Re: Time goes on
- From: Geoffrey <esoteric 3times25 net>
- To: "Ian T." <itschaotic yahoo ca>
- Cc: gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Time goes on
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:04:49 -0500
And what does this have to do with gnome?
And what about 21:12 21/12 2112 ????? (December 21, 2112 at 21:12)
Ian T. wrote:
Believe it or not but 8.02pm on February 20 this year will be a historic
moment in time.
It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of
bells, but at that precise time, on that specific date, something will
happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never happen
again.
As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday, February 20, time
will,
for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to
be more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002.
This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the 11th hour
of
the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice Day, but it is an
event which has only ever happened once before, and is something which
will never be repeated.
The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long
before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock - at 10.01am
on
January 10, 1001.
And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will
never happen again.
Ian
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Until later: Geoffrey esoteric 3times25 net
I didn't have to by my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
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