>It surely would qualify, Anton, and you have
>earned the prize to be awarded on that date.
>Congratulations.
Great, I'm looking forward to it! (btw: on that day everone on bp will be
invited, drinks on me!)
Anton
>
>Jack
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Anton Florian Zeilinger [mailto:anton_zeilinger@...]
>Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 11:55 AM
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] FW: Time
>
>
>That is pretty neat, but what about
>
>21:12, 21/12, 2112
>
>Doesn't this date also qualify?
>
>Anton Z
>
> >From: "Jack Parsell" <jparsell@...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >To: "Boundary Point" <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] FW: Time
> >Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:09:46 -0500
> >
> >Michael,
> >This was sent to me by a friend. I don't know
> >where it originated. Anyhow, it adds another
> >four digits to your Feb. 20 palindrome. Enjoy.
> >
> >Jack
> >
> >
> > > Believe it or not but 8.02pm on February 20, 2002 will be an
> > > historic moment in time.
> > >
> > > It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing
> > > of bells, but at that precise time, on that specific date,
> > > something will happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years
> > > and will never happen again.
> > >
> > > As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday, February
> > > 20, 2002, time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect
> > > symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be more precise- 20:02,
> > > 20/02, 2002.
> > >
> > > This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the
> > > 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month which marks
> > > Armistice Day, but it is an event which has only ever happened
> > > once before, and is something which will never be repeated.
> > >
> > > The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern
> > > was long before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour
> > > clock at 10.01am on January 10, 1001.
> > >
> > > And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something
> > > that will never happen again.
> >
> >
> >
>
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