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(Message started by: Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:12am)

Title: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:12am

What happened on March 14, 1592 at 6:53 ?

Try to find it without google.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by raven on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:35am

Without G-G-G-Google? I can't eat my breakfast without Googling it first... :o

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by denis on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:36am

6:53 Greewhich time or another local time? (actually I don't think time zones existed back then)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by denis on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:39am

To be timed to the minute like that it would have been something notable (not to mention to be able to remember without google).

Was it birth or death of a famous person?
Was it volcanic eruption or earthquake?
Was it a celestial event (e.g. a total solar eclipse)?

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:41am

Which time zone? Er... tricky question. As a matter of fact, it doesn't really matter. ~~But I think GMT would be appropriate~~. Local time would be better. Any local time. ???

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:44am

on 03/14/07 at 06:39:42, denis wrote:

Was it birth or death of a famous person?
Was it volcanic eruption or earthquake?
Was it a celestial event (e.g. a total solar eclipse)?

No, no and no.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by denis on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:47am

From memory, I recall they changed calendars about that time period from Julian to Gregorian. But I don't think it was exactly in 1592. btw they lost about two weeks in the month of the switchover. The regular folks still had to pay a full months rent but only received two weeks wages.

Caused lots of rioting and other wonderfull moments.

[edit] actually happened in 1752 so I was wayyyy off]

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:49am

It was not the gregorian calendar.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by denis on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:51am

Julius Ceasar was murdered on the ides of March (March 14) but at least 1500 years off. And maybe even the wrong calendar at that.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 6:52am

It would have been the death of a famous person anyway.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by towr on Mar 14^th, 2007, 7:07am

on 03/14/07 at 06:12:56, Grimbal wrote:

Try to find it without google.

Can I use wikipedia?

Sounds about 100 years after columbus; could also be the anniversary of the reconquista (or however it's spelled)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by JohanC on Mar 14^th, 2007, 7:07am

Don't forget to mention the 58 seconds and some thousands ...

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by towr on Mar 14^th, 2007, 7:11am

Good thing google isn't the only search engine :P

Also, [hide]some people format their dates differently!![/hide]

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 7:42am

Yes, there are different date formats but for some reason I felt like the British/US date format would be good to use today.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by denis on Mar 14^th, 2007, 7:45am

Did it happen on what was to be known later on as Amercian soil?

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 14^th, 2007, 7:52am

Hm... it is not something that happened physically. It is something that makes that particular date and time special.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by denis on Mar 14^th, 2007, 8:00am

OK I got it.... I was going in circles until I finally found it... Did not use any search engine but Tower's hint was pretty good. Funny thing is I read about it in the papers two days ago and it didn't click till now.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by raven on Mar 14^th, 2007, 8:53am

Heads will roll...

Yeah, I was trying to figure out when the official introduction of the guillotine was (Scottish Maiden ~1564)...when I realized that there is finally evidence to the early claims of Frederick Tiedmann stating that brain size is directly related to intelligence. Thus putting the pieces together...in the future there will be a savage law to eliminate dumb people from our planet--if the circumference of your skull fits through the hole--lop it off!

:P

brain size cite site (http://www.news-medical.net/?id=11121)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Iceman on Mar 14^th, 2007, 9:29am

on 03/14/07 at 06:12:56, Grimbal wrote:

What happened on March 14, 1592 at 6:53 ?

March. 8)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Mar 14^th, 2007, 9:40am

I was thinking about this today. Funny that someone posted it here. Mathematicians will have the party of the century in 2015 with just five digits. Imagine what it would be like back then.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by tiber13 on Mar 14^th, 2007, 11:50am

i got it!
[hide][/hide] pi day 3/14/1592/6:53 [hide][/hide]

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by AllThatRemains on Mar 14^th, 2007, 1:45pm

Google was callin me ... :'([hideb]Pi Day[/hideb]

and Hi everyone, i had been reading riddles like crazy here for like the last 6 months and registered just 2 days ago :)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by raven on Mar 14^th, 2007, 2:48pm

Welcome, ATR...your icon is a little large, even on my high speed it took a while to load, but now it's cached, so...Welcome!

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by towr on Mar 14^th, 2007, 2:59pm

Yeah, 1.2 MB for a picture shown at 65x65 resolution is a bit much.. ::)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Sir Col on Mar 19^th, 2007, 1:10am

My birthday is on "pi day" and since I discovered that fact I've been wondering about the accuracy of the digits of pi that we've all been using. I'm thinking now that the ratio of circumference to diameter is more like 3.1419 rather than 31.1415. Has anyone else noticed any anomalies in their calculations? ::)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 19^th, 2007, 9:52am

I see. Is that where you got your name from?

And how legal is it, that pi-rated birthday of yours? Aren't you worried you might get caught some day?

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Sir Col on Mar 19^th, 2007, 3:19pm

on 03/19/07 at 09:52:23, Grimbal wrote:

I see. Is that where you got your name from?

Sad as it may sound... yes! Being a school teacher, called Colin, and born on pi day, it just had to be Sir Col.

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Grimbal on Mar 20^th, 2007, 2:15am

Happy belated birthday, then! :)

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 20^th, 2007, 8:37am

Yes, Sir Col, Happy Belated Birthday!

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 21^st, 2007, 3:00am

I just realised, your birthday is the same as my ex-gf Sir Col ! Don't know why I would point that out..but,

Happy Belated Birthday !! May you have a blessed life ! ;D

Title: Re: Anniversary
Post by Sir Col on Mar 21^st, 2007, 4:06pm

Cheers guys! :)