[LAU] Close, but no cigar

[Will Godfrey]

On Sat,  1 Apr 2017 22:32:25 +0200 (CEST)
karl at aspodata.se wrote:

> Ralf Mandorf:
> ...
> > Regarding http://www.hillschmidt.de/gbr/sternenzeit.htm
> > 22/02/2222 22:22:22 +0200 this is
> > 
> > stardate -100854.98027650919  
> ...
> > How should we "interpret" 22/2/2222?  
> 
> Trust your hillschmidt, that date is prehistoric, use bc:
> 
> $ echo 22/2/2222 | bc -l
> .00495049504950495049
> 
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar

Ah! Magic numbers - poked a memory from a *very* long time ago.
142857
Multiply by any integer up to 6 and you get the same sequence,
but starting at a different point.
For the joker, multiply by 7.

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Will J Godfrey
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