<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Sean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drifter@oppositelock.org">drifter@oppositelock.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Monday 11 August 2008 06:14:59 pm Preston Boyington wrote:<br>
> ok, then why not go to a 30 day x 12 month = 360 day year? a circle is<br>
> 360 degrees, why not our yearly orbit? (yes, i know that our orbit<br>
> around the sun is not circular)<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br>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. <br><br>For instance:<br>
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?<br><br>Too bad our rotation period is not an integer divisor of the orbit period. <br>
<br>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.<br>(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.)<br>
</div></div><br>Of course, poor Charles will miss it all since he hangs with the "it was all a sound stage" crowd. :-)<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III <br><br>
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