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Skipjack
Sep 11, 2007

I prefer a quiet station,
thank you.
did we know anybody on the ferry?

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Elukka posted:

That's orbital speed. There's no reason to reach orbit if you want to hit something in space, you just need to reach the target's altitude at the right time and it'll smack right into your projectile at 8 km/s. Even a relatively small missile like this can hit satellites. The railgun probably still falls a bit short but it's still way easier than reaching orbit.

You are correct about conventional satellites. I was talking about an alien invasion and we needed something to stop them from entering the atmosphere. Or can we already do that?

Bubble-T
Dec 26, 2004

You know, I've got a funny feeling I've seen this all before.

Zogo posted:

You are correct about conventional satellites. I was talking about an alien invasion and we needed something to stop them from entering the atmosphere. Or can we already do that?

someone didn't watch the award-winning documentary Independence Day

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Its gone guys.

Slap Happy
Apr 14, 2006

Chinatown posted:

Its gone guys.

This, a million times this

DEAR RICHARD
Feb 5, 2009

IT'S TIME FOR MY TOOLS
> drink seawater

hofnar
Dec 27, 2008

by sebmojo

Slap Happy posted:

This, a million times this

That was five pages ago

u got mares in yr house
Feb 23, 2001

WHERE"S THAT loving PLANE

BIG NORTH
Jul 7, 2007

I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE DEAN

MrFrosty posted:

WHERE"S THAT loving PLANE

gone i heard

The Casualty
Sep 29, 2006
Security Clearance: Pop Secret


Whiny baby

Ironed Idol posted:

CNN is replaying plane crashes greatest hits right now.

It's morbid.

I saw that the other day, while I was at a restaurant. Some lady at the bar looked over, saw some old footage of an MD-80 burning on a runway, and said, "Oh, is that the plane they're looking for?"

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler
the plane was sacrificed so that this thread may live forever

The Casualty
Sep 29, 2006
Security Clearance: Pop Secret


Whiny baby

gnarlyhotep posted:

the plane was sacrificed so that this thread may live forever

It's gone, guys, so that we may go on.

Troll Bridgington
Dec 22, 2011

Keeping up foreign relations.
Is it too early to write erotic fan fiction about the plane?

The Casualty
Sep 29, 2006
Security Clearance: Pop Secret


Whiny baby
I think you're ok, somebody already made erotic reality about the plane.

BIG NORTH
Jul 7, 2007

I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE DEAN

Troll Bridgington posted:

Is it too early to write erotic fan fiction about the plane?

something something 777 in a vagina something

Deus Ex Macklemore
Jul 2, 2004


Zelensky's Zealots

Chinatown posted:

Its gone guys.

* Citation needed

The Risk
Mar 6, 2014
They found the plane!

E: Not really

Now CNN abandoned the plane for these Breaking News!

Scenario shows what sinking feels like

Randy Kaye goes inside a ship simulator to examine what happened right before the South Korean ferry capsized.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

Flyinglemur posted:

* Citation needed

*looks at you while raising hands to sky*

Its loving gone, guys.

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



Chinatown posted:

*looks at you while raising hands to sky*

Its loving gone, guys.

chinatown, I'm starting to think you're behind all of this

The Risk
Mar 6, 2014
The sad thing is that CNN viewers jumped 80% after the plane disappearance...all for the ratings

Slap Happy
Apr 14, 2006

CNN shot down the plane.

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
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Slap Happy posted:

CNN shot down the plane.

The answer was right there all this time.

BIG NORTH
Jul 7, 2007

I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE DEAN

Slap Happy posted:

CNN shot down the plane.

Chinatown was the pilot of the fighter that shot it down

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!



Chinatown actually is the codename for experimental software on the black boxes that post once a day "It's gone." Variants appeared as battery life died.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Yeah, guys, its gone.

gnarlyhotep
Sep 30, 2008

by Lowtax
Oven Wrangler

Chinatown posted:

Yeah, guys, its gone.

I'm not sure I buy this, you seem to have a personal investment in it

next thing we know you're selling "it's gone" t-shirts

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

gnarlyhotep posted:

next thing we know you're selling "it's gone" t-shirts

Buy one now before they disappear forever!

BIG NORTH
Jul 7, 2007

I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE DEAN

Chinatown posted:

Buy one now before they disappear forever!

maybe your repetitive posts will follow suit

Cash and Prizes
May 20, 2007
Tonight, tonight, we'll sing for you tonight.

mstrkrft posted:

maybe your repetitive posts will follow suit

hahaha oh poo poo man

Herv
Mar 24, 2005

Soiled Meat
so what happens to cnn after this

bonestructure
Sep 25, 2008

by Ralp
is that plane still loving gone, guys

Afro Doug
Aug 10, 2007

thanks korea, for being the only ones to send a boat to search under the ocean

Bananaquiter
Aug 20, 2008

Ron's not here.


Afro Doug posted:

thanks korea, for being the only ones to send a boat to search under the ocean

Dayum.

SD87
Jun 7, 2011
Are all those asian kids really dead? :(

Rad Russian
Aug 15, 2007

Soviet Power Supreme!

SD87 posted:

Are all those asian kids really dead? :(

Not to sound cruel but, learn to swim people, it's not that hard. They were relatively close to shore with a lot of rescue boats near the ferry within an hour. Should be a required life skill honestly.

Rad Russian fucked around with this message at 07:16 on Apr 19, 2014

Bananaquiter
Aug 20, 2008

Ron's not here.


Rad Russian posted:

Not to sound cruel but, learn to swim people, it's not that hard. They were relatively close to shore with a lot of rescue boats near the ferry within an hour. Should be a required life skill honestly.

They were all wearing life jackets packed like sardines below the deck. No way to get out once the thing went upside-down.

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




Learn to grow gills, losers.

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

Rad Russian posted:

Not to sound cruel but, learn to swim people, it's not that hard. They were relatively close to shore with a lot of rescue boats near the ferry within an hour. Should be a required life skill honestly.

The real problem was that they were raised in korea and therefore have little to no capability of independent thought. If the boat I am on starts tilting loving sideways, I don't care who tells me to stay in my cabin - I'm loving evacuating.

Helmacron
Jun 3, 2005

looking down at the world

Tuxedo Gin posted:

The real problem was that they were raised in korea and therefore have little to no capability of independent thought. If the boat I am on starts tilting loving sideways, I don't care who tells me to stay in my cabin - I'm loving evacuating.

And it recovers, toodles away. No one notices you're gone and you float for a while.

Later on, they ceremoniously burn an empty coffin. No one remembers you so well after a couple of years. Someone loses some pictures of you. Someone else does too. Your parents die and your coffin ashes get tossed by whoever cleans up that mess. Facebook does a well publicised purge, you got some emails about your inactive account. A photo of you at a party is automatically untagged or loses its hyperlink to your wall at least on an old acquaintances account and no one notices.

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Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

Helmacron posted:

And it recovers, toodles away. No one notices you're gone and you float for a while.

Later on, they ceremoniously burn an empty coffin. No one remembers you so well after a couple of years. Someone loses some pictures of you. Someone else does too. Your parents die and your coffin ashes get tossed by whoever cleans up that mess. Facebook does a well publicised purge, you got some emails about your inactive account. A photo of you at a party is automatically untagged or loses its hyperlink to your wall at least on an old acquaintances account and no one notices.

uh i took a lifeboat you fuckin dork

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