Numbers
In case you missed it, today is Friday the 13th. Which, you know, is supposed to be unlucky.
But you know what? We know all that. There's actually a more interesting numerical occurrence today: Unix time will reach 1234567890. That is, it will have been 1,234,567,890 seconds since January 1, 1970—when the Unix "Epoch" starts counting from. Only computers running Unix-based operating systems apply.
It's just a fun geeky coincidence, but you just know some conspiracy nut out there will freak out over this numerical conjunction.
That might make for an interesting story...
Comments:
Joel writes:
It's worth noting that it is only Unix systems, not linux, BSD or others. From my understanding their epoch ends approximately when the sun burns out.
Comment by Joel at 2009-02-13 13:19:20
Jon writes:
No, it should be on any *nix variant whose epoch starts on 1-1-70... including Linus et al, right? Today's "date" isn't the end of the epoch, after all...
Comment by Jon at 2009-02-13 14:19:07
Jake writes:
I'm pretty sure nearly all *nix/BSD variants share the same epoch start date. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if they didn't?
