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- SpectralSounds, on 10/07/2008, -3/+104"The event is not unusual – what is unique is that it's been predicted beforehand," Milani told New Scientist. "This is the first time we see something arriving, compute that it's going to impact, and announce it is going to impact before it happens."
What, you couldn't be bothered to read the paragraph directly below the one you are quoting? - Haoie, on 10/07/2008, -5/+69Kind of misleading: When you read a title like that, you think massive destruction, ala Armageddon.
- oli5993, on 10/07/2008, -3/+65"The event is not unusual – what is unique is that it's been predicted beforehand," Milani told New Scientist. "This is the first time we see something arriving, compute that it's going to impact, and announce it is going to impact before it happens."
- AmyVernon, on 10/07/2008, -2/+63THE END IS NIGH!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, wait. It's not. - dampeal, on 10/07/2008, -3/+58Quick... Call Bruce Willis!
- ZeroCubed, on 10/07/2008, -2/+50Thank goodness it's tiny. I read the headline and I panicked, thinking "Why the hell isn't this front page and on TV?". Should be headlined "Tiny Meteorite Found on Collision Course with Earth". Of cours, it may not even collide - it might "burn up in the atmosphere". Too bad they can't organize a mission to go see it though - great video documentation of an actual collision! Now THAT'S something I wanna see in an imax!
So, perhaps because they missed this chance, they'll organize a crew for future chances. A crew that at any time could be deployed to document, video tape and photograph collisions. An actual, real collision. None of the computer CGI stuff. - fugeelama, on 10/07/2008, -0/+26Old news, it burned up in the atmosphere over Sudan this morning.
Also, your story is a dupe of a dupe... - HerrWolf, on 10/07/2008, -0/+25Did it destroy the Earth?
- TimmyA, on 10/07/2008, -3/+25It already hit, this morning: http://www.spaceweather.com/
- Renton, on 10/07/2008, -0/+20And if it attaches to your head, its a metroid.
- w00dyt, on 10/07/2008, -1/+18Welcome to digg
- ditster, on 10/07/2008, -0/+16haha, yeah. The titles are meant to be catchy. Would you have read the article if it was, "Insignificant and comparatively small piece of space dirt to enter Earth atmosphere soon".
- whiteknives, on 10/07/2008, -1/+16Predicted for the first time. Meaning this is the first time that we've seen it coming.
- SirWho, on 10/07/2008, -0/+15pffff! ***** it, let's go bowling
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -0/+12Great - now I've got an epic mental image of Bruce Willis being flung via catapult.
- brianjlowry, on 10/07/2008, -0/+12I doubt that there is a direct 1:1 correlation with the ability to discover things further out.
- Nidy1, on 10/07/2008, -0/+12You submitted the story hours after it hit Earth...
/facepalm - inactive, on 10/07/2008, -1/+13Send a Bruce Willis at it.
- cyrix, on 10/07/2008, -0/+11Meteoroid*
After they hit earth they're meteorites. It becomes a meteor when it's traveling through the atmosphere. The more you know *cues rainbow* - Harabeck, on 10/07/2008, -0/+11I think the title would have had some more caps and exclamation points if it was really armageddon.
- Recidivus, on 10/07/2008, -1/+12Why not just send in some oil rig workers to detonate a nuke just below it's surface? Seems like a flawless plan.
- anagoge, on 10/07/2008, -2/+12I GOT 99 PROBLEMS BUT A 'ROID AINT ONE
- speedk0re, on 10/07/2008, -1/+10DONT WANNA CLOSEEEE MY EYEEEEEEEES
DONT WANNNNNNNA FALL ASLEEEEEEEEP - BeatPunchbeef, on 10/07/2008, -1/+9Note to self: Do NOT rely on Digg for timely information on major, potentially death-bringing meteorites.
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -0/+8I hope when its a big one they see it a little earlier and give us a bit more notice.
- ABadPerson, on 10/07/2008, -8/+15EVERYONE PANIC FOR NO REASON!!!!!!!!
- SuperJimmyJimbo, on 10/07/2008, -0/+7pffff! screw A.J., send The Dude.
- Recidivus, on 10/07/2008, -2/+8Not misleadingl. It's a rock, in space, heading for Earth. It isn't their fault you're all doom n gloom.
- fluxion, on 10/07/2008, -2/+8tough crowd
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -0/+6AAAHHHH!!!!!
- SirFragsMore, on 10/07/2008, -0/+6Screw that send Donny.
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -0/+6I'm thinking a trebuchet... a really, really, big one.
- billbugger, on 10/07/2008, -10/+15Send a small nuke at it.
- Lith25, on 10/07/2008, -0/+5REPTAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
- philosophiste, on 10/07/2008, -1/+6That's why you shouldn't keep your entire species at the bottom of the same gravity well.
- ashwinmudigonda, on 10/07/2008, -2/+6The operative word, my dear Luddites, is "found"
Think. This is the first step towards reaching an almost 100% prediction of all the NEO's orbits. Currently, the number of people working on computing the trajectories of all potential Near Earth Objects can manage a shift at McD's. Economy schmeconomy. This is like a foreclosure notice to the whole planet. - inactive, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4There have been two people say this before you. You must read every comment before commenting.... EVERY COMMENT! READ!
- adamroach, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4No.
- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -9/+13Are people not on edge enough with the economy that you need to post this sensationalized description?
- adamroach, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4Could the title be a little more dramatic?
- Alli3388, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4Oh good. Now if a giant asteroid is going to hit Earth and kill us all, we'll know a day before it happens. :-S
- odigity, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4I saw this Digg article. First thing I did was read the article (imagine that), and noticed that according to the article, it would hit Tuesday morning. I then noticed this article was posted to Digg... Tuesday afternoon. After the damn thing already hit.
Next, I started scrolling down the comments looking to see if anyone had noticed this very obvious fact. Three pages down, you sir, get the prize.
For *****'s sake... the story was over before it was posted. The Digg headline should have been "tiny meteorite hit around Sudan this morning, doing nothing special". - the2989, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4This rock already hit, where's the footage?
- HerrWolf, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4And we'll read about it on Digg a few hours after the impact...
- nikedude, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4I for one am glad we got like 3 hours of advanced notice
- expert01, on 10/07/2008, -0/+3Don't they predict meteor showers all the time?
- shutaro, on 10/07/2008, -5/+8DOOM! Send Bruce Willis!
- angrycat, on 10/07/2008, -1/+4They don't have video cameras in Sudan.
- godofallcows, on 10/07/2008, -0/+3I bet it will collide with the Hadron and both will team up with the killer bees from mexico and y2k and kill us all in a huge blackhole/crater/stinging/computer orgy.
- BossKey, on 10/07/2008, -4/+7Old. Space rock hit the Earth in the 1970s, and I have the Yes albums to prove it.
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