http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091011/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_apocalypse2012
:mittens:
Thank fuck people are talking some SENSE.
Cram won't be happy, but whatever.
THIS WILL NOT INHIBIT MY QUEST FOR CRAMSTIPATED END-OF-THE-WORLD HAND-WRINGING HYSTERIA
:cramstipated:
I'm curious about how the end of the world is going to impact the 2012 holiday shopping season.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
We should start a business selling Mayan Apocalypse Readiness Kits.
Quote from: Brotep on October 11, 2009, 11:55:44 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
We should start a business selling Mayan Apocalypse Readiness Kits.
THIS. :lulz:
Quote from: Kai on October 12, 2009, 12:28:25 AM
Quote from: Brotep on October 11, 2009, 11:55:44 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
We should start a business selling Mayan Apocalypse Readiness Kits.
THIS. :lulz:
You know, between people who bought it as a joke and people who bought it for serious, I bet that could be a tidy moneymaker.
It would have to have a crystal in it.
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2009, 01:35:30 AM
It would have to have a crystal in it.
And mayan pictographs.
Quote from: Nigel on October 12, 2009, 01:35:14 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 12, 2009, 12:28:25 AM
Quote from: Brotep on October 11, 2009, 11:55:44 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
We should start a business selling Mayan Apocalypse Readiness Kits.
THIS. :lulz:
You know, between people who bought it as a joke and people who bought it for serious, I bet that could be a tidy moneymaker.
I just realized, this is what Hubbard must have been thinking when he invented Scientology.
Well shit, what are we waiting for?
brotep, who's waiting??
anyway, so we got a crystal, mayan pictographs. needs something against solar flares, perhaps one of those special eclipse viewing glasses (don't think about it too much and that makes perfect sense).
and a countdown clock? can you order those? I should think so, just a simple LED alarm clock counting down programmed to a specific date. with a bunch of mayan symbols on it.
it should also have a bullshit booklet.
In January 2001 I bought a bunch of Y2K preparation material. It was on sale 90% off.
The best thing in the whole package was the Y2K prep VHS casette, which explained
1) what goods you will need after the world ends - canned food, bottled water, first aid kits, etc
2) how to pack your car
3) prepare calmly, before the riots start
I don't think it explained where you should go after civilization is over, but that is best answered by the zombie survival guide
You're gonna need interdimensional ducttape in 2012, canned goods and bottled water (unless it's infused with positive emotions) are gonna do you no good!
YES! Refurbished Y2K kits...at a substantial markup. :fap:
We should probably throw in some tinfoil hats...
Plus an EM-resistant Faraday cage poncho.
If someone can learn basic mayan, we need to include a scroll or something (engravings are too spendy, and people who buy this won't know the difference) with the glyphs on it. Say it's to protect you from the mayan sky god. In reality, it could be a recipe for bacon explosion or something.
It should be written in elaborate code that renders out to either instructions for removing still - beating hearts, or a recipe for monkey bread.
Might be easier to learn just the numbers and write out the fibbonacci sequence.
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on October 12, 2009, 11:50:52 PM
Might be easier to learn just the numbers and write out the fibbonacci sequence.
Maya Numerals in Order
zero mih
one hun
two cha', ka'
three ox
four chan, kan
five ho'
six wak
seven wuk
eight waxak
nine b'olon
ten lahun
eleven b'uluk
twelve lahcha', lahka'
thirteen oxlahun
fourteen chanlahun, kanlahun
fifteen ho'lahun
sixteen waklahun
seventeen wuklahun
eighteen waxaklahun
nineteen b'olonlahun
twenty k'al, winik
source: http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/vocabulary/Vocabulary.pdf
http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/handbook/WH2008.pdf
QuoteThe Classic Maya mathematical system is a vigesimal (base twenty) positional system
page 40
page 41 has the hieroglyphs of 0 to 19
someone else go do the rest of the work.
Quote from: Brotep on October 11, 2009, 11:55:44 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
We should start a business selling Mayan Apocalypse Readiness Kits.
M.A.R.K.
By one today, or M.A.R.K. our words! :argh!:
Quote from: Regret on October 13, 2009, 05:18:00 PM
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on October 12, 2009, 11:50:52 PM
Might be easier to learn just the numbers and write out the fibbonacci sequence.
Maya Numerals in Order
zero mih
one hun
two cha', ka'
three ox
four chan, kan
five ho'
six wak
seven wuk
eight waxak
nine b'olon
ten lahun
eleven b'uluk
twelve lahcha', lahka'
thirteen oxlahun
fourteen chanlahun, kanlahun
fifteen ho'lahun
sixteen waklahun
seventeen wuklahun
eighteen waxaklahun
nineteen b'olonlahun
twenty k'al, winik
source: http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/vocabulary/Vocabulary.pdf
http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/handbook/WH2008.pdf
QuoteThe Classic Maya mathematical system is a vigesimal (base twenty) positional system
page 40
page 41 has the hieroglyphs of 0 to 19
someone else go do the rest of the work.
hun hun cha' ox ho' waxak lacha' k'al-hun kanlahun k'al-k'al-ox
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on October 13, 2009, 06:04:58 PM
Quote from: Regret on October 13, 2009, 05:18:00 PM
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on October 12, 2009, 11:50:52 PM
Might be easier to learn just the numbers and write out the fibbonacci sequence.
Maya Numerals in Order
zero mih
one hun
two cha', ka'
three ox
four chan, kan
five ho'
six wak
seven wuk
eight waxak
nine b'olon
ten lahun
eleven b'uluk
twelve lahcha', lahka'
thirteen oxlahun
fourteen chanlahun, kanlahun
fifteen ho'lahun
sixteen waklahun
seventeen wuklahun
eighteen waxaklahun
nineteen b'olonlahun
twenty k'al, winik
source: http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/vocabulary/Vocabulary.pdf
http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/handbook/WH2008.pdf
QuoteThe Classic Maya mathematical system is a vigesimal (base twenty) positional system
page 40
page 41 has the hieroglyphs of 0 to 19
someone else go do the rest of the work.
hun hun cha' ox ho' waxak lacha' k'al-hun kanlahun k'al-k'al-ox
and now do it in hieroglyphs :P
Quote from: Mangrove on October 11, 2009, 04:04:21 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091011/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_apocalypse2012
Of course they're going to deny it. What else would you expect? They've been prepared for thousands of years and want to keep us in the dark because there aren't enough lifepods for everyone.
Quote from: Pastor-Mullah Zappathruster on October 14, 2009, 03:53:21 AM
Quote from: Mangrove on October 11, 2009, 04:04:21 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091011/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_apocalypse2012
Of course they're going to deny it. What else would you expect? They've been prepared for thousands of years and want to keep us in the dark because there aren't enough lifepods for everyone.
:mittens:
that's the spirit!
The heiroglyphs without the pronounciation are easier, actually.
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(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan1.gif) 1
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan2.gif) 2
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan3.gif) 3
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan5.gif) 5
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan8.gif) 8
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan13.gif) 13
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan1.gif)(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan1.gif) 21
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan1.gif)(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan14.gif) 34
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan2.gif)(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan15.gif) 55
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan4.gif)(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan9.gif) 89
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan7.gif)(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan4.gif) 144
(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan11.gif)(http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan13.gif) 233
Reference: (http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/mayan.gif)
There's a rather beautiful elegance the the Mayan numbering system. Anybody could learn that in just a few minutes, and I bet it calculates just as easy as Arabic numerals. (if kinda slow to write down)
That said, its not really great for pretending to be a scroll of protection.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on October 14, 2009, 09:05:21 PM
There's a rather beautiful elegance the the Mayan numbering system. Anybody could learn that in just a few minutes, and I bet it calculates just as easy as Arabic numerals. (if kinda slow to write down)
That said, its not really great for pretending to be a scroll of protection.
Assuming, of course, that some Franciscan monk wasn't taking the piss. For all we know, that could be a menu.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 14, 2009, 11:49:08 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on October 14, 2009, 09:05:21 PM
There's a rather beautiful elegance the the Mayan numbering system. Anybody could learn that in just a few minutes, and I bet it calculates just as easy as Arabic numerals. (if kinda slow to write down)
That said, its not really great for pretending to be a scroll of protection.
Assuming, of course, that some Franciscan monk wasn't taking the piss. For all we know, that could be a menu.
:?
I was under the assumption that the Mayan calendar was cyclical. How could it have an end?
Quote from: Dimo1138 on October 15, 2009, 04:19:28 AM
I was under the assumption that the Mayan calendar was cyclical. How could it have an end?
Joe-ptl the calendar maker got tapped for a date with the altar. Ran out of warriors, you see.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on October 14, 2009, 09:05:21 PM
There's a rather beautiful elegance the the Mayan numbering system. Anybody could learn that in just a few minutes, and I bet it calculates just as easy as Arabic numerals. (if kinda slow to write down)
That said, its not really great for pretending to be a scroll of protection.
So, add some other shit from the Phaestos Disk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaestos_Disk)
In other news:
The Great Cthulhu returns just in time for New Year's parties for 2013.