According to Bell Labs: "At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890."
That’s right at approximately 5:31 PM CST, the UNIX epoch (which began on January 1, 1970) measured in seconds will reach the sequential number 1234567890. Beyond being a very nerdy and very cool fact, this number doesn’t really signify anything but it didn’t stop Jon "maddog" Hall from writing a humorous piece about the momentous occasion occurring on Friday the 13th.
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| I intend on being at the place where I have the best chance of surviving this potential catastrophe and where I can personally do the most good:
=>Martha’s Exchange Restaurant in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA<= While our friends at Bell Labs (er, ah, Lucent….O.K. "Alcatel-Lucent") strive to understand this phenomenon, I will be doing my civic duty by drinking fine beer, and maybe an Islay scotch. This is hard to do while you are holding your breath, but I will suffer through. Who knows, perhaps the U.S. government will give us a "bailout" to study this issue. |
And for those who can’t/won’t do the math or programming to figure out the exact epoch time, Chris Rowe has supplied this handy countdown site.