11

[Roman Suzi]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Robert Amesz wrote:

>eleven11 at hushmail.com wrote:
>
>> World Trade Center Disaster Facts
>>
>> The date of the attack    9/11    9+1+1=11
>> September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2+5+4=11
>> After September 11th there are 111 days left to the end of the year.
>> Twin Towers - standing side by side look like the number 11.
>> [etc.]
>
>Mental age of people who think these numbers actually mean anything: 11

I thought it was new excersize and the OP by error targeted it here, not
into Tutor list ;-)

Look:

>>> # September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2+5+4=11
>>> import time
>>> tt = (2001, 9, 11, 8, 40, 0, -1, -1, -1)
>>> reduce(lambda x, y: x+y,
...   map(int, str(time.gmtime(time.mktime(tt))[-2])), 0)
11

Very convincing, isn't it?

In our city there is a person who regularly put calculations like
the above on the walls and newspaper-stands. Probably, this is
some sort of mental disorder, because calculations are done in
base 10. ;-)

Probably, I am mentally disordered too, because every time
I hear the news, I wonder how l aden got into /bin.

Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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