""Widespread media reports claim that a German schoolboy has recalculated the likelihood of a deadly planet-smasher asteroid hitting the Earth, and found the catastrophe is enormously more likely than NASA thought. The boy's sums were said to have been checked by both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), and found to be correct.

There's only one problem with the story: the kid's sums are in fact wrong, NASA's are right, and the ESA swear blind they never said any different. An ESA spokesman in Germany told the Reg this morning: "A small boy did do these calculations, but he made a mistake... NASA's figures are correct."

Marquardt apparently reckoned that the odds of the well-known Apophis asteroid hitting Earth were not one in 45,000 as assessed by NASA, but rather one in 450. Apophis will pass close by Earth in 2029 and 2036, so close that it will come nearer than satellites in geostationary orbit.""

Shiiiitttttt, 1-450 chance we're all fucking wiped out, that would've sucked. But still, 1-45000. I don't know if I'm so comfortable with 1-45000. Hell, that's a lot better chances than winning the lottery. Probably even better chances than getting an A-Rod rookie card in pack of baseball cards. So, honestly, I am a little on edge right now. In turn, I plan to get shitfaced this weekend in order to loan greater value to the life of mine, which has a 1-45000 chance of ending in 2029. I suggest that you all do the same.

Notes: We Now Have Over 15000 hits and are waiting on the production of a Jim Harbaugh video.