And PI should equal 3.0000000000000
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Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>If I were Emperor of the Universe, I would make the rule:
> Every year divisible by 4 except one divisible by 128 is a leap year.
Emperor! Your majesty, my precious, but you will be stopped by Darth Vader,
because he is the Force.
If not stopped, you'll also have these problems within a year or leap-year:
1. Define 'year' and 'leap year'. Each planet, dwarf planet, astro, etc. have
their own definition of their equivalent of day, month, year.
2. Above definitions are heavily subject to the unit based on. For example,
meter (on planet earth) was defined over the years by: specific pendulum,
meridional length, prototype meter bar, number of wave-length of a specific
element, distance of light in x seconds.
3. Due to some planets are 'Tidal locked' to their star, some residents don't
have a definition of day or year, since they either see the star full
day/month/year or not. Some lucky residents may see the star at one point and
had to define another way of year/day.
4. Planets like Tatooine have a binary star system. Now, trying to convince
those ruthless bickering population to agree at what star should they base
their planet rotation so they can work out their year length.
5. Some residents may choose a particular star to base their year by
observation. Now which star?
6. Some planets may have laws prohibiting usage of 'day', 'year', etc. Don't
ask. No, don't try to think about that.
7. Technology! Other planets have better technology and can discard
day/month/year. Simply. No problem.
It is a probability they have better machines, z/OS is too prehistoric to
them.
8. Now here on crazy earth you have different measurement standards, like
centimetre or inch. Which one will prevail?
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