[PLUG-TALK] My 2nd gigasecond party

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 20:52:31 UTC 2016


Work?  Whazat?  Count me in.

-Denis

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:

> I turn 2 billion seconds old on January 20, 2017 at
> 12:17:20 pm.  My wife is planning a party for that,
> partially as a distraction from another event
> happening in Washington DC at that time.   If you
> would like to skip work ignore reality with us, let
> me know.
>
> Keith
>
> PS: to compute your own gigasecond events, use the
> gigasecond server at https://www.araneus.fi/gigasecond/
> Note that the server has an unfortunate computation
> error, seemingly treating the decimal giga as 999 999 960
> instead of 1 000 000 000 .  The binary giga calculation
> seems accurate.
>
> PPS: My birth certificate says 7:45 am.  I presume my
> mother and the obstetrician were too busy with other
> matters to note the time to the exact second.  Sadly,
> they are not available to ask.
>
> Keith
>
> --
> Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com
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