something rare happened today!
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while it is still the 20 of february (20 more minutes for me), i have to tell you that we witnessed a palindrome today. a palindrome is a word, number or sentence that reads the same forward or backward. for instance, “able was i ere i saw Elba”.
well at 8:02 pm this evening this occured. it was the 20 of february, the year 2002, and 8:02pm is written 20:02 in military time. so it was 2002 2002 2002. the news report i saw this on said that this was a rare occurence. can anybody help me figure out when this has happened before and when it will happen again. hubby and i tried for 10 minutes and gave up when the shooting pain in our brains was too much! [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] LOL
and please tell us any palindromes that you all may know. remember they can be words, numbers, verses, and sentences. i know there are some funny ones out there too! [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Given the definition of palidrone, and your format of day/month – military time – year (in CE)The next one will be Feb 1st 2010. The are a lot of times during the day that this can occur. for instance 01:10, 02:20 … 05:50, 10:01, 11:11 … 15:51, 20:02 … 23:32
But if your reffering to yesterday’s occasion where all three sets are the same number and a palindrone, then this is the last time it wil ever happen. Unless we switch to a different clock or calender.
The last tiem this happened given the orginal condtions (excluding yesterday’s assorted times)was Feb 10th last year, again with a whole assortment of times.
But if your looking for the tripple set thingy again, then the last one was Jan 10th, 1001 at 10:01 am. Ironically most people back then didn’t even know what year it was! Nor did they have accurate time-keeping devices!
Of course this thing can occur again should the day be represented the American way of Month/Day instead Day/Month. Or other calenders could be used, different time keeping systems etc.
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