Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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