Also: I’m somewhat taken aback by this focus on the Mayan Calander. I have it on good authority that according to the Gregorian calender, in about 8 days the entire YEAR will simply cease to be. I don’t think twinkies will help.
January 19, 2038
That’s when the standard UNIX box’s 32-bit clock runs out of seconds to count, and the Y2K-bug-for-Real-Computers happens. (Unless everything is converted to 64 bit by then, which is likely, so it’ll be as impactful as the last computer calendar apocalypse.)
TONIGHT!
http://rt.com/news/maya-apocalypse-re-scheduled-616/
So don’t eat those hoarded twinkies just yet!
Also: I’m somewhat taken aback by this focus on the Mayan Calander. I have it on good authority that according to the Gregorian calender, in about 8 days the entire YEAR will simply cease to be. I don’t think twinkies will help.
January 19, 2038
That’s when the standard UNIX box’s 32-bit clock runs out of seconds to count, and the Y2K-bug-for-Real-Computers happens. (Unless everything is converted to 64 bit by then, which is likely, so it’ll be as impactful as the last computer calendar apocalypse.)