I think I pretty much agree. It will be different but i doubt it will be GONE!! and i doubt the world is gunna come to an end and we're all gunna die in 2012 either.
Y2k+12 phenomenon??
i have mentioned this before but Y2K was a real computer-related glitch. It certainly wasn't going to be as bad as everyone was saying but there would have been some very real problems had the IT community not done anything.
I know this because i am part of that community and believe me - there were many, many long and sleepless nights the fall and especially the winter of 1999.
Oh and mark my words - i am making a prediction - it won't be long before people are ramping up the same bullshit for 2038 - that is when another computer-related date problem will occur. It is caused by UNIX systems (many, many servers run UNIX) ignoring leap seconds. PM me if you want the gory details. But i will bet the same folks that made money from the y2k hysteria (and the current 2012 bs) will be making it prior to the 2038 (AKA Y2K38 )bug! Remember you heard it here!!! Y2K38!!
I am very frustrated with the 2012 stuff because it is a real opportunity to appreciate the true sophistication of the Mayan culture, as well as learning something about our Earth and its place in the cosmos, but instead we turn it into a big load of steamy end-of-the-world/end-of-the-age/doom&gloom crapioca.
but the world keeps turning...