See BitTorrent founder's uber geeky explanation of Unix time
February 15 2009, 1:50pm
Yesterday, Unix time equalled 1234567890. There were parties everywhere, Revision3 went to document the big party in San Francisco and found BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen to help explain Unix time and the hype over 1234567890.
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