What a wonderful quote.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:

> "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the
> universe."
>
> -- Carl Sagan
>
> Charles
>
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> Subject: Emperor (Was Calendars ... and Leap ... etc.)
>
> 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.
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