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The Millennia After Tomorrow?
frankthechicken writes "Analysis of a three-kilometer-long ice core drilled from the Antarctic, has revealed our planet has had eight ice ages during that period, punctuated by rather brief warm spells - one of which we enjoy today. And fortunately, the end of the world is not the day after tomorrow, instead it may be expected on Sunday, 17000."
I check Google News frequently, because if the world ended, how else would I know?
I expect there would be a story something like, "The world has ended, if you are still working, you are out of touch."
What is the proper way to behave when the world ends? Do you make backups and shut down your computer?
Don't do anything radical, because it might be a mistake.
Off topic: I put some links together of the 36 books and movies that say that the U.S. government has become corrupt: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government.
You forgot:
Nuclear war/winter
Global warming catastrophy
AI conquest (ala Matrix or System Shock. Mmm.. SHODAN...)
Alien invasion
Religious Armageddon
The return of disco
Freak biological accident (eg: virus)
Grey goo/nanotech-style disaster
Mass civil/govt/corporate war (ala Titor)
Universe collapsing
Death of Windows/Microsoft
Intergalactic phenomenon (eg: black hole, solar colision, etc)
Any of us getting a date with a supermodel
Earth's core stopping
Global scale natural-disasters (think Noah's ark)
Sun exploding or expanding
RIAA stops suing people
Chemical accident/atmosphereic poisioning
Bush says something intelligent
Linux finally having it's "year of the desktop"
I think that about covers it.