I got this email from a distant friend (as opposed to a close one) and I'm a little ofset by it.

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You may have received an email similar to this one saying that on February 20, 2002, at 8:02 PM, the time, date, and year would all be perfectly symmetrical. This part was true - 8:02 is 20:02 on a 24-hour clock (military time), Feb. 20 is 20/02, and the year is 2002. Hence, 20:02, 20/02, 2002, which is perfectly symmetric.

However, it also claimed that this had only happened once before (at 10:01 January 1, 1001) and would never happen again. Wrong!

Using the format HH:MM, DD/MM, YYYY AD (Hours:Minutes, Days/Months, Year), it has occured at the following points in time:

21:12, 21/12, 2112 BC

20:02, 20/02, 2002 BC

11:11, 11/11, 1111 BC

10:01, 10/01, 1001 BC

9:09, 9/09, 909 BC

8:08, 8/08, 808 BC

7:07, 7/07, 707 BC

6:06, 6/06, 606 BC

5:05, 5/05, 505 BC

4:04, 4/04, 404 BC

3:03, 3/03, 303 BC

2:12, 2/12, 212 BC

2:02, 2/02, 202 BC

1:11, 1/11, 111 BC

1:01, 1/01, 101 BC

1:01, 1/01, 101 AD

1:11, 1/11, 111 AD

2:02, 2/02, 202 AD

2:12, 2/12, 212 AD

3:03, 3/03, 303 AD

4:04, 4/04, 404 AD

5:05, 5/05, 505 AD

6:06, 6/06, 606 AD

7:07, 7/07, 707 AD

8:08, 8/08, 808 AD

9:09, 9/09, 909 AD

10:01, 10/01, 1001 AD

11:11, 11/11, 1111 AD

20:02, 20/02, 2002 AD

21:12, 21/12, 2112 AD

If you think I'm stretching it by preceding the months by zeros, use this format, which incidentally gives a greater number of occurences:

HH:MM, MM/DD, YYYY AD (Hours:Minutes, Months/Days, Year AD)

12:21, 12/21, 1221 BC

11:11, 11/11, 1111 BC

10:01, 10/01, 1001 BC

9:29, 9/29, 929 BC

9:19, 9/19, 919 BC

9:09, 9/09, 909 BC

8:28, 8/28, 828 BC

8:18, 8/18, 818 BC

8:08, 8/08, 808 BC

7:27, 7/27, 727 BC

7:17, 7/17, 717 BC

7:07, 7/07, 707 BC

6:26, 6/26, 626 BC

6:16, 6/16, 616 BC

6:06, 6/06, 606 BC

5:25, 5/25, 525 BC

5:15, 5/15, 515 BC

5:05, 5/05, 505 BC

4:24, 4/24, 424 BC

4:14, 4/14, 414 BC

4:04, 4/04, 404 BC

3:23, 3/23, 323 BC

3:13, 3/13, 313 BC

3:03, 3/03, 303 BC

2:22, 2/22, 222 BC

2:12, 2/12, 212 BC

2:02, 2/02, 202 BC

1:31, 1/31, 131 BC

1:21, 1/21, 121 BC

1:11, 1/11, 111 BC

1:01, 1/01, 101 BC

1:01, 1/01, 101 AD

1:11, 1/11, 111 AD

1:21, 1/21, 121 AD

1:31, 1/31, 131 AD

2:02, 2/02, 202 AD

2:12, 2/12, 212 AD

2:22, 2/22, 222 AD

3:03, 3/03, 303 AD

3:13, 3/13, 313 AD

3:23, 3/23, 323 AD

4:04, 4/04, 404 AD

4:14, 4/14, 414 AD

4:24, 4/24, 424 AD

5:05, 5/05, 505 AD

5:15, 5/15, 515 AD

5:25, 5/25, 525 AD

6:06, 6/06, 606 AD

6:16, 6/16, 616 AD

6:26, 6/26, 626 AD

7:07, 7/07, 707 AD

7:17, 7/17, 717 AD

7:27, 7/27, 727 AD

8:08, 8/08, 808 AD

8:18, 8/18, 818 AD

8:28, 8/28, 828 AD

9:09, 9/09, 909 AD

9:19, 9/19, 919 AD

9:29, 9/29, 929 AD

10:01, 10/01, 1001 AD

11:11, 11/11, 1111 AD

12:21, 12/21, 1221 AD

Do you suppose this kind of thing has happened before?

But it will only happen once more!

21:12, 21/12, 2112 AD

At 9:12 PM, December 21, 2112, the final occurrence of this certainly interesting but apparently useless cycle will take place. If, however, you can think of some practical application for it, let me know about it in an email sent to grayman32001@yahoo.com - I’d like to hear it.

If you can’t think of anything, I hope you enjoyed reading it anyway – forward it, delete it, whatever. And think!

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It's a geek thing, Nate... you're clearly not a colossal geek.

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Some numerologists would say it's a big deal. 2112 has been said to be a big year, possibly the last year ever!!!

Numerology is stupid.

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

Nate, your distant friend is a dork.

I thought 2012 was supposed to be the last year...

December 12, 2012

Maybe I'm just stupid.

I saw it on tv...something about the Mayans or the Incas or something.

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Bah. That's not numerology. That's just stupid predictions that won't come true.

If they do, I plan on being fucked up beyond all repair at that point.

2012 is a stupid date for the end of the world. I know this because by statistics, the cubs will win the world series before then.

But statistics are usually wrong. It may take another 1,000 years for that to happen.

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

I thought it was just an early Rush record.

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I has a flavor!

Stupid predictions? Have not they predicted every major event and date of said ever to happen and only been off by...a few hours?

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If you want to believe things like that, then yes, it's all true, I however choose to believe that it's all bullshit.

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Dad was flammable

I choose to believe whatever the guy in the weird robe tells me.

He looked either a)crazy or b)wise.

Whatever.

It's not that I believe it, it's just that's what I heard.

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If you want to believe things like that, then yes, it's all true, I however choose to believe that it's all bullshit.

They knew that you'd say that.

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The reason why 2012 is popularly believed to be the end of time is because of a complex conspiracy theory involving the Mayan calandar. The Mayan star calandar is incredibly accurate at predicting star movements and such, even eclipses within a few hours. The Mayas believed that the Earth had different ages, each of which would end through cataclysm and humans would have to start all over again at developing civilization (it should be noted that they think the last "age" ended right about the time the last Ice Age hit). December 12th, 2012 is last day on the Mayan calandar and supposedly the last day of the last age of man. Some people have taken that very seriously.
I, personally, don't. However, if you want to read an interesting book on the matter, there's a fairly decent title called "2012 Mayan Cosmogenesis"
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Of course it's wrong. 10:01 01/01 1001 is not symmetrical. Also, your friend is stupid.

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The reason why 2012 is popularly believed to be the end of time is because of a complex conspiracy theory involving the Mayan calandar. The Mayan star calandar is incredibly accurate at predicting star movements and such, even eclipses within a few hours. The Mayas believed that the Earth had different ages, each of which would end through cataclysm and humans would have to start all over again at developing civilization (it should be noted that they think the last "age" ended right about the time the last Ice Age hit). December 12th, 2012 is last day on the Mayan calandar and supposedly the last day of the last age of man. Some people have taken that very seriously.
I, personally, don't. However, if you want to read an interesting book on the matter, there's a fairly decent title called "2012 Mayan Cosmogenesis"
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Well as long as the Apocalypse background is still available then so we can all make amusing comics about it, I cant see much to worry about. Roll on the end of the World

Moh.

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

funny thing, i don't remember them ever predicting that their civilization would end. you'd think they'd notice something like that.

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Yeah, well, those few hours can make a critical amount of difference. Had they been accurate they could have all hid in the bushes sniggering until the Conquistadors got bored looking for the City of Gold and pissed off.

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