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2009-04-01, 08:07
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Nov 2008
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Odd date (April fool!)
It seems that, as part of April Fool's day, "1 Apr 09" has changed to "21 Dec 12", as you can see here:
Last fiddled with by 10metreh on 2009-04-01 at 09:07 Reason: left out the 0 this time |
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2009-04-01, 08:56
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Jan 2006
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and they did such a good job, it changed in your post too.
You'll have to try harder if you want to beat the mersenneforum admins :D Nice one guys 
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2009-04-01, 09:04
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"The unspeakable one"
Jun 2006
My evil lair
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Oh, my thread for AFD was deleted (unless my memory is completely failing me, I know I posted it).
I wonder what I said to offend the mods?  Oh, well, never mind, it wasn't really important.
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2009-04-01, 09:09
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Just before the edit window expired, I tried to change the first 21 Dec 12 (and I mean the date in the future this time), and failed. However, one teeny adjustment worked
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2009-04-01, 11:00
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Nov 2008
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They say it's only April Fool's day until midday...
...so why is the 21 Dec 12 still there? |
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2009-04-01, 11:13
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"The unspeakable one"
Jun 2006
My evil lair
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Quote:
Also, not everyone is on the same timezone! |
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2009-04-01, 11:29
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heh.
That is the point, I think. Take the date: 21-Dec-12 make it numerical: 211212 now search on: "211212 calendar" Made me smile :D |
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2009-04-01, 11:43
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The Maya thought the world would end after 13 baktun (21-12-2012) because the previous creation had ended after 13 baktun. However, they may have thought that it would end after 20 baktun (12-10-4772) because 20 baktun = 1 pictun, the next Long Count time period up (~7885 years). Today in the Long Count is 12.19.16.4.0, with 21-12-2012 being 13.0.0.0.0. As you may have guessed, calendars from around the world, past and present, are one of my interests. Dunno why I didn't realise the reason 21-12-2012 had been chosen from the start. 
Last fiddled with by 10metreh on 2009-04-01 at 11:48 |
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