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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > Why not Newtonmass?
>
> ?? Sounds intruiging, tell me more.
Uh oh. Now I need more info. Uh, basically, Newton was born on the 25th
of December in 1642 and when I was deeply extropian in the early 90s, people on
the list were celebrating Newtonmass instead of Xmas. It stuck with me.
I just found this from last year on the transhuman mailing list:
http://www.planetx.com/transhuman/msg05025.html
And see http://members.aol.com/t0morrow/Ex-Mass.html for _The Ex-Mass Holiday
Season and The Story of Solar Cause_.
later,
Chris (Happy to be at work on such a quiet day!)
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| (...) the 24th is our big day, lesser activity today. That's because that's when the holidays fall on the calendar (similar to Washington's birthday being on a monday, but not really)... on the 21st I was still on the road. It's also because we have (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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