Re: New year, new member

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 8:54 PM -0800 12/31/02, Stan Card wrote:
>welcome and lets all say g'bye to the last palendromic(LOOP) year fer 
>awhile

At 3:31 PM -0600 1/1/03, Stendek wrote:

>Now that I have been made aware of it's palendromic qualities, I really 
>miss
>2002!!!! LOL

There were quite a few palindrome years during the first millennium, 
but it dropped off as the number of digits increased.

The first century is the all-time winner, with eighteen (1 2 3...11 22 
etc.).

The rest of the first millennium had just nine each (101 111 121 ... 
191), and now it's down to one per century (1001 1111 1221...1991 
2002 etc.).

Once in a while there's a year that reads the same rotated (1691 
1961) and the are are a rare few that are the same upside down (1001 
1881).

Our next palindrome will be in 2112. I can barely wait!
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