Harwood Butcher Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 (edited) Some of you may have heard the rumors surrounding the year 2012, which is supposedly when some huge event is going to happen that will kill off pretty much everyone and everything. Well I was just browsing the internet and noticed a counter for this event, which will occur on December 21st or 22nd of the year 2012 and in 73 days from now, GTAIV's release, there will be exactly 1,000 days until this supposed event occurs. Now I'm not saying Rockstar is releasing GTAIV because of this, but I found it to be sort of a funny coincidence...unless you're not into these sort of things...then you probably won't find this funny. Edited February 15, 2008 by Original GTA Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Don Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 What's going to happen in 2012? The olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibraa5 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Some Maya thing, Asteroid ghitting the Earth or something.. but yeah, coincidence O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 What's going to happen in 2012? The olympics? ...Yeah, the Olympics...lol There are many rumors about what's going to happen 2012...sort of like the "new millenium" rumors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibraa5 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 http://www.satansrapture.com/nostra2012.htm ..Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Thats kind of a scary coincidence, I wonder if the 2012 Leap year day has been included? How do scientists predict the world is going to end or everyone is going to die in 2012, I wonder if there is any proof that it will happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Thats kind of a scary coincidence, I wonder if the 2012 Leap year day has been included? How do scientists predict the world is going to end or everyone is going to die in 2012, I wonder if there is any proof that it will happen? I don't think any scientist have predicted that the world would end in 2012. Although, there might be an asteroid collision in 2036 if that makes you feel any better. I'll be 46 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas. Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 As long as I live longer than 25 years I'll be ok about dying after that. Thats 12 Years from now for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 As long as I live longer than 25 years I'll be ok about dying after that. Thats 12 Years from now for me. Well you'll be like 41 at the time...if it happens. They're monitoring 2004 MN4 "Apophis" pretty well. They could easily blow it up after it passes us in 2029. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charger Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 2012 is also about the magnetic poles flipping. There are so many things on how the world will end in 2012 I find it a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 That's quite funny. Thing is... what is special about the number 1000? So there are supposedly exactly a thousand days from GTA IV's release to this particular date when something special is supposed to happen... what's special about that? The number system we count in is just based on the number of fingers we have, nothing more. So the decimal system has ten numeric symbols (0-9) and they just cycle through and stack up when you run out. There's actually nothing special about 10 or 100 or 1000 or a million or anything. There IS something special about days and years, cos they're actual physical things (earth rotating, orbiting sun etc). So birthdays are important (aka how many times you've been round the sun). But numbers of years aren't - 100 years is just that many times round the sun, no special number except in our counting system. So yeah, nothing special about it at all. Barely a coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) That's quite funny.Thing is... what is special about the number 1000? So there are supposedly exactly a thousand days from GTA IV's release to this particular date when something special is supposed to happen... what's special about that? The number system we count in is just based on the number of fingers we have, nothing more. So the decimal system has ten numeric symbols (0-9) and they just cycle through and stack up when you run out. There's actually nothing special about 10 or 100 or 1000 or a million or anything. There IS something special about days and years, cos they're actual physical things (earth rotating, orbiting sun etc). So birthdays are important (aka how many times you've been round the sun). But numbers of years aren't - 100 years is just that many times round the sun, no special number except in our counting system. So yeah, nothing special about it at all. Barely a coincidence. Wouldn't you consider 1,000 a nice round number??? I think you just like ripping my topics new assholes. You said "The number system we count in"...as if we all use the same number system...pfff. 2012 is also about the magnetic poles flipping. There are so many things on how the world will end in 2012 I find it a joke. I used the magnetic pole shift scenerio as part of my research paper. Edited February 16, 2008 by Original GTA Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 The shift in magnetic poles is probably what's behind a lot of things attributed to global warming. I remember seeing something on Discovery Channel saying it happens something like every 20,000 years or so. I think Gordon Michael Scallion (predicted Northridge & Kobi earthquakes) has a few predictions set for about that time. http://skepdic.com/scallion.html So I have 1,000 days to beat GTA4..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 The shift in magnetic poles is probably what's behind a lot of things attributed to global warming. I remember seeing something on Discovery Channel saying it happens something like every 20,000 years or so. I think Gordon Michael Scallion (predicted Northridge & Kobi earthquakes) has a few predictions set for about that time. http://skepdic.com/scallion.html So I have 1,000 days to beat GTA4..... A magnetic pole shift (MPS) occurs every roughly 730,000-780,000 years. When an MPS occurs our magnetic field stops protecting us from solar flares and harmful UV-B radiations that are usually deflected for the most part. Although our magnetic field would be gone we would still have our atmosphere to protect us from such radiations, but not enough to stop them from harming us such as damaging DNA and killing of plants and animals including a good portion of the human race. It is said that one should occur soon, but soon doesn't necessarily mean today, tomorrow or next week. This could mean another hundred years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanoutlaw Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 It's been a while since I saw/read it, maybe it's the cycle between ice/tropical ages I was thinking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Lol it's not the rapture or anything biblical if you're thinking that, Christians have been trying to predict when it 'will' occur for decades, even the Bible (a book which contradicts itself a number of times) says that nobody will be able to predict when it happens. And everyone thought the world was going to end On New Year's Eve, 1999. Spoilers: It's all bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilly Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 DUDE! i bet everybody will love gta 4 so much that 1000 days after playing that we will all commit group suicide after joining gruppe sechs (or gruppe 6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmac Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Some Maya thing, Asteroid ghitting the Earth or something..but yeah, coincidence O.O Some people say the world end because of some mayan calander... But others think its like a new civilization thingy. Meh, I bet nothing will happen. Kinda like the year 2000, Another hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Wouldn't you consider 1,000 a nice round number??? I think you just like ripping my topics new assholes. You said "The number system we count in"...as if we all use the same number system...pfff. We do all use the same number system. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 etc etc. Because we have 10 fingers, that makes counting in tens easy. Nobody counts in binary or hex or octal or anything, and years are obviously all in decimal. 1000 is only a round number because its the start of a new decimal sequence. Just like FFF + 1 is 100 in hex (which is 256), or 111 + 1 is 1000 in binary (which is 8). It's a round number in the human counting system, entirely man-made, nothing natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) Lol it's not the rapture or anything biblical if you're thinking that, Christians have been trying to predict when it 'will' occur for decades, even the Bible (a book which contradicts itself a number of times) says that nobody will be able to predict when it happens.And everyone thought the world was going to end On New Year's Eve, 1999. Spoilers: It's all bullshit. Please use spoiler tags. Wouldn't you consider 1,000 a nice round number??? I think you just like ripping my topics new assholes. You said "The number system we count in"...as if we all use the same number system...pfff. We do all use the same number system. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 etc etc. Because we have 10 fingers, that makes counting in tens easy. Nobody counts in binary or hex or octal or anything, and years are obviously all in decimal. 1000 is only a round number because its the start of a new decimal sequence. Just like FFF + 1 is 100 in hex (which is 256), or 111 + 1 is 1000 in binary (which is 8). It's a round number in the human counting system, entirely man-made, nothing natural. You do realize I was...joking...right??? Edited February 16, 2008 by Original GTA Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkali64 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Wow, this is like everywhere... I was reading an old Horrible History book at college today, it said there is supposed to be a huge earthquake in, yep, you guessed it.. December 21st, 2012... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charger Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Whats funny is that everyone is getting it wrong. The Mayans are still around today, but they don't see 2012 as the end of the world. They see it as a new beginning for everyone, if I remember right many researchers understand the calendar very differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 We are all going to die maybe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmac Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Haha i found a movie about it. I still think its a load of shit though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyde Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Boom we die. Yay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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