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Author Topic:   Calendar ends in 2012 - Oh Noes!!
xongsmith
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Message 13 of 20 (535878)
11-18-2009 2:39 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by Otto Tellick
11-15-2009 11:44 PM


The 32-bit UNIX epoch comes to an abrupt end at 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038 (cf. the wiki page). Watch out, and be prepared -- you might end up going back to 1901! (so dress appropriately)
Actually, I think you would go back to 0:00 Jan 1st, 1970, so dressing accordingly may even be worse than you thought.

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Message 15 of 20 (536065)
11-19-2009 3:20 PM
Reply to: Message 12 by Rrhain
11-16-2009 3:26 AM


Rrhain gets his Douglas Adams channel going with
If only I had been born just a couple years later. Then I'd be able to turn 42 on 12/22/12. Alas, the birthday where I learn the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything will come early.
This discussion reminds me of an old beatnik poem we knew in high school:
The Fable Of The Final Hour, by Dan Propper in 1958
You can read it all at
The Fable of the Final Hour - Dan Propper - The 3rd Page
...but here is an excerpt I recall:
In the 24th minute of the final hour a flock of diarrhetic
pigeons strafed Miami Beach;

- xongsmith

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