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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 04:25 AM
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Today is Tuesday 03/03/2009, Square Root Day. Root Day is a 'holiday' that occurs when the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the current year. March 3, 2009 can be expressed mathematically as √9 = 3, or 3
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 04:34 AM
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^^^And the next one will be 4/4/2016. Correct? Hope this same gang is still together then!
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 04:45 AM
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[QUOTE=S1997,Mar 3 2009, 09:25 AM] Today is Tuesday 03/03/2009, Square Root Day. Root Day is a 'holiday' that occurs when the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the current year. March 3, 2009 can be expressed mathematically as √9 = 3, or 3
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 04:53 AM
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 04:56 AM
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I don't think my employer "celebrates" that holiday dammit.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by dean,Mar 3 2009, 08:45 AM
You have entirely too much free time on your hands. Get a job.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:09 AM
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With a little better planning you could have waited and posted this at 3:39 PM.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by dlq04,Mar 3 2009, 09:09 AM
With a little better planning you could have waited and posted this at 3:39 PM.
In which timezone?
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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[QUOTE=S1997,Mar 3 2009, 05:25 AM] Today is Tuesday 03/03/2009, Square Root Day. Root Day is a 'holiday' that occurs when the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits of the current year. March 3, 2009 can be expressed mathematically as √9 = 3, or 3
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 10:22 AM
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my all-time favorite was 12:43 on may 6th of 78.
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