Today Is EPOCH Day 15000 81
A great number of people wrote in to note that it's
EPOCH Day 15000, so don't expect the post office to run, and I'm pretty sure the markets will be closed. And presumably your employer gave you a paid vacation day?
Re:Of course my employer gave me a paid vacation d (Score:4, Funny)
I'm waiting for Epoch Second 1300000000 (Score:5, Funny)
I'm waiting for Epoch Second 1300000000, which will be Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:06:40 GMT
All those zeros will ease the pain of 2011 being the first year since 1977 that no one could make year-shaped glasses for new year's eve that actually allow you to see out of both eyes.
EPOCH success? (Score:5, Funny)
EPOCH fail! [xkcd.com]
Re:Thanks Slashdot for your timelyness (Score:4, Funny)
It went down hard
The URL gives you this message
Hello Slashdotters and your almight power of click. Thanks for coming to the site. If you can wait about 30 minutes, we'll have it back up.
BTW, we tried to plan for a Slashdotting as much as we could when we setup the server for the site. Apparently still not enough.
Re:Whats the big deal? (Score:5, Funny)
It's to fuck with future civilizations. Though, to be truly effective, you need an ominous and arbitrary end date as well.
It worked for the Mayans!
Re:Thanks Slashdot for your timelyness (Score:5, Funny)
Hello Slashdotters and your almight power of click. Thanks for coming to the site. If you can wait about 30 minutes, we'll have it back up.
BTW, we tried to plan for a Slashdotting as much as we could when we setup the server for the site. Apparently still not enough.
I call BS. We all know nobody reads TFA. This post is a lie, just like the cake!