News April 21, 2011: Skynet is taking over the world

[SiberianTiger]

That's today.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/skynet-terminator-self-aware-april-19_n_851452.html

Fans of the "Terminator" franchise are celebrating the real-world dates that coincide with the story's "Judgement Day" and the subsequent rise of the all-machine army.

According to the franchise's most recent story line, 8:11 PM on 19 April 2011 marks the precise moment that the artificially intelligent Skynet global digital defense network becomes self-aware and triggers a worldwide nuclear disaster. On April 21, Skynet deploys legions of robot killers to wage war on the remaining humans.

"April 19 was a revised date in Terminator mythology established in TV spin-off The Sarah Connor Chronicles," writes NME. "In the original movie Skynet was initiated by Cyberdyne Systems on August 4, 1997, with the first strikes coming 25 days later on Judgement Day: August 29, 1997."

James Cameron, who directed the "Terminator" and "Terminator 2" films that kicked off the franchise, tipped his hat to Judgement Day in a tweet written on April 19.

"Skynet was supposed to go operational tonight. Instead of machines taking over, we have the very real threat of global warming," tweeted Cameron.

So you might want to keep an eye on your laptop or cellphone today--we may have a machine-led revolution on our hands. Or not.

 

[Belisarius]

The real-life equivalent would be Twitter becoming self-aware and killing us with an infinite succession of pointless twits that dissolve our frontal cortex...

BTW, it's also Groundation day, the holiest day in the Rastafarian calendar which celebrates Ethiopian Emperor Hailie Selassie I visiting Jamaica, where he was considered a living god.

 

[garyw]

They changed the date of judgement day three times. Another 'end of the world' prophecy that didn't come true. :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

BTW, it's also Groundation day, the holiest day in the Rastafarian calendar which celebrates Ethiopian Emperor Hailie Selassie I visiting Jamaica, where he was considered a living god.

Correction. Is considered a living god.

If you are convinced Rastafarian, you wouldn't accept that he is dead.

 

[Belisarius]

Yeah, that's true, I was really referring to the historical moment in 1966 when it happened.

 

[agentgonzo]

They changed the date of judgement day three times. Another 'end of the world' prophecy that didn't come true. :lol:

Yet more outsourcing problems. Project overruns mean Judgement day will be running a few years late.

 

[garyw]

Typical government run project!

 

[Wally]

Now that Judgement Day passed, I'll wait for First Contact, April 4, 2063.

 

[ky]

Thanks belisaurius for mentioning my country even though im not a rasta Its good to know.

 

[RisingFury]

Now that Judgement Day passed, I'll wait for First Contact, April 4, 2063.

I think it's August 12, 2011 from Battle LA

 

[T.Neo]

Oh my, not Battle LA.

In District 9, the alien mothership leaves Earth on 13-14 (I don't remember exactly of August, 2010... Which amusingly puts the dates on which the film occurs, exactly a year ahead of the US release date... :lol:

I had a bit of a chuckle on the 14th last year.

EDIT:

I think Cameron is a real bunny-hugger... let us await the CO2-powered nuclear holocaust. :facepalm:

 

[Mister Mxyzptlk]

What is a bunny hugger?

 

[T.Neo]

A bunny hugger is a person who hugs bunnies, why of course.

Urban Dictionary says this;

A nature-lover who champions the fauna over the flora (for latter see "tree hugger"). Hyperbole often used as a deprecating reference to those in the "environmental extremist" camp.

In this case, I used it to mean an 'overzealous environmentalist'.

 

[Notebook]

Best Beware Bunny Boilers.

N.

 

[Wonderer]

Best Beware Bunny Boilers.

N.

Why? :stirpot:

 

[Solar424]

Dare I mention December 21, 2012?

 

[Ghostrider]

What is a bunny hugger?

It's like a facehugger Xenomorph from the Alien series. It bursts out of alien Easter eggs and attacks Easter Bunnies.

 

[Notebook]

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_boiler"]Bunny boiler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

N.

 

[Belisarius]

Dare I mention December 21, 2012?

Do you mean the 392nd anniversary of the Mayflower landing on Plymouth Rock?
Or the 75th anniversary of Disney's Snow White?
Maybe the 44th anniversary of the Apollo 8 launch?
I don't think you want to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the Lockerbie 747 terrorist attack...

But it is the winter solstice, we could sacrifice a sheep or two.

 

[Wishbone]

Snow White... She and Mickey M. are the Nemeses (sp?) of copyright law, eternally rejuvenated by Disney's lobbyists... Before Skynet there was Walt Disney.