Re: Counting down ...

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

1: This happens once a century.

2: Since the rest of the world uses a logical, and at least sortable,
dd/mm/yy format, for most of the world it will happen in August.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:39 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] Counting down ...
>
> A little after half past noon on July the 8th the date and time will be
> 12:34:56
> 7/8/9.  This will only happen once in history!  (Or twice, if you list
> the day first,
> and go with August 7th.)  (Or any of a number of other times that you
> can
> artificially get a sequence of number together.)
>
> (However!)
>
> 1) Given the significance of this, it is possible that the world will
> end at that time.
> (The ancient pyramidic scrolls do not mention whether this will be GMT
> or
> Pacific time.)
>
> 2) It is also possible that *NOTHING WHATEVER WILL HAPPEN!*  (Experts
> consider that this would be the most suspicious possible outcome.)
>
> 3) It is also possible that Twitter will crash.
>
> http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye/2009/07/twitter-trend-fun-
> 123456789.html
>
> (Some people consider that this, and option 1, are the same.)
>
> (Gary!  Les!  Are you OK?)
>
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> http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
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