[geeky, day]

[wispfox]

I'm oddly disappointed that I will no longer be a cube (agewise) tomorrow. Sure, I still have a birthday which falls on the 3³ day of the 3² month of the year, but I won't be 3³ anymore! I'll be a _boring_ number... (which means I'm going to have even more trouble remembering my age, dammit!)

Comments

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14

A perfect number...

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Dude.

I had no idea that was a something. Neat!

(went and googled 'perfect number' after I saw your reply)

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

And after that, you have a prime. So you're good for a while yet :)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Hee! Indeed. Yay. :)

[randysmith]

If you're not going to be 3^3 anymore, that means you're going to be
perfect. Doesn't that make up for it a little bit?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I don't _wanna_ be perfect!

But having a perfect number as an age is kinda cool, now that I know what one is. :)

[randysmith]

I don't _wanna_ be perfect!

Not even for a little while? :-}

"What's up with her?" "Oh her? She's spending a year perfect for tax purposes"

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Not even for a little while? :-}

no...

But your random conversation about it is amusing... :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Next one at 496 :)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Sad! No more perfect numberness for me, agewise, after the coming year and a day!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I'm 30, which is the largest number such that any number less than it that is relatively prime to it is also prime. Something to look forward to :) Then 31 is a Mersenne prime, 32 is a power of 2, 33 is when a whole lot of people died at (oops) and 34 loses.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

You'll be 7*4, which is (3+4)*(3+1), and the difference between the four and the one is also three. Also, it's (3*3+3) + (4*3+4), which is kind of cool.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Hee! I am officially filled with glee at this, since I would so never ever have thought of it.

Many threes! (and 4s)

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

I can only remember numbers if I use them *all* the time (my zip code, my phone number, my date of birth) or if I think of some way to relate the numbers to each other in my head. Years of history class (first regular, then music) gave me lots of chances to practice!

[rosefox]

You have the same number of years as February has days! *)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

That is true! But I don't _like_ February.

Ok, this coming February, I'm impatient for. But usually!

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

Not every year!

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

Twenty has 6 letters.
Eight has 5 letters.
Twenty eight is 2 words.

(6*5)-2 = 28.

Okay, now it's getting weird, but the easy ones have already been taken.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Okay, now it's getting weird, but the easy ones have already been taken.

But I'm still entertained! :)

[oonh.livejournal.com]

there are no dull numbers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interesting_number_paradox)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Buh...

[intenselaura.livejournal.com]

What's Special About This Number? (http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html)

[drwex]

And a very happy many returns of the day to you.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Slightly early (tomorrow), but thank you!

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

You are wise beyond your years. I'd assumed you were older than me...

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*chuckle*

People who meet me without interacting with me tend to think I'm younger than I am, especially if I'm in shy mode.

People who interact with me (especially if only online!) have always tended to think I was older than I am. :)

Of course, I have no idea how old you are, so... *shrug*

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

It's not a boring number!

In fact, it's perfect (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PerfectNumber.html)!

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

So I've been informed! I had no idea there _were_ perfect numbers, so I'm entertained. :)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*grin* Thank you!