[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

[Kate C]

Dennis sorry!


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> On 5 Jan 2025, at 2:03 pm, Kate C <kate.case at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think Forrest meant that you would want to set it as a year that has the same calendar as 2025, not 2024 - which was the original suggestion by Denis
> 
> Cheers
> Kate
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>> On 5 Jan 2025, at 12:58 pm, Avi Drissman <avi at drissman.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Trying to get an 85-year span surely was intended as a joke. NewtonScript
>> integers are 30 bits, so isn't the biggest time span you'd be able to do
>> 2³⁰ seconds ≅ 34 years? It's been a while since I've poked at time code,
>> tho.
>> 
>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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:
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> — Peter
>>>> pjfraser at mac.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 2:10 PM, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <
>>> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 3:00 PM, Dennis Swaney via NewtonTalk <
>>> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> “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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> (Ever so slightly related to this, I just finished reading a 900 page
>>> anthology of science fiction time travel stories.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks, Dennis!
>>>>> 
>>>>> g.
>>>>> 
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