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Re: Welcome to the Ohs
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:33:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
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> Tom Stangl wrote:
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> > <snip>
> > > P.S. Anyone hear about the french clock maker. He made a grandfather • clock in
> > > the 1600s that has a date counter on it. It should be reading 1/1/2000 • right
> > > now. The first "Y2K" compliant device.
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> > Doubtful, considering the calendar adjustment of 13 (14?) days in the 1700s
> > somewhere ;-)
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> > --
> > | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> > | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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> That adjustment from Julian to Gregorian format is also a complicated issue. • It
> happened in Western Europe in 1582, but not the UK until 1752, and not Russia • until
> 1917. So there was a period where when you crossed the English Channel, you • crossed
> not only a time zone (not sure they had them in the 1500-1700's) but a period • of
> 11-14 days difference depending on which century you crossed over.
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> The Eastern (Orthodox) Church still doesn't recognize the Gregorian Calendar • (not
> sure about the idiosyncracies), hence the holidays are now upon them.
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> Gary Istok
I forgot to take that whole calander switch mess into account. Still the Idea
of the clock counting to the year 2000 and beyond amuses me to no end.
-Lord Insanity
"A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men"
Visit me at: http://members.tripod.com/~LordInsanity
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