What happens December 22, 2012?

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What happens December 22, 2012?
I’ve always heard the world will probably end December 21, 2012.  The logic is very simple.  The Mayan calendar runs out on December 21, 2012, so therefore there are no days after December 21, 2012.  Simple.  Now, I’ve never bought into that doomsday prophecy for simple reason that if the Mayans knew the future, they would have known their calendar would serve them no purpose long, long, long, before 2012.  So, since they had no days long before 2012, the logic they could predict the future with a calendar seems seriously flawed to me.  However, Universe Today explains it even more logically.  Namely, the reason their calendar runs out on December 21, 2012 is because their date will look something like this:

13.0.0.0.0

Look familar?

Looks a lot like an IP address to me.

The Mayans used basically an arbitrary cross of base-13 and base-20 numbering to mark passing years and their version of months.  I’m not sure if the Mayans or Ian O’Neill at Universe Today simply used this format to make it easier to understand.  But, the basic concept is the same as IP addressing that is the heart of basically all communications and data exchange for the human race at this time.  Now, this leads me to wonder that since someone figured out that if there are no days left after the Mayan Calendar runs out, what happens when we run out of IP addresses?  Will the ability to communicate via internet cease to exist as well?

Just gotta wonder, dontcha?

( Quickie update:  No sooner than I posted it, the ICANN people came out and said we’re running out of IP addresses.  Does this mean the end of the world? )

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  • Lorenzo

    I have never heard that the ‘world’ will end on that date. That is a new one on me. I always heard that ‘time’ will end on that date. And it follows that a new cycle will begin.
    Never heard of the doomsday prophecy, did that come from the mayans too?

  • http://space.moonagewebdream.com/ Moonage

    The link I provided is the story as I have always heard it. The title of the page is “The End of the World”. I have never heard that time simply starts over and everything is the same as it was. I have always heard it as they have heard it, time ends for everyone. That, is the end of the world as we know it.

  • yashu

    i won’t believe that world going to end

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  • The Alter

    Even in hindu’s myth, the date is closer and in 2012 !!! when the third world war will broke out (this is guessed against between western alliance with india Vs chinese alliance with islamic nations ) This happens when china attacks india on that date. Check out for kalki purana on google and recent article by a defence expert of india here http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentID=3072430

  • http://space.moonagewebdream.com/ Moonage

    Very interesting reading Alter. Thank you very much!

  • Will C

    ANYONE THING THEY JUST RAN OUT OF ROCK??? REALLY THOUGH KEEP THE FORCE ACTIVE BRING YOUR PEACE TO LIGHT , MAKE THE WAY CLEAR -BLEND INTO THE FRAGMENTS TO WHO KNOWS WHERE!!

  • keeven fulton

    nothing will happen ! your life will go on like normal 12/21/2012 is just another day like any other
    now if the world should (haha) end then it won’t matte as no one will be here to complain i was wrong – now if the poles shift then i guess we will have to reverse the terminals on the batteries on the cars other that =i do not think any thing is going to happen =have thy given a time ? besides a date that the world will end ? no an thats because they don’t know ! no one knows if they did they would not tell the mass’s that would just cause rampages an all sorts of unrest n we can’t have that as a community an country of people if it is the end well nice knowing you all if its not life will just go on like normal =no reason to do any thing but go on as you have been !!

  • keeven fulton

    in the bible it never sys the world will end in fact it says the world will last forever some place in relvaltions not sure where but it says world with out end ? so i guess the calanders were wrong? ill tell you on the dec 23 2012 !!

  • keeven fulton

    just a quick thought what could we do about it any ways = answer nothing grad a sheet an crawl slowly to the nearest cleared area? what could you do if the world is hit by any thing like that planet or bif rock what could we do =nothing why worry just another stress thats not needed till that date we have to live life to its fullest an enjoy what we have cause if its going to end well its going to end an there is nothing an i mean nothing any one can or could do !!

  • praveen kumar

    COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL EVERYTHING FOR OUR GOOD SAKE

  • xX.TyRa.BeAr.Xx

    oh god why did i have to log on to this thing i’m freaked out and refuse to believe that the world is gunna end. i don’t want it to,

  • http://www.afghan123.com Asmatullah Kohistani

    According to our belief (Islam) no one knows when the world will End and I am 100 sure that December 21, 2012 is not the End of the world because too many signs still left to come before the Doomsday as we believe in.

  • clannan1

    I think that it could be the beginning of the 7 years of tribulation. If that doesn’t happen then nothing will. Remember our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will let us know when our time is running up, it is up to all of you to decide if you want to follow the true leader of the world God and his son Jesus Christ.

  • http://space.moonagewebdream.com/ Moonage

    I really don’t think this event has anything to do with the Bible. I don’t think it will start anything.

  • http://onelandrover@live.com davey

    Im not sure what to think but wonder about how life has changed over the last couple years, many loses,I feel my body and soul are preparing me for something its like closing the shutters for a big storm and when they open its a new world i feel like a burst of bright illuminating sunshine and at peace.

  • Leo

    i never paid attention to things like this before, untill one day that i desided to move an old computer of mine out of my room and underneath it was a piece of paper that i got from a church, i was soposed to fill out some questions on it but i didnt and somehow on the back of it was written (/22/2012) im not saying the world will end and im not saying it wont but i cant wait to see what does happen, that is if anything dose happen at all.

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  • kathypat

    I remember living through all this hysteria before when we partied like it was 12-31-1999 and the computer digit problem was going to cause all our microwave ovens to explode if the world didn’t end in 2000, which it clearly did not on 1-1-2000 nor even on 1-1-2001, take your pick. I think I am still using the same microwave oven, too.

  • robert

    I am not an avid reader of the bible, an don’t get me wrong, I do believe in God very much. I am going to try my best not to stick my foot in my own mouth an not offend anyone at any cost, so here goes. According to the scriptures, it says that the mosk of oman will be knocked down an rebuilt. It will take 7 years, not 1 year,(12-20-12), but 7 years to rebuild the wailing wall. And if I’m not mistaken, that will the be the count-down to trials a tribulation, where you will not be able to buy, sell, or trade without, so to speak, bow down to the anti christ. So, what I am getting at is that, I don’t believe any of that crap. What I do believe is that it is possible that the myan will set a new trend for the next millinium, so it could be a good thing an not a bad thing.

  • http://space.moonagewebdream.com/ Moonage

    Nice comment. I don’t mind offending someone so long as it’s done in good taste. Revelations is not part of the original Scriptures so I’ve never put much faith in that part. But i don’t see how the events of the Bible would have impacted the Mayans at the time they were designing their calendar. Would be huge if they were of a mutual influence.

  • Jack

    This is pathetic, currently we are on ipv4 which allows

    2^32 = 4,294,967,296 different addresses

    When these run out, we will steadily switch to ipv6 which allows

    2^128 = Gigantic number of different addresses

    please stop trying to look for connections that don’t exist

  • http://space.moonagewebdream.com/ Moonage

    tongue in cheek is lost on you.

  • http://facebook elies

    Im glad that the world is going to end you know why because i want to go to heaven and stay there if it is the end of the world then its the end of the world you know why that dinousars dont exist because the world ended for them and know its our time plus god only knows when the world id going to end it might be in december 21 2012 or not or some other day so plz stop trying to scare people about the dates years or days even the mayis stop scaring people to im not trying to be mean you guys are smart so only god knows when it is our time.

  • http://space.moonagewebdream.com/ Moonage

    the main problem i have is it’s not your god decided time is over. if that’s the case, and their gods are correct, then your god never existed.

  • Mistwalker

    Time does not exist. it is different for each person. Look at the basic problem of longitude. Without clocks there could be no navagation at sea without long calculation that took hours.
    End time phophecy stories from around the world from differing religions all say the same thing. Time of change. What this means we do not know as none of them said.
    We do know that ice ages come after around 10000 warm years. We know that right before an ice age come a natural global warming. The current levels are 200 times higher than the geological record ever showed before.
    Also I lived in farm country during dry weather. All the churches put out a call to pray for rain. When it did rain it washed away the crops. My point is even if nothing happens, people still believe so something like rolling blackouts, lack of food, and water, and other public services seem more likely.
    Remember that the light of the stars you see at night is thousands of years old, so were the stars the old ones saw.

  • wasim

    we dont know what happen in 2012………………………………..?

  • yvette

    If something happens I pray that good people and children shall not suffer.

  • betty

    I can’t believe people actually believe this.How many times was this to happen? to many.Crazy people are going to be committing suicide,murder and stocking up on all kinds of stuff.Come on seriously?

  • http://www.facebook.com/dharanduraisamy Muralidharan Duraisamy

    Have faith.Its just a wake up call by the creater. Donot destroy the beautiful world that the creater gave to us..He is just showing one by one..Tsunami,cyclone earth quake yet the greed of humaan has not changed. This may not the end yet…Lets pray.

  • http://politics.moonagewebdream.com Moonage

    I have deleted a few comments here lately. Just in case you’re wondering, you have to show some evidence that you actually have read the post before commenting. It’s called “staying on topic” and it is strictly enforced here. If you want to just preach to hear yourself preaching, take it to Facebook.