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cerad said:
So i take it that when you say “joke” you mean that managers back in the sixties and seventies should have anticipated the Y2K problem?

Have all the programs that you have worked on been certified to pass the Year 2038 problems? And how about the Year 10000 issues?
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1: What’s so special about the year 2038 that can compare it to 1999/2000?

2: By the year 10.000 it’ll be NOP: Not Our Problem. Supposedly people will have a far better understanding of computers, and it won’t cause an issue to them.
 
aball1035 said:
Does anybody know why everyone’s making such a big fuss about 2012? I heard it was the end of the Mayan calendar, and so supposedly the earth is suppossed to ‘end’ then.

I think it’s a scam, like the whole ‘Y2K’ computer thing.

Any thoughts?

Does 2012 have any mention in Catholicism?
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The very fact that people are questioning that date as the possible date of the end of the world is proof that it will Not be. Jesus said that No One knows the date or the time.

The Mayan Calendar has been a more accurate form of measuring time since it was first created compared to all modern day calendars like the Roman Empire’s Julian Calendar and Roman Catholic Gregorian Calendar. The fact that it ends is interesting, but is not an indication of the end of the world. It would be nice to go back in time when the Mayan Calendar was created and ask them why they chose their calendar to end in 2012, but since we can’t, all we can do is speculate which is probably a huge waste of time as that time would be better spent praying and preparing for our own personal end of the world, our own death.

Y2K was a computer glitch as those who created computer programs set them with a 2 digit year field rather than a 4 digit year field meaning someone born on 01/01/1901 read 01/01/01 - so the computer systems had to be corrected otherwise, it would appear that someone 100 years old was really just born and that events dated a hundred years ago, just happened. The computer glitch was fixed and everything is fine.

Y2K and 2012 are not at all related to one another.
 
celticcrusader said:
why do most people get hung up on Matt.24:36 ? I do not think anyone is saying May 30 2012 at 9:45 am. If you read Matt: 24 , Jesus gives us the signs so we will not be caught off guard and can warn others so they have time to repent so they won’t suffer eternal tourment. what I am saying is look at the whole chapt. not just one line to make it fit an argument.
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But, if you look at the signs, the world is always in that state. That is the point. We must ALWAYS be ready for the end.

If I die tonight, as far as I am concerned, the world is over. I have no more chances to repent.

And, there are people saying exact days and times. That is the point.
 
aball1035 said:
Does anybody know why everyone’s making such a big fuss about 2012? I heard it was the end of the Mayan calendar, and so supposedly the earth is suppossed to ‘end’ then.

I think it’s a scam, like the whole ‘Y2K’ computer thing.

Any thoughts?

Does 2012 have any mention in Catholicism?
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As I understand it the calendar does end. There may have been others who predicted 2012 as an issue as well (if I recal Dec 22nd at 11:00 pm or something close). Harold Camping (2nd prediction as first did not come to pass) has the second coming as scheduled for 2011.

First, if the Mayan calendar ends…so what? Maybe by the time they got to 2012 they had worked so far into the future there was no point in going on (eg look at some paper calendars for Mass and so on that did a schedule for 100 years, etc).

Second, what some scholars say is that all the calendar means is that it is the end of one age and the beginning of another. Some even predict this to be a new a glorious age for man (as opposed to annihilation but annihilation makes better ratings on History Channel).

Lastly, we should always be prepared for the end since we may have an unfortunate accident and so on (happens every day). For those people that died today it WAS the end of the temporal. Our hope lies in the one who overcame death…Jesus Christ. We have nothing to fear.

So, be right with God and prepared at any minute but also plan wisely for your future (i.e. don’t follow the Millerites and sell everything and go wait on a hill for the return in 2012)
 
RevDrNorth said:
So, be right with God and prepared at any minute but also plan wisely for your future (i.e. don’t follow the Millerites and sell everything and go wait on a hill for the return in 2012)
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With the direction things are headed in now, we’ll be lucky to even have anything to sell in 2012.
 
JonNC said:
Think they’d trade Charles for Barrack straight up, no players to be named later? 😃

Jon
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Not Barack - please !!! He reminds me of Tony Blair, and of 1997; which was also the year of Princess Di’s death: the mourning after*** that*** was completely unreal; it was spooky.​

Far better to have the Queen “live for ever” 🙂 (as per the Coronation Anthem, quoting 1 Kings).
 
LutheranDK said:
1: What’s so special about the year 2038 that can compare it to 1999/2000?

2: By the year 10.000 it’ll be NOP: Not Our Problem. Supposedly people will have a far better understanding of computers, and it won’t cause an issue to them.
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In 2029, a meteorite will pass within 334,000 or 34,000 (I forget which) miles of the earth - a lot, anyway; & in 2036, Apophis will come calling, strike the earth, & destroy the human race entirely. So events in 2038 will be of the purest academic interest:​

 
ralphinal said:
But, if you look at the signs, the world is always in that state. That is the point. We must ALWAYS be ready for the end.

If I die tonight, as far as I am concerned, the world is over. I have no more chances to repent.

And, there are people saying exact days and times. That is the point.
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those people who predict dates & time are leaving themselfs open for lack of future trust in thier predictions. I take a wait and see stance . I mostly agree with you except where you say “the world is always in that state” , true except till you bring the fig tree into it. The fig tree was not a big issue years ago. Now it is in the forefront. Also you have this “MAITREYA” starting to emerge:eek: :eek:
 
If you have never heard about MAITREYA , there is a discussion going on and links to info over at the thread "end times speculation lll " in the BACK FENCE section of the fourms.
 
LutheranDK; said:
1: What’s so special about the year 2038 that can compare it to 1999/2000?
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That is the end of the epoch used by Unix based systems. More specifically, the number of seconds in that epoch reaches MAXINT. The simplest fix would be to migrate to a platform that uses either 128 bits or 256 bits.
2: By the year 10.000 it’ll be NOP:
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It might be your kids problem.
( Seriously, some bioscientists think that if they can extend human life spans to 150 years, then their successors will be able to achieve bigger jumps overtime, so that somebody born today, will be able to live 10,000 years, if not more. (However, to afford the medical work required for the lifespan, will require far more money than the average individual has.) )

jonathon
 
celticcrusader said:
those people who predict dates & time are leaving themselfs open for lack of future trust in thier predictions. I take a wait and see stance . I mostly agree with you except where you say “the world is always in that state” , true except till you bring the fig tree into it. The fig tree was not a big issue years ago. Now it is in the forefront. Also you have this “MAITREYA” starting to emerge:eek: :eek:
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Ok, help me with this one. Why is the fig tree a bigger deal now then before?

As far as MAITREYA goes, I could care less what Buddhists say about the end. If Jesus could not say, Buddha could not either.

Besides, the oceans are not shrinking to the point where man can cross them without help. And people ahve been claiming to be that cat for years, too
 
ralphinal said:
Ok, help me with this one. Why is the fig tree a bigger deal now then before?

As far as MAITREYA goes, I could care less what Buddhists say about the end. If Jesus could not say, Buddha could not either.

Besides, the oceans are not shrinking to the point where man can cross them without help. And people ahve been claiming to be that cat for years, too
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when the fig tree Israel ] became a nation it changed everything. and about maitreya your are missing a very important point , Maitreya claims to be Buddha for the buddahist’s Christ for Christians, Mohammad for the muslims. you are starting to see little bits of info on TV preparing his arrival to decieve as many people as he can. so if you did not know about this and when it happens you can say I heard it here first!
 
aball1035 said:
Does anybody know why everyone’s making such a big fuss about 2012?
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Because after Y2K they need some other date to make a fuss about. The only wonder is why they didn’t find something of the sort sooner.

Edwin
 
celticcrusader said:
when the fig tree Israel ] became a nation it changed everything. and about maitreya your are missing a very important point , Maitreya claims to be Buddha for the buddahist’s Christ for Christians, Mohammad for the muslims. you are starting to see little bits of info on TV preparing his arrival to decieve as many people as he can. so if you did not know about this and when it happens you can say I heard it here first!
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If it happens as you say, I will be in shock…Jesus is not coming back as a re-incarnation. He is returning in Glory in his resurected Body.

Unless you are saying Maitreya is an anti-christ
 
ralphinal said:
Unless you are saying Maitreya is an anti-christ
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I am not saying he IS the anti-christ but maybe a false prophet who comes before the anti-christ? wait and see, just be aware, do not be decieved!
 
By 2012:

1.Carrot Top will win an academy award.

2 S. Palin will be president and Alaska will leave the Union (although this will go largely unnoticed).
  1. Hollywood buzz will be excluisively about the soon to be released “Waterwolrd II: The Wetter the Better”
  2. Iraq holds even “free er” elections.
  3. Glen Beck and Sean Hannity particiate in “Civil Union”
  4. Lou Dobbs kidnapped by the MGU (Mexican Gardener’s Union") and ransomed for 14 green cards and $2,000 worth of outback coupons.
  5. Remanent of the Republican Party moves its headquarters to Sri Lanka.
  6. THe world is stunned as Pat Bucchanan announces the name of three people he likes.
  7. President Obama pardon’s the entire 2010 Yankee’s team.
  8. Talk Radio announces it will only broadcast debt counseling infomercials in exchange for receiving $12 billions dollars from Stimulus Packege III.
 
Valke2 said:
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  1. Talk Radio announces it will only broadcast debt counseling infomercials in exchange for receiving $12 billions dollars from Stimulus Packege III.
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we will not have to wait long there is already talk of #3 because #2 is not enough money:eek: :eek:
 
Valke2 said:
By 2012:

1.Carrot Top will win an academy award.

2 S. Palin will be president and Alaska will leave the Union (although this will go largely unnoticed).
  1. Hollywood buzz will be excluisively about the soon to be released “Waterwolrd II: The Wetter the Better”
  2. Iraq holds even “free er” elections.
  3. Glen Beck and Sean Hannity particiate in “Civil Union”
  4. Lou Dobbs kidnapped by the MGU (Mexican Gardener’s Union") and ransomed for 14 green cards and $2,000 worth of outback coupons.
  5. Remanent of the Republican Party moves its headquarters to Sri Lanka.
  6. THe world is stunned as Pat Bucchanan announces the name of three people he likes.
  7. President Obama pardon’s the entire 2010 Yankee’s team.
  8. Talk Radio announces it will only broadcast debt counseling infomercials in exchange for receiving $12 billions dollars from Stimulus Packege III.
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Doesn’t 2 contradict 9 ? Or is the US going to have two Presidents by then ?​

 
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