What, no accounting for leap years? (i.e., 365.25 days/year)

Addmittedly, however, 1 millionth of 25 (24?*) days won't affect the outcome much -- even a simple 4-banger points out this ends up being .036 minutes -- far less time than it took to write this reply :)  

Tom

(*) actually, 365.25 understates this by a small margin, but now we're getting down into the noise ;)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: F. Alfredo Rego [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> 
> I heard that John von Neumann had mentioned that the longest
> lecture should last a microcentury.
> 
> I used my trusty HP 41C calculator:
> 
> 60  enter (minutes in 1 hour)
> 24  x     (hours in 1 day)
> 365 x     (days in 1 year)
> 100 x     (years in 1 century)
> 1000000   (divide into 1 million parts)
> Result: 52.56  (a little over 52 minutes)
> 
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