Mine goes to 11 11 11

Geeks across teh intertubez are giddy with delight today. Why? Because it's November 11, 2011, of course! And if you're in the US, you'd write this as 11/11/11, so of course this tickles the heart of any true mathematically-inclined nerd such as me. now, in the US we put the month first -- MM/DD/YY -- which is somewhat silly; in England and other realms they write it more logically with the units getting bigger left-to-right, so for them it's DD/MM/YY, or, contrary to us yanks, 11/11/11. OK, so anyway, it's all ones. Why is that cool? Well, it just is. Duh. But deep down, this goes to the root ("root"! HAHA! Oh man, I'm a math riot) of how we count. And I am never one to miss a chance to lecture on nerdalicious topics, so stick with me for a bit.