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30-March-2007, 02:01 AM
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2012?
Can someone please tell me what part, if any, of the following is true...
Part of the 2012 mystique stems from the stars. On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years. This means that "whatever energy typically streams to Earth from the center of the Milky Way will indeed be disrupted on 12/21/12 at 11:11 p.m. Universal Time," http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...2_N.htm?csp=34 Thanks 
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30-March-2007, 07:25 AM
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Re: 2012?
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It appears USA Today is, in some ways, devolving into Weekly World News.
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30-March-2007, 07:40 AM
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If you take the time to read through all the links provided, you will see that the alignment (not a precise alignment anyway) already happened, in 1999; the Sun at solstice is now actually moving away from the general area of the galactic centre in Sagittarius.
So its a big nothing, really.
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30-March-2007, 08:23 AM
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NOTHING To make it a little longer: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
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30-March-2007, 11:57 AM
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Well, almost nothing. According to USNO, the winter equinox will indeed be at that date and time (UTC).
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2012 2012 Perihelion Jan 5 00 Equinoxes Mar 20 05 14 Sept 22 14 49 Aphelion July 5 03 Solstices June 20 23 09 Dec 21 11 11 Fred
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30-March-2007, 12:03 PM
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30-March-2007, 12:40 PM
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30-March-2007, 01:13 PM
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I would say that there is nothing to worry about.. well until the next prophecized catastrophic year.
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30-March-2007, 02:10 PM
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Can someone please tell me what part, if any, of the following is true...
"Part of". The rest is sheer twaddle.
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30-March-2007, 02:14 PM
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That's not even 11:11 PM UT. (UT is generally expressed in 24-hour format.) It's 11:11 AM.
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30-March-2007, 02:17 PM
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Well, he got the digits right, anyway. Half credit for that. But the rest is pure bartsibrel.
Fred
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30-March-2007, 11:44 PM
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Thanks folks,
Good to hear that the 'alignment' already happened -and that Earth survived.  I gotta admit that the look of the date and time for the winter equinox (12/21/12 11:11) is kind of cool given the prophecy and hokey stuff on the internet about 11:11. I hope we at least get a good sci-fi/fantasy movie out of this stuff before 2012.
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31-March-2007, 08:04 AM
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A very good doco I saw recently made an observation. The Mayan calander does show the end of a major and very long cycle, but the woo woo people forget the important fact that the calander actually continues past this magical date. And in the words of an archeologist interviewed. It is very much business as usual
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31-March-2007, 04:07 PM
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Jeez! even the Mayans edged their bets.....
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31-March-2007, 08:25 PM
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And not really; you aren't hedging your bets by having an odometer that rolls over or a calendar that adds one to the thousands place.
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01-April-2007, 07:52 PM
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Ooooh, goodie. I see Ed Dames is going to be on with Art Bell tonight. This ought to be good -- Dames is getting on the 2012 gravitational wave/tsunami thing from the center of the galaxy bandwagon. Last time he was on, he tied this in with his "solar kill shot" thing he's been predicting for 15 years.
-Richard
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