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What’s so special about today? It’s a palindrome [Same Forward and Backward]
Boston Globe ^
| 2 January 2010
| Emma Stickgold
Posted on 01/02/2010 8:37:01 AM PST by Fractal Trader
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To: Fractal Trader
Once you put the day in front of the month, everything changes for the rest of the world, said Inan, who is working on academic papers on the subject.I wouldn't doubt he's working on a government grant.
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:05:04 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
To: RegulatorCountry
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:10:08 AM PST
by
Don W
(I keep some people's numbers in my phone so I know not to answer when they call)
To: proxy_user
>> But not in the UK, where today is 02/01/2010.
That’s an Obamadrome.
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:12:34 AM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
To: Fractal Trader
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:13:10 AM PST
by
Young Werther
( ("Quae Cum Ita Sunt - Julius Caesar "Since these things are so!"))
To: Bryanw92
As the offspring of a uni professor, “nothing but free time” on their hands is not a common occurrence. My guess is this is his hobby. The guy’s an EE, for pete’s sake.
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:25:38 AM PST
by
FourPeas
(Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
To: Bryanw92
May I ask what you have against uni professors? Many may be liberal wackos, but they still have things that enthuse them that don't involve anti-Americanism or government money.
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:28:57 AM PST
by
FourPeas
(Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
To: Jim 0216
1308 doesnt come out right. Heres what I come up with: Last palindrome of last millennium:
09/31/1390
So, actually it's: 08/31/1208
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:32:15 AM PST
by
FourPeas
(Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
To: Jim 0216
Oops, sorry. Apparently I somehow fat fingered by View Replies. Eeeek.
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:34:11 AM PST
by
FourPeas
(Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
To: Fractal Trader
Showed this to my 10 year old.
“Cool daddy, notice it’s also the same upside down?”
No, I didn’t.
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:47:34 AM PST
by
IAMIUBU
To: FourPeas
I think last palindrome date from last millennium was 08/31/1380.
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posted on
01/02/2010 10:53:41 AM PST
by
Jim W N
To: Fractal Trader
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posted on
01/02/2010 11:14:54 AM PST
by
El Sordo
To: El Sordo
On another note, 2010 itself is rare in that the last two digits are the same as the first two when divided by two. Call this a semigram.
Other semigram years: 1809, 1608, 1407, 1206, 1005.
Next semigram year: 2211.
Sick, I know.
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posted on
01/02/2010 11:25:16 AM PST
by
cicero2k
To: Doomonyou
To: Doomonyou
To: cicero2k
But an awesome kind of sick!
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posted on
01/02/2010 11:35:19 AM PST
by
El Sordo
To: Fractal Trader
Thoreau never had one during his lifetime. Neither did George Washington nor Albert Einstein. Explains a lot.
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posted on
01/02/2010 11:41:09 AM PST
by
paulycy
(AMERICA: Less safe. Less free. More broke.)
To: Jim 0216
LOL! One good typo deserve another, eh?
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posted on
01/02/2010 11:59:56 AM PST
by
FourPeas
(Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
To: Doomonyou
>>>A man, a plan, a canal, Panama<<<
Ah I see you already beat me to it, so I’ll have to formulate a new one in its stead:
“May Art at a deli: Obama boiled a tat’r, a yam.”
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posted on
01/02/2010 12:23:02 PM PST
by
XEHRpa
To: goodnesswins
a palindrome
At first...I thought this was another article about Sarah PALIN! My first thought? Your own special day - go Sarah!
To: Jim 0216
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