Comments on: Watch the DA14 asteroid flyby: live video stream http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 06:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: texas cable guy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657746 texas cable guy Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657746  Duh.  Video surveillance will not reduce the risk of being killed by eating carrots either.   Duh.  Video surveillance will not reduce the risk of being killed by eating carrots either. 

]]> By: texas cable guy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657716 texas cable guy Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657716 The "geosynchronous" orbit should have been labeled the "geostationary" orbit.  It's indeed true that a geostationary orbit is also geosynchronous; however the reverse is not true.  There's an infinite number of geosynchronous orbits, but only one of them is geostationary.  By extension, there's an infinite number of geosynchronous orbits that intersect the trajectory of the DA14 asteroid. The “geosynchronous” orbit should have been labeled the “geostationary” orbit.  It’s indeed true that a geostationary orbit is also geosynchronous; however the reverse is not true.  There’s an infinite number of geosynchronous orbits, but only one of them is geostationary.  By extension, there’s an infinite number of geosynchronous orbits that intersect the trajectory of the
DA14 asteroid.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657187 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657187 Fixed. Fixed.

]]> By: KWillets http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657134 KWillets Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657134 The ACLU has produced a study showing that video surveillance will not reduce the risk of being killed by an asteroid. The ACLU has produced a study showing that video surveillance will not reduce the risk of being killed by an asteroid.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657090 Cowicide Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657090 The Earth will be OK, it'll just be a flesh wound. The Earth will be OK, it’ll just be a flesh wound.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657084 theophrastvs Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657084 this is as good as any spot to ask: when someone includes an image in this way (which is how exactly?) how do we enlarge it?  for me the image is just linked back to the article top; and i see no other link ...whoops <b>now</b> it's working 'correctly' nevermind. this is as good as any spot to ask: when someone includes an image in this way (which is how exactly?) how do we enlarge it?  for me the image is just linked back to the article top; and i see no other link …whoops now it’s working ‘correctly’ nevermind.

]]> By: Alex http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657080 Alex Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657080 They stopped streaming, I think because it's finally headed down and entering the atmosphere They stopped streaming, I think because it’s finally headed down and entering the atmosphere

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657064 Cowicide Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657064 Shit... Shit…

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657060 Cowicide Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657060 Screenshot... Screenshot…

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657059 Cowicide Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657059 I'm watching it live now, it appears pill-shaped.  Could this be a huge drug capsule being thrown across the galaxy into the waiting mouth of a giant flying spaghetti monster in space? And what will this giant beast do once it's high?  <i>We're all gonna die.</i> I’m watching it live now, it appears pill-shaped.  Could this be a huge drug capsule being thrown across the galaxy into the waiting mouth of a giant flying spaghetti monster in space?

And what will this giant beast do once it’s high?

 We’re all gonna die.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657056 Cowicide Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657056 I'm watching it live right now from the Gingin Observatory, Australia cam.  It doesn't look like it's getting larger and larger as it streaks across the sky, so I think we'll survive it. I’m watching it live right now from the Gingin Observatory, Australia cam.  It doesn’t look like it’s getting larger and larger as it streaks across the sky, so I think we’ll survive it.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657040 theophrastvs Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657040  if you call this living  if you call this living

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657033 Nicky G Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657033 I guess we lived? I guess we lived?

]]> By: KBert http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/watch-the-asteroid-flyby-live.html#comment-1657019 KBert Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213312#comment-1657019 Boing Boing404: Nope Boing Boing404: Nope

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