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Craven Morehead 01-02-2010 06:55 AM

Happy Palindrome Day
 
01 02 2010

:)

Won't be another one for nearly two years. So make it a good one. :thumbsup:

fresnelly 01-02-2010 07:09 AM

Yay!

LoganSnake 01-02-2010 07:48 AM

NERDS!
http://www.city-data.com/forum/membe...nerds-ogre.jpg

Daniel_ 01-02-2010 08:20 AM

Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?

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Hey - sorry - just thought about this.

It's not palindrome day until 1st of February 2010, and there will be another on the 11th February 2011, then 21st February 2012 - the first year without one won't be until 2013, and then the next one will be 2nd February 2020.

Bloody Americans, learn to write dates like the rest of the world!

ring 01-02-2010 08:35 AM

It was -7 degrees F. this morning.
I believe we silly people in the usa, are about the last country
still clinging to the Farenheit scale as well.

Palindrome is an intersesting word,
and it has nothing to do with Sarah Palin,
or her clones.

!Yay!

BadNick 01-02-2010 09:04 AM

by randomly using and/or not using useless "0" markers you're making up false palindromes! What about Oct. 20, 2010? 10 20 2010?

I like Fahrenheit since it's a finer scale...180 integers between freezing and boiling temp of water vs. the deficient Celsius only having a measly 100. Celsius is like using a yard stick to measure a centimeter!

ring 01-02-2010 09:08 AM

You said "integers." Swoon.

Daniel_ 01-02-2010 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick (Post 2744639)
by randomly using and/or not using useless "0" markers you're making up false palindromes! What about Oct. 20, 2010? 10 20 2010?

I like Fahrenheit since it's a finer scale...180 integers between freezing and boiling temp of water vs. the deficient Celsius only having a measly 100. Celsius is like using a yard stick to measure a centimeter!

So you've not levelled up enough to unlock the "fractional mathematics" achievement? :D

BadNick 01-02-2010 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel_ (Post 2744648)
So you've not levelled up enough to unlock the "fractional mathematics" achievement? :D

or decimal? ;) I find that not many people say "it's 22 1/3 degrees outside"

I'm a professional engineer so I don't have a problem with either. But conceptually I prefer a finer measuring tool so Fahrenheit gets my vote.

ring 01-02-2010 10:00 AM

A fitting palindrome for good good Badnick:

Race car.

Daniel_ 01-02-2010 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick (Post 2744653)
or decimal? ;) I find that not many people say "it's 22 1/3 degrees outside"

I'm a professional engineer so I don't have a problem with either. But conceptually I prefer a finer measuring tool so Fahrenheit gets my vote.

Engineer?

Now it all makes sense.

I'm a chemist, with a masters in Thermodynamics - in my (long distant) research days, I was measuring things in parts per billion levels of reproducibility. For me, even the 180 degrees you use are not fine enough, so if you're really wanting to measure things properly, you need Lord Kelvin's scale (and 6 or 7 significant figures MINIMUM).

Martian 01-02-2010 12:19 PM

Granularity is pertinent to context. One wouldn't measure one's daily commute in millimeters -- sure, it's a finer scale, but it's too fine to be appropriate.

It is minus sixteen celsius here currently. We stubbornly went out to lunch, because we had a gift certificate. I suppose we could say it was to celebrate palindrome day.

genuinegirly 01-02-2010 01:07 PM

It is a fun day indeed. I marked the occasion by tending to my plants this morning and checking out a few CS Lewis sci-fi books (Perelandra, etc) from the city library. I usually read only scientific papers directly associated with my research, so choosing to read some sci-fi is a special treat for only the most special holidays. I will try to remember to celebrate October 20th of this year with the same enthusiasm.

An aside to Daniel_:
A chemist who specializes in condoms. Hm. I also know a chemist-turned-priest. I wonder what it is about chemistry that makes people move on.

Daniel_ 01-02-2010 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by genuinegirly (Post 2744701)
It is a fun day indeed. I marked the occasion by tending to my plants this morning and checking out a few CS Lewis sci-fi books (Perelandra, etc) from the city library. I usually read only scientific papers directly associated with my research, so choosing to read some sci-fi is a special treat for only the most special holidays. I will try to remember to celebrate October 20th of this year with the same enthusiasm.

An aside to Daniel_:
A chemist who specializes in condoms. Hm. I also know a chemist-turned-priest. I wonder what it is about chemistry that makes people move on.

I never left chemistry, chemistry left me....

No, really, I still use things that I learned in labs and lecture theatres every day.

Reese 01-02-2010 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick (Post 2744639)
by randomly using and/or not using useless "0" markers you're making up false palindromes! What about Oct. 20, 2010? 10 20 2010?

I like Fahrenheit since it's a finer scale...180 integers between freezing and boiling temp of water vs. the deficient Celsius only having a measly 100. Celsius is like using a yard stick to measure a centimeter!


10/20/2010 isn't a palindrome... Unless you're say it like 10, 20, 20, 10 in which case it could be...

Craven Morehead 01-02-2010 03:07 PM

The longest palindrome I've ever seen:

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.

Refers to Teddy Roosevelt.

Daniel_ 01-02-2010 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craven Morehead (Post 2744741)
The longest palindrome I've ever seen:

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.

Refers to Teddy Roosevelt.

You missed post 4 then? :(

Craven Morehead 01-02-2010 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel_ (Post 2744748)
You missed post 4 then? :(

sort of :bowdown:

:D

Ananas 01-02-2010 08:36 PM

These aren't numerical palindromes, but two I remember from school days:

Able was I ere I saw Elba. (about Napoleon)

Madam, I'm Adam.

Lindy 01-07-2010 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel_ (Post 2744618)
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?

That's a good one, Daniel, that I hadn't seen before.

I always liked "a slut nixes sex in Tulsa"

Lindy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LoganSnake (Post 2744615)
NERDS!


Yes, and proud of it!!


Lindy

Giant Hamburger 01-07-2010 12:44 PM

http://eclectech.co.uk/b3ta/dogeeseseegod.jpg

MsCheer23 01-10-2010 11:44 PM

Happy Palindrome Day - a date that is exactly the same read forward or
backward - 01022010 (The last time it happened was 10022001 -- October 2,
2001. The time before that was 08311380 -- August 31, 1380) Talk about once
in a blue moon ... and yes, this time it really IS once in a blue moon!

uncle phil 01-11-2010 02:57 AM

01/11/10

Craven Morehead 07-07-2010 04:37 PM

I wish every day was Palindrome Day. :)


flat5 07-08-2010 04:54 AM

The temp here is 26.0 right now. That's close enough for me. I could also buy a device to tell me it's 26.01.
A scale based on water freezing and boiling at sea level makes sense to me. Silly argument.

BadNick 07-08-2010 05:05 AM

We're having a heat wave here in the N.E. U.S. Yesterday it was 563 degrees Rankine. Luckily I was driving in my air conditioned car on a business trip. We left Tueday, came home Wednesday, drove about 1.5 billion millimeters....that's U.S. billions, not the British billions.

NeoZen 07-08-2010 08:16 AM

Campus motto: Bottoms up, Mac.

Ourcrazymodern? 07-09-2010 06:16 PM

.07-.09=.20x.10

wtf, ftw.


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