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  1. so you're who texted me at 1200 AM....


  2. haha.....my text said, "7 years ago today at a castle in Ireland, a tribal gathering of the faithful took place..."


  3. Actually, 10, 20, and 25 are arguably just as arbitrary as 7 is.

    We (most likely) have a base-10 numerical system because human beings have 10 fingers & 10 toes, thanks to God or natural selection (or possibly thanks to God by way of natural selection?).

    Since all of us on this forum have used base-10 for our entire lives, we not only feel incredibly comfortable using it, but we can't possibly imagine using another system.

    Base-16 (aka "hexadecimal") or base-4 or base-8 might actually make more practical sense given the importance of doubling & exponential growth in measuring natural phenomena.

    However, attempting to switch to another numerical system would be so ridiculously difficult as to not even be worth the trouble. Try some basic math problems in base-16 (Google it) and you'll see what I mean. Learning 10 languages is easy compared to being "fluent" in 2 different numerical bases that use some of the same numeric symbols.

    Sorry for that ridiculous tangential & nerdy rant, but it's food for thought.

    So all this is my winded argument for celebrating the 7th shamelessly.

    And if you don't agree then, hey, at least we recently celebrated the 15-year anniversary of Zoo Dublin and will soon celebrate the 15th of Sydney!!
  5. Originally posted by u2met86:[..]

    Actually, 10, 20, and 25 are arguably just as arbitrary as 7 is.

    We (most likely) have a base-10 numerical system because human beings have 10 fingers & 10 toes, thanks to God or natural selection (or possibly thanks to God by way of natural selection?).

    Since all of us on this forum have used base-10 for our entire lives, we not only feel incredibly comfortable using it, but we can't possibly imagine using another system.

    Base-16 (aka "hexadecimal") or base-4 or base-8 might actually make more practical sense given the importance of doubling & exponential growth in measuring natural phenomena.

    However, attempting to switch to another numerical system would be so ridiculously difficult as to not even be worth the trouble. Try some basic math problems in base-16 (Google it) and you'll see what I mean. Learning 10 languages is easy compared to being "fluent" in 2 different numerical bases that use some of the same numeric symbols.

    Sorry for that ridiculous tangential & nerdy rant, but it's food for thought.

    So all this is my winded argument for celebrating the 7th shamelessly.

    And if you don't agree then, hey, at least we recently celebrated the 15-year anniversary of Zoo Dublin and will soon celebrate the 15th of Sydney!!



    Yep, thanks for that.
    But I'll stick to celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Popmart Tour and the 25th anniversary of Red Rocks and the War Tour. Makes perfect numerical sense to me.
  6. Originally posted by u2met86:[..]

    Actually, 10, 20, and 25 are arguably just as arbitrary as 7 is.

    We (most likely) have a base-10 numerical system because human beings have 10 fingers & 10 toes, thanks to God or natural selection (or possibly thanks to God by way of natural selection?).

    Since all of us on this forum have used base-10 for our entire lives, we not only feel incredibly comfortable using it, but we can't possibly imagine using another system.

    Base-16 (aka "hexadecimal") or base-4 or base-8 might actually make more practical sense given the importance of doubling & exponential growth in measuring natural phenomena.

    However, attempting to switch to another numerical system would be so ridiculously difficult as to not even be worth the trouble. Try some basic math problems in base-16 (Google it) and you'll see what I mean. Learning 10 languages is easy compared to being "fluent" in 2 different numerical bases that use some of the same numeric symbols.

    Sorry for that ridiculous tangential & nerdy rant, but it's food for thought.

    So all this is my winded argument for celebrating the 7th shamelessly.

    And if you don't agree then, hey, at least we recently celebrated the 15-year anniversary of Zoo Dublin and will soon celebrate the 15th of Sydney!!


    Agree with Drew, perfect post

  7. 7 Years Ago Today:

    My little overview of Slane was lost when my ipod froze. It shall come tonight as promised, and it will be epic lol.
  10. It was 10 years to the day today (or yesterday, if you're some hours ahead of me lol)... Great concert, great recording, great U2 landmark. Congrats, lil' U2GoHome
  11. Just wondering if your gonna do a second anniversary of Rose Bowl gig next month?


    p.s Slane dvd was awesome (and still is)
  12. 10 years Makes me feel old!!!

    What an experience it was. Awesome
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