Square Root Day
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James Joyner | Tuesday, March 3, 2009 |
Donald Sensing passes along word that, “Today is 3-3-09, a date that calendar keepers call a square root day. Only nine such dates occur per century. The last was 2-2-04 and the next will be 4-4-16.”
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Comments
Hopefully he meant 2-2-04, not 2-2-05...
Posted by Alex Knapp | March 3, 2009 | 08:42 am | Permalink
Even though it is factually correct, wasting bandwidth on the subject is about as rational as the square root of 2.
Posted by William d'Inger | March 3, 2009 | 11:52 am | Permalink
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