Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "palindromic" moment
From: V8PWR@aol.com
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 03:27:25 EST

Dans un courrier daté du 17/02/02 04:22:06 Paris, Madrid, 
mark@markrabiner.com a écrit :

> 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
>  --
Dear Mark , 
will this moment allow us to jump back in the 60's , fracture a leica 
dealer's door ,
catch all the Leicas we want , and let us fly back in 2002 , feb 20 th at 
20h00 , just
before the cops can catch us ? All this for free ?

Jo Goodtimes , France 
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