Time for Linux is "Lining up"

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> From: "Jon 'maddog' Hall" <maddog at li.org>
> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:15:18 -0500
> Cc: Henry Hall <hlh at att.net>

> "At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890.
> Where will you be at this momentous second?" - from Bell Labs
> 
> This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST (1531 and
> 30 seconds PST).

It's no coincidence that this time falls on Friday the 13th.  The
number 1234567890 is sacred because of its occult powers.  You would
not BELIEVE the mystery buried within this seemingly simple number...

Do you think it's just coincidence, for example, that the digital TV
transition for the U.S. Central time zone will occur 3.14 days and
3.14 hours after this special Unix time (1234567890)?

$ secs=`echo 1234567890+3600*24*3.14+3600*3.14 | bc -q`
$ secs=`printf %0.0f $secs` # round to nearest secnod
$ date -d "1970-01-01 00:00 $secs sec -6 hours" +"%a %b %e %H:%M %Y"
Tue Feb 17 00:01 2009
           ^^^^^

This number 1234567890 obviously has some secret, hidden relationship
with the motion of clocks, the celestial bodies, the alignment of
protons in Cesium atoms, and the number of digits on the human hand.
I don't claim to understand the depths of the mystery behind the
number 1234567890... but it's clear there are greater forces at work
than just math!!