http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
Probably a preliminary time warp.

@Mike

Probably a preliminary time warp.

@Mike

Probably a preliminary time warp.

@Mike

Probably a preliminary time warp.

@Mike

Probably a preliminary time warp.

@Mike

Probably a preliminary time warp.

@Mike

Probably a preliminary time warp.

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I was conflicted on how to rank you. +1 for the Boondocks reference, -100 for the fact it was an incorrect statement. Nice try though.]]>Sep 7th 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
It will probably still look like a virgin.

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SHRP DA WRP!]]>Sep 8th 2008 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/black mesa in real life
id better get my hazard suit from the dry cleaners...]]>Sep 8th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 9th 2008 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 9th 2008 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/]]>Sep 7th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
Could somebody 100% confirm that we're not all gonna get sucked into a black hole please?]]>Sep 8th 2008 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/They're going to be smashing atoms together in a manor that exactly reflects the way atoms sometimes smash together in space, and even here on earth. They want to examine the aftermath of the collision to see if they can witness the existence of certain theoretical particles, namely the Higgs Boson.
The concern is that these extremely high-powered collisions could create tiny black holes that would grow and eat us all. However, if that were to happen when these collisions occurred, a natural collision would have created a black hole that gobbled up our solar system long before any of us got here.
So I guess what makes even people that are well informed on the subject is that scientists know that we won't be gobbled up by a black hole, but they don't know why. If that makes you nervous, consider anesthesia in the medical world, where doctors know that it works, but don't really know why...and we trust it millions of times a day all over the world.]]>Sep 8th 2008 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
I take it that you are making a reference to the beginning of the fourteenth b'ak'tun along with a reset of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar to a date believed to match with the point that the gods placed life into the universe...

In the mythology, the gods failed three times in the creation of live in this universe, in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth b'ak'tuns; finally succeeding in bringing live to the universe at the start of the thirteenth b'al'tun on August 11, 3114 BCE.

Assuming that you put stock into the end of this calendar, the fourteenth b'ak'tun will begin on December 21, 2012 BCE at 11:11 UTC.

Some associate this event with the "end of the world", however given that Mayan civilization appears to have ended in the ninth century there is very little information that we can use to provide any validation or insight to any possible significance to this event. Even if there was, our knowledge of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is based entirely on hypothesis through the correlation between known geologic and astronomical events.

Not that any of this relates in any way to the article in question... It is simply providing clarification to an already ambiguous comment.

~Tyson]]>Sep 7th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
I don't think he's making a reference to anything in particular, and you're reading too far into it. All I remember is that the History channel had a big huge show on it with all these old civilizations having calendars and cruddy methods of 'divination' that all suddenly stopped in 2012. Scary, if you ask me. But you don't see me spending all my money before that date =)

For the Christians/Catholics out there, lemme point out that it states in the Bible even God doesn't know when the world will end. Not that he doesn't have any SAY in the matter, just that it's up for discussion. Maybe it's possible it'll be 2012. And that he hasn't made up his mind.

Haha, just something to think about. =P]]>Sep 7th 2008 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
iPhones everywhere, yet nowhere.........]]>Sep 7th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
Introducing the new Apple i[escape]Pods! Survive Armageddon!]]>Sep 7th 2008 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Actually, Jesus, the son, doesn't know, God the Father does.

Anyway.... could be a reference to the Alien Invasion starting according to the X-Files. Maybe the LHC is what draws the attention of the aliens? Quick! Before they discover FTL Travel and the secret to the Perfect Waffle Recipe!!!]]>Sep 8th 2008 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
*audience gasps*]]>Sep 7th 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 8th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
You know...if they really do end the world....I love you all!

Seeya in hell!]]>Sep 7th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/
Oh shittttt, it's already affecting me!]]>Sep 7th 2008 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/07/world-to-end-wednesday/Sep 7th 2008 10:11PM