Not a good month.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Nikolai


Not very updated, eh? The apocalypse is not coming, the newest news tell us that the asteroid won't hit us(as all the others.. ). I'm glad you isn't our news editor! [Or are you? I haven't been here for some time... )

Actually, it may hit in 2060. But what do I know? A lot.

Anyway....Nope, he isnt the editor. I am! muhahahaha

[Nikolai]

Actually, another danger may come earlier... I once read an interesting article, who told about the mayan propherties(sp?). The mayans actually had a calendar that was as good as our, and they also had very good knowledge about the universe. Well, the case is, that their calendar is telling us that the poles of Earth will change in 2012, so that the north pole will become the south pole! And the worst: Our scientist can tell us that this will happen sooner or later, we just don't know exactly when... Let's pray, shall we?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Sistery Miriam Godwinson
Actually, another danger may come earlier... I once read an interesting article, who told about the mayan propherties(sp?). The mayans actually had a calendar that was as good as our, and they also had very good knowledge about the universe. Well, the case is, that their calendar is telling us that the poles of Earth will change in 2012, so that the north pole will become the south pole! And the worst: Our scientist can tell us that this will happen sooner or later, we just don't know exactly when... Let's pray so that the lord may give us mercy, shall we? - Sister Miriam Godwinson, "Its The End of the World"

No. Banana shall save us. Anyway, this thread has turned to and should be locked and imprisoned.

[OPD]

OMG earth crust displacement theory.

The planets aligning to put combined gravitational force on the dense ice caps and pulling them right round to the equator.

All dinosaurs dying.

Scientists diging in the ice caps finding that extremely deep ice was formed when the poles where in a different position.

[Nikolai]

Oh, I think this is interesting! But I guess you're right...

[Will 5001]

How is this related to the civ 3 demo game, if it does, only by a very thin strand!!

[Nikolai]

But why: Tassadar is soooooooo important to us apolytonians!

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by OPD
OMG earth crust displacement theory.

The planets aligning to put combined gravitational force on the dense ice caps and pulling them right round to the equator.

All dinosaurs dying.

Scientists diging in the ice caps finding that extremely deep ice was formed when the poles where in a different position.

Actually, you're wrong. The theory I'm talking about, is this: Every X million years, the sun's poles swiches. After some thousand years, the poles of Earth does too. It can happen in two ways: Either the poles swich in a way that doesn't harm us much, or, which is most problable, the poles wander all over the Earth, and deforms it where it goes. This will make huge disorder, and the mayans meant that this would destroy our civilization in a way.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Er, sorry, but planetary alignments don't have any discernible effect on Earth.

Never heard about polar switching causing deformities, though. How'd they determine that?

[Epistax]

Originally posted by Vlad Antlerkov
Er, sorry, but planetary alignments don't have any discernible effect on Earth.

Never heard about polar switching causing deformities, though. How'd they determine that?

Random info time!

The sun's poles actually change every eleven days*, and they are largely responsible for sun spots. Likewise, all magnets big and small switch their poles after a certain amount of time. The earth switches every few million years. Any magnet you have in your house would take longer to flip than the universe has apparently existed**.

* Estimation. I don't remember if it was rounded up or down to this, or if it's even exactly static (the sun is not), so it might different depending on thermonuclear reactions at a given time.

** I do not buy into the 'big bang' theory where nothing existed before hand. How presumptuous.

[OPD]

Originally posted by Vlad Antlerkov
Er, sorry, but planetary alignments don't have any discernible effect on Earth

I should have known better than to try this one here.

Usually I can get people really scared by telling them this, as it's belivable to the layman.

[MrWhereItsAt]

With the Earth's pole reversals, no-one knows how quick they generally take, but palaeomagnetics shows transition times of as little as a hundred years or so.

Then compasses would not work properly, and countless forms of EM based devices would screw up also.

The Internet and 'Poly might not work either, and I don't think there is anything worse to fear than that!

Originally posted by Tassadar5000

However, do not think I am not watching. I'll be back sunday (hopefully...) and I'll catch up. Both in chat and on the forums. Nobody is safe, MWIA!

Why Tass - whatever do you mean?