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18 Dec 2012, 5:11 pm

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18 Dec 2012, 7:45 pm

Bezeone wrote:

With the Mayan Calander, I find it total bullcrap. Religious reason: I'm a Christian. Earthly reasons: There are 2013 calenders out there, and there's a hotel waiting for me during the weekend.

Biblically, however....

Biblically, maybe you hadn't oughta be contemplating the sins you are about to commit ...

Hormonically speaking, maybe you should!

(Be safe, use pertectshun ...

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18 Dec 2012, 7:55 pm

This coming Saturday we shall all have a big laugh.

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18 Dec 2012, 8:32 pm

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This coming Saturday we shall all have a big laugh.

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I'm all for that!

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19 Dec 2012, 5:26 am

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Do you think the world is about to end?

Hahahahaha NO.

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19 Dec 2012, 9:52 am

PM wrote:

The Roman invention of the leap year disproves the doomsday theory.

That's what i said

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19 Dec 2012, 9:55 am

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ruveyn wrote:

All it takes is -one- bad prediction to falsify the theory underlying all; the predictions made.

ruveyn

Good to hear. I'm sure the Seventh Day Adventists are quite interested.

I suspect that simple logic will not deter them and their nonsense.

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19 Dec 2012, 10:29 am

On the morning of 12-22 I am certain that my cats will all go to the window to watch the sunrise and seem to be very happy that it came back. But they do that every day. So do people of many cultures all over the world. Be grateful for each day, aware that life can end at any time no matter the date or what some ancient calendar says or doesn't say. If one enjoys each day, does the best they know how each day, why on earth would we fear the end of the world? I plan to just be happy each day the sun rises and I'm around to enjoy it. I have a feeling the world will be going on for a long, long time.

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19 Dec 2012, 2:10 pm

Fnord wrote:

According to all known models of stellar fusion mechanics, the End of the World will occur in about 5,000,000,000 years, when the Sun's core runs out of hydrogen as its nuclear fuel. The core will then contract and the outer layers will expand, cool, and become less bright. It will become a red giant star, at which time it will vaporize the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars). After this phase, the outer layers of the Sun will continue to expand. As this happens, the core will contract; the helium atoms in the core will fuse together, forming carbon atoms and releasing energy. The core will then be stable since the carbon atoms are not further compressible - it will have become a multi-billion-ton diamond, a fitting cenotaph for the Late, Great Planet Earth.

Before this, I think there would be another ice age in a few hundreds of thousands of years, correct me if I'm wrong. Not that the world will end, but that it would affect humans.

I do have a question (I'm not much into apocaliptic scenarios why I ask), I heard that a solar wind having had to pass the protection of our magnetic field might cause a chaos regarding electricity in a continental scale, is this a myth, is is too exaggerated or is a possibility? (I know an event like this has nothing to do with the December 21st crap but a related topic)

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19 Dec 2012, 2:59 pm

blunnet wrote:

Fnord wrote:

According to all known models of stellar fusion mechanics, the End of the World will occur in about 5,000,000,000 years, when the Sun's core runs out of hydrogen as its nuclear fuel. The core will then contract and the outer layers will expand, cool, and become less bright. It will become a red giant star, at which time it will vaporize the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars). After this phase, the outer layers of the Sun will continue to expand. As this happens, the core will contract; the helium atoms in the core will fuse together, forming carbon atoms and releasing energy. The core will then be stable since the carbon atoms are not further compressible - it will have become a multi-billion-ton diamond, a fitting cenotaph for the Late, Great Planet Earth.

Before this, I think there would be another ice age in a few hundreds of thousands of years, correct me if I'm wrong. Not that the world will end, but that it would affect humans.

I do have a question (I'm not much into apocaliptic scenarios why I ask), I heard that a solar wind having had to pass the protection of our magnetic field might cause a chaos regarding electricity in a continental scale, is this a myth, is is too exaggerated or is a possibility? (I know an event like this has nothing to do with the December 21st crap but a related topic)

If a solar flare hits earth it puts lots of highly charged particles into the upper atmosphere which the earth's magnetic field usually deflects the most part giving rise to the aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). However, sometimes they can get through. A power blackout in Canada was caused by this in Canada a number of years ago. Delicate electronics are very susceptible to this type of damage too, particularly satellites.

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19 Dec 2012, 5:33 pm

I say the Mayan Calender is nothing more than just one of those tear off/throw away calenders we use all the time. I'm still placing a bet with myself on this. If the world does end the day after my birthday, I'll drink one beer (my first beer by the way). If not, then TWO beers (celebratory drink).

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19 Dec 2012, 5:39 pm

I personally say "no"

I'm going to wake up on the 22nd of December and still be alive.
Might even have a beer myself.

Hell, if s**t hits the fan. I have MRE's, some money lying around and a functioning bicycle.
Take societal breakdown forward.

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19 Dec 2012, 5:49 pm

OMG! I thought it had ended in 1967 when I was 15. I've clearly been living a lie since then, believing the world was made of reconstituted styrofoam propped up with some dodgy religions and even dodgier politicians doing some evil dodgy things just to make sure planet earth is totally fuktose-syruped for the remaining 13.7 billion years that we have left before we collapse back into a grapefruit-sized black hole.

I feel pretty depressed now :cry: :cry: :cry:

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19 Dec 2012, 8:31 pm

Nope, but as a hedge bet I'm going out to have fun on Friday. On the insanely slim chance everything does go down the shitter, at least I'll be goin' out happy.

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19 Dec 2012, 8:35 pm

Aspiegaming wrote:

I say the Mayan Calender is nothing more than just one of those tear off/throw away calenders we use all the time.

Why are people giving the Mayans so much credit?

Imagine if we actually found an ancient Mayan text by the High Priest of Whatever that explicitly predicted that the world would end on 21/12/2012. Would that make any difference?

Did I miss the part where the Mayans became world-renowned for their accurate predictions?

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19 Dec 2012, 9:08 pm

Declension wrote:

Did I miss the part where the Mayans became world-renowned for their accurate predictions?

Mayan astronomers found the 19 year metonic moon cycle.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonic_cycle

They also had a base 20 positional system for arithmetic while the Greeks and the Romans based their arithmetic system on their alphabets.

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