Posted April 01, 2011
"You may think it is the year 1999, when in fact it's closer to 2199. We can't tell you exactly what year it is, because we honestly don't know."
Posted April 01, 2011
Posted April 01, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiv_Eriksson
Posted April 01, 2011
I find it amusing that because some old mathematicians only felt the need to plan out their calendar 700 years into the future, everybody thinks we're gonna get abducted by aliens or something.
I find it much more likely that some underpaid Mayan astronomy intern decided to take a coffee break right before the entire civilization mysteriously disappeared.
I find it much more likely that some underpaid Mayan astronomy intern decided to take a coffee break right before the entire civilization mysteriously disappeared.
Posted April 01, 2011
Mayan Calender is based on cycles which is what the doomsayers always conveniently ignore. It doesn't just stop it starts again. In many ways the Mayan Calender was highly advanced for it's time.
Posted April 01, 2011
Ever seen the skit that was done by Peter Cook and Rowan Atkinson (plus a few others) at the Hollywood Bowl? It was part of Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and it's on Youtube. Basically a bunch of really goofy people think the world is about to end and sit and wait for it. When it doesn't happen they all walk off and say, "Ok, same time tomorrow?"
Posted April 01, 2011
I'm hopeful for a 2012 apocalypse because it'll cheese a lot of people off.
The question is this: what kind of apocalypse do we want?
I'm looking out for breaches in the spacetime continuum, so that everything turns into Rifts.
The question is this: what kind of apocalypse do we want?
I'm looking out for breaches in the spacetime continuum, so that everything turns into Rifts.
Posted April 01, 2011
I actually think that a full-scale nuclear war with China is totally possible. It'll probably have to do with pandas.
The National Zoo refused to return one of their pandas to China when the lease was up a couple of years ago, and there was some heated diplomacy before they agreed to have the lease extended.
Pandas are serious business, and it would hardly be the silliest excuse for a war so far.
The National Zoo refused to return one of their pandas to China when the lease was up a couple of years ago, and there was some heated diplomacy before they agreed to have the lease extended.
Pandas are serious business, and it would hardly be the silliest excuse for a war so far.
Posted April 01, 2011
The National Zoo refused to return one of their pandas to China when the lease was up a couple of years ago, and there was some heated diplomacy before they agreed to have the lease extended.
Pandas are serious business, and it would hardly be the silliest excuse for a war so far.