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wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: towr, SMQ, Icarus, Eigenray, ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, william wu)    1961 « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: 1961  (Read 3229 times) maryl Guest 1961   « on: Apr 25th, 2003, 5:21pm » Quote Modify Remove What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for over 4000 years? IP Logged mistysakura Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 121 Re: 1961   « Reply #1 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 6:12pm » Quote Modify I've turned my trivia portal upside-down, inside-out, concentrated on seperate words in the sentence... not working. Just kidding, this one's a real classic. IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: 1961   « Reply #2 on: Apr 26th, 2003, 9:32am » Quote Modify And was the gap from the previous occurence a more reasonable 80 years? IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: 1961   « Reply #3 on: Apr 26th, 2003, 10:17am » Quote Modify Come to think of it, if my idea is right, the next occurrence would be 2    years from now, not 4000+. At least if everything is expressed the right way.   Expressed in other fashions, it would be in 4006 years. IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous maryl Guest Re: 1961   « Reply #4 on: Apr 26th, 2003, 3:13pm » Quote Modify Remove on Apr 26th, 2003, 10:17am, Icarus wrote: Come to think of it, if my idea is right, the next occurrence would be 2    years from now, not 4000+. At least if everything is expressed the right way.   Expressed in other fashions, it would be in 4006 years. That was rather astute calculating, and an interesting deduction, my good man.   IP Logged mistysakura Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 121 Re: 1961   « Reply #5 on: Apr 26th, 2003, 5:16pm » Quote Modify Uh huh.  LCD numbers make things so much easier.   IP Logged da Best Riddler Guest Re: 1961   « Reply #6 on: May 31st, 2003, 8:41pm » Quote Modify Remove The year's date reads the same when turned upside down. That will not happen again until 6009. IP Logged Leo Broukhis Senior Riddler     Gender: Posts: 459 Re: 1961   « Reply #7 on: Jun 2nd, 2003, 6:04pm » Quote Modify That happened last year. Let's not mix inversion and mirroring, Icarus. IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: 1961   « Reply #8 on: Jun 2nd, 2003, 6:06pm » Quote Modify I was refering to the previous occurence before 1961, not before this year. IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Leo Broukhis Senior Riddler     Gender: Posts: 459 Re: 1961   « Reply #9 on: Jun 2nd, 2003, 7:49pm » Quote Modify on Jun 2nd, 2003, 6:06pm, Icarus wrote: I was refering to the previous occurence before 1961, not before this year.   I was objecting to "2 years from now". IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: 1961   « Reply #10 on: Jun 2nd, 2003, 8:01pm » Quote Modify on Jun 2nd, 2003, 7:49pm, Leonid Broukhis wrote: I was objecting to "2 years from now".   Okay.. I suppose that I was rotating that one around a vertical axis instead of a horizontal.   But it really comes down to how you interpret the question, doesn't it?   Your interpretation is equivalent to "the year posesses center-symmetry." Mine is "The year is symmetric".   Under both, it is still not 4000 years until the next occurence, if one uses the appropriate font. IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i => what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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