Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Stock Time Travelers -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (695)	9/2/2003 5:46:32 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 753

Hi J~~~You'll like this one too...particularly the "oh,BTW's in bold...heheheh...how are you anyhow? See you've been putting on a super dooper election farce down there....<g> Wonder how that ole' guy is, speaking of bomb shelters ? Odds Offered On End Of The World uk.news.yahoo.com Tuesday September 2, 07:51 PM Fancy a punt that life on earth will be wiped out in the next 10 years?Well the odds are good at 909,000/1.The only drawback is that you won't be around to pick up your winnings. The astronomical odds are offered by bookmakers William Hill. It was prompted by news that scientists believe an asteroid may hit Planet Earth on March 21, 2004. The newly-discovered danger, known as 2003 QQ47, is around two-thirds of a mile wide and has been classified as "an event meriting careful monitoring" by astronomers. But the fact you won't be around to collect your cash has not deterred one punter from having a flutter. "One customer who placed a bet on the world ending said that he would collect his winnings in Heaven," said William Hill spokesman Graham Hill. Now the bookmaker has opened a book on a whole range of unlikely events occurring, all at odds of 909,000/1. They include glamour girl Jordan becoming Queen, Michael Jackson having a head transplant and Tony Blair being abducted by aliens. The best of the rest: ::David Beckham to be England manager and win the World Cup with Brooklyn Beckham scoring the winning goal and Romeo Beckham coming on as substitute ::Jordan to marry Prince Harry and become Queen ::Michael Jackson to have a head transplant and to announce that he should now be known as Elvis Jackson ::UK temperature to hit 100F - on Christmas Day ::Prince Charles to wed Camilla, renounce his right to the Throne, and become an MP for the Green Party ::Arnold Schwarzenegger to become US President and introduce compulsory body-building and Austrian lessons in schools ::Tony Blair to join Tory Party and become first man to be Prime Minister for two different Parties ::A manned expedition to Mars to arrive and discover the Loch Ness Monster there ::UFO containing intelligent extra-terrestrial life forms to land outside Number 10 Downing Street and abduct current PM ::Sven Goran Erikkson to marry Ulrikka Johnson and produce twins called Nancy and John ::Mick Jagger and Keith Richard to announce that they will continue touring after cloning themselves and renaming band Rolling Clones ::Elvis Presley to reappear and marry Madonna 8888888888888888888888 ASTEROID TARGETS EARTH Scientists monitoring an asteroid have warned it could collide with Earth in just over a decade. The newly discovered asteroid, known as 2003 QQ47, is around two-thirds of a mile wide and has been classified as "an event meriting careful monitoring" by astronomers. It is around one tenth fo the size of the meteor that is thought to have wiped out dinosaurs on Earth 65 million years ago. In the event of it hitting the Earth, the rock would have the force of 350,000 mega tonnes - around eight million times more powerful than the bomb dropped at Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War. On impact it would be travelling at 75,000 miles a hour. Experts say the giant rock, which was first spotted by Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program (Linear) in New Mexico, could impact on Earth on March 21, 2014. But they say the probability of the asteroid hitting Earth is just one in 909,000 and the risk of impact is likely to decrease as they collect more information. With a mass of around 2,600 million tons, it has been given a "Torino hazard rating" of one. Scientists said it is likely to drop down the Torino hazard scale as more observations are made. Its orbit calculations are currently based on just 51 observations during a seven-day period. Dr Alan Fitzsimmons of Queen's University, Belfast, one of the expert team advising the UK Near Earth Objects Information Centre, based in Leicester, said: "The NEO will be observable from Earth for the next two months, and astronomers will continue to track it over this period." He added that there is no cause for concern over the asteroid. Asteroids such as 2003 QQ47 are chunks of rock left over from the formation of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Most are kept at a safe distance from Earth in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But the gravitational influence of giant planets such as Jupiter can nudge asteroids out of these safe orbits and send them plunging into the Earth's neighbourhood. sky.com