Re: [LAU] Close, but no cigar

On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 22:32:25 +0200 (CEST)
karl@email-addr-hidden wrote:

> Ralf Mandorf:
> ...
> > Regarding http://www.hillschmidt.de/gbr/sternenzeit.htm
> > 22/02/2222 22:22:22 +0200 this is
> >
> > stardate -100854.98027650919
> ...
> > How should we "interpret" 22/2/2222?
>
> Trust your hillschmidt, that date is prehistoric, use bc:
>
> $ echo 22/2/2222 | bc -l
> .00495049504950495049
>
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar

Ah! Magic numbers - poked a memory from a *very* long time ago.
142857
Multiply by any integer up to 6 and you get the same sequence,
but starting at a different point.
For the joker, multiply by 7.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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