bury the Mayans and their whacky 2012 end of the world scenario . The real end of the earth will happen because of that most venerable of operating system : UNIX .
That ’s because next Friday , UNIX time will take 1234567890 . Scary ! And , it just so happens that this effect will coincide with one of the more superstitious day on our calendar , Friday the 13th . Scarier !
Well - known UNIX and Linux personality John Maddog Hall plan on celebrating the event in style :
While our friends at Bell Labs ( er , ah , Lucent … .O.K. “ Alcatel - Lucent ” ) strive to understand this phenomenon , I will be doing my civil duty by drink fine beer , and maybe an Islay scotch . This is hard to do while you are prevail your breathing place , but I will bear through . Who have a go at it , perhaps the U.S. authorities will give us a “ bailout ” to examine this issue .
To see when this takes place in your time zone , track down this little Perl script , which I promise wo n’t terminate the world before next Friday :
perl -e ‘ print scalar localtime(1234567890),”n ” ; ’
Shit just got actual , folk music . Say good - bye to loved unity . check that you pop with your Windows motorcar , because UNIX is in all probability go to take them out first . Part of an agreement with Linux and Linus Torvalds , I ’ve pick up . [ Linux Pro MagazineviaSlashdot ]
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