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siva.eas

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Registered: 2005-09-17

Posts: 166

May 4

An interesting thing happened on May 4. I got this in my mail and I will copy and paste it here.

----------Message-------------

4TH MAY, HISTORIC DAY, read it quickly
Today, ie 4th May,

at 2min and 3sec

after 1am

d time and date will be

01:02:03 04/05/06

THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN ON EARTH AGAIN, at least for another 100 years

-------------end Message------------------

George,Y

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Registered: 2006-03-12

Posts: 1,379

Re: May 4

:d :d

Last edited by George,Y (2006-05-05 14:17:49)

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X'(y-Xβ)=0

yttrium88

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Registered: 2005-12-01

Posts: 20

Re: May 4

Here's a good question:

Given the number of different ways of representing date and time, how many times are there that the  digits in the date/time string will be consecutive in either increasing or decreasing order?

Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,425

Re: May 4

01.02.0304 05.06.07

7 seconds past 5.06 AM on Jan 2nd, 304 AD. One possibiity?
or 7 seconds past 5.06 AM on Feb 2, 304 AD (If date is written in DD/MM/YYYY format)..

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MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Re: May 4

And I missed it! Well done siva, a truly amazing date/time!

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mathsyperson

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Registered: 2005-06-22

Posts: 4,900

Re: May 4

May the 4th be with you.

Although that particular string won't happen for another 100 years, we will have 02:03:04 05/06/07 next year.

Americans will get it sooner than Brits.

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Patrick

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Registered: 2006-02-24

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Re: May 4

I got an identical text message(well, not one actually, lots) 4th may too

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stardust

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Registered: 2006-04-09

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Re: May 4

Please, not the star wars may the 4th one. My applied maths (mechanics) teacher is always telling use to 'Use the force'

MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

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Re: May 4

(Stardust, if people chatter too much in that class, say "Too much Torque (talk) applied, not enough Work done!")

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siva.eas

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Re: May 4

message deleted

Last edited by siva.eas (2006-05-06 06:26:08)

Patrick

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Registered: 2006-02-24

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Re: May 4

wow, it does?

That doesn't really matter does it?

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