Damn that’s going to be a long time before I can say that again. But just think, we have eight more years of this palindromic date fun before the long dry spell that is 2013-2100.
Love your site. Thanks for the post about Basecamp. One question, though: Isn’t a palindrome a series of numbers or letters that reads the same forwards and backwards? If so, 040404 wouldn’t technically be a palindromic date. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but as a former English teacher, I thought I would at least raise the issue.
Wouldn’t that be 2013-2100?
Comment by MacManX — April 4, 2004 @ 11:37 pm
Yea, it was a late night yesterday. Sorry about that!
Comment by Jon Gales — April 5, 2004 @ 12:06 am
Love your site. Thanks for the post about Basecamp. One question, though: Isn’t a palindrome a series of numbers or letters that reads the same forwards and backwards? If so, 040404 wouldn’t technically be a palindromic date. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but as a former English teacher, I thought I would at least raise the issue.
Comment by Karl — April 7, 2004 @ 8:50 am
Hmm. I do think you’re right. But what’s the word for 040404? Seems like there would be one…
Comment by Jon Gales — April 7, 2004 @ 10:38 am