Feb 20 2020 is 0220 2020

Today is a great date when viewed in numbers.  It isn't as great as February 2, 2020 which is a palindrome day. Considering numbers, I hear people say "do the math", when they are adding two numbers.  This seems odd to me to equate arithmetic and mathematics.   However, it is accepted practice to refer to arithmetic as mathematics in simple conversations.  What is the difference between the two?  I looked for some answers  from the experts that might be interesting: "The most obvious difference is that arithmetic is all about numbers and mathematics is all about theory." "Arithmetic is to mathematics as spelling is to writing." "You can refer to everything at the zoo as an 'animal' because they all belong to the animal kingdom —reptiles, amphibians, even insects and invertebrates," says Dr. Math. "But you couldn't use a more specific word like "mammal" to refer to animals in general." Looking for fun arithmetic jokes is itself not fun:  there is general confusion between arithmetics, mathematics, and numbers.  As the likelihood of finding some funny jokes dwindles, I am drawn to the ridiculous headline at the bottom of the feed:   Baby has never eaten sugar or carbs and the result is incredible We know this is one of those lead-in headlines with some sort of punchline, and we're curious. The original article comes from the dailymail.co.uk in 2015 and has lists of what "Little Grace" of Brisbane, Australia eats in her paleo diet.  There is the claim that the baby never gets sick.  But there is one meal that has to be the punchline to the article.  Why?  Because it supposedly is breakfast: "Eggs fried in coconut oil with roast veggies including sweet potato, carrots, potatoes and steamed broccoli, plus a quarter of an avocado and a small scoop of sauerkraut." Can we imagine a baby eating sauerkraut?  That entertains me for the day. Today's image is an abstract of Grimsby Beach at night - that's the lighthouse light on the horizon.

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Jan 11 2020 - This Year has Numbers

2020 is an interesting year in numbers.  I went looking for combinations that will be interesting - like Feb 2nd 2020 will be 02 02 2020 and you could have time in there to be 02:02 02 02 2020 or 20:20 02 02 2020 with the twenty-four hour clock.  These are the weekend repeating dates. Sunday, February 2nd (02/02/2020) Saturday, April 4th (04/04/2020) Saturday, June 6th (06/06/2020) Saturday, August 8th (08/08/2020) Saturday, October 10th (10/10/2020) Saturday, December 12th (12/12/2020) The weekend repeating dates are listed because one seems to retrieve best wedding dates in 2020. The Guardian came to the rescue with this headline: Did you solve it? 2020 in numbers.   The article is here.  I've extracted two of the questions.  To get the answer for 3.1) you will want to visit the link as a few are presented. 2) Imagine 2020 is not a year but a rugby score, as I’ve scrawled below. This score spells out a word. Can you work out which one? Solution Wipe a tear from your eye. The word is ONION. Rotate the score by 90 degrees anticlockwise and you’ll see. The next question: 3.1) Fill in the blanks in the following ‘countdown’ equation so it makes arithmetical sense: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 = 2020 You are allowed to use any of the basic mathematical operations, +, –, x, ÷, and as many brackets as you like. An answer might look something like (10 – 9 + 8) x (7 – 6 – 5)/(4 + 3 + 2 + 1) = 2020, but not this one since the equation is incorrect. To see a lot more in numbers for 2020 by mathematician Inder J. Taneja, go HERE.  The introduction says this short work brings representations of 2020 in different situations.  These representations are of crazy-type, running numbers, single digit, single letter... Then there is a revised version.  It is HERE.  It contains the addition of this:

Brexit Now or Y2038?

exit seems similar to Year 2000 to me - a do or die scenario.  Except with Year 2000 we knew we what to do to fix it. We weren't sure how well we would cover everything.  It was a new playing field - dates were 'sprinkled' everywhere in hardware and software. The conclusion today is that it was a better safe than sorry story.  Most at risk areas were transportation (falling planes), nuclear (war) and power facilities (survival kits).  The National Geographic says that Russia, Italy and South Korea had done little to prepare.  Australia and the U.S. prepared a lot.  The estimate was that $400 billion was spent - almost half in the U.S. to upgrade hardware and software.  National Geographic says the question remains open on whether it was warranted or might have been an exaggeration - a 'hoax'.   Since then there have been smaller issues:  In 2012, the addition of an extra second between Saturday and Sunday to account for the slowing rotation of the Earth affected flight check-ins in Australia, and hit popular websites including Yelp and Foursquare. There's one on the horizon:  It is Y2038 - the next Y2K kind of issue.  The year 2038 problem is called the end of UNIX time - it is caused by 32-bit processors and the limitations of the 32-bit systems they power. When the year 2038 strikes 03:14:07 UTC on 19 March, computers still using 32-bit systems to store and process the date and time will run out of space.  Like the Y2K bug, the computers won’t be able to tell the difference between the year 2038 and 1970 – the year after which all current computer systems measure time.  Most computers are now 64-bit systems so this issue lies with older systems.  Like Y2K, the biggest concern is transportation, power and nuclear systems.   Don't these seem so simple in comparison to Britain's "Day of reckoning"?   The Guardian has a live feed that goes 5 minutes ago, 14 minutes ago, 54 minutes ago, etc. It looks like a Y2K countdown.   Should we take the advice on this coffee cup?