Swans on Tea

Physics, tech and humor. Because science and learning are cool, and life's too short not to laugh.
  • Home
  • A very little about me

Calendars Aren’t Forever

Published by swansont on February 29, 2012 10:08 am under Time

It is extraordinary hubris for any civilization to presume that its calendar will still be in use in 1,000 years

I have already noted the strange history of the Swedish adoption of the Gregorian calendar and leap days, but here’s another article that puts a personal touch on the existence of February 30, in 1712, along with more history of our calendars. The Drama of Measuring the Days of Our Lives

No Comment

Comments are closed.

Posting your comment.

  • Pages

    • A very little about me
  • Contact

    swansontea (at) scienceforums.net
    Follow Me on Twitter @Swansontea
  • Mark This Page!

    Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon
  • Greatest Hits

    Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
    Crackpot Bingo
    Talk Like a Physicist Day
    Speak the Geek!
    Your Horoscope
    Doomed to Fail
    The Great Deception
    What (not) to Say When You Meet a Physicist
    Socks are Fermions
  • Recent Comments

    • doG on One, Two, Three, Many
    • Nick on One, Two, Three, Many
    • Xittenn on One, Two, Three, Many
    • Carolyn Herr Watts on Send a Wire to the Main Office and Tell Them I Said “OW!”
    • Baby Astronaut on Daydreaming Science
  •  

    May 2012
    S M T W T F S
    « Apr    
     12345
    6789101112
    13141516171819
    20212223242526
    2728293031  
  • Archives

    • May 2012
    • April 2012
    • March 2012
    • February 2012
    • January 2012
    • December 2011
    • November 2011
    • October 2011
    • September 2011
    • August 2011
    • July 2011
    • June 2011
    • May 2011
    • April 2011
    • March 2011
    • February 2011
    • January 2011
    • December 2010
    • November 2010
    • October 2010
    • September 2010
    • August 2010
    • July 2010
    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
    • December 2009
    • November 2009
    • October 2009
    • September 2009
    • August 2009
    • July 2009
    • June 2009
    • May 2009
    • April 2009
    • March 2009
    • February 2009
    • January 2009
    • December 2008
    • November 2008
    • October 2008
    • September 2008
    • August 2008
    • July 2008
    • June 2008
    • May 2008
    • April 2008
    • March 2008
    • February 2008
    • January 2008
  • Categories

    • admin
    • Antiscience
    • Art
    • Blog Compendia
    • Body
    • Books
    • Bureaucracy
    • Business
    • Cartoon
    • Conference stories
    • Cool stuff
    • DIY science
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Experiments
    • Food
    • Game
    • Geocaching
    • History
    • Humor
    • Illusions
    • Journalism
    • Lab Stories
    • Language
    • Links
    • Math
    • Metaphysics
    • Misc
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Navy
    • Not Really Science at All
    • Other science
    • peeve
    • photography
    • Photos
    • Physics
    • Politics
    • Quotes
    • Rants
    • Religion
    • Satire
    • Sci-Fi
    • Science-general
    • science-y observation
    • Security
    • Shameless self promotion
    • Sick sick sick
    • Silly
    • Sports
    • Tech
    • The Lab
    • Time
    • TMI
    • Toys
    • trivia
    • TV
    • TYAGFITI
    • Typography
    • Uncategorized
    • Video
    • Weird
    • World Events
    • Writing

Copyright © 2012 Swans on Tea
WordPress Theme based on Light Theme

This blog is protected by Dave's Spam Karma 2: 106534 Spams eaten and counting...

ScienceForums.Net Blog Network | More Blogs | Search Blogs | RSS Logo SFN RSS