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You're assuming the ad stands for the same thing in 2000AD as it does now but it is set so far into the future (well after the collapse of religion and the arrival of Tharg the Mighty) that it obviously follows the Brianonian calendar and stands for After Derek.

Brian Derek of the retail tailors of Sutton in Ashfield?


Was it dated from conception or birth?


I can understand how that would have the global cultural impact to merit a recalculation of the calendar.


Bespoke is the ultimate expression of personal style as well as a significant part of any wardrobe.

As Hugo says..




So, I think we should have our very own calendar.


I suggest that this year be year zero in our "Keff-ian" calendar.


So 2010 P.K ( previously keef ) was last year & this year 1 A.K ( after keef )



I'm open to suggestions for the names of the week & month.


Monday = MacGabhannday ?


Tuesday = ?


Wednesday =


Nette:-S

You guys were making it up as you went along when pontificating about the calender.


So, here's an extra little piece of bull.


John K


? 9. Deinde, ne in posterum a XII kalendas aprilis aequinoctium recedat, statuimus bissextum quarto quoque anno (uti mos est) continuari debere, praeterquam in centesimis annis; qui, quamvis bissextiles antea semper fuerint, qualem etiam esse volumus annum MDC, post eum tamen qui deinceps consequentur centesimi non omnes bissextiles sint, sed in quadringentis quibusque annis primi quique tres centesimi sine bissexto transigantur, quartus vero quisque centesimus bissextiles sit, ita ut annus MDCC, MDCCC, MDCCCC bissextiles non sint. Anno vero MM, more consueto dies bissextus intercaletur, februario dies XXIX continente, idemque ordo intermittendi intercalandique bissextum diem in quadringentis quibusque annis perpetuo conservetur.

edhistory Wrote:

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> You guys were making it up as you went along when

> pontificating about the calender.

>

> So, here's an extra little piece of bull.

>

> John K

>

> ? 9. Deinde, ne in posterum a XII kalendas aprilis

> aequinoctium recedat, statuimus bissextum quarto

> quoque anno (uti mos est) continuari debere,

> praeterquam in centesimis annis; qui, quamvis

> bissextiles antea semper fuerint, qualem etiam

> esse volumus annum MDC, post eum tamen qui

> deinceps consequentur centesimi non omnes

> bissextiles sint, sed in quadringentis quibusque

> annis primi quique tres centesimi sine bissexto

> transigantur, quartus vero quisque centesimus

> bissextiles sit, ita ut annus MDCC, MDCCC, MDCCCC

> bissextiles non sint. Anno vero MM, more consueto

> dies bissextus intercaletur, februario dies XXIX

> continente, idemque ordo intermittendi

> intercalandique bissextum diem in quadringentis

> quibusque annis perpetuo conservetur.



Hee hee


You said bissex & annis.


They're rude words


:-$

edhistory Wrote:

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> You guys were making it up as you went along when

> pontificating about the calender.

>

> So, here's an extra little piece of bull.

>

> John K

>

> ? 9. Deinde, ne in posterum a XII kalendas aprilis aequinoctium recedat, statuimus bissextum quarto

> quoque anno (uti mos est) continuari debere, praeterquam in centesimis annis; qui, quamvis

> bissextiles antea semper fuerint, qualem etiam esse volumus annum MDC, post eum tamen qui

> deinceps consequentur centesimi non omnes bissextiles sint, sed in quadringentis quibusque

> annis primi quique tres centesimi sine bissexto transigantur, quartus vero quisque centesimus

> bissextiles sit, ita ut annus MDCC, MDCCC, MDCCCC bissextiles non sint. Anno vero MM, more consueto

> dies bissextus intercaletur, februario dies XXIX continente, idemque ordo intermittendi

> intercalandique bissextum diem in quadringentis quibusque annis perpetuo conservetur.


But that just explains leap years?


PS Nette - you missed posterum

That was the Gregorian modification John K, and previously referred to as the 'real' start date of the current calendar (as opposed to Anno Domini) in the 16th Century.


Apparently 'bissextiles' is a name for 'leap' year, and I've heard there was something particularly pneumatic about them ;-)

A young schoolchild told me that when they mark their spellings in class they put a tick for correct spellings and a dot for incorrect spellings.


When I said why don't they use a cross (X) for wrong spellings I was told it may hurt people's feelings.


Political Correctness Gone Mad? I bet they wouldn't do this in Free Schools.


Bring back a big fat X in red ink I say.

I think you can probably blame the parents who sue at the drop of a hat, and the legislation that allows them to do it, rather than the school.


It seems a bit illogical, they are both just symbols after all. It doesn't matter whether a dot or a cross means 'wrong', eventually they'll both take on the same associations and emotions.

My own teachers had many variations on marking styles - sometimes using numbers or other symbols. Some used acronyms to communicate varying degrees of incorrectness. No points for guessing what NBG meant. ;-)


Several teachers would not mark incorrect answers at all - just score correct ones.


In Sweden or Finland a tick means wrong. In some Asian countries a 0 means correct.


I don't see why this would be an issue, so long as the kids know what it means.


I could only see this as being 'mad' if you wanted education to churn out an endless line of automatons.

StraferJack Wrote:

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> which school, silverfox?


I think it would be wrong to name the school. It's the example I was highlighting.


Children need to learn what failure is so they can strive to improve. It also helps them appreciate achievement after effort. This applies in all areas including sport. Too many schools, for example, have adopted contradictory notions of uncompetitive competition. Nobody loses lest it discriminates against or offends others.


This is not preparing children for the real world.

Thinking about this, it's not PCGM, it's just an educational approach.

It's not about offending, it's about not discouraging and alienating.


I'm sure there are proper educationalists out there who could tell me, maybe I'm just making an assumption.


The rights and wrongs of this approach I'm not qualified or experienced to comment on, but surely this is nothing to do with PCGM.

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