roadhawg Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 So who says the world will end in 2012??? I think maybe the Mayans, who, by the way, aren't around anymore.
Harold Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 I think maybe the Mayans, who, by the way, aren't around anymore. How the heck did you do the bug on your sig. That is hysterical (how many guys have batted at their monitors already trying to shoo the thing away?).
Harry P. Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 I think maybe the Mayans, who, by the way, aren't around anymore. So, what are they... like the 20th group who have said the world was going to end? :lol:
roadhawg Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 How the heck did you do the bug on your sig. That is hysterical (how many guys have batted at their monitors already trying to shoo the thing away?). Lol! Thats what happens when I eat donuts around the computer and forget to clean the crumbs up!
Aaronw Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 How the heck did you do the bug on your sig. That is hysterical (how many guys have batted at their monitors already trying to shoo the thing away?). Raises hand, I hate that little bug.
roadhawg Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 You can't be serious??!! Star Trek? Seriously??? Uh, that's a lame old TV show and a series of sci-fi movies. They have nothing to do with reality. Yeah, thats right! Like how Captain Kirk could take that communicator thing and flip it open and talk to people thousands of miles away. How prepostorous! Imagine flipping something open and being able to communicate with people!
Roadkill2525 Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Ok, obviously I'm missing something here. What is so special about 2012? This...2012 Lamborghini Estoque Edited September 8, 2009 by El Destructo Inc
FujimiLover Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 LOL! First time I saw that bug I thought it was a real one and tried to swat it. I don't believe in the end of the world unless an astroid smacks us silly. Even still, I like to believe we have the tech to defend our selves if we can catch it in time. Like I said, same BS that was said back in 2001 and we're still going. While thing's maybe getting worse, I think technology is getting better and we just have to be smart enough to use it in the right way. We've already discovered water on Mars and now I think on the Moon as well? Could we possibly figure out how to grow food there? Over-population is a big threat, but wars can knock down a few. Should we send criminals into space? Let them inhabit the Moon? Lot's to think about, lot's to ponder and it is a fun topic with so many variants and everybody having their own opinion. Will life come to an end? I doubt it, but it will certainly change! Life is always changing! Just recently read a topic on AOL that scientists have discovered about 40 new species of life on some remote location. We are also finding proof that we are space-dust and there for other planets just might inhabit similar life. It's a big world out there!
old-hermit Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Should we send criminals into space? Let them inhabit the Moon? Hey, the British sent all their criminals to Australia and look how that turned out !!!!!!!
Guest Gramps-xrds Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 So, what are they... like the 20th group who have said the world was going to end? Harry the Mayans never said the world would end. That's when their calender stops. They invented a calender more accurate than anyone else (even ours) over 2,000 yrs ago. So I guess they weren't so stupid even without the wheel.
FujimiLover Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 Who said you had to have a wheel to be smart? Who said just because you have a wheel means your intelligent? Look at that other thread about that 70 year old lady driver who kept running into thing's at the parking lot? LOL Anyway, I've said what I wanted to say and I enjoy reading what you all think...............keep it coming!
Scott Colmer Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) If you are thinking that technology will save us inthe future, then read Physics of the Impossible. It discusses all the sci fi dreams and the possibility of each. It is written in laymens terms, but is still a bit dry. The guy who wrote it built his own partical accellerator when he was in high school. (And there I was being all impressed with my first candy paint job.) I too am an optimist that technology will make the world a better place. Unfortunately, It has also proven to be source of unrest when the largest science gets into the wrong hands. My prediction for 2012 - Communication will be King. There will be a voluntary collective - we are Borg. Cameras and DNA will be the police. We will live longer and healthier. Hopefully, the dishonesty/greed of big business will be kept in check - that one's a long shot. Oh - And every model that I bought on e-bay for more than $75.00 will be reissued. It's good to see this thread get back on track and not worry about the pigmentation of future Americans. In the end it doesn't really matter. Scott Edited September 8, 2009 by Scott Colmer
FujimiLover Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 I only believe in one race, and that is the HUMAN RACE! Thank you Scott for your insight and I'm with you on that all the way. Your point about greed is exactly what I meant by Roddenberry's futuristic dream. Eventually, it will decline to a minimal, but there will always be those few. After all, we're only human! Can't eliminate greed all together!
Harry P. Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Harry the Mayans never said the world would end. That's when their calender stops. I didn't say that the Mayans said the world would end. I was asking WHO said the world would end, and someone answered "the Mayans." BTW... their calendar stops at 2012, but they stopped long before that!
FujimiLover Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Just because a calender stop's on a certain date, doesn't mean the world will end on that date. After all, it's the year 2009, but Earth has been here for billion's of years? Technically, isn't this like the year 29,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or whatever? LOL! And not the year 2009? Edited September 8, 2009 by FujimiLover
old-hermit Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 it's the year 2009, but Earth has been here for billion's of years? Technically, isn't this like the year 29,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 FYI, Anno Domini (sometimes found in the irregular form Anno Domine), abbreviated as AD or A.D., and Before Christ, abbreviated as BC or B.C., are designations used to number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The calendar era to which they refer is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus, with AD denoting years after the start of this epoch, and BC denoting years before the start of this epoch. There is no year zero in this scheme, so the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. Therefore the year is 2009 years after the birth of Christ.
old-hermit Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Here Harry, a little info copied directly from Wikipedia just so you'll know. 2012 phenomenon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Image of a date inscription for the Mayan Long Count.The 2012 phenomenon[1][2] is a present-day cultural meme proposing that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur in the year 2012. The forecast is based primarily on what is claimed to be the end-date of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, which is presented as lasting 5,125 years and as terminating on December 21 or 23, 2012, along with interpretations of assorted legends, scriptures, numerological constructions and prophecies. A New Age interpretation of this transition posits that, during this time, the planet and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a totally new era.[3] Conversely, some believers in 2012 millenarianism believe that the date marks the beginning of an apocalypse. The 2012 doomsday prediction idea has been disseminated in numerous books and TV documentaries, and has spread around the world as an Internet meme through websites and discussion groups. The idea of a global event occurring in 2012 based on any interpretation of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is rejected as pseudoscience by the scientific community, and as misrepresentative of Maya history by Mayanist scholars.[2][4]
FujimiLover Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 Thank you old-hermit for that. Your sentence here, is very close to what I had in mind and probably what Gene Roddenberry had in mind too. "A New Age interpretation of this transition posits that, during this time, the planet and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a totally new era." Who knows, maybe, just maybe 2012 is the beginning of something wonderful!
Harry P. Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Here Harry, a little info copied directly from Wikipedia just so you'll know. 2012 phenomenon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Image of a date inscription for the Mayan Long Count.The 2012 phenomenon[1][2] is a present-day cultural meme proposing that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur in the year 2012. The forecast is based primarily on what is claimed to be the end-date of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, which is presented as lasting 5,125 years and as terminating on December 21 or 23, 2012, along with interpretations of assorted legends, scriptures, numerological constructions and prophecies. A New Age interpretation of this transition posits that, during this time, the planet and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a totally new era.[3] Conversely, some believers in 2012 millenarianism believe that the date marks the beginning of an apocalypse. The 2012 doomsday prediction idea has been disseminated in numerous books and TV documentaries, and has spread around the world as an Internet meme through websites and discussion groups. The idea of a global event occurring in 2012 based on any interpretation of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is rejected as pseudoscience by the scientific community, and as misrepresentative of Maya history by Mayanist scholars.[2][4] That has to be the biggest load of BS I've read recently... Is that what this thread is all about? I admit I had no idea what was being talked about here. I can't believe that rational people are taking some ancient "prediction" as reality! Do you all know how many "doomsdays" have already come and gone with absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happening?
Chuck Most Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Anybody else believe in Gene Roddenberry? That one day, greed, poverty, diseases, lust for power and all that he mentioned in Star-Trek will be a thing of the past? Hate to sound like a pessimistic ass, but no. I'm still mad we don't have transporters! If the world does end in 2012, I'll be ready. They all thought I was crazy when I moved into this abandoned missle silo, but we'll see. We'll just see who's crazy... (evil laughter....)
FujimiLover Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) Harry, don't worry. I don't believe in any of it till I see it with my own eyes. Event's can't really be predicted until after they have happened. Example, look at 911. A lot of people said that Nostradamous predicted it, but only after the fact. I never recalled any such words before the event. It's really easy for people to say, "I told you so!" after the fact. I think life will go on................I am curious as to what ROM you'll have for us by the Monday following 2012! Edited September 8, 2009 by FujimiLover
B_rad88 Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 ok i got another one, by 2012 i hope to god there is a car that can PARK its self right! and not crash or mess up or anything!
FujimiLover Posted September 8, 2009 Author Posted September 8, 2009 ok i got another one, by 2012 i hope to god there is a car that can PARK its self right! and not crash or mess up or anything! It shall be called the Knight Industries Two Thousand Twelve. K.I.T.T.T. Oh, and it will have super, super duper pursuit mode by then! LOL!
roadhawg Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Event's can't really be predicted until after they have happened....... I knew a guy at the local dirt track that wanted to bet that he could predict who would win the feature event that night. He finally made a $5 bet with his brother. As soon as they shook hands on it, his brother said "ok, smart a**, who's going to win the feature tonight? The guy said, in his deep southern accent, "Why, the one that takes the checkedy flag first!".
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