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WCDT: 2455-2459 (27-31 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Loki:
--- Quote from: Westrim on 27 May 2013, 01:48 ---That's why I wanted to create the thread so much- I get an extra percentage for every page.
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Skewbrow:
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--- Quote from: pwhodges on 26 May 2013, 06:05 ---The pattern of the Gregorian calendar repeats every four thousand years.
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I think four hundred years is enough,
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Oops - just a slip of the memory (not working it out or anything).
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So in 400 years time, we go through 146,097 days?
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Well, yes. And that number is divisible by seven, so the calendar repeats every four hundred years. In four centuries there will be exactly 400*12=4800 calendar months. Therefore there will be 4800 thirteenth days of a month. The main point was that 4800 is not a multiple of seven. So the seven weekdays that fall on the thirteenth cannot all be equally likely. As it happens, Friday is among the most frequent (if not the most frequent). I did not check this, but undoubtedly Paul has, and I believe him. I also recall having heard this from some other source.
Of course, you are welcome to make up your mind, whether this has any bearing to your daily life - or even the life of the most superstitious among us. Something that can only be observed in a span of four centuries is unlikely to matter much. But we math folks enjoy working out problems like this.
Lubricus:
Well, you have to factor in any broken mirrors, black cats crossing your path, walking beneath ladders and so on, too! :roll:
Loki:
Spilled salt. Don't forget the salt.
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Loki on 26 May 2013, 15:05 ---How come everyone knows more about Norse Mythology than me?
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No major here just a practicing member, popular faith in the US military, it was interesting to try to explain it to a Japanese girl I met at a Shinto shrine today, using about 20 words of English, another 20 of Japanese, gestures and google translate we had a good 45 minute conversation, 15 minutes of which were describing in general our faiths. It was a lot of fun, even if we both walked away a little confused I think
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