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    So many 31 December Birthdays!

    Sounds like there were an awful lot of families who scurried to get those tax deductions in over the years! There are an incredible number of birthdays for SMC members today!
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    I'm glad you posted something about that Jim......when I came on earlier this morning, that was the first thing I noticed but thought it was perhaps a computer glitch. Even stranger is that there are a whopping 37 that are turning 36 today!! Makes me wonder whether they was a massive power outage the last day of March 1969?? You could be right about the income tax deductions or many might have been trying for the New Years Baby. Either way.........Happy Birthday All!

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    Looks like we've zeroed in on the SMC "core demographic".

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    I can't remember the details but I think it is a Unix issue. Those who left their age blank will default to either todays date or tomorrow. I remember last year we had a simular event.

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    Jim, pointed out the same question last year. Look at the similar threads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Meiser
    Jim, pointed out the same question last year. Look at the similar threads.
    DUH...like I would remember that. I suffer from CRS and it's gotten worse lately...
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    Matt took the words out of my...uh....the words off my finger tips

    and if I am not mistaken, Keith gave the same answer last year.

    Happy New Year
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Outten
    I can't remember the details but I think it is a Unix issue. Those who left their age blank will default to either todays date or tomorrow. I remember last year we had a simular event.
    (slaps forehead) Oh, duh..."second minus-one" of the Unix epoch: 11:59:59 12/31/1969.

    Could be worse, could be unsigned, giving you the 32-bit rollover date, sometime in 2039, IIRC.
    (And no, I have no idea when it happens using 64 bits.)
    Last edited by Lee DeRaud; 12-31-2005 at 5:22 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Becker
    DUH...like I would remember that. I suffer from CRS and it's gotten worse lately...
    That's a new acronym for me Jim.

    Could it mean:
    1. Compound Radial Sawsall?
    2. Curvilinear Response Signode?
    3. Creatinated Rectilinear Sinusitis?
    4. Creekazoidal Reply Syndrome?
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    Yup....Keith is correct. Unix Epoch time....Birthday left blank? You get the default as per the Unix Operating System.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee DeRaud
    (slaps forehead) Oh, duh..."second minus-one" of the Unix epoch: 11:59:59 12/31/1969.

    Could be worse, could be unsigned, giving you the 32-bit rollover date, sometime in 2039, IIRC.
    (And no, I have no idea when it happens using 64 bits.)
    Or better yet,

    Default of 01/01/1970 minus GMT timezone adjustment.
    So.. That makes 1/1/1970 -0500 hours for EST folks, making it 12/31/1969, 7pm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy Hoyt
    That's a new acronym for me Jim.

    Could it mean:
    1. Compound Radial Sawsall?
    2. Curvilinear Response Signode?
    3. Creatinated Rectilinear Sinusitis?
    4. Creekazoidal Reply Syndrome?
    Can't remember s(tuff).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy Hoyt
    That's a new acronym for me Jim.

    Could it mean:
    1. Compound Radial Sawsall?
    2. Curvilinear Response Signode?
    3. Creatinated Rectilinear Sinusitis?
    4. Creekazoidal Reply Syndrome?
    Number 4 for sure, although I think that Scott has it pegged a little more precisely...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee DeRaud
    (slaps forehead) Oh, duh..."second minus-one" of the Unix epoch: 11:59:59 12/31/1969.

    Could be worse, could be unsigned, giving you the 32-bit rollover date, sometime in 2039, IIRC.
    (And no, I have no idea when it happens using 64 bits.)
    Lee, in real computers, spelled IBM Mainframe, the internal TOD clock is a 64 bit register. Bit 54(or 56?) is 1.01 seconds, and yes it will roll over some time after 2030. Year 2000 panic, here we go again
    Best Regards, Ken

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Garlock
    Lee, in real computers, spelled IBM Mainframe, the internal TOD clock is a 64 bit register. Bit 54(or 56?) is 1.01 seconds, and yes it will roll over some time after 2030. Year 2000 panic, here we go again
    Unix computers aren't "real" computers?!? I must not have gotten that memo.

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