[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

Forrest newton_phoenix at mindspring.com
Sat Jan 4 15:04:28 PST 2025


Dennis, wouldn't you want to set the date to 1941--2024+1=2025, 1940+1=1941 ?

Does that sound right?

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 15 Pro

> On Jan 4, 2025, at 3:35 PM, Peter Fraser via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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> Well, now you need to tell us the title or other identifying information so that some of us can read it, too!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> — Peter
> pjfraser at mac.com
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>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 2:10 PM, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>>> 
>>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 3:00 PM, Dennis Swaney via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>>> “The 2024 calendar will be a perfectly identical match to the 1996 calendar. The seven years that share the same calendar in the current 200-year timeframe include 1940, 1968, 1996, 2024, 2052, 2080 and 2120, according to timeanddate.com.”
>>> 
>>> So if you set the year to 1940, you should be safe for the next 85 years?
>> 
>> I love a good chronological hack.
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>> (Ever so slightly related to this, I just finished reading a 900 page anthology of science fiction time travel stories.)
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>> Thanks, Dennis!
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>> g.
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