[Eric]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Forget about the Nostradamus stuff. This is hard scientific fact...they're testing this machine today and it could destroy the world! Worrying.

Is the world going to end on Saturday? - Science - Digital - Virgin Media

I seem to remember reading that when the first atom bomb was tested, scientists' predicitons of the results ranged all the way from a disappointing "poof" to an explosion which would ignite the atmosphere and destroy the world.