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| Subject | Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c, comp.programming, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.os.linux.ubuntu |
| From | Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> |
| Message-ID | <0RyaA.464187$aJ2.425960@fx38.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | Newshosting.com - Highest quality at a great price! www.newshosting.com |
| Date | 2017-01-02 15:36 -0500 |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On 2017-01-02 15:20, Mark Storkamp wrote: > In article <6fyaA.93321$%J2.54228@fx20.iad>, > Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> On 2017-01-02 14:46, Mark Storkamp wrote: >>> In article <g9faA.342110$dF2.340169@fx44.iad>, >>> Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> ** - I try to use CE / BCE instead of AD / BC. The numbers are the same, >>>> and it avoids a particular assumption. >>>> >>>> [snip] >>> >>> And it's easy to remember too. Christian Era and Before Christian Era. >> >> CE = Church of England BCE = Before Church of England. You'll need a >> calculator. >> >> Heh heh. >> >> Actually, it's "Common Era" and "Before Common Era". Paleontologists and >> such use YBP = Years Before Present. > > What was it that happened 2018 years ago that made that year uncommon, > as opposed to the year 2017 years ago that was more in common with > todays year? I'd think anything before about AD 1900 is rather uncommon > by todays standards. In general, I think anything over 100 years old is > always uncommon to the modern generation, so we should use a sliding > scale for years and it will always be 100 ME (modern era). Nicely argued pedantry. I like it. :-) You'll find 6 meanings for "common" in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and more in the big one. -- Best, Wolf K https://kirkwood40.blogspot.com It's called "opinion" because it's not knowledge.
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