the next exciting nerdly epoch time

[rone]

2⁰ through 2⁶: 1 2 4 8 16 32 64.

bender:~ rone$ date -r 1248163264
Tue Jul 21 01:01:04 PDT 2009

Put it in your PDA and get ready to PAR-TAY.

Comments

[doctroid.livejournal.com]

I can find only six nerdly epoch times (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_t#time_t_parties) listed in Wikipedia, which is an order of magnitude fewer than one ought to expect. Should I start a flame war to correct this?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Correct it, leave a snotty comment about it, then add a small rant in the Talk page. It's what makes Wikipedia ossum.

[thedarkages]

I will be 2^6 years old at the coming of the "second bilennium."

[doctroid.livejournal.com]

I won't still feed you.

[thedarkages]

You won't still need me, anyway.

[nothings.livejournal.com]

if by bilennium you mean 1024, i suggest a different neologism, since that one's already taken for 1,000,000 years.

kilo = SI prefix for 1000
kibi = invented prefix to mean 1024 in attempt to avoid confusion over how to interpret 'kilo' in a computer-memory-size context

So: kibinnium

Whose spelling we might as well alter to 'kibonnium' just for completeness.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

He's referring to the billennium referred in the Wikipedia link above, 2e9 seconds since epoch.

Also, the *bi- prefixes are an abomination and must be shunned.

[nothings.livejournal.com]

ah, I missed that.

obviously the *bi prefixes are an abomination; that's why i'm trying to reappropriate them.

Error

[thedarkages]

I should have specified the "second billennium," as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_t#time_t_parties. My error.

Re: Error

[nothings.livejournal.com]

for what very little it's worth, wikipedia distinguishes 'billennium' from 'unix billennium': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billennium

presumably one can argue it was clear from context

[heliumbreath.livejournal.com]

Wow, a whole 18 kiloseconds to recover from the 40th anniversary of One Small Step, and then partytime again! Not sure if I can stand the pace at my age.

[epileptikitty.livejournal.com]

Good luck, Mr. Gorsky.

Gotta tell my nephew--

[notr.livejournal.com]

it's his b'day.

A bit further out, I suppose we should remember 2048-10-24 5:12.

[eb-oesch.livejournal.com]

0.123456789101112131415... : (10/81) :: 0.1248163264... : x?

1/2 * SUM (5^-i)

[notr.livejournal.com]

-> 1/2 * 1/4 = 1/8.

Re: 1/2 * SUM (5^-i)

[eb-oesch.livejournal.com]

Gold star.

[tau-iota-mu-c.livejournal.com]

I'll be more impressed when you are celebrating
Thu Sep 21 11:48:48 AEST 41522
or
Thu Sep 14437691 11:48:48 AEST 1993

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Speaking of parties:

http://cyan-blue.livejournal.com/595986.html

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Thank you!