2012 In Perspective

They say the world is going end of 21st December next year based upon on the Mayan Long Count calendar system which give us a 5125 year long cycle, next December is the end of that cycle.  Obviously it means that the world is going to end.  Excellent for big budget Hollywood movies but lousy for basic common sense.

Of course the problem with any man-made calendaring system is that it based upon mankind.  For instance the Jewish calendar states that this year is 5772 and to quote Wikipedia: "Jewish calendar's reference point is traditionally held to be about one year before the Creation of the world."  One can only assume that God was hard at work on his seven day colour coded planner during this year.

The Gregorian calendar which is internationally used is Christian based as in after Christ, A.D. standing for Anno Domini latin for "in the year of the/our Lord".  Oddly enough Greece and Turkey didn't adopt it until 1923/6 which may account for their current crisis.

If we forget mankind for the moment and look at the age of the Earth some 4.54 billion years whilst I admit it would never fit on a standard paper calendar or even rolls off the tongue it does give us the true perspective  in which to view our dating systems.  A mere 5000 odd years looks insignificant in comparison.

Coming back to mankind, the world ends everyday and is reborn everyday.  Those that die the world has ended and those that are born the world has started, that is the only perspective people are interested in. 

That's people for you never looking at the larger picture.

Strange Cargo

Looks like the Darkstar is carrying something other than rocks...

"Although invisible to the naked eye, scientists said they spotted strange structures on its surface as it spun past at 30,000mph (48 280.32 km/h). "

The Darkstar Approaches

Woohoo back online, you wouldn't believe the time I've had!

I've moved six times since I last posted. Just when I think I'm safe I get another bloody postcard from Dr Nu Vesper Calif.  A completely blank postcard with a red background with his name at the bottom.  I mean what is with this guy hounding me all the time.  No chance he will find me this time I'm completely underground, left behind all my old mail drops.  Of course that means accessing my some of sources has become somewhat difficult but I will survive.

As to who this cat is I'm still drawing blank, it is like punching mist!

Nothing Bad is going to Happen!

 
I see that the Darkstar (YU55) is on course to pass us tomorrow sometime and there no chance it is going to come anywhere near us only 200,000 km away.  No chance of anything bad happening.  It truly amazes me that people have to be told the bloody obvious all the time - is there any common sense left in the world!?!

This is just a quick post to say I'm back at least for now...

It's Real Dark and Yet Bright at the same time!

Been getting reports about a meteor shower in Russia lighting up the sky like day on Tuesday night.  My sources over there keep talking about how dark everything felt.  Which made no sense to me although there was a general power outage across the UK just after the meteor shower started, so it was definitely dark here.

Albert with his Chalk

Received another postcard in the post today.  What does the circle represent behind him, perhaps the size of his brain's aura ;)  Looks like a dark form embedded in the chalk board itself looking out at him, creepy.

Found on the reverse side:

PSgoKGEvYikqYykrZCkqZQoKeD0xLHg9Myx5PTQseT03LHo9OA==

I know what this code is, however when translated it made no sense to me which is why I've left it in original form.  Maybe it means something to someone.

Mammoth Cells

One of my sources tells me that a Woolly Mammoth has been resurrected ahead of schedule by none other than the Corcas four or is it the Corcas three now?

Johnny Howard not only a top notch engineer but something of a biologist as well may have been the creator.

The basic idea is that you take Mammoth cells from a frozen mammoth they dug up in Siberia and implant them in egg cells of Elephants and hey presto you've got Oliphaunts/Mûmakil on our door step.  What next magic rings?

There has not been a single peep out of the Corcas mob since Max Drum's death curious that.

The Sumer Word

Did you know that the Sumerians invented the written word, probably farming and inevitably bureaucracy.  All starting around about 6000 B.C. Red Tape started all the way back then.  I'm sure you remember my post about farming being the root of all evil, you can blame them for that too.

Sumer geography for the most part sits between two rivers: Tigris and Euphrates, the area/region was known as Mesopotamia.  Which is Iraq today.  My data on Sumer comes from a paper written for a doctrate degree some years ago in Cambridge I only mention this because it was considered be quite a breakthrough in Sumer histories and the interpretations surrounding the area.  The paper was called: Cultrual Changes in Sumer after the Flood.

The two rivers flood on a regularly basis which is why the land between the rivers is so fertile, however there many flood myths which are attribute a particlarly large flood (The Flood) in the Sumer Empire round about 2400 B.C.  Supposely the flood wiped out everyone leaving some chaps in a boat that just happened to be out fishing at the time.

It was at this time directly after the "flood" that the Sumer empire went into decline.  What actually caused the change besides a big flood? 

As a people they were not warlike which is unusal.

There was a definite shift in the balance of power after the flood, possibly some divisions within the government maybe.

A semitic ruler called Sargon succeeded in conquering the entire country.  Eventually sumerians fused together with the invaders and became known as Akkadians.  The Akkadian dynasty only lasted 100 years.

The Sumerians also developed the first calendar which lined up with the phases of the moon.

Then there is Gilgamesh the world's first superhero.