Happy Odd Day!
I mentioned this on Twitter last night. Today is Odd Day (5/7/9): “Three consecutive odd numbers make up the date only six times in a century. This day marks the half-way point in this parade of Odd Days which began with 1/3/5. The previous stretch of six dates like this started with 1/3/1905—13 months after the Wright Brothers’ flight.”
Cool, huh? How will you celebrate? Enjoy my favorite “odd” song:
“Three is The Magic Number” from Schoolhouse Rock!
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The things that keep people awake at night.
A great conversation starter at the next party I attend.
Now I don’t have to use that “What is your sign?” line at the bar anymore.
/sac off
Pretty kewl….
Happy Odd Day to lgm, Chapotier, ILoveMyCountry, eaglehaslanded, and all of the other “ODD” people here.
less unnerving than Even Day 06/06/06.
tre,
Thank you.
Happy National Day of Reason to you.
I always had success with just throwing up on the woman’s dress, apologize profusely, whilst helping her out of her wet clothes before she catches a horrible chill. But, hey , whatever works for you!
Is there a Happy Even Day too?
Great! Today is my dad’s birthday (84). I’ll have to tell him he is even more odd than usual today.
I will likely be out pounding the pavement. I have a temp job with the Census. No, not Acorn LOL – I’m verifying addresses only.
I’m sorry, but that Schoolhouse rock Vidoe must be pulled…
It is now considered Hate Speech as you have a family of a Man, a Woman, and a child, with no alternative lifestyles depicted.
/sarc
Michelle, you beautiful geek. You just made my day. Math/numbers reference and Schoolhouse Rock reference in the same post. I love it. My kids laughed at me this morning when I mentioned the date. Glad to see I’m not the only “odd” one out there.
I think the last time I saw that video was when it was originally on.
Please excuse me while I go feel old.
Odd song I kinda remember.
Nine, nine, number nine.
That crazy number nine.
Any number, any time
It all comes back to nine.
9 times 2 is 18
1 and 8 makes nine.
Any number, any time it all comes back to nine.
9 times 3 is 27.
2 and 7 make nine.
Any number, any time…
And so on….
And it really does work. For example, 9 times 25 is 225. 2 plus 2 plus 5 is nine.
Or 9 times 1113 is 10,0017.
Any number, any time. It really does all come back to nine.
I prefer the De La Soul version, but that’s just me.
One,two, three, four, five, six snails…
Six tiny snails leave six silver trails.
Six silver trails as shiny as nails.
Six silver nails have six shiny tips.
Six silky sails on six sailing ships.
Thanks Chapoutier.
I’ll keep praying for you.
Seriously.
Thanks Chap, guess what I’ll be doing for the next hour now!
I forgot to mention, with the really big numbers, you have to add the digits twice.
Like 9 times 68365 = 615285. Add those up and get 27, which add to nine.
But you probably would have figured that out.
On May 7th, 2009 at 10:38 am, chapoutier said:
STOP IT!
Odd Day is cool, but I also like “prime” days, where the digits are all prime (I guess I’m a geek).
Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine!!
Five!
That’s three, Your Majesty.
Fine Odd Day poem, fine. Happy Odd Day to you all. Oddly enough Arlen Spector is on the radio–just two more times this century would be enough.
Odd that Arlen Spector and a Slug should be mentioned in the same post, isn’t it?
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But stillontheroad if you multiply
9*9*9=729
9+9+9=27
729/27=27
See, you can’t here from there!
Now you’ve done it Michelle Mawkin, awakening the math geek in me. I won’t bore you with gory details, like my “8″ calendar (8 days in a week, 8 weeks in a month, 8 months in a year…), but here’s a tidbit:
Machoumearobilengmonoolemongametsoarobilengmonoolemong
means “99″ in the language of the Bassoutos tribe.
And here I thought quatre-vingt-dix-neuf was akward.
BTW, don’t let this thread sit on an even number of posts.
I remember standding on the riverbank with a good friend and my uncle while listening to a Cubs game when the date was 12:34 5/6/78.
Odd I remember that? Cubs lost. Fish were biting. Beer was cold.
I was just trying to explain “odd day” to my mother-in-law.
She had no clue what I was talking about.
She’s a retired teacher.
*rolls eyes*
Cicerokid
On that date I was a second grader at Dogwood School in Park Forest.
Which riverbank was it?
See MM, get me going and I misspell your name. But, it’s good, L is even (12), W is odd (23). An acceptable error on odd day.
Ok, time for a therapy session…
Living in the Chicago area, I was offended with this video in that it showed the Giants beating the Bears 18 to 0!!!!
/sarc
Tippecanoe River. We moved from Cicero to Indiana when i was 4.
Yes, Happy National Day of Reason to all! Personally, I think these “Odd Day” things are kind of silly. Seems like every other month there is some date or time that has some kind of mathematical significance. *yawn*
Chapoutier’s posts in this thread illustrate this nicely.
Having fun with Number Theory today, chap?
No. Basically just demonstrating the extent of my mathematical acumen.
Been too long since AP calc.
Chap:
Math was my undergrad, Calculus is just the beginning:
Number theory, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Set Theory, Group Theory, Discreet Math, and so on…
It actually gets really interesting after Calculus.
I suspect we may have different definitions of the word “interesting.”
Chap:
Perhaps, but perhaps not; truth be told, I was more “interested” in chasing coed’s and drinking at the time. Which is probably why I wasn’t a 4.0 student (not even close) *smile*.
In any case, I’m sure you’d find it interesting. At the higher levels things like philosophy and math start to coincide, it’s kind of neat.
Heck, I can’t imagine every single day is cocaine and women when you are a lawyer. I mean there’s got to be the occasional boring case where you much rather be doing something (anything) else.
N’est–ce pas?
Chap:
Did I mentioned I got selected for jury duty recently? Fortunately for me, I just sat threw the Voir dire, my number never got called.
Those poor attorneys looked positively bored to tears. It was some personal injury case I think. It had been going on for so long that the plantiff had died from natural causes unrelated to the accident. *sigh*
*through not threw. Ugh.
I actually hate the fact that, because of my profession, there is almost zero chance that I will ever sit on a jury. In fact, RI automatically exempts lawyers from duty.
I’m sure it’s fun and all, but not for me. I am slogging my way through Stephen Hawkings books, hurts my head some. However, I do remember this equation from grade school. 2Q + 2Q =
chap or zero,
Have wither on of you ever seen the following complicated equation?
1/nsinx=?
1/
nsinx=?six=6
I loved math as well!
I have always liked schoolhouse rock.
There’s also an interesting observation of morality then (repeated 2x):
Vs. morality now…
…as for really bad math jokes…
And for the rim shot….
On May 7th, 2009 at 12:11 pm, zeroangel said:
I made the mistake of listening to Peter Gabriel music during reading period. Then, during my Linear Algebra final, the following lyics kept playing over and over and over in my head…
The word “savant” comes to mind…
Don’t ask, don’t tell.
LOL Aloha; my thought as well…(spelling joke)
Better watch out, Chap – you keep muscling in on lgm’s territory, he’s liable to start practicing law!
ALCON:
LOL.
..and now for an ultra-geek post; the proof of Chap’s games with the number 9.
Consider any number N that is a multiple of 9.
Such a number can be written as:
N = a + 10b + 100c + 1000d + …
= a + 9b + b + 99c + c + 999d + d + …
= a + b + c + d + … + 9b + 99c + 999d + …
= (a + b + c + d + …) + 9(b + 11c + 111d + …)
= (sum of digits) + 9(…)
rearrange to get:
N – 9(…) = (sum of digits)
Therefore, the sum of the digits of N is equal to N minus a number which is also a multiple of nine.
This, in turn, means that the sum of the digits of N is also a multiple of nine.
Finally, if you keep adding the digits, you will eventually get to the only single-digit multiple of nine, nine itself.
Chap:
I suppose sitting on a jury would have been intersting, but I am kind of glad I didn’t have to take the time off to do it.
Rogue Cheddar:
Which Hawking book are you reading? I remember reading “A Brief History of Time” when I was in Junior High. I loved it then. I really should go reread it one day, however, last trip to the bookstore this caught my eye:
http://www.amazon.com/God-Created-Integers-Mathematical-Breakthroughs/dp/0762430044/ref=sr_1_6/191-6971452-9648907?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241720945&sr=1-6
…it’s huge though. I simply don’t think I’ll have the time.
ITookTheRedPill:
I was failing going into my linear algebra final. I swore off partying for 3 days straight and did nothing but study linear algebra. I taught myself basically the whole class in 3 days. I pulled a 96 on the final. The professor accused me of cheating, which he couldn’t prove, since I didn’t cheat. I walked away with a C+. LOL.
The Illustrated Brief History of Time, Updated and Expanded Edition (Hardcover)
and
The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover)
I got them as a two book set. I love Stephen Hawkings. I have a passing interest in astronomy and anything to do with the universe. While I do not comprehend much, I greatly admire the scientists and theorists who delve into these areas. How they derive and attempt to prove or discredit certain theories regarding quantum physics and such, just astounds me. I wish my brain functioned higher than the current level of retarded cubicle drone.
Rogue Cheddar:
Yes. Hawking is great. Sagan also has some excellent books.
So many of these things framed my understanding and worldview of the universe and life.
Wonderful stuff, really.
It’s also National Day of Prayer.
That might be something we’d want to celebrate differently.