Re: A83: (no subject)

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A83: (no subject)
From: mhlandry <mhlandry@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 18:29:16 -0600
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Daan {DreAdFaq} Schulpen wrote:
> 
> >Anyway, it's interesting to see how everybody is basing their date
> >calculations off of the Gregorian calendar.  We all know that time existed
> >before that arbitrary point known as "Christ's birth" (viz. Greek
> >civilization); so where does that come into play when dealing with how many
> >millenia have passed?
> 
> Actually, we didn't start counting when Christ was born. Christ was actually
> born in 4 AD or BC, I'm not sure...

Muwahahah... nope.  After *they* (see note) figured out this stuff about
every four years we have an extra day, they went back and recalculated
everything.  When calculated with leap years, Jesus was born ~6 B.C.
     - Matthew


> 
> DreAd

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From: "Daan {DreAdFaq} Schulpen" <DreAdFaq@gamestats.com>