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Could the title text be about cockroaches, a species which has been around for millions of years, and who also can survive for some time after their head is removed? [[Special:Contributions/66.202.132.250|66.202.132.250]] 13:01, 12 April 2013 (UTC) | Could the title text be about cockroaches, a species which has been around for millions of years, and who also can survive for some time after their head is removed? [[Special:Contributions/66.202.132.250|66.202.132.250]] 13:01, 12 April 2013 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Many geologists that work in sub surface mapping use guns (mostly heavy gauge shotgun or explosives) to cause vibrations that bounce off dense rocks or liquid (oil) so that they can map what the sub surface looks like. [[Special:Contributions/174.1.248.35|174.1.248.35]] 14:59, 12 April 2013 (UTC) TMC | ||
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The title text sounds a bit like a movie reference. Did anyone catch it? --Koveras (talk) 07:53, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
I was thinking a zombie reference? Kaa-ching (talk) 08:14, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
The bad guy in "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" jokes about firing his handgun at the Earth, thereby killing "Gaia". --130.149.133.57 09:35, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
The first thing I thought of was the Gaia Hypothesis. Its advocates claim that Earth is a living thing. As far as we all know, living things can be killed. By killing Earth, Cueball puts an end to the controversy, for Earth is not alive anymore. Dellarappia (talk) 12:11, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
- And geologists, specifically those employed by oil companies, are sometimes accused by environmental groups of "killing the earth" when they make holes in the ground and then take away something that's there. Of course they use a drill instead of a gun, and take oil instead of a random rock. 66.202.132.250 13:01, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Could the title text be about cockroaches, a species which has been around for millions of years, and who also can survive for some time after their head is removed? 66.202.132.250 13:01, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Many geologists that work in sub surface mapping use guns (mostly heavy gauge shotgun or explosives) to cause vibrations that bounce off dense rocks or liquid (oil) so that they can map what the sub surface looks like. 174.1.248.35 14:59, 12 April 2013 (UTC) TMC
