Technology Tips for SMB's » Number Game http://smbtechnologytips.com Tips on Technology as used by the Small and Mid-Sized Business Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Another game of numbers continued … A party in hell http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/06/04/another-game-of-numbers-continued-a-party-in-hell/ http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/06/04/another-game-of-numbers-continued-a-party-in-hell/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:25:00 +0000 Steven G. Atkinson http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/06/04/another-game-of-numbers-continued-a-party-in-hell/ I know, you are thinking this is a technology blog, and what does all of this have to do with technology? Nothing. But since today is Sunday and not a usual workday, I thought I’d put in this additional bit of irrelevance.

As I said with the last post of May, with my monthly numbers game post, on this Tuesday the numbers 666 will appear a few times. In fact at six seconds after the sixth minute past six, numbers will line up as 06:06:06 06/06/06, for a hellish second.

Now I’ve found that there will be a party in Hell. Hell, Michigan that is. Hell, Michigan is a community in Livingston County, Putnam Township near the border with Washtenaw County about 20 miles northwest of Ann Arbor The exact coordinates for your GPS device, that’s how technology gets in this post, is 42°26′05″N, 83°59′06″W. Hell has a population of 266 and the ZIP Code is 48169.

The following is from the website http://www.hell2u.com/

Coming this summer is a date that will occur only once in our lifetime: June 6, 2006. What’s so special about that, you may ask? Well, we here in Hell recognize that date as 6-6-6, so we’re throwing a party! Everyone is invited to visit us on that day to commemorate the occasion. Live entertainment will perform until midnight, and prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. After all, this is the town where Halloween is celebrated all year long.

There’s even fun stuff planned for the kids. Creepy Clyde will entertain the “Lil’ Devils” at Screams with his spooky songs from 4:00 until 9:00 p.m. Additionally, visitors to our store can enjoy small ice cream cones and sundaes for only 66 cents all day long, right up until midnight. We’re not evil … we’re just taking advantage of an excuse to have fun! Come on out to Hell for a good time. We’ll see you on 6-6-6!

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So it looks as if they are going to be partying like it’s 1999 in Hell this week. So please take a second to think about Hell and maybe even wish you were there. One of the nice things about being in Hell you only have to drive about 245 miles to be in Paradise. That’s also in Michigan.

]]> http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/06/04/another-game-of-numbers-continued-a-party-in-hell/feed/ 0 Another game of numbers. http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/05/30/another-game-of-numbers/ http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/05/30/another-game-of-numbers/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 12:42:00 +0000 Steven G. Atkinson http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/05/30/another-game-of-numbers/ A few weeks ago we had the number event when the time and calendar read 01:02:03 04/05/06. This happened on either one of two days depending on how you use day/month/year or month/day/year. But we have another one of those number events coming up.

On June 6, 2006 the calendar will be 06/06/06 and this happens no matter where you are. And at 6 seconds after the 6th minute of the 6th hour we will be at 06:06:06 06/06/06.

In some cultures the number 666 is believed to be the devil number. Those who think that may just be dreading that day, because they believe something terrible may happen.

But the truth is that Archeologists has dug up that the actual number of the devil may be 616. If that’s the case maybe the dreaded day is the first of June.

But anyway you may look at it; June 6th is a day to be remembered in history. This year will mark the 62nd anniversary of the invasion of Normandy during WWII. Just think if that was someone birthday, they would be eligible for early Social Security. It seems so long, but it’s really only been an eye blink in World History. So my advice is to remember the sacrifice made on that day and not the possible coming of the Devil.

]]> http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/05/30/another-game-of-numbers/feed/ 0 Time is only a game of numbers. http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/04/28/time-is-only-a-game-of-numbers/ http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/04/28/time-is-only-a-game-of-numbers/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:37:00 +0000 Steven G. Atkinson http://smbtechnologytips.com/2006/04/28/time-is-only-a-game-of-numbers/ Many people play with numbers or believe that numbers are an important factor in their lives. A few weeks ago there was information going around the internet that for the only time this century the clock and calendar would line up to read 01:02:03 04/05/06.

In the US this may have been true, since here the calendar date is abbreviated as Month/Day/Year. The special alighnment of date and time would have happened at 3 seconds and 2 minutes and 1 on April 5, 2006.

But in many other parts of the world they use the date as Day/Month/Year. For those this won’t happen until 1:02:03 on May 4, 2006. The good news is, you still haven’t missed it. The bad news, for those who thought something special happened to you at that date and time and you thought it was because of the special alignment of the clock and calendar, it didn’t. It may have been special but not because of the unusual number alignment.

This post marks the end of the last week of the first month of this Blog. I want to thank all of those who have come to read it. If you’ve come back more than once to see what I’ve written, I really appreciate it.

I have surprised myself. When I started I thought I’d do about two posts a week, with plans for a new post on Tuesday and Thursday. It has turned out that I’ve been able to complete close to 5 posts a week, maybe not one for each day, but close to it. I now hope I can keep up the subjects to do them that often.

But I may need a little help. If you have a technology question, ask it. I’ll research an answer and post it. Hit he “Email Me” link and send me an email. I’d love to hear from you.

Again thanks for coming.

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