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Geek Culture / anyone heard about the earthquake/tidal waves?

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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Posted: 26th Dec 2004 19:08
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tis a sad sad story...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm

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Wiggett
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Posted: 26th Dec 2004 19:26
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some kind of indonesian godzilla has been awoken?

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Dave J
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Yeah, I saw it on the news earlier this afternoon, and I assure you 'Phuket' is not pronounced the way you'd expect.


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Wiggett
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Posted: 26th Dec 2004 21:17
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yeah its poo kettle.

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TKF15H
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when was this?


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Rouge Cat said she was hit by this on MSN

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TKF15H
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 09:56 Edited at: 27th Dec 2004 09:56
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Ouch. I know a dude that lives round there... wonder if he's ok.


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Lost in Thought
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 10:02
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Indeed a sad story That was one huge quake.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 10:11 Edited at: 27th Dec 2004 10:13
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Its not the quake that affected people . It was the quake's effect on the ocean that did it

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Lost in Thought
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 10:22
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But the quake was still the cause. No quake, No tsunamis. If it wasn't such a strong quake it would not have been so terrible. I just hope thats the last one for a long time.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 11:57
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Yeah but its not the quake that directly killed over 7000 people

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Baggers
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Wow bugger, i was gonna be heading to malaysia to do aid work in my gap year, hope i still can, theyre gonna need some help after than... poor beggers.
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Mnemonix
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 12:35
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by definition I believe a tsunami has to be caused by an earthquake to be entitled so. Therfore it was the only eventuallity of the quake, therefore directly caused by the quake.

Or does that not make sense

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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 12:39
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makes enough sense to me
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Lost in Thought
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 14:46
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Either way alot of people died. Lets hope it doesn't happen again for a very long time.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 27th Dec 2004 23:28
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They can be caused by volcanos erupting too actually.

And oh look what dictionary.com says: 'A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.'



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Yea thats true.

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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volcanoes erupting work side by side with earthquakes though...

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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 01:01 Edited at: 28th Dec 2004 01:02
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Quote: "by definition I believe a tsunami has to be caused by an earthquake to be entitled so"


they could also be cause by a massive land slide or a meteorite. Basically, a huge wave that isn't caused by the moon is considered a tsunami, unless of course, the moon falls into the ocean...

I'm rambling now...

And no, it wasn't a tidal wave, it was a tsunami.. tidal waves are caused by the moon, (tides)


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Major Payn
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I was watching Fox news, and maybe they were wrong, but they said that 29,000 people are dead or missing.

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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 01:17
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last I heard the official count was 12,000.

And stop watching fox news, they suck.

Wow just checked google news... they doubled the count since last night...


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Major Payn
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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 01:23 Edited at: 28th Dec 2004 01:24
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CNN is all fuzzy on my TV, so I watch fox news alot, other than all the right wing crap they spit out it's pretty good news. And I like to watch that Bill Oriely guy, just to see him argue with people.

Oh and fox news said that it was 29000 dead or missing, with a large emphasis on the Missing part, 12000 might be dead, but another 16000 might be missing.

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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 01:29
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I would love to watch bill o reilly just to piss myself off, if anything maddox says is true, it would be a hoot...

http://www.maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=bill_oreilly


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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 01:35 Edited at: 28th Dec 2004 01:37
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Quote: "And no, it wasn't a tidal wave, it was a tsunami.. tidal waves are caused by the moon, (tides)"


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tidal%20wave

Quote: " 1. The swell or crest of surface ocean water created by the tides.
2.
1. An unusual, often destructive rise of water along the seashore, as from a storm or a combination of wind and high tide.
2. A tsunami.
3. An overwhelming manifestation; a flood: a tidal wave of illicit drugs; an emotional tidal wave.
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Gotta love dictionary.com

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bitJericho
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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 01:39
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As much as I love dictionary.com, that definition is false, look up tidal

Tsunami's are very specifically NOT caused by the tides, and thus tidal wave is a misnomer.


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Benjamin
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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 01:43 Edited at: 28th Dec 2004 01:45
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Yes I've looked it up. 'Tidal wave' is just a name, it doesn't have to contain its direct meaning in its words.

I don't care that the word 'tidal' means something else, tsunamis are tidal waves.

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Newbie Brogo
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Quote: "2 entries found for Cat Overlord.

1. One in a position of supremacy or domination over cats.
2. Newbie Brogo
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.....

Dictionary.com never lies, at least not when I copy-paste-edit it...



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Quote: " I would love to watch bill o reilly just to piss myself off, if anything maddox says is true, it would be a hoot...

http://www.maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=bill_oreilly"


LOL all of that stuff is true! But I still like watching Bill O Reilly, even though all of that stuff is true. The one person I can't stand, is that Hanity guy off of Hanity and colms, that guy is an @ss hole! He doesn't let anybody talk their mind.

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Benjamin
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What ARE you talking about Major Pain.

Quote: "
No entry found for Cat Overlord.

Did you mean Coverlid?"


Quote: "1. A bedspread.
2. Newbie Brogo"


Nice

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bitJericho
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lmao


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Quote: " What ARE you talking about Major Pain?"

That would be what dictionary.com says:

Quote: "No entry found for Cat Overlord.

Did you mean Coverlid?
Suggestions:
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Benjamin
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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 03:58
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What? You don't make sense either

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Posted: 28th Dec 2004 04:55 Edited at: 28th Dec 2004 05:15
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Cat%20Overlord

That says there are no entries for "Cat Overlord", but suggests some for you.

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This is pretty large, they said something like 19000 people were dead if I remember correctly. Quite horrific, wouldn't want to be there right now.

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Haven't seen her on for a while...hope she's alright.

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Says 55000 on Sky News




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