Holy shit! We're not all gonna die in 2012!

[KBKarma]

Fun fact: In 2038, on January 19th, at 3:14:07, the Unix Epoch Clock (a 32-bit signed number) will go from 2^31 - 1 to 2^31. Since it's a signed binary number, the Epoch Clock will go from 2147483647 to -2147483648. Since the Epoch Clock measures the amount of seconds since 00:00:00 on January 1st, 1970, the Epoch Clock will now read the time as 13th December, 1901, at 20:45:53. This will wipe out most 32-bit clock representations. 64-bit OSes will overcome this, but most people (and embedded systems) still use 32-bit systems. More info here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem].

Uh, we're making the change to 64bit systems already. Heck, the computer I'm typing on is using a 64bit OS. By 2032, nothing will be still running on 32bit. We'll probably all be enjoying our awesome 4096bit processors and laughing at how primitive those 64bit machines from the good ol days were.

While this is true, the going is slow. 32-bit OSes are still being distributed, as are 32-bit processors. Until 32-bit is deemed legacy, this state of affairs will continue.

However, this won't happen, since it will kill all older machines. Consumers won't stand for that sort of thing, no matter what the reasoning. So, there are high odds that, while we may have 4096-bit processors (if Moore's Law holds and processing power continues to double every 24 months, we may, theoretically, have 524288-bit processors, but I doubt Moore's Law applies in that area), there'll still be some 32-bit machines lodged somewhere out-of-the-way, but, as is common in these situations, vital. Like government offices.

 

[Nouw]

THREAD NECROMANCY

The movie 2012 is coming this fall. I'm going to watch it because it does my soul good seeing people in the theatre scared $%@!less.

 

[Smitty of the Tolchocks]

Awww man,Damn.---What a gyp.

 

[Fniff]

Yeah, the world isn't going to end. Wait a second, isn't Sarah Palin running for president in 2012?

Oh my god! The Mayans predicted this!

*Puts on "THE END IS NIGH,SARAH PLAIN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012!" T-shirt.*

 

[Berethond]

i disagree with this. just a bunch of twats scaring us, saying the world will end. go do something useful like a cure for cancer or something or life in space. gawd. plus people said the world will end like 20 different times!

hey, more than that man, watch after 2012 its gonna be 2020, then 2034, then 2050....

2052, 2075, 2125, 2222, 2323, 2424...

It's all bull, unfortunately. I can't wait for the end of the world already.

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

Ok a few things. The reason why the Mayans are believed to be so awsome is that they disappeared almost over night. That many people don't just miraculously disappear. Second, the prediction with the long count calender has been enterpreted as a massive CHANGE in the world. It doesn't have to be the end, it could be the beginning. Even a polar reversal, something that has happenned many, many times before, would technicaly be a massive "change", It just wouldnt make much of a difference to us.

 

[zidine100]

Heh i love these end of the world propheses (sp?) you can have so much fun with the people who belive it (.............).

 

[Darth Pope]

Don't really care about end of the world predictions... if it ends, it ends, and if it doesn't then it doesn't.

 

[martin's a madman]

Ha ha, funny I just posted this almost exact same thing in a different forum. But every generation thinks theirs is going to be the one to see the world off. Nothing changes. Almost the exact same.

 

[skywalkerlion]

Ok a few things. The reason why the Mayans are believed to be so awsome is that they disappeared almost over night. That many people don't just miraculously disappear. Second, the prediction with the long count calender has been enterpreted as a massive CHANGE in the world. It doesn't have to be the end, it could be the beginning. Even a polar reversal, something that has happenned many, many times before, would technicaly be a massive "change", It just wouldnt make much of a difference to us.

I thought that the Mayans died off from Cortez? Or am I just a crappy historian?

 

[WildManBill]

I would vote Sarah Palin over Hillary Clinton any day. End of the world or not. Oh, and I would still grab my gun just to see if i could last a little longer. Who knows, with a little luck and planning, us survivors might last until early 2013?

 

[skitzo van]

I just thought the mayans said," Fuck it, were not gonna be around in 2012 so lets just stop making this damn calender."

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

Ok a few things. The reason why the Mayans are believed to be so awsome is that they disappeared almost over night. That many people don't just miraculously disappear. Second, the prediction with the long count calender has been enterpreted as a massive CHANGE in the world. It doesn't have to be the end, it could be the beginning. Even a polar reversal, something that has happenned many, many times before, would technicaly be a massive "change", It just wouldnt make much of a difference to us.

I thought that the Mayans died off from Cortez? Or am I just a crappy historian?

No your probly right I'm just saying what I've been told.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

As far as this 2012 thing goes, If the world was gonna end, I would give a crap. Seeing as I don't, It's only logical that were gonna be fine.

And yes, There's always Y2K to throw in the faces of the crazy people.

 

[blaze96]

Y2K was much funner. I enjoy it when the crazies get creative with things like 'your toshiba camera will gain sentience and kill you' or 'nuclear missile silos will open themselves up and fire their nukes spontaneously and at the same instant'. Those batshit insane statements are so much more creative than tsunamis and a giant space rock hitting earth.

 

[cobra_ky]

I've telling people that ever since this whole 2012 nonsense started up. People have been proclaiming the end times since they invented language.

are those nationwide? i grew up seeing those all over new hampshire and they had a huge formative role in my early life.