12-21-12 the End of the World?
#21
Posted 25 July 2009 - 03:55 AM
#22
Posted 25 July 2009 - 04:23 AM
#23
Posted 25 July 2009 - 08:25 AM
"Hey Chiquito. Look at these foreigners! They actually believe in what we say! I mean. Dude! We murdered our own people out of drugged state and shoved needles up our butts! Dude, wait up. Hey Enrique! Make a rune for these weirdos to read. Okay. You got the rock and pike ready? Okay. Write by the time of 07-25-2009 , everyone is going to feel attracted to spikey, shiny things. Perfect! Now we wait. It's gonna take at least 1,000 years. But man. Once they start killing themselves it's gonna be worth it. I can feel it. "
" Also. I burp at your general direction as the picture shows. "
People, please. If you want I'll bet you 5,000,000 dollars , that 12-21-12 is nothing more then some astrology happening. Maybe Pluto will stop being a weirdo and actually have a straight orbit! Or maybe fungi will grow from your nose.
...hmm..fungi.
#24
Posted 25 July 2009 - 04:16 PM
"Hey Chiquito. Look at these foreigners! They actually believe in what we say! I mean. Dude! We murdered our own people out of drugged state and shoved needles up our butts! Dude, wait up. Hey Enrique! Make a rune for these weirdos to read. Okay. You got the rock and pike ready? Okay. Write by the time of 07-25-2009 , everyone is going to feel attracted to spikey, shiny things. Perfect! Now we wait. It's gonna take at least 1,000 years. But man. Once they start killing themselves it's gonna be worth it. I can feel it. "
" Also. I burp at your general direction as the picture shows. "
People, please. If you want I'll bet you 5,000,000 dollars , that 12-21-12 is nothing more then some astrology happening. Maybe Pluto will stop being a weirdo and actually have a straight orbit! Or maybe fungi will grow from your nose.
...hmm..fungi.
xD Fungi! I do remember the 2000 prediction. Never did happen and we're still here...
#25
Posted 25 July 2009 - 11:19 PM
Funny thing is, my old desktop computer ACTUALLY got hit by a major virus on the day of Y2K. We left it on for the night, and it pretty much got wonky and funky on us.
#26
Posted 25 July 2009 - 11:24 PM
#27
Posted 25 July 2009 - 11:38 PM
December 1999 was a fun month when living in Manhattan, actually. Lots of people on the street warning passing-bys that Y2K was coming. Although the only thing that happened around me that day, had to do with the elevators in my apartment building. They kept going up and down without stopping.
But they started working fine just an hour or two after midnight. XD
No matter how dark it is, you’re not alone you know?
The moonlight is shining on us
#28
Posted 25 July 2009 - 11:45 PM
#29
Posted 26 July 2009 - 07:34 PM
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#30
Posted 26 July 2009 - 08:54 PM
I've heard about the poles reversing too. It could cause weather so extreme it would be like The Day After Tomorrow, only the weather wouldn't balance out after the storms die; There would really be a new ice age. That's the speculation, of course no one really knows for sure what happens to the weather when the poles switch, but there is fossil evidence of the poles switching many times in the earth's history and ice ages were seen to happen soon after.
There's a lot of other "what ifs" that go along with pole reversing such as airplane and sailing navigation.
#31
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:16 PM
There's a lot of other "what ifs" that go along with pole reversing such as airplane and sailing navigation.
...Er... I'm not sure where you got your information... but the Earth's poles will not reverse on 2012...
It's true that the poles wander and that they do actually flip... but this happens irregularly... last one was ~800,000 years ago. And it doesn't just happen instantly... it occurs over thousands of years. So even if the Earth was in the process of "flipping poles"... it's not something that will happen in our lifetime.
The sun however, reverses its poles every 11 years... I would have to check if this will occur in 2012... but I figure this may be what people may be incorrectly referring to when they say the poles are reversing. Of course, since this is on a 11-year cycle... nothing really dramatic happens when it does occur.
As for the solar system crossing the galactic equator in 2012... I'm pretty sure that's false as well.
#32
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:19 PM
Every so often, the Earth under goes a polar shift. The South Pole will become the North Pole, and the North Pole will become the South. This has happened many times in the history of the planet, and will happen many more times. The shift will not bring about the end of the world, nor will it increase seismic activity. It has happened hundreds of times and none of those times coincided with an extinction event.
While I agree with you about the Sun's solar activity, I have to disagree on the timing. While it does enter a phase of near solar maximum every 11 years, or so, it is believed that the next one will be delayed. At this time, the Sun is going through a phase of near solar minimum. Unlike other "minimums", this one has been rather strange. Since 2001 (2001 being the last Solar Maximum), the Sun has been rather calm, with very very few ejections, flares and no sun spots. Because of this, Scientists believe that the next maximum will happen in 2013, not 2012.
Edited by RyrineaHaruno, 26 July 2009 - 09:34 PM.
#33
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:31 PM
1.)We are not due for a polar shift any time soon. A polar shift happens once every 400k yrs, or so, and the last one was too recent.
...
Sorry, I just wanted to correct you on this one thing... the last one was somewhere between 700,000 to 800,000 years ago. We're actually "overdue" for one.
Yeah, I wasn't completely sure on the timing... pretty sure I stated that in my post.
Edited by Unknown Entity, 26 July 2009 - 09:32 PM.
#34
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:33 PM
Thank you for this....."
#35
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:33 PM
And its not a shift between north and south, its actually a 'tilt' the earths position in the gravitational pull of the sun changes. (At least, that's how I remember it being explained to me)
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#36
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:41 PM
And its not a shift between north and south, its actually a 'tilt' the earths position in the gravitational pull of the sun changes. (At least, that's how I remember it being explained to me)
Actually no, that a tilt of the axises not a polar shift. See they are competently different xD...."
#37
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:45 PM
#38
Posted 26 July 2009 - 10:04 PM
No Tahaji had it right. Since the poles are the ends of the axis, If the poles moved, then the axis would have to change as well. I found a paragraph on wikipedia confirming Tahaji's statement.
So if the poles shifted, so would the axis.
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#39
Posted 26 July 2009 - 10:13 PM
So if the poles shifted, so would the axis.
Ah, thank you Sora no Senshi I was misinformed or forgot xd ....."
#40
Posted 27 July 2009 - 02:51 AM
All I know is that I heard of the poles shifting theory and the crossing of the galactic equator in 2012 on one of those science shows on either NatGeo, History, or Discovery. So I might have seen a couple of different shows and just got them jumbled. Personally the only major thing I can think that would happen would be the seasons being bass ackwards and the toilets would flush backwards to how you would normally seen them go.(clockwise/counter-clockwise)
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