Countdown to the End of the World

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James R said:
Think about it for a moment. If I somehow managed to blow the Earth up, do you think that event would happen on a time-zone by time-zone basis, or at the same instant in every time zone?


Brain on. Think.
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So you comprehend the idea of absolute simultaneity! You comprehend that there is a universal time. The one point on earth that is actually the closest to the sun at 11:12 GMT is the only point that will be that shortest distance to the sun. No other point on the terrestrial part of earth gets that close to the sun (but points of earth's atmosphere and outer boundary are closer), and yet...you imply that the world will end at all points on earth, simultaneously. Absolute simultaneity!!!
 
It could almost be construed as the midpoint of a constant velocity train lining up with the midpoint of a zero velocity embankment, and simultaneously, at that exact moment that the points line up, emitting light from the front and rear of the train.
 
I said nothing about "absolute" simultaneity, Motor Daddy - whatever that is.
 
James R said:
Think about it for a moment. If I somehow managed to blow the Earth up, do you think that event would happen on a time-zone by time-zone basis, or at the same instant in every time zone?

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My first reaction is: can you prove that the Earth would NOT explode a time zone at a time? ;)
 
James R said:
I said nothing about "absolute" simultaneity, Motor Daddy - whatever that is.
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If I somehow managed to blow the Earth up, do you think that event would happen on a time-zone by time-zone basis, or at the same instant in every time zone?
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Surely you don't mean to imply, nor would it be true that the world would explode time zone by time zone at the same time in every time zone. That would be ridiculous!

So by the process of elimination you mean to imply that the world would explode SIMULTANEOUSLY at all points on earth, and for that matter every point in the universe.

Every observer in the universe has a watch and every one of those watches reads the exact same time!
 
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Well it's a perhaps a little ironic that there won't be any Mayans left around to see the end of the world since their world has already ended several hundred years ago.
 
So when does the world end Eastern Standard Time so I don't sleep through it? Is there a specific time mentioned?
 
Thanks for reminding me.
I always forget these end of the world events,
and by the time I've remembered they are over.

@R1D2
Heh Heh. I like it.

How long will it take after the non-event for someone to set a new date?
 
That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and
snakes, an aeroplane and Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world
serves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs. Feed
it off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength, the Ladder
start to clatter with fear fight down height. Wire
in a fire, representing seven games, and a government
for hire at a combat site. Left of west and coming in
a hurry with the furys breathing down your neck. Team
by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped.
Look at that low playing. Fine, then. Uh oh,
overflow, population, common food, but it'll do to Save
yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs,
listen to your heart bleed dummy with the rapture and
the revered and the right, right. You vitriolic,
patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty
psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign
towers. Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself
churn. Lock it in, uniforming, book burning, blood
letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate.
Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down.
Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh, this means no
fear cavalier. Renegade steer clear! A tournament,
tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions,
offer me alternatives and I decline.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I dreamt of knives, continental
drift divide. Mountains sit in a line, Leonard
Bernstein. Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester
Bangs. Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You
symbiotic, patriotic, slam bug net, right? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel
fine...fine...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
 
Asguard said:
why cant we delete our own duplicates anymore?
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Wish I knew frustrating isn't it. Email Plazma Inferno! Let him know. I had to email him about the email not working. I told the mods and they directed me to him.
 
I found a phone app that counts down to Mayan "doomsday".
 
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I think it is supposed to be 11:11 am greenwhich on 21st, but that was only a quick search and unsure how that translates for eastern standard time yet. In a hurry to rush out door. Need groceries for apocolypse. Cheetos' etc

Would Apocalypse affect my Internet speed?
 
Okay so it should be 4:11 am Eastern Standard time which means I shall get a poor nights rest before the Apocalypse.

I have been waiting for this to see if I should do any Christmas shopping, although that doesn't ex[lain why I have 2 turkeys in the freezer.

I will put some ice wine in the fridge for my End of the World party.


IF YOU CANNOT GET TO PAGE 3 THEN THE APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN.

SO FAR ITS BEEN NON STOP RAIN HERE. Unsure if it will CONTINUE FOR 40 DAYS/NIGHTS YET!
 
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