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August 12-04-07 08:23 AM
If the earths magnetic poles do switch it's not like we'll wake up one fine day and find all our compasses pointing to the south. The switch is a process that takes anywhere from 100 to a few thousand years to complete.

One cool thing about a pole switch is that we may see things like the Aurora Borealis on the equator.

TteFAboB 12-04-07 08:50 AM
The central american black plague > Mayan calendar.

Chock 12-04-07 09:11 AM
Is the Mayan Calendar the one with the pictures of cute kittens on it? Or am I thinking of another one?

:D Chock

DeepIron 12-04-07 10:23 AM
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Will windows still work or will it be another Y2k meltdown again?
LOL! What non-event!
Back in 2000 I was an IT consultant and boy! did I make a LOT of $$$ leading up to the "New Millenium" crossover... and I did it honestly. I tried to advise my clients concerning the irrational fears regarding mass computer failures on 1/1/2000 that were being propagated in the media and otherwise but people hear and fear what they want.

I did a lot of "upgrades" (mostly MS patches) for my clients and didn't have a single instance of "meltdown"... All my LINUX servers BTW, just kept going....

As was pointed out earlier, the Mayan calendar "rolls over" in 2012. The Doomsayers however, will seize upon anything that even remotely looks "apocalyptic"...

SUBMAN1 12-04-07 11:06 AM
Who is smoking crack about us being at 'The Center of the Milky Way' in 2012? If you've ever taken astronomy, you would know you are probably 100+ million light years from that center. You are so far from it...

Uggh! Conspiracy theories and and future prophecies. They make great scinece fiction, but are far far far from science fact.

-S

PS. Need I remind you and say you want no where near that center. Black Hole City.

PPS. With our reliance on GPS, I think a sudden magnetic switch would be of minimal disruptiuon if flying.

STEED 12-04-07 12:15 PM
Conspiracy theories belong in the rubbish bin. :yep:

mapuc 12-04-07 02:02 PM
Furthermore. if any of this should happen, there will not be a believer left to say this, to the disbeliever

-SEE! I was right

Markus

SUBMAN1 12-04-07 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mapuc
Furthermore. if any of this should happen, there will not be a believer left to say this, to the disbeliever

-SEE! I was right

Markus
:rotfl::D Typical conspiracy theorist.

-S

Reaves 12-04-07 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Who is smoking crack about us being at 'The Center of the Milky Way' in 2012? If you've ever taken astronomy, you would know you are probably 100+ million light years from that center. You are so far from it...
It's not us that's at the centre. Apparently the sun will be passing the 'galactic equator' and we will be in some weird alignment.

This kind of explains it. Lot's of sites out there with little information. Understandable due to the crazy person nature of it.

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http://www.geocities.com/astrologyag...eanimation.gif

Winter Solstice Animation 1992 - 2020. How to understand the Star Map: The line which goes top left to bottom right is the Galactic Equator. The Sun starts slightly to the left of the Equator at the time of Winter Solstice in 1992 and at Winter Solstice 1997 reaches alignment. By 2012 it's 15 years past alignment, and the disc of the Sun moves completely off the Galactic Equator by 2020. [The horizontal line is the Ecliptic and the other features are nebula which lie in this area of the Milky Way].
The first I read about this was on a Nasa site and it mentioned the possibility of a poles shift due to the sun passing the galactic equator.

Peto 12-04-07 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by DeepIron
Quote:
Will windows still work or will it be another Y2k meltdown again?
LOL! What non-event!
Back in 2000 I was an IT consultant and boy! did I make a LOT of $$$ leading up to the "New Millenium" crossover... and I did it honestly. I tried to advise my clients concerning the irrational fears regarding mass computer failures on 1/1/2000 that were being propagated in the media and otherwise but people hear and fear what they want.

I did a lot of "upgrades" (mostly MS patches) for my clients and didn't have a single instance of "meltdown"... All my LINUX servers BTW, just kept going....

As was pointed out earlier, the Mayan calendar "rolls over" in 2012. The Doomsayers however, will seize upon anything that even remotely looks "apocalyptic"...
LOL!!! I made a bundle on that too! Working new Years Eve alone netted me 4 days of paid vacation :yep:!

Peto 12-04-07 06:29 PM
Seriously. I believe a magnetic realignment will happen. Today, tomorrow, a million years? I don't claim to know. But if it does happen tomorrow I think the lights will still work. It's be like turn the plug in the socket 180 degrees.

Now, compasses on the other hand... And we'd have to name a South Star so we wouldn't get lost in the Northern Hemisphere :hmm:.

Tchocky 12-04-07 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Peto
Seriously. I believe a magnetic realignment will happen. Today, tomorrow, a million years? I don't claim to know. But if it does happen tomorrow I think the lights will still work. It's be like turn the plug in the socket 180 degrees.
Then we're screwed in Ireland. Damn triangular plugs :p

You and your damn apocalypse!

STEED 12-04-07 06:33 PM
Person one
I know it's the end of the world

Person two
Really?

Person one
Yes it's the end of the world

Person two
Tell all

Person one
People are having wall to wall sex

Reaves 12-04-07 06:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peto
Seriously. I believe a magnetic realignment will happen. Today, tomorrow, a million years? I don't claim to know. But if it does happen tomorrow I think the lights will still work. It's be like turn the plug in the socket 180 degrees.

Now, compasses on the other hand... And we'd have to name a South Star so we wouldn't get lost in the Northern Hemisphere :hmm:.

That's pretty much what I think, as I said i'm no conspiracy theory nut I just find it interesting.

baggygreen 12-04-07 06:33 PM
Well, if it shifts, Down Under will legally be On Top :smug:

Camaero 12-06-07 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Skybird
Make sure your Windows has the proper updates installed before Decembre 2012.

Simply, I do not know if the earth's poles may switch anytime soon. It has happened before, though, and that seem to have been no pleasant experiences for dear old Earth's surface. If it happens now again, and so soon in the future, I think there is little or nothing we could do abut it anyway, and cannot avoid to suffer whatever is to be suffered from it. Since there is nothing we could do about preventing it, we could stay calm and stoic and wait and see without panicking and without going hysteric.
Yeah, we could do that...

Or...

We could start the looting! Whoohoo!

Takeda Shingen 12-06-07 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by STEED
Person one
People are having wall to wall sex
What those walls do in the privacy of their own homes is one thing, but I'll be dammed before they are allowed to marry. Vote no on Prop 556!

Oh, and the 2012 thing is a load of hoo-haa. The magnetic pole will not shift. Sunspot activity will not fry our satelites. Our atmosphere will not be stripped away due to massive particle bombardment emminating from the center of the galaxy. You'll still be able to complain about the rigged BCS ranking on 1 January.

Skybird 12-06-07 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
Quote:
Originally Posted by STEED
Person one
People are having wall to wall sex
What those walls do in the privacy of their own homes is one thing, but I'll be dammed before they are allowed to marry. Vote no on Prop 556!

Oh, and the 2012 thing is a load of hoo-haa. The magnetic pole will not shift. Sunspot activity will not fry our satelites. Our atmosphere will not be stripped away due to massive particle bombardment emminating from the center of the galaxy. You'll still be able to complain about the rigged BCS ranking on 1 January.
You are in need to see this fantastic thriller from New Zealand, "The Quiet Earth", to get yourself grounded again! :D


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