Sunday, October 10, 2010

Perfect Ten

10/10/10, a binary day (all ones and zeros). It's one of 9 this year:
  • January 1st, 2010
  • January 10th, 2010
  • January 11th, 2010
  • October 1st, 2010
  • October 10th, 2010
  • October 11th, 2010
  • November 1st, 2010
  • November 10th, 2010
  • November 11th, 2010
And the binary 101010 also equals the number 42.... Which according to "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.

To fourth grader Krista from Carver, Massachusetts, it's her tenth birthday.

“It was about two years ago that I figured it out,” she told a local reporter. “I’m really excited because it’s a very rare birthday.”

This morning at 10:10 AM a baby girl will be born. And although only one in 1.42 people per million people in the U.S. would receive the name normally...
I'll bet that today the parents will be tempted to call her Tenley.