2012 apocalypse!!!
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TheWesDude
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
no, i do not believe in a mistake some archaeologist made and has since been recognized and corrected.
the Mayan calendar does not end for 49.5 million years.
as the Mayans use both a long and a short calendar, the long is when it ends.
the "short calendar" does end in 2012, but that is because the short calendar tracks the path of the zodiac which is like 26,000 years long.
that should tell you about the long calendar. their short one is 26,000 years long. think about it.
the Mayan calendar does not end for 49.5 million years.
as the Mayans use both a long and a short calendar, the long is when it ends.
the "short calendar" does end in 2012, but that is because the short calendar tracks the path of the zodiac which is like 26,000 years long.
that should tell you about the long calendar. their short one is 26,000 years long. think about it.
AskWazzup
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Yes! We are doomed, repent your sins reprobates!
More concerned about the possible impact of solar events on informatics and electrical systems in 2013 than I'm about 2012.
2012 is some retarded Mayan thing long disproved, whereas 2013 could actually be real trouble. I don't expect it to be bad, but I'm concerned none the less.
2012 is some retarded Mayan thing long disproved, whereas 2013 could actually be real trouble. I don't expect it to be bad, but I'm concerned none the less.
We now have a few satellites whose job is to monitor the sun. Lots of scientists check the images, because they are freely shared. I've used some of those images myself, and they are really easy to obtain.
That being said, i don't know how a solar erruption can be missed noewadays, when no only satellites, but also a lot of amateur astronomers look at the sun.
TheWesDude
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
i think it was like 2007 or 2008 where a solar flare did end up knocking out a few sattelites that they did not get enough warning to turn them off
most got turned off, but a few didnt and got knocked out.
military grade sattelites are protected. commercial grade ones especially the older ones are not. i think the newer ones have some protections, but no sattelite is safe from a major solar flare.
the big problem is less the sattelites, but if a solar flare is big enough to knock out ground-based electronics is possible. and that would be very dangerous because a lot of them are not protected.
most got turned off, but a few didnt and got knocked out.
military grade sattelites are protected. commercial grade ones especially the older ones are not. i think the newer ones have some protections, but no sattelite is safe from a major solar flare.
the big problem is less the sattelites, but if a solar flare is big enough to knock out ground-based electronics is possible. and that would be very dangerous because a lot of them are not protected.
I'm a nihilist. I believe in nothing!
Seriously though. The mayan calendar and the end of the "world" disproved? Who cares? The entire concept is laughable to begin with.
Seriously though. The mayan calendar and the end of the "world" disproved? Who cares? The entire concept is laughable to begin with.
but would it not be cool if 2012 the world would really face the apocalypse ? 
Blakut said:
Cascade powerfailures are'nt that unlikely, and some systems powercompanies are using are outdated.
Usually get a bunch of powerouts here a year aswell, but I've got a woodburning stove and plenty of firewood, so atleast I won't freeze to death during the winter.
Could find a decent asteroid in the belt between Mars and Jupiter, one that's big enough to fuck us up good and small enough to not wipe the planet empty of all life.
Plenty much harder to get it over here though.
Between this planet:Blakut said:
And this planet:
Lies a bunch of these:
Hundreds of billions of them. Ranging from the size of a speck of dust to about the size of Pluto. Also, let's not forget the Kuiper Belt, which has about a trillion such rocks, covered in ice, that occasionally come into our solar system. However, due to Jupiter's immense gravity, it's very unlikely that we'll be hit by an asteroid or a comet. The closest one that scientists predict will come to us will come in the 2030's, and the odds of it hitting us are one in 18,000.
I love space, man.
Also, I don't really think anything major will happen to the human race on 12/21/12. The worst that can happen is that the aforementioned solar activity will wipe out electricity in a few places.