From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: your.name@isp.com (Your Name)   
   Subject: Re: 11 MORE DAYS   
      
   In article , ToolPackinMama   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 1/3/2011 2:39 PM, Quadibloc wrote:   
   > > On Dec 31 2010, 10:38 pm, "Your Name"  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Nope, there are ...   
   > >>   
   > >>     711 days until the end of the world on 12 December, 2012   
   > >> or  720 days until the end of the world on 21 December, 2012   
   > >   
   > > And I see that the next Star Trek movie is scheduled for a June 29,   
   > > 2012 release date. Of course, delays could result in a change to a   
   > > Christmas season release, but otherwise, the end of the world will be   
   > > no defense against it.   
   >    
   > What's with the end-of-the-world timetable?  Since when is catastrophe    
   > something that operates on a schedule?   
   >    
   > That Yellowstone super-volcano could blow at any time.  It's already    
   > overdue.   
   >    
   > Or a meterorite, solar flare, etc.   
      
   The Mayan calender (when convereted to modern the modern calendar system)   
   shows dates for thousands of years, but suddenly stops on 21 December,   
   2012.   
      
   There's also a number of other old beliefs and prophecies, including one   
   from Nostradamus, that (supposedly) indicate a date around the same time   
   for "the end of the world".   
      
   Even if you believe in such things, then there's arguments as to whether   
   it literally means "the end of the world" (as in it explodes or something)   
   or some big disaster that causes major changes, maybe killing off large   
   numbers of living things (e.g. another smaller "dinosaur extinction"   
   event) ... of course once we get past those dates with nothing happening,   
   then two things will definitely happen: many people will try and say that   
   event X which did happen was what they really meant AND the "end of the   
   world" event will suddenly get a new date slightly further in the future.   
      
      
      
      
   > Seriously.  It's not the death of old age that throws you, it's the    
   > death by accident or disease that takes you by surprise.   
   >    
   > I just checked the bottom of my foot.  There is no expiration date    
   > stamped there.  :)   
      
   You need to use a really good magnifying glass, and then you'll find it   
   right next to the "Made in China" stamp.  ;-)   
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