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Originally posted by dedpope
you play wow redmoon? if so what server?
Why is it always .... 33 ???
Originally posted by RedmoonMWC
Mods if this is in the wrong place please move it. Thanks.
This has gone way overboard.
More than 30 Michigan schools closed for the holidays two days early, in part because the Mayan calendar predicts the world will end on Friday, an official said.
usnews.nbcnews.com...
I understand the hype, and to some extent the fear that somethings can happen that we have no control over but this is ridiculous.
The Mayan calendar ends so the whole world goes into a panic, excuse me? Sorry to disillusion everyone but the calendar is cyclical, like every other calendar in the world, IT STARTS OVER!.
Now this could be from fear that someone might want to imitate one of the various school shootings or bombings but all that would require is an armed security guard or two on the grounds.
My two cents
Go ahead flame away.
Originally posted by RedmoonMWC
The Mayan calendar ends so the whole world goes into a panic, excuse me? Sorry to disillusion everyone but the calendar is cyclical, like every other calendar in the world, IT STARTS OVER!.
The precise alignment of the solstice point (the precise center-point of the body of the sun as viewed from earth) with the Galactic equator was calculated to occur in 1998 (Jean Meeus, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, 1997).
Thus, the Galactic Alignment "zone" is 1998 +/- 18 years = 1980 - 2016. This is "era-2012."
This Galactic Alignment occurs only once every 26,000 years, and was what the ancient Maya were pointing to with the 2012 end-date of their Long Count calendar.
........is not actually there..
in part because the Mayan calendar predicts the world will end on Friday, an official said
Originally posted by RedmoonMWC
reply to post by prevenge
Actually all it is is the solar system we happen to occupy, passing through the galatic "equator" so to speak.
The precise alignment of the solstice point (the precise center-point of the body of the sun as viewed from earth) with the Galactic equator was calculated to occur in 1998 (Jean Meeus, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, 1997).
Thus, the Galactic Alignment "zone" is 1998 +/- 18 years = 1980 - 2016. This is "era-2012."
This Galactic Alignment occurs only once every 26,000 years, and was what the ancient Maya were pointing to with the 2012 end-date of their Long Count calendar.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net...
I would also differ with this in that 72 years per degree of a circle equals 25,920 years and this allignment would happen twice in that time period.