http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-5472 Richard Burg Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:46:50 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-5472 In the end was the beginning! I dunno about you, but I awoke in an alternate universe on September 10. The governor of Alaska spoke on TV about the future. I am now convinced the sun won't shine for a long, long time ... perhaps until the next time the sun circles the earth! In the end was the beginning! I dunno about you, but I awoke in an alternate universe on September 10. The governor of Alaska spoke on TV about the future. I am now convinced the sun won’t shine for a long, long time … perhaps until the next time the sun circles the earth!

]]> http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-5454 Scott Correy Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:58:55 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-5454 Yay, we survived! Not that I was the least bit worried ;) Yay, we survived! Not that I was the least bit worried ;)

]]> http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-5390 Betting on the end of the world Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:10:42 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-5390 [...] here it is. And check the prizes for winner and loser. Very subtle, very funny. There’s even a video showing what it’s going to look like for the lucky few who might be out in space that [...] [...] here it is. And check the prizes for winner and loser. Very subtle, very funny. There’s even a video showing what it’s going to look like for the lucky few who might be out in space that [...]

]]> http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-5379 Martin #744 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:07:09 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/09/04/the-end-is-nigh/#comment-5379 Cute video, but Plasma Cosmology suggests that there are no black holes, except on paper for mathematicians. My bet is that nothing disastrous will happen and when we look back on the big bang, black holes, and dark matter, we might be a little embarrassed. http://www.plasmacosmology.net/bb.html http://www.bigbangneverhappened.org/ Cute video, but Plasma Cosmology suggests that there are no black holes, except on paper for mathematicians. My bet is that nothing disastrous will happen and when we look back on the big bang, black holes, and dark matter, we might be a little embarrassed.
http://www.plasmacosmology.net/bb.html
http://www.bigbangneverhappened.org/

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