12-21-2012
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Has anyone seen the history channel (or other stuff) show related to that date? I was watching it yesterday and ancient Aztec's, Chinese, Hopi, WebBot and Oracles predict it will either be the last day of the world or some type of cataclysm? It was a pretty interesting show and while I don't know if I buy into *any* of it it had an odd and far-spread viewpoint from religious people to computer programs and other things that were arriving at 12-21-2012 being the "last day". I don't want this to be a religious discussion instead I found it fascinating that ancient Chinese, Hopi Indians, Aztecs, Oracles etc... from so many parts of the world and from such different times could all arrive at the same date. Now how much of this is "sensationalism" and how much is hard and fast true... Well only the Inquirer knows that... Anybody else catch that or similar stuff. I found it interesting even if it isn't true (and I hope it's as fake as pleather)? Also if you Google "12-21-2012" you get some pretty fascinating hits. Even if it turns out not to be true I think stuff like this has some real entertainment value :rolleyes: but it's also interesting assuming it's historically accurate.
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code-frog wrote:
related to that date
Of course I know what will happen on that date.... aske me again on 12/22/2012 and I will tell you all about it..... :laugh:
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brianwelsch wrote:
No, but your clock is 2 hours slow, FYI
Nope, yours is 2 hours fast! ;P Feel free to use up more of the sun while it is there... we're getting too much of it here. ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
It's making a good showing already here in SC, too. Floating between 95-100, the past couple of days. That's damn hot around here, but it is August after all.
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It usually reads 6:66 whenever I look at it.
This blanket smells like ham
Still haven't figured out how to set the time on your VCR I see... ;P
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It's making a good showing already here in SC, too. Floating between 95-100, the past couple of days. That's damn hot around here, but it is August after all.
BW
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peartbrianwelsch wrote:
It's making a good showing already here in SC, too. Floating between 95-100, the past couple of days. That's damn hot around here, but it is August after all
It's those darn easterners... they are not pulling their share in using up the sun's heat before it gets to us....
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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*psst* check when David became a member of CP... ;)
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Heh. I do have one of the lower ID numbers...don't I? Wow. I've been around almost 6 years. That's pretty crazy.
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Big Daddy Farang wrote:
so now I just lost a year!
Hehehe. Well then just enjoy life! For instance, get a :beer: right now. About this topic, last year we had presidential elections, and one of the candidates, a leftists Castro/Chavez-fashioned guy, was leading the polls. I remember that a news commentator said that he wouldn't win 2006's elections but rather the next ones in 2012, becoming true the Mayan's predictions about the end of the world. :laugh:
A polar bear is a bear whose coordinates has been changed in terms of sine and cosine. Quanehsti Pah Nation States
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Has anyone seen the history channel (or other stuff) show related to that date? I was watching it yesterday and ancient Aztec's, Chinese, Hopi, WebBot and Oracles predict it will either be the last day of the world or some type of cataclysm? It was a pretty interesting show and while I don't know if I buy into *any* of it it had an odd and far-spread viewpoint from religious people to computer programs and other things that were arriving at 12-21-2012 being the "last day". I don't want this to be a religious discussion instead I found it fascinating that ancient Chinese, Hopi Indians, Aztecs, Oracles etc... from so many parts of the world and from such different times could all arrive at the same date. Now how much of this is "sensationalism" and how much is hard and fast true... Well only the Inquirer knows that... Anybody else catch that or similar stuff. I found it interesting even if it isn't true (and I hope it's as fake as pleather)? Also if you Google "12-21-2012" you get some pretty fascinating hits. Even if it turns out not to be true I think stuff like this has some real entertainment value :rolleyes: but it's also interesting assuming it's historically accurate.
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I don't feel like reading all the replies, so I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this. In all actuality, it is an astrological event involving the alignment of the ellipses and the equatorial center of our own galaxy. Nothing more, nothing less. However, I often refer to the possible end of the world because it pushes my boss' buttons. I tell her not to make plans to far beyond 12/21/2012 because the world is gonna end.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I don't feel like reading all the replies, so I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this. In all actuality, it is an astrological event involving the alignment of the ellipses and the equatorial center of our own galaxy. Nothing more, nothing less. However, I often refer to the possible end of the world because it pushes my boss' buttons. I tell her not to make plans to far beyond 12/21/2012 because the world is gonna end.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
it is an astrological event involving the alignment of the ellipses and the equatorial center of our own galaxy
Seriously!?! That is kind of cool all by itself. Now at least I have something that is tangible to associate with the day Katie went in for the bowel surgery that saved her life and kept her stomach from rupturing and killing her instantly. 12/21 has always been a cool day for me for that reason but I think Rush also has a song 2112 and I wonder if it's related to this date as well. Astrologically, that's pretty dang cool though.
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Still haven't figured out how to set the time on your VCR I see... ;P
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLI always thought that would be a great start to a really bad horror movie. Zoom into the alarm going off at 6:66 o'clock.
This blanket smells like ham
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Very trueee ... I saw that ..... LOL .. nice to see some Mexicans in this forum :) Saludos Paisano
Greets! Joel
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Pretty clever of them to predict this would be the date without knowing about the Gregorian calendar reform[^]
cheers, Chris Maunder
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*grin* yeah, that's always the question with these sort of predictions. I guess it would not occur to them that a dating system could in fact be totally arbitrary. Apparently, when this happened, a lot of people were very upset and there was revolt, because people felt that everyone was appointed a day to die, by God. Causing some time to just, well, disappear, meant that everyone lost some life. Of course, in theory, those appointed to die on the missing days would presumably live forever, but no-one thought of that.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Ok, so now here's one that will also bug ya ... How often do you look at a clock and see the time 9:11 or 11:11 This happens to me constantly, to the point where one day, I Googled on 11:11, but oddly enough, didn't come across this 12-21-2012 thing (first I've heard of it). As for the whole "do I believe" question ... ask me that again on 12-21-2012. Oh, and someone here needs to contact Prince, or whatever the heck his name is this year, and tell him he needs to get cracking on a new song; since that 1999 end of the world thing didn't work out ... :rolleyes:
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLIf you have an association with a number, you will notice it, the other times you look at the clock, you just don't notice that it's 2:15 AGAIN. I had a church going friend who was freaked out at how often she saw the number 666. She worked in accounts payable, she looked at numbers *all* day, but the one she regarded as special, seemed to jump out at her, when she saw it.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Very trueee ... I saw that ..... LOL .. nice to see some Mexicans in this forum :) Saludos Paisano
Greets! Joel
jcdevnet wrote:
nice to see some Mexicans in this forum
Hey! There's one more!! :-D
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico
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Very trueee ... I saw that ..... LOL .. nice to see some Mexicans in this forum :) Saludos Paisano
Greets! Joel
jcdevnet wrote:
Mexicans
do New Mexicans count or are we forgotten by North, South, East and West alike?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Ok, so now here's one that will also bug ya ... How often do you look at a clock and see the time 9:11 or 11:11 This happens to me constantly, to the point where one day, I Googled on 11:11, but oddly enough, didn't come across this 12-21-2012 thing (first I've heard of it). As for the whole "do I believe" question ... ask me that again on 12-21-2012. Oh, and someone here needs to contact Prince, or whatever the heck his name is this year, and tell him he needs to get cracking on a new song; since that 1999 end of the world thing didn't work out ... :rolleyes:
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Has anyone seen the history channel (or other stuff) show related to that date? I was watching it yesterday and ancient Aztec's, Chinese, Hopi, WebBot and Oracles predict it will either be the last day of the world or some type of cataclysm? It was a pretty interesting show and while I don't know if I buy into *any* of it it had an odd and far-spread viewpoint from religious people to computer programs and other things that were arriving at 12-21-2012 being the "last day". I don't want this to be a religious discussion instead I found it fascinating that ancient Chinese, Hopi Indians, Aztecs, Oracles etc... from so many parts of the world and from such different times could all arrive at the same date. Now how much of this is "sensationalism" and how much is hard and fast true... Well only the Inquirer knows that... Anybody else catch that or similar stuff. I found it interesting even if it isn't true (and I hope it's as fake as pleather)? Also if you Google "12-21-2012" you get some pretty fascinating hits. Even if it turns out not to be true I think stuff like this has some real entertainment value :rolleyes: but it's also interesting assuming it's historically accurate.
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According to my horoscope, I'm going to be grumpy that day. Now I know why.
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Ok, so now here's one that will also bug ya ... How often do you look at a clock and see the time 9:11 or 11:11 This happens to me constantly, to the point where one day, I Googled on 11:11, but oddly enough, didn't come across this 12-21-2012 thing (first I've heard of it). As for the whole "do I believe" question ... ask me that again on 12-21-2012. Oh, and someone here needs to contact Prince, or whatever the heck his name is this year, and tell him he needs to get cracking on a new song; since that 1999 end of the world thing didn't work out ... :rolleyes:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
How often do you look at a clock and see the time 9:11
Assuming you have a 24 hour clock, no more than once per day...
I have no blog...
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*grin* yeah, that's always the question with these sort of predictions. I guess it would not occur to them that a dating system could in fact be totally arbitrary. Apparently, when this happened, a lot of people were very upset and there was revolt, because people felt that everyone was appointed a day to die, by God. Causing some time to just, well, disappear, meant that everyone lost some life. Of course, in theory, those appointed to die on the missing days would presumably live forever, but no-one thought of that.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Hey I'm one of them. 2053 years old and still going strong :)
The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.
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It wasn't the Aztecs, but the Mayas. And they didn't predicted a cataclysm nor the end of the world. See, they have two calendars. One composed of 360 days + 5 holly days and another one composed by 52 years. The second calendar, is a holly one. After the a cycle is completed, Mayans thought that their gods were up to decide whether to allow life or end the world. They celebrated rituals, etcetcetc. Each cycle in the holly calendar had a name. For example, the year 1-Canne. Etc. So they made many calculations, and they stopped them at this date in 2012 (BTW you don't need to know Gregorian calendar, only to make an extrapolation of dates between their calendar to Gregorian calendar). Why they did stop? Many believe that they were predicting the end of the world. Others, that a big event that will change humanity will take place. I believe that they ran out of paper. They didn't stated: "they world shall end at 2012". It's up to believers.
A polar bear is a bear whose coordinates has been changed in terms of sine and cosine. Quanehsti Pah Nation States
I was about to post something to the same effect when I spotted this comment. I've read quite a lot of stuff around this over the years, from various sources. It might look suspicious at first glance, but really, if you're compiling your calendar, and each 52 year period has a name, and there are all these intricate rules (I seem to remember something about great-calendars of many more years too, possibly 3600), would you really want to actually tie down all this information for dates many hundreds of years in the future when you're dealing primarily with the here and now? As a case in point, lots of programmers in the late 20th century coded all their dates with 2 figure years, because it saved space and they were only dealing with the here and now. I think we all know how that turned out. No disasters, but some red faces and a lot of hype. If they were still around, there'd probably be some red faced Mayans running round trying desperately to codify a few more decades right now.
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Has anyone seen the history channel (or other stuff) show related to that date? I was watching it yesterday and ancient Aztec's, Chinese, Hopi, WebBot and Oracles predict it will either be the last day of the world or some type of cataclysm? It was a pretty interesting show and while I don't know if I buy into *any* of it it had an odd and far-spread viewpoint from religious people to computer programs and other things that were arriving at 12-21-2012 being the "last day". I don't want this to be a religious discussion instead I found it fascinating that ancient Chinese, Hopi Indians, Aztecs, Oracles etc... from so many parts of the world and from such different times could all arrive at the same date. Now how much of this is "sensationalism" and how much is hard and fast true... Well only the Inquirer knows that... Anybody else catch that or similar stuff. I found it interesting even if it isn't true (and I hope it's as fake as pleather)? Also if you Google "12-21-2012" you get some pretty fascinating hits. Even if it turns out not to be true I think stuff like this has some real entertainment value :rolleyes: but it's also interesting assuming it's historically accurate.
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