[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
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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
>>>
>>> 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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