Critical and Significant Dates

[Tomte]

http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/critdate.htm

[andyjohnson0]

"2^1E80 approx. - As there are only about 1E80 particles in the observable universe, it has by now become impossible to write the date"

Reminded me of Wikipedia's Timeline of the Far Future [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

[arethuza → andyjohnson0]

I love the "Bubnoff unit" mentioned in that article - a unit of speed at 1 meter per 1 million years, used to describe erosion of rocks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubnoff_unit

[erikb → andyjohnson0]

Funny how the article starts with that the predicted future "can never be absolutely certain". As long as the weather forecast stays as reliable as it is today I wouldn't trust most predictions for next week. The far future is very likely drastically different from how we imagine.

[wpyz]

"20??-??-?? ??? - Introduction of the Euro in the UK ??? "

At least it was non-committal.

[cbd1984 → wpyz]

Hey, it committed to a specific century. Given how long it took the UK to decimalize and, therefore, decimalise the pound, that's pretty ambitious.

[techdragon]

Anyone else notice his hostile tone in the copyright/license text.

Some of this sort of belongs on Wikipedia.

[hobarrera → techdragon]

You can re-phrase it and use that anywhere. It's only the text that's copyrighted, the information in it is freely usable.