Y100
As noted here previously, Taiwan is 1911 years behind the rest of the world in counting years. 2007 is thus the year 96 in Taiwan. So I was wondering … what will happen to Taiwan’s computers in four years? Will Taiwan have its own Y2K crisis in the year 100? Now it is true that Y2K turned out not to be the disaster some anticipated, at the same time, over 300 billion US dollars were spent to make sure that there weren’t any problems. Is Taiwan ready for 2011?
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Egads, calendar problems. It’s endless. The Romans screwed up the calendar by having the calendar maker be a political appointment. The lunar cycle doesn’t mathch the solar cycle, but yet there are holidays keyed to both the lunar and solar cycles. On top of all that the atomic clock shows that there are not 365.25 days in a year but a very inconvenient number that requires a leap second every I-don’t-remember amount of time. And the Earth’s spin on its axis is slowing down due to friction with the atmosphere, making the day shorter — so how many days does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun — I’m not exactly sure. I think my alarm clock is off by something. Now if only this would be the year of something important, it could be designated the Year 0. But, of course, there is that ancient curse,”may you live in interesting times”. I think we all could do without the honor.