Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:53:59 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Happy birthday Earth Message-ID: <20031022205359.GE51030@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20031022200812.GA64583@ns.museum.rain.com> References: <002a01c3989e$e9a4c410$04fea8c0@moe> <20031022070251.N51615@njamn8or.bc.hsia.telus.net> <20031022200812.GA64583@ns.museum.rain.com>
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On 10/22/03 01:08 PM, James Long sat at the `puter and typed: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:18:01AM -0700, Viktor Lazlo wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Charles Howse wrote: > > > > > Here's an interesting anniversary from my daily calendar report... > > > > > > History: > > > Oct 23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 > > > Oct 23 Day of the 1956 revolution in Hungary > > > Oct 23 Earth created at 6:30 AM, 4004BC. > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > This is "based" on biblical calculations. James Ussher, Bishop of Armagh > > worked it out as 8:00AM, October 22nd, BC 4004, and John Lightfoot of > > Cambridge University adjusted it to 9:00AM, October 23, BC. > > UTC? ROFL! Viktor, you're my hero! L -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ 18th Rule of Friendship: A friend will let you hold the ladder while he goes up on the roof to install your new aerial, which is the biggest son-of-a-bitch you ever saw. -- Esquire, May 1977
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