Doomsday clock updates self!

[Ceokittymeow]

The minute hand of the famous Doomsday Clock is set to move this Thursday, and for the first time, anyone with Internet access can watch. Which way the hand will move and by how much have not been made public.

The event will take place at 10 a.m. EST on Jan. 14 at the New York Academy of Sciences Building in New York City. While the actual clock is housed at the Bulletin of Atomic Sciences offices in Chicago, Ill., a representation of the clock will be changed at Thursday's news conference. (You can watch the live Web feed at http://www.TurnBackTheClock.org.)

The last time the Doomsday Clock minute hand moved was in January 2007, when it was pushed forward by two minutes, from seven to five minutes before midnight. The change was meant to reflect two major sources of potential catastrophe that could bring us closer to "doomsday," according to the board of "The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists," a magazine focused on warning the world of the dangers that the invention of the atomic bomb helped to unleash.

According to the board, the looming dangers included: the perils of 27,000 nuclear weapons, 2,000 of them ready to launch within minutes; and the destruction of human habitats from climate change.

The factors influencing the latest Doomsday Clock change include international negotiations on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, expansion of civilian nuclear power, the possibilities of nuclear terrorism, and climate change.

Ok so now that you know how and why the clock is there and why it ticks back and forth, lets take bets on which way it will move and how many minutes it ticks!

The Rules:

All money bet will be put in the pool and the winner will get all. If more then one wins, the pot gets split accordingly. Min bet is 500k with some exceptions if your just coming back or new.

Current bets:

Ceokitty - 1mil for 1 min forward

[Ceokittymeow]

I bet 1mil creds into the pool that it is 1 min forward!

[Kosstoss]

Being a sceptic about these matters i bet 1m credits it will be put back 3 minutes and they will try to make the Copenhagen conference seem a lot more worthwhile than it was.

[Chrisax]

The clock has reached Midnight. Watchmen FTW!

[InsaneEvan]

The clock has reached Midnight. Watchmen FTW!

Dammit, you beat me to it.

[Ceokittymeow]

2 demerits for not placing bets you two Chris and Evan! But yes that was a good one!