[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

Dennis Swaney romad at mac.com
Sun Jan 5 07:15:38 PST 2025


Correct,Forrest.

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

Cogito Ergo Mac




> On Jan 4, 2025, at 21:53, Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Kate:
> 
> I have not researched this, but wouldn't it follow that if 1940 and 2024 are the same, then 1941 and 2025 would be the same? Even though 2024 was a leap year, then 1940 would have also been...?
> 
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
> 
> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 15 Pro
> 
>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 8:04 PM, Kate C <kate.case at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dennis sorry!
>> 
>> 
>> Jeweller & Silversmith
>> www.katecase.com
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> Jeweller & Silversmith
>>> www.katecase.com
>>> 
>>>>> 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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