On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:27:31PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote.. > In message <20060102221948.EBE475D09_at_ptavv.es.net>, "Kevin Oberman" writes: > > >Leap years are an artifact of a lousy calendar that has origins over 2 > >millennia ago. Many calendars have been proposed which fix this, but > >calendar reform is simply not going to happen in our society, but leap > >years are a known, non-varying and trivially calculable issue. No magic > >and trivial to handle. > > Interestingly, the main reason why calendar reform is a no-talk > issue seems to be that The Vatican owns the standardization area > of calendars because they have written all (relevant) standards for > the area in the past. > > According to one insider, none of the possible owners of a new > calendar (ITU, ISO & BIPM) can bring it on themselves to ask the > pope permission to take over the area. (ISO has documented > the current calendar, but go to some pains to make it clear > that they didn't come up with it.) > > Considering that a merry band of brits are still fighting to get > compensation for the 15 days they "lost" last time Brittain changed > calendar, the political and legal fallout will probably galvanize > the current calendar until something really drastic happens. Like the earth starting to rotate in the other direction? :-P -- Wilko Bulte wilko_at_FreeBSD.orgReceived on Mon Jan 02 2006 - 21:32:02 UTC
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