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Re: Has Oracle actually erased the birth of Christ from the calendar?

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:11:34 +0100
Message-ID: <tunmqibkp8vbaa@corp.supernews.com>

"Chris O'Sullivan" <itoys_at_tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:3bebc631_at_dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> This seems like an interesting bug. It was around in 8.1.5. I've just
> checked 8.1.6 and same again. What do all you SQL gurus think?
>

[snip]

> This begs the question:
>
> Is Larry really God? If pope Gregory struggled to get away with 10 days
> guess you would have to be God to get away with 367 days!
>
>

I think you should do some more research on the history of the Calendar, and the history of the number 0.
The year zero has _never_ existed, as people in the Middle Ages couldn't imagine 0 was a proper number.

So : there is still only _one_ God, and it's not Larry, and it's not Billyboy

Regards

--
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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Received on Fri Nov 09 2001 - 07:11:34 CST

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