Comments for I Was Curious http://www.iwascurious.com The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:30:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Installing wordpress with EasyPHP on localhost on Windows 7 by john smith http://www.iwascurious.com/2010/05/29/installing-wordpress-with-easyphp-on-localhost-on-windows-7/#comment-6432 john smith Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:02:45 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2010/05/29/installing-wordpress-with-easyphp-on-localhost-on-windows-7/#comment-6432 thank you so much! This was driving me crazy. thank you so much! This was driving me crazy.

]]> Comment on Madonna high school yearbook photo by htehbaet http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/06/29/madonna-high-school-yearbook-photo/#comment-6121 htehbaet Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:00:57 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/06/29/madonna-high-school-yearbook-photo/#comment-6121 She has maaaaaany caousins! Read her biography. Her father has 5 brothers, I think, or something like that. I don't know about her mum, but maybe she had also some brothers or sisters. So, YES, of course she has cousins! She has maaaaaany caousins! Read her biography. Her father has 5 brothers, I think, or something like that. I don’t know about her mum, but maybe she had also some brothers or sisters. So, YES, of course she has cousins!

]]> Comment on Calculate the day of the week you were born on - fake being an autistic savant! by earl http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-4791 earl Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:28:26 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-4791 Note that January and February in there are attached to the previous year. My formula for months is simpler to remember and you subtract: for the 3rd, 5th and 7th month of the year it is the number of the month (negative), so -3 for March, -5 for May and -7 for July. For the even numbered months from June onwards it is the number of the month + 10. April is the same as July, September is the same as December and November the same as March. In a leap year January is the same as July (and April) and February is the same as August. Otherwise January equates with October and February with March (and November) Easier year formula is to divide the number of the year by 4 and add that to the year itself (subtracted from 1900). You can round it down to the nearest 28 to make it easier (so 1977 is 21 years on from 1956 and the current year 2010 is 26 years on from 1984. 2012 will be the next "base" year. Using all this Saturday is 0, Sunday is 1 etc. 17 April 1977 is: 17 for the date -7 for the month 21 + 5 for the year. adds to 36 = 1 mod 7, thus Sunday. Note that January and February in there are attached to the previous year.

My formula for months is simpler to remember and you subtract:

for the 3rd, 5th and 7th month of the year it is the number of the month (negative), so -3 for March, -5 for May and -7 for July.

For the even numbered months from June onwards it is the number of the month + 10.

April is the same as July, September is the same as December and November the same as March.

In a leap year January is the same as July (and April) and February is the same as August. Otherwise January equates with October and February with March (and November)

Easier year formula is to divide the number of the year by 4 and add that to the year itself (subtracted from 1900). You can round it down to the nearest 28 to make it easier (so 1977 is 21 years on from 1956 and the current year 2010 is 26 years on from 1984. 2012 will be the next “base” year.

Using all this Saturday is 0, Sunday is 1 etc.

17 April 1977 is:
17 for the date
-7 for the month
21 + 5 for the year.

adds to 36 = 1 mod 7, thus Sunday.

]]> Comment on Calculate the day of the week you were born on - fake being an autistic savant! by bex http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-4532 bex Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:00:15 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-4532 this doesn't work I was born on 19 Jan 1988 and it says I was born on a Sunday. I was born on a Tuesday. this doesn’t work
I was born on 19 Jan 1988 and it says I was born on a Sunday. I was born on a Tuesday.

]]> Comment on Calculate the day of the week you were born on - fake being an autistic savant! by Lunk http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-3349 Lunk Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:05:52 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-3349 "Here is an example - 18th December 1977 gives (18 + 2 + (10 * 76)/8 + 10 ) mod 7" shouldn't it be 77 instead of 76? or am I missing something “Here is an example - 18th December 1977 gives

(18 + 2 + (10 * 76)/8 + 10 ) mod 7″

shouldn’t it be
77 instead of 76? or am I missing something

]]> Comment on Madonna high school yearbook photo by Alice http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/06/29/madonna-high-school-yearbook-photo/#comment-3332 Alice Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:32:12 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/06/29/madonna-high-school-yearbook-photo/#comment-3332 That is the picture in her yearbok because i was recently at the hard rock cafe in orlando and they have her yearbook withg that picture in!!!! That is the picture in her yearbok because i was recently at the hard rock cafe in orlando and they have her yearbook withg that picture in!!!!

]]> Comment on Calculate the day of the week you were born on - fake being an autistic savant! by 24601 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-3235 24601 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:03:11 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-3235 Doesn't work for me either, Jan 12 1978. 12 + 2 + (10 * 78)/8 + 13 14 + 780/8 + 13 14 + 97 + 13 = 124 124 mod 7 = 5 5 = Friday I was born on a Thursday. I suspect your Day numbers are off, the calculator page you link to has 0=Saturday, 1=Sunday, etc. In that case it works. Doesn’t work for me either, Jan 12 1978.
12 + 2 + (10 * 78)/8 + 13
14 + 780/8 + 13
14 + 97 + 13 = 124
124 mod 7 = 5
5 = Friday
I was born on a Thursday.

I suspect your Day numbers are off, the calculator page you link to has 0=Saturday, 1=Sunday, etc. In that case it works.

]]> Comment on Calculate the day of the week you were born on - fake being an autistic savant! by Mark http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-3081 Mark Fri, 01 May 2009 13:37:04 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-3081 Single digit days do not work with this formula....for example: Feb, 3 1988 Formula is as follows: 3 + 2 + (88 * 10)/8 + 16 (feb lookup) 880/8 = 110 3 + 2 + 110 + 16 = 131 131 mod 7 = 5 5 = friday which is wrong I was born on wednesday to confirm I looked it up on computer calender. This formula only works for double digit dates. Single digit days do not work with this formula….for example:
Feb, 3 1988 Formula is as follows:
3 + 2 + (88 * 10)/8 + 16 (feb lookup)
880/8 = 110
3 + 2 + 110 + 16 = 131
131 mod 7 = 5
5 = friday which is wrong I was born on wednesday to confirm I looked it up on computer calender.
This formula only works for double digit dates.

]]> Comment on Calculate the day of the week you were born on - fake being an autistic savant! by zakhary http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-2600 zakhary Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:29:46 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-2600 how can I use this formula for:2007..2oo6..2oo8..oo9 how can I use this formula for:2007..2oo6..2oo8..oo9

]]> Comment on Calculate the day of the week you were born on - fake being an autistic savant! by Paul B http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-2543 Paul B Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:05:42 +0000 http://www.iwascurious.com/2007/09/06/calculate-the-day-of-the-week-you-were-born-on-fake-being-an-autistic-savant/#comment-2543 It only appears to work for years that are odd (like 77). If you calculate using an even year, like 78, then it skips every-other day (ie: Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat). Anyone else seen this? I set it up in the computer to perform the calculations so I could just keep typing in the day, month and year. Works fine for odd years. It only appears to work for years that are odd (like 77). If you calculate using an even year, like 78, then it skips every-other day (ie: Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat).
Anyone else seen this? I set it up in the computer to perform the calculations so I could just keep typing in the day, month and year. Works fine for odd years.

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