The world will end ...

http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/

They claim that Judgement Day is happening on May 21 (hey seem to use their own definition for Judgement Day - not the standard, end of the world, all people are judged etc) and then their idea is that 5 months later BOOM.

Either way, i still plan on being here on October 22 - regardless of your beliefs, this is a pretty crack pot mix up of lets read some of the bible, ignore the parts that contradict us, and see if we can create a global panic.

When no-one is expecting it.

"For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night."

This is exactly going to be the problem: Explaining that there is a HUGE ticking timebomb in our server basements.

Y2K was readily understandable by non-technical people. 99 becomes 00 and that's smaller than 99 and there's a whole lot of shit hitting the fan. Easy to see, easy to understand, no technical knowledge necessary. But why the world should come to an end a bit past 3am on Jan 19th 2038 makes no sense to someone who doesn't understand the way Unix keeps track of time.

I think, though, that this will be very profitable for me, just before retirement. Coincidentally, I happen to be eligible for retirement pretty much around that specific day.