Re: [NTLK] [OT]Messagepad case and memory upgrade

From: Laurent Daudelin (nemesys_at_cox.rr.com)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 00:19:57 EST


on 02/04/02 00:10, Stephen Jendraszak at stevehj_at_mac.com wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 12:05 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>>> The appearance of the "star" was just Jupiter and Saturn lined up,=20
>>> which happens every 805 years. With that in mind, he was born in 6=20
>>> B.C.
>> [snip!]
>>
>> born in 6 B.C.? I thought that B.C. meant "Before Christ"? If so, how do
>> Jesus be born six years before?
>>
>> -Laurent.
>
> That is exactly what BC means, of course, but it turns out that the monk
> who created our current system of recording the years was a little off.
> Basically, he had to guess at when Christ was born, and he guessed a
> little off. Which leaves us now with the strange situation of Jesus
> being born 6 years "Before Christ."

I guess that this confirms the old saying that you learn something with
every day passing...

-Laurent.

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