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This afternoon, party like it's 1234567890 Unix time by Ross Miller, posted Feb 13th 2009 at 5:41AM Number aficionados, you probably already know what happens today. As of 6:31:30PM ET this afternoon it will officially be 1234567890 Unix time, which started at zero and has been counting seconds since the stroke of midnight on January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds. We suggest you put on your best watch or other geek chic and enjoy that one fateful second of sequential bliss -- as the story goes, 1234567891, party over, oops, out of time. In case you've got other plans and can't celebrate the milestone, we'll see you December 22, 2282 at 3:13:30PM ET for the merriment of 9876543210. and http://www.1234567890day.com/ 1234567890 Day It's time to party like it's 1234567890 – 'cause it is! 8 Hours 59 Minutes 5 Seconds What is this all about anyway? It's time to party like it's 1234567890 – 'cause it is! On this Friday, Feb 13 at exactly 3:31:30 PM (PST), Unix time (WTF is Unix time?) will equal '1234567890'. But what can I do? For those based in San Francisco, you can join us for the countdown to 1234567890: Friday, Feb 13 at exactly 2:31 (1 hr early for some drinks) The 21st Amendment 563 Second Street San Francisco http://www.21st-amendment.com On Upcoming.org http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1814440 Other 1234567890 parties around the world Vancouver, BC at the Irish Heather Eureka, California at the Lost Coast Brewery Helena, Montana at the Gold Bar Seattle, Washington at here Edmonton, Alberta at the Sherlock Holmes Pub, downtown on Rice Howard Way Los Angeles, California at Harry O's Boston time_t party at the Westin Boston Waterfront lobby bar Buenos Aires, Argentina at Sugar (4619 Costa Rica in Palermo) Yerevan, Armenia at Maret's Kitchen Saloon Slatina, Croatia at St. Patric's Pub Bujumbura, Burundi at Club du Lac Tanganyika Nairobi, Kenya at Tamasha in the Hurlingham area Lappeenranta, Finland at the Old Cock restaurant Omaha, Nebraska at BrightMix (5018 Leavenworth St) Indianapolis, Indiana at the Rock Bottom Brewery (downtown) Minot, North Dakota at Off the Vine (Main Street) Vienna, Austria at here (Free shot at time_t 1234567890 for everyone showing up with a device capable of displaying the current timestamp)! Sioux Falls, South Dakota at Nasser Law Offices, P.C. 204 South Main Avenue (rsvp) Budapest, Hungary at Szilvuplé Copenhagen, Denmark Email for details Denver, Colorado at The Broker (downtown) more Raleigh, North Carolina at Amedeo's Bozeman, Montana at Spectators Bar and Grill Washington, DC at Brickskeller (DC PHP Dev Group) Vernon, New York the only cafe (state route 5) NYC, New York at Jelly Potsdam, New York at The Clarkson Open Source Institute lab, Clarkson University San Diego, California at the Living Room Cafe near SDSU San Diego, California at Porter's Pub on UCSD Asunción, Paraguay at Britannia Pub Melbourne, Australia at the Beefyville Berkeley, California at Soda Hall Dubai UAE Irish Pub, Near Tennis Stadium Pearland, Texas BJ's Pizza Honolulu, Hawaii Lunch gathering at ITS, Keller Hall, University of Hawaii, Manoa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Abbaye (637 N 3rd St) San Francisco at Noise Bridge Patna, India at Elevens (Exhibition Road) ##1234567890 on irc.freenode.net Nimbot 1234567890 Jam Shoot us an email to add your event here... On twitter, follow utcwatch: http://twitter.com/utcwatch © Copyleft 2009 1234567890 Inc. · Brought to you by Colin, Andy, and the numbers 123456789 and 0 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
