statement supporting the decision to move the hand of the Doomsday Clock, the BAS Board focused on two major sources of catastrophe: the perils of 27,000 nuclear weapons, 2000 of them ready to launch within minutes; and the destruction of human habitats from climate change. In articles by 14 leading scientists and security experts writing in the January-February issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (http://www.thebulletin.org), the potential for catastrophic damage from human-made technologies is explored further.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-01/bota-dcm011707.php




here's a chart showing how close we've been over the years:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._graph.svg/800px-Doomsday_Clock_graph.svg.png

here's a descriptive timeline of events:

http://www.thebulletin.org/minutes-to-midnight/timeline.html



doomsday clock

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Lol, 1991 is the best.

 

[CptStern]

ok since you people are too dull witted to make a comment I will :E



last week at the bank while waiting for the teller to finish depositing/raping my account I noticed a clock that had a small sign beside it saying something to the affect of "is it time to plan your investments" ..the clock read 2 minutes to midnight ..near armageddon ..I said to the teller something like "it's 2 minutes to midnight are you expecting a nuclear war?" ...she looked at me blankly ..I explained the atomic clock and then she stared at me blankly ....I fully expected her to say..

"it's pronounced "nu-cu-ler""






people are dumb





edit: it's no surprise the first person who replies is named Atomic piggy

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

This is nonsense.

 

[Polaris]

April fools!

Wait....OH SHI-

 

[No Limit]

We're All Gonna Die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CptStern]

it's game over man!!!


oh and


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE4FHolkO94

 

[PvtRyan]

Why isn't the Cuban Missile Crisis on that timeline? Surely, that was 1 minute to midnight?

 

[CptStern]

I read somewhere that it was because iit started and ended so fast that the clock couldnt be officially updated in time ..after the crisis it would have returned to the the time it was before the crisis

 

[French Ninja]

Can't we just bioengineer a creature to emit a shockwave in the center of NYC and kill 1/2 the city to scare the world into funneling all technology against aliens and abandon the arms race?

 

[<RJMC>]

Can't we just bioengineer a creature to emit a shockwave in the center of NYC and kill 1/2 the city to scare the world into funneling all technology against aliens and abandon the arms race?

dont forget the boat to the antartic.............................................