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From: James Giles on 20 Jun 2008 20:34 Apropos of nothing in particular, but is it only in the US the the day traditionally called "Midsummer's Day" is called the "Official first day of Summer"? Who is this official? In what government does he or she serve and in what capacity? How do I vote against this official? :-) -- J. Giles "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- C. A. R. Hoare "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability" -- E. W. Dijkstra
From: Terence on 20 Jun 2008 22:06 And I just got "Father's Day" congratualitions from a son and close friends in the USA. In Australia, it's totally a different day. And I suppose Europe may use another. At least the soltices can't be argued with, at least not since they built the new Stonehenge computer...
From: robert.corbett on 20 Jun 2008 22:18 On Jun 20, 5:34 pm, "James Giles" <jamesgi...(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > Apropos of nothing in particular, but is it only in the US the > the day traditionally called "Midsummer's Day" is called the > "Official first day of Summer"? Who is this official? In what > government does he or she serve and in what capacity? How > do I vote against this official? :-) Neither the government of the United States of America nor the International Astronomical Union officially designate the summer solstice the "first day of summer." Bob Corbett
From: e p chandler on 20 Jun 2008 23:05 On Jun 20, 8:34 pm, "James Giles" <jamesgi...(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > Apropos of nothing in particular, but is it only in the US the > the day traditionally called "Midsummer's Day" is called the > "Official first day of Summer"? Who is this official? In what > government does he or she serve and in what capacity? How > do I vote against this official? :-) > > -- > J. Giles > > "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software > design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously > no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated > that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- C. A. R. Hoare > > "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability" -- E. W. Dijkstra Here in (lower) Michigan there are only two seasons: Winter and Road Construction. :-). Happy Solstice. - e
From: ttw6687 on 20 Jun 2008 23:24
Days are getting shorte; winter's comming. |