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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:12 AM > To: [email protected] > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
