[ale] [OT] Date change proposal

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:

> On Monday 11 August 2008 06:14:59 pm Preston Boyington wrote:
> > ok, then why not go to a 30 day x 12 month = 360 day year?  a circle is
> > 360 degrees, why not our yearly orbit? (yes, i know that our orbit
> > around the sun is not circular)
>

The fun with this is while there is a need to attach a recurring event in
physical reality to a recurring event in the structured calendar, physical
reality doesn't play nicely.

For instance:
Where do we start the year? At the apogee or perigee of earth transit around
the sun? Some mid-point in between? Or do we tie to a stellar alignment of
sun, earth and stars?

Too bad our rotation period is not an integer divisor of the orbit period.

Perhaps since the moon has an orbital period of 28 days we could go for a 13
months year and a 1 day global party and every 4 years we get a 2 day party.
(I like thanksgiving 'cause it's got lots of food and it's an excuse to hang
out with friends and eat. Maybe a global food day celebration. Yeah.
_Everyone_ makes food for 2 other people and they all sit down to eat.)

Of course, poor Charles will miss it all since he hangs with the "it was all
a sound stage" crowd. :-)

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James P. Kinney III
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