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The Math of Leap Days
The Bad Astronomer writes "We have leap days every four years because the Earth's day and year don't divide evenly. But there's more to it than that... a lot more. A year isn't exactly 365.25 days long, and that leads to needing more complicated math and rules for when we do and don't have a leap year. If you've ever wanted to see that math laid out, now's your chance, and it only comes along every four years. Except every hundred years. Except every four hundred years."
There are no leap years. It's a conspiracy to cause IT nightmares and bratty kids who claim their age /= 4.
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and it only comes along every for years.
Wow! That really IS rare!
How is this news? It's been in Wikipedia for years!
Have you heard about SoylentNews?
I think we have different definitions of complicated.
Evidently spelling and grammar top the list for the /. editors.
"Maybe this world is another planet's hell"
Aldous Huxley
did your "Myans" invent the number "for"?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Evelyn Beatrice Hall, re Voltaire
e.g.; "In Soviet Russia, year leaps you! Ha ha ha." (there's no way to spell Yakov's laugh)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Evelyn Beatrice Hall, re Voltaire
ARRGH, a twitter feed I acutally want to follow.
Good news! Your troubles will be over soon!