Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is very interesting. However, it appears that it will happen 24 times in succession. Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@markrabiner.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 7:15 PM Subject: [Leica] "palindromic" moment > I got this from my Aunt. > > On February 20th this year (next Wednesday), precisely at 8.02 p.m., a > remarkable, "palindromic" moment in time will occur. Although not > marked by any chiming of clocks or ringing of bells, at that precise > time and on that specific date, something will happen which has not > occurred for over 1,000 years. And it will never happen again - ever! > > As the clock ticks over from 8.01p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, time > will (for sixty seconds only) reckon in a perfect symmetry: 20:02, > 20/02, 2002. This is known as a "palindrome" - i.e., when a set of > numbers or letters reads exactly the same forward and backward. > > This is an event which, since the beginning of time, has happened only > once before. That previous occasion was long before the digital watch > and the 24-hour clock were invented. It occurred on January 10, 1001, > at 10.01a.m. [10:01, 10/01, 1001]. Because there are only 24 hours in > a day, after February 20th of this year, there will never again be an > occasion when time will reckon palindromically in this way. > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html