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Countdown to 02:03:04 05/06/07

clock.jpgNumerologists, your moment is about to arrive. Mathematicians and lottery players, you may want to pay attention, too. At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on Sunday, the 6th of May, time will align itself in a perfect pattern, 02:03:04 05/06/07.

For those who slept though last year’s 01:02:03 04/05/06 moment at 1:02 a.m. and three seconds on April, 5, 2006, this is your second chance. The moment  won’t come again for another century, in 2107. Of course, the times and dates will align sequentially once every year until 9:10 and 11 seconds on Dec. 13, 2014, or 09:10:11 12/13/14. After that, time will revert to its usual untidy mix of hours, minutes and seconds passing through the days of our lives.

For most of us, these sequences are little more than, well, coincidental sequences of numbers. Still, the phenomenon is giving some Internet chatrooms fodder for idle conversation. At digg.com, the impending moment sparked a lively exchange, including one nostalgic post by “uglyredhonda” that said, “Still nowhere near as cool as 12:34:56 on 7/8/90.” Oh yeah. That was way cooler.

Serious party mathematicians, though, won’t go to sleep. There’ll be a shots of tequila and a few high fives and then they’ll move on. That is, until we count from 1 to 6 at 01:02:03 on April, 5, 2106. Now that will be worth staying up for.

Posted on May 4, 2007 at 10:01AM by Registered CommenterDoug in , | Comments5 Comments

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Reader Comments (5)

Hey this is pretty neat!! I know it is just a random thing but it is still pretty cool. How do you know ahaed of time when this is going to happen?

May 4 | Unregistered CommenterSandra

Why don't I ever hear about these things before they happen? Thanks!

May 4 | Unregistered CommenterKager

I'm staying up to bang some pots and pans and wake the neighbors. I think everyone else should do the same. In fact, I think I'll organize a party!

May 4 | Unregistered CommenterJason

Did anyone actually stay up for this?

May 6 | Unregistered CommenterDarcy

I did. Actually I was already up. We had company and we all stopped to acknowledge the moment. But nothing happened. Dead silence. I would have liked it better if maybe a few firecrackers had gone off. No special "We interupt this broadcast" on TV either.

May 7 | Unregistered CommenterBen

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