[jebartle]

Any feed back? I think they meet at Bridgeport Rec. on Wednesday but not sure of time...

[Mudder]

What type of club is it anyway?

[jebartle]

It is Villagers that believe or are interested in the theory that because all ancient calendars end in 2012, so goes the world.....I think!

Originally Posted by Mudder

What type of club is it anyway?

[logdog]

Originally Posted by jebartle

It is Villagers that believe or are interested in the theory that because all ancient calendars end in 2012, so goes the world.....I think!

Their last meeting will be in December 2012 so don't prepay your dues beyond that date.

[jebartle]

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by jebartle

It is Villagers that believe or are interested in the theory that because all ancient calendars end in 2012, so goes the world.....I think!

[Sherman931]

I wish I knew about this club before I built my house, moved to the Villages and them put a lot of work making it nice and comfy....could have saved a lot of time and money.

[Pturner]

So... I guess they don't need long-term health insurance.

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by jebartle

It is Villagers that believe or are interested in the theory that because all ancient calendars end in 2012, so goes the world.....I think!

I am not aware of that club, nor do I buy into the whole Mayan calendar thing, but I have read some interesting articles about solar flares and the potential disruption to some of the worlds power grid. IMO it is interesting reading and hopefully nothing more than that. Google solar flares power gird

A scary article:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/2012storms/

Now here is a more believable (IMO) article about 2012.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

Either way, this will not affect my life in any way until it happens!

[Figmo Bophoca]

Guess that I will do the same thing that I did for Y2K. New Year's Eve 1999, watched the ball drop in Time Square, I am in Mountain Standad Time, went to bed, got up the next morning, made coffee and life went on.

Now for the December 21, 2012, will do the same thing. There isn't anything I or we can do if the world should end, which I doubt very much. Seems that we are having some really funny weather so will take the same precautions that I have for my family since way back when.

Have some water set aside, some extra food, make sure that we have at least a 30 day supply of our medication and take whatever means needed to protect my family. Be ready to help our neightbors if needed.

Everything that I have mentioned above should be taken by everyone all the time. You never know when a nautral, man made or whatever will take place and you will need to provide for your family and friends.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

I am not aware of that club, nor do I buy into the whole Mayan calendar thing, but I have read some interesting articles about solar flares and the potential disruption to some of the worlds power grid. IMO it is interesting reading and hopefully nothing more than that. Google solar flares power gird

A scary article:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/2012storms/

Now here is a more believable (IMO) article about 2012.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

Either way, this will not affect my life in any way until it happens!

If I want to be scared I read my Barnes and Nobles charges.

[Pturner]

Ho hum. I was so convinced Y2K was a huge hoax that I refused to do anything to my home PC or laptop, despite the millions the company I worked for was forced to spend, and in turn, forced it's vendors to spend to "fix" the "problem".

I didn't run any windows or other software patches. I didn't even do the ridiculously simple (and silly) change of making the year read four digits instead of two. I didn't stock up on food or water and didn't fill my bathtub. I figured electronic devices didn't know or care whether 2000 was a higher or lower number that 1999. To them, it's all just a bunch of 1s and 0s.

Jan. 1, 2000 came and went, my desktop, laptop and all my software (Excel, Quicken and all) worked just fine.

I am equally moved by the 2012 scare.

[Golf-Tinker]

The Y2K issue was valid only for systems using a 2 digit year representation. Before the year 2000, large systems (mostly COBOL) used 98 to represent the year 1998 and so on. Most systems were designed keeping this in mind, and hence when the year 2000 arrived, the year 00 would thus become 1900 – throwing all financial calculations out of the window.

There were two solutions.
Use a 4 digit year (which was not practical without a major software rewrite) or change the assumptions:
Anything greater than “50” would mean we are in the 20th century (i.e. 50 is 1950, 60 is 1960 and so on)
Anything less than “50” is the 21st century (i.e. 00 is 2000, 10 is 2010 and so on). Many companies chose the later solution when faced with what would mean major costs to do a complete systems rewrite.

Those who used 4 digit years (option #1) are covered, and will continue to remain covered till we roll over to 5 digit years, and if the systems built today are still running. However, for those using option #2, the ghost of the Y2K is not yet gone. In the year 2049, the ghost will come back to haunt everyone.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Golf-Tinker

The Y2K issue was valid only for systems using a 2 digit year representation. Before the year 2000, large systems (mostly COBOL) used 98 to represent the year 1998 and so on. Most systems were designed keeping this in mind, and hence when the year 2000 arrived, the year 00 would thus become 1900 – throwing all financial calculations out of the window.

There were two solutions.
Use a 4 digit year (which was not practical without a major software rewrite) or change the assumptions:
Anything greater than “50” would mean we are in the 20th century (i.e. 50 is 1950, 60 is 1960 and so on)
Anything less than “50” is the 21st century (i.e. 00 is 2000, 10 is 2010 and so on). Many companies chose the later solution when faced with what would mean major costs to do a complete systems rewrite.

Those who used 4 digit years (option #1) are covered, and will continue to remain covered till we roll over to 5 digit years, and if the systems built today are still running. However, for those using option #2, the ghost of the Y2K is not yet gone. In the year 2049, the ghost will come back to haunt everyone.

So, why the heck would the electronic devices know or care whether 00 meant (to us) 1900, 2000 or 600?

"How would they know, why would they care?" (Please don't bother trying to fix her. She's not there.)

All my stuff used the two-digit year and didn't blink an eye when 99 became 00.

Of course I could be wrong. Fortunately for me though, all my old hardware, software and other electronic devices took my side in the matter.

[rubicon]

Hasn't the Mayan civilization for all intent and purposes disappeared? If so then how logical does it sound to take stock in a lost civilization presciences?