This Rare Friday the 13th

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 13, 2006 @11:22AM from the paraskavedekatriaphobes-unite dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes to point out a Washington Times story about how special this particular Friday the 13th is. The digits in the numerical notation for the date add up to 13 — whether you write it in the US or the European form. From the article: "The phenomenon hasn't happened in 476 years, said Heinrich Hemme, a physicist at Germany's University of Aachen who crunched the numbers to find that the double-whammy last occurred Jan. 13, 1520."

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Commutivity by P(0)(!P(k)+P(k+1)) · 2006-10-13 11:23 · Score: 5, Funny

From TFS:
The digits in the numerical notation for the date add up to 13—whether you write it in the US or the European form.
What a relief! I always suspected that the commutativity of addition applied on both sides of the Atlantic.
Or did they mean to imply that the dæmons who govern paraskevidekatria are too preoccupied to uphold mathematical principles today?

In a related article:
Thirteen people, pledged to eliminate triskaidecaphobia, fear of the number 13, today tried to reassure American sufferers by renting a 13ft plot of land in Brooklyn for 13 cents (10d) a month. (Daily Telegraph, 1967)
1. Re:Commutivity by fuzzix · 2006-10-13 12:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Speaking of adding:
  
  "The phenomenon hasn't happened in 476 years, said Heinrich Hemme, a physicist at Germany's University of Aachen who crunched the numbers to find that the double-whammy last occurred Jan. 13, 1520."
  ...someone can't. Or is it 1996? :)
13th Post! by markana · 2006-10-13 11:27 · Score: 5, Funny

sorry....
1. Re:13th Post! by rolfwind · 2006-10-13 12:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yep, you hit it. I viewed at -1 Flat, and counted, you are indeed the 13th post.
  
  Congratulations. You have reached the pinnacle of your life.
Pffft.... by yo303 · 2006-10-13 11:27 · Score: 5, Funny

It's bad luck to be superstitious.
yo.
Mod Parent Down by s-gen · 2006-10-13 11:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Just to prove to him its not his lucky day.
Re:paraskevidekatriaphobics - a new word by mattmacf · 2006-10-13 11:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Halloween, however, is celebrated on October 31, therefore, it's only superstitious for those crazy Europeans who insist on writing the date backwards.

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10 + 13 + 2006 = 2029...these add up to 13 too!! by Cobraman · 2006-10-13 11:59 · Score: 5, Funny

10+13+2006 = 2029 2+0+2+9 = 13 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! all hell is breaking loose!!!!!!!
Re:I Just Knew I Shoulda Stayed In Bed Today by enjerth · 2006-10-13 12:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, and it's amazing that it still adds up to 13 if you switch the numbers around, 1+1+3+2+6 = 13. WOW!