From: robert@timetraveller.org (Robert Brockway)
Subject: [TUHS] 2018: eighteen months to the Unix 50th anniversary
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:08:32 +1000 (AEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1801120800140.13330@sirius.opentrend.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1801111043140.53831@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> No way the big JC could've been born in the middle of winter in that part of
> the world; try about 4BC (Halley's comet) around Spring in March or so.
Quite right. I was there in winter and got snowed in for 3 days at a
kibbutz near Jerusalem.
I'd also like to endorse the Holocene Calendar at this point since it
results in all events since the development of agriculture having a
positive date. Much easier for comparison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_calendar
OnUNIX: Development of UNIX started in 11969HE. See, perfectly sensible.
Rob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-11 22:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-09 0:30 Warren Toomey
2018-01-09 0:39 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-01-09 2:16 ` Noel Hunt
2018-01-09 2:38 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-01-09 7:30 ` Kevin Bowling
2018-01-09 18:09 ` Warner Losh
2018-01-10 3:34 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2018-01-10 4:11 ` Warner Losh
2018-01-10 5:23 ` George Michaelson
2018-01-10 6:25 ` Kevin Bowling
2018-01-10 6:53 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2018-01-10 10:57 ` Warren Toomey
2018-01-10 16:53 ` Grant Taylor
2018-01-10 13:23 ` Andy Kosela
2018-01-10 23:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2018-01-11 0:06 ` George Michaelson
2018-01-11 22:08 ` Robert Brockway [this message]
2018-01-11 1:22 Noel Chiappa
2018-01-11 21:45 ` Clem Cole
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