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Friday, November 11, 2011

A Technological Look At Eleven Eleven Eleven

Thank You Veteran's. (Today is also Veteran's Day which is more important)
Today is 11/11/11 and I'm sure you know this, but did you realize that today is the last binary day for about a century (100 years).  Binary numbers consist strictly of 1's and 0's. The only exception to the binary day celebration is that 11/11/2011 is not a true binary day because the 2 of two thousand is not displayed in DD/MM/YY. The most specific 11/11/11 would have to be at 11:11AM with 11 seconds, 11milliseconds, 11 nanoseconds.....
Imagine how special it would be to be alive in November 11, 1111 at 11:11:11AM. I'm sure it was a lot harder to manage time then than it is today.

Has anyone told you to make a wish because it is 11:11AM or 11:11PM?

Either way, this tradition was at its climax today at 11:11AM, so I hope you made a great wish! If you forgot to wish before 11:11AM then you can sneak a small one in tonight at 11:11PM, but the effect will not be as strong due to the time being 23 hours and 11 minutes into the day as opposed to 11 hours and 11 minutes.

Don't you love numbers?! HAPPY BINARY DAY.

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