Apocalypse not now? 2012?

Tchocky · 12-04-07, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Chock

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And the bad news is we have 5 long years to listen to hucksters selling us on books, videos, misleading documentaries.

If you think that's bad, can you imagine what it must have been like in 1337, with everyone going on about how elite they were going to be when the computer was eventually going to be invented?

Chock

Let's see if I can punch through this monitor :p

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?

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"...

Peto · 12-04-07, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DeepIron

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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"...

LOL!!! I made a bundle on that too! Working new Years Eve alone netted me 4 days of paid vacation

!

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:.

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

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.

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:

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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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.

baggygreen · 12-04-07, 06:33 PM

Well, if it shifts, Down Under will legally be On Top

12-04-07, 08:23 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,215 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

12-04-07, 08:50 AM	#3
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	The central american black plague > Mayan calendar. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

12-04-07, 09:11 AM	#4
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Is the Mayan Calendar the one with the pictures of cute kittens on it? Or am I thinking of another one? Chock __________________

12-04-07, 06:29 PM	#7
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	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:. __________________ If your target has a 30 degree AOB, the range from his base course line equals the current range divided by 2.

12-04-07, 06:33 PM	#8
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	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 __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

12-04-07, 11:06 AM	#9
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________

12-04-07, 12:15 PM	#10
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Conspiracy theories belong in the rubbish bin. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

12-04-07, 02:02 PM	#11
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,541 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	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

12-04-07, 06:33 PM	#14
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Well, if it shifts, Down Under will legally be On Top

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