so basically in like 200 years or so we are all gonna be kentucky

have you ever used your light saber to open a bottle of Bud Light???????

If they blame Sport Utility Vehicles and Capitalism for Global Warming, they'll blame changing magnetic fields on computer Hard Drives and Capitalism.

Sir Spectre



Edited by - Sir Spectre on 2/1/2004 6:21:04 PM

Umm. The impression I got was that it was less than 200 years out.

Actually, I remember a report that said that one of the primary causes of global warming was bovine methane.

Edited by - Indy11 on 2/1/2004 6:23:03 PM

bearing in mind your nations love of shock tactics trying to scare its populace into thinking the wolds gonna end on a daily basis, i think we can rest assured that this is probably a big assed load of bollocks and we should all go back to worrying about shark attacks, killer bees, sars, snakes, some hurricane or other and terrorists like the media tells us we should. call me when the worlds over, i might put on a clean t-shirt.

either what arcon said, or the earth is retarding

- Wolf_Demon - aka wolfy, wolf, king of odd, king of spam, and twonk

Hey Indy, here's one for you. The University of Idaho got an $800,000 grant to study whether or not bovine flatulence contributed to global warming. That's where your report is from.

This is about as pointless as 'the Earth is Flat' Sociaty. You can't honestly believe any of this.


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the earth's magnetic poles do flip once in a while. but i don't think it was taht long since it last flipped - what? 700'000 years? nop. i don't think so. whats your source indy?

but i do know the earth kinda wobbles. in a couple thousand years, the northern star ain't gonna be the northern star. its gonna be some other star - which i forgot the name of. but its like a cycle.

I don't get it. is the polarity shifting or the field weakening? or both?

Off Topic. The world has already come to a end Welcome to Hell Population Way to F*ckin Many.
On Topic: This is most likely something small that has been blown up to make it look big. Now please call me when its time to Rebuild the Earth, theres some rules i need to throw out. And people to throw out of de Gene pool.
off topic: thats what we sould be talkin bout how poulated the Gene pool is.

When the Going's get Tough, The Tough get a bigger Battleboat.
"Shotglass moments before the Tiger's claw blew up"

It is true that the earths polarity does flip from time to time but I think you're numbers are out, it isn't 500,000 years overdue, it's due to happen soon but it's certainly not late; yet.It takes 500 odd years for it to complete it's flip I think but don't hold me to that.

I hadn't thougt of the impact it would have on incoming radiation... Don't know how much effect it'll have.

My gap year in Borneo

no, the earth is flat, you see, its like the game, astroids......when you cross one end, you appear on the other.....and seeing i from space is an ilusion. lol

- Wolf_Demon - aka wolfy, wolf, king of odd, king of spam, and twonk

wait a minute, this is bull****. what the hell are you saying here? your talking absolute nonsence, did you eat stupid pills or something?

@Blade
....fried chcken

@Kimk

No. It is not BS. There are core samplings of volcanic flows in Hawaii that occurred some 700,000 years ago which pretty much is a record of the last polarity flux that occurred. Core samplings of lava flows that are younger than 700,000 years old all register the current north/south polarity.

Here's the show I saw
But I think I got the amount of time it will take to happen mixed up. It might not happen for a century or two from now (so you were right Blade ).... but we're definitely over due.
Click here for latest model of how it happens
also
and here for how they dig up the evidence

There are way more sites, of course.

@Taw

Both. Current thinking is that the weakening you know of are symptomatic of an eventual polarity reversal where the magnetic field will flop ends of the N/S axis.

This is indicated in the geological record, again from core drillings of variously aged lava flows.

@Arcon

Well, it won't be the end of the world but do us all a favor and put on a clean t-shirt.

Edited by - Indy11 on 2/2/2004 7:06:05 AM

Also, the periodic cycle is more like 250,000, not 200,000 years. Mars (now being explored ) may hold some clues to what is happening on Earth as Mars used to have and then disastrously lost its magentic field.


Edited by - Indy11 on 2/2/2004 7:15:16 AM