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- From: fcusack@tdx.org (frank.)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Leap year
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 08:12:59 -0400
- Organization: Soylent Green is People!!
- Message-ID: <fcusack-1603960812590001@mudskipper.cac.psu.edu>
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- In article <4hhuki$6v@clarknet.clark.net>, gusty@clark.net (Harlan
- Messinger) wrote:
-
- > James E. Fuller (jef@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
- > : Harlan Messinger wrote:
- > : >
- > : > .... However, since the Gregorian
- > : > calendar's synchronization was effective 1582, we shouldn't have to worry
- > : > about it until around 4800 or 5000.
-
- and we'll (humans) most likely all be dead by then, due to radiation and
- reckless depletion of natural resources. If we can take to the stars by
- then, our present calendar system I think will be grossly inadequate.
-
- ~Frank
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