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Apr. 16th, 2008 12:28 pmA couple of points of interest:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/16/creditcrunch.merrilllynch?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
But this could be much worse than the banking crisis:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/apr/16/spaceexploration.germany?gusrc=rss&feed=science
However, thanks to a clever young man from Germany we now have a better grasp of the order of magnitude of the probabilities. One in four-hundred-and-fifty ain't anything to worry about now, is it?
As must be obvious to mathematicians: something must be done starting now, just in case.
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winterlionhas noted and as this link shows, NASA stand by their figures and refute the young German's calculation.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080417/tod-space-astronomy-germany-us-offbeat-f62056d.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/16/creditcrunch.merrilllynch?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
But this could be much worse than the banking crisis:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/apr/16/spaceexploration.germany?gusrc=rss&feed=science
However, thanks to a clever young man from Germany we now have a better grasp of the order of magnitude of the probabilities. One in four-hundred-and-fifty ain't anything to worry about now, is it?
As must be obvious to mathematicians: something must be done starting now, just in case.
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winterlionhas noted and as this link shows, NASA stand by their figures and refute the young German's calculation.http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080417/tod-space-astronomy-germany-us-offbeat-f62056d.html
