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Giant Iceberg to Collide with Glacier 423

Posted by CowboyNeal on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:43AM from the snow-plowing dept.

OECD writes "NASA reports that a massive 100-mile-long iceberg is on a collision course (movie) with a floating glacier near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. NASA scientists expect a collision to occur no later than January 15, 2005."

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Oooh! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:44AM (#11319074)

Cold Fusion?

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Oh Crap... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:46AM (#11319086)

Roland Emmerich is going to make another movie....

God DAMN IT.

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Wait.. (Score:5, Funny)

by MrRuslan ( 767128 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:49AM (#11319096)

That's the day after tommorow...well it almost is.

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what's an iceburg? (Score:4, Funny)

by circletimessquare ( 444983 ) writes: <(circletimessquare) (at) (gmail.com)> on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:53AM (#11319110) Homepage Journal

a city in greenland?

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apocalypse , now? (Score:5, Funny)

by OffTheLip ( 636691 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:55AM (#11319118)

tsumanis, icebergs, mudslides, giant asteroids on a collision course with earth, windows exploits. armegeddon?

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Re:So? (Score:5, Funny)

by maxwell demon ( 590494 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:56AM (#11319121) Journal

Of course it's cool. If it weren't, it would be just liquid water, or even steam.

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Re:Iceburg? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:58AM (#11319132)

Well an "iceburg" is a spellchecker that is frozen.

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Re:Iceburg? (Score:2, Funny)

by MagerValp ( 246718 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:59AM (#11319135) Homepage

The new combined slushie and burger coming to a McDoodoo near you soon!

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Re:Iceburg? (Score:2, Funny)

by tindur ( 658483 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:00AM (#11319136)

That's Iceborough in BE.

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Re:So? (Score:3, Funny)

by Naikrovek ( 667 ) writes: <jjohnson.psg@com> on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:01AM (#11319138)

well when all the penguins down there cluster themselves into a giant beowulf penguin named guido to push the giant iceburg away from the family home of dave the tv repair penguin, then maybe you'll see the significance.

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Re:Iceburg? (Score:3, Funny)

by cwebb1977 ( 650175 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:02AM (#11319140) Homepage

Hey, I'd like to live there. Cool and quiet, lots of snow... just like Sweden without all the hot blonde babes.

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A Chilly Armageddon (Score:2, Funny)

by fyrewulff ( 702920 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:02AM (#11319141)

Where's Bruce Willis and a nuke when you need them? The poor penguins must be saved from the iceberg!

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Re:Iceburg? (Score:5, Funny)

by koi88 ( 640490 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:02AM (#11319142)

What's an iceburg?

From German:
Berg (as in iceberg): mountain
Burg (as in, umm, iceburg): castle

So I guess this iceburg is some mad scientist's hideout (Dr. Frost or whatever).

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Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:02AM (#11319144)

tsumanis, icebergs, mudslides, giant asteroids on a collision course with earth, windows exploits. armegeddon?

If Windows exploits are a sign of Armegeddon, we've been in serious trouble for some time now.

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Iceberg destuction upon collision (Score:1, Funny)

by MerryGoByeBye ( 447358 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:09AM (#11319169) Journal

Think of all that poor lettuce!

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Re:After reading... (Score:3, Funny)

by Dachannien ( 617929 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:11AM (#11319176)

You know, you'd think that Slashdotters would be more interested in seeing one gigantic thing ramming into another gigantic thing.

Oh, wait, there won't be any fire and explosions. Never mind.

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Re:Iceburg? (Score:1, Funny)

by Alan Partridge ( 516639 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:43AM (#11319264) Journal

By "British English" I assume you mean English, yes?

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Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:3, Funny)

by Troed ( 102527 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:55AM (#11319305) Homepage Journal

prepare for 3.5 years of good times, then 3.5 years of hell on earth.

Ok, then this cannot be it. We've just had 4 years of hell on earth, and due to the election outcome in the US we're bound for another 4 years of the same.

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Re:After reading... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @06:55AM (#11319307)

You know, you'd think that Slashdotters would be more interested in seeing one gigantic thing ramming into another gigantic thing.
For a moment I thaught you were referring to porn. But then you mentioned the fire and explosions...

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iceberg coming... (Score:5, Funny)

by geeklawyer ( 85727 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:05AM (#11319327) Homepage Journal

at half a mile an hour.
Quick! Gather up your children and amble away as though your life depends on it.

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News (Score:1, Funny)

by DerWulf ( 782458 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:13AM (#11319343)

This must be the most boring bit of news I ever read in my life. Do I miss some extention in the geek gene that would make this appear to be spectacular to me?

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Wonderful... (Score:4, Funny)

by Paiway ( 842782 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:29AM (#11319390)

Now all I need is a martini the size of Poland.

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I presume the thing (Score:3, Funny)

by Skiron ( 735617 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:30AM (#11319393)

...has a woman driver?

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Re:Ooooh 300 million tons (Score:5, Funny)

by syntap ( 242090 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:31AM (#11319397)

My God, and that's just the tip of the problem.

My best sig is this one.

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In other news... (Score:3, Funny)

by rfunches ( 800928 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:31AM (#11319398) Homepage

...penguin refugees flee to Chile.

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Re:News (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:42AM (#11319430)

Flashback to junior high physics class:

Q: "What happens when an unstoppable
mass hits an unmovable object?
A: "Something spectacular?"

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Re:Need a better view (Score:5, Funny)

by sunwukong ( 412560 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:48AM (#11319447)

Speed 3: Revenge Served Cold!

Just a sec while I get out my etch-a-sketch and pound out a script ...

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Re:Penguins in peril (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @07:52AM (#11319455)

There's probably a penguin on the iceberg pumping its foot and yelling "Waaaa! No brakes, no brakes!"

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Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:5, Funny)

by da3dAlus ( 20553 ) writes: <dustin.grauNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @08:37AM (#11319575) Homepage Journal

Nope. Just Tuesday.

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Re:Iceburg? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @08:39AM (#11319580)

Superman's gotta move now that his house is condemmed.

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"Iceburg?" - reminds me of a joke... (Score:5, Funny)

by jpellino ( 202698 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @09:05AM (#11319679)

There's this bar - and there's a Chinese guy and a Jewish guy who find themselves seated next to each other a couple of nights. Things are going pretty good until one night after a few too many, the Jewish guy hauls off and decks the Chinese guy.
The Chinese guy picks himself up and says "What the hell was that for?!"
The Jewish guy snaps "That was for bombing Pearl Harbor."
"Pearl Harbor? Pearl harbor was bombed by the Japanese!"
The Jewish guy shrugs "Chinese, Japanese, what's the difference?!"
The next night they find themselves at the bar again, and after a snootful, the Chinese guy hauls off and decks the Jewish guy.
He picks himself up and shouts "What the hell was THAT for?"
The Chinese guy says "THAT was for sinking the Titanic!"
"Are you nuts? The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg?!"
"Yeah, well - iceberg, Goldberg - what's the difference?!"

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I'll have to put... (Score:3, Funny)

by Cytlid ( 95255 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @09:24AM (#11319756)

...$20 on the glacier. I think it can take that little guy.

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Re:Need a better view (Score:2, Funny)

by Daravon ( 848487 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @09:49AM (#11319939)

Best watch tho. If you get too excited writing the script, you could get the shakes....and well, there goes your script!! If you're looking for cast, ask Ben Stiller. He stars in anything.

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Re:Iceburger (Score:3, Funny)

by saider ( 177166 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @09:58AM (#11320009)

Me, I can't usually eat 'em 'cause my girlfriend's a vegetarian. Which more or less makes me a vegetarian, but I sure love the taste of a good burger.

You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in France?

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Re:Iceburger (Score:3, Funny)

by liangzai ( 837960 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @10:07AM (#11320076) Homepage

Cheese Royal. It's the metric system, dude.

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Re:Iceburger (Score:3, Funny)

by fr2asbury ( 462941 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @10:09AM (#11320087)

Check out the big brain on liangzai!

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Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:3, Funny)

by Wes Janson ( 606363 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @10:18AM (#11320179) Journal

And you don't want to know about Monday..

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Re:Wait.. (Score:2, Funny)

by Bob McCown ( 8411 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @11:38AM (#11320996)

The Day after the Day after Tomorrow

Thursday? I could never get then hang of thursdays...

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Ob. Family Guy Quote (Score:3, Funny)

by NardofDoom ( 821951 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @11:47AM (#11321086)

"Speed 3: Ice berg of doom"
"Oh my god, if this ice berg goes slower than 1 mile a year we're ALL GONNA DIE!!!"

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Re:Need a better view (Score:3, Funny)

by K-Man ( 4117 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @12:48PM (#11321892)

I've seen some Hollywood movies, so I can guarantee that when they collide, the iceberg will fly up into the air, flip over, and explode in an immense ball of flame.

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Re:Penguins in peril (Score:2, Funny)

by numbware ( 691928 ) writes: <justin@justinjacobs.com> on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @12:49PM (#11321907) Homepage

Mod this down! Slashdot is not the place to be talking about penguins... wait, nevermind.

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Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:4, Funny)

by aafiske ( 243836 ) writes: on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @02:29PM (#11323367)

I could never get the hang of Tuesdays...

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Oooh! (Score:5, Funny)

Oh Crap... (Score:3, Funny)

Wait.. (Score:5, Funny)

what's an iceburg? (Score:4, Funny)

apocalypse , now? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:So? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Iceburg? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Iceburg? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Iceburg? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:So? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Iceburg? (Score:3, Funny)

A Chilly Armageddon (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Iceburg? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:1, Funny)

Iceberg destuction upon collision (Score:1, Funny)

Re:After reading... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Iceburg? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:After reading... (Score:1, Funny)

iceberg coming... (Score:5, Funny)

News (Score:1, Funny)

Wonderful... (Score:4, Funny)

I presume the thing (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Ooooh 300 million tons (Score:5, Funny)

In other news... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:News (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Need a better view (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Penguins in peril (Score:5, Funny)

Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Iceburg? (Score:1, Funny)

"Iceburg?" - reminds me of a joke... (Score:5, Funny)

I'll have to put... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Need a better view (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Iceburger (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Iceburger (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Iceburger (Score:3, Funny)

Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Wait.. (Score:2, Funny)

Ob. Family Guy Quote (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Need a better view (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Penguins in peril (Score:2, Funny)

Re:apocalypse , now? (Score:4, Funny)

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