Just wait until we get to the year 2048.
On Dec 28, 2015 9:01 AM, "Jose Mario Quintana" <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Right, almost nobody writes, for example, 1023 as 00001023 for obvious
> reasons although you can see irrelevant leading zeros displayed, for
> instance, by odometers.  (The question was a little tricky.)
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Ah, never mind, I see it now.
> >
> > You can put leading zeros on the binary number, which makes it a
> > palindrome.
> >
> > (This is necessary also, to understand why J gave me that 2046 answer).
> >
> > For a more traditional interpretation of binary palindromes, I guess I
> > should have used:
> >
> >    (#~ (-: |.)@#:"0) 1+2016}.i.2^11
> > 2047
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Raul
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > "A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of
> > > characters which reads the same backward or forward."
> > >
> > > You probably meant something different?
> > >
> > > But, seeing as this is the programming forum and not the chat forum,
> > > and since you did pose a specific question:
> > >
> > >    (#~ (-: |.)"1@#:) 1+2016}.i.2^11
> > > 2046
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Raul
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Jose Mario Quintana
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> I had not realized the this year is a palindrome in binary until I saw
> > >> Boss' message in the chat forum (see below).
> > >>
> > >> The question is: when will the next one be?
> > >>
> > >> The answer can be easily found, of course,  using J.
> > >>
> > >> Hint:  I will be very lucky if I can ever say (truthfully)  "this year
> > is a
> > >> palindrome in binary" after this year ends.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> [Jchat] 11111100000
> > >> R.E. Boss r.e.boss at outlook.com
> > >> Mon Dec 28 12:47:05 UTC 2015
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> > >>
> > >>  Happy 11111100000 !
> > >>
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