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The Next Three Days are the x86 Days

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the those-are-the-days dept.

Pinky wrote in to note that "Today, tomorrow and the next day are the only days we'll get dates like this: 2/8/6 3/8/6 4/8/6 like the x86 computers :-)" And yes folks, in the August news cycle vortex, even this strikes my fancy. In recent years we've seen numerical giants like 3/1/4, 6/6/6 and 1/2/3, but now really, what do any of us have to look forward to? Is our future dull and meaningless without cool numbers in dates? Oh the humanity of it all ...

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  1. Except.. by VirtualAdept · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Unless of course you're live in a place that uses the MM/DD/YY scheme for recording dates. Then you already encountered these dates in February, March, and April.

  2. Re:what about the lucky sevens? by Articuno · · Score: 1, Redundant

    In soviet russia, d/m/y uses YOU !!!

    (sorry, i couldn't resist :-) )

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