>>>>> "JQ" == Jérôme Quelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AS> 10. Other things Santa did wrong >> calling it something related to santa. us non-christians are majorly >> hurt. (not that much :) i think you can come up with other more secular >> names. JQ> Well, I just checked the date and saw it is the 12th december of year 2001. JQ> ie, 2001 after Christ's birthday. Does that hurt too ? :) well, do you know the term CE (Common Era) vs. the common AD? and BCE (Before Common Era) vs. BC? i am used to and accept that year counting with a common base is useful. but setting the year base on some individual's (inaccurrate) birth year is silly at best. and this thread is getting way too far from FWP and i expect vicki to come in soon with a shotgun. :) uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com -- Stem is an Open Source Network Development Toolkit and Application Suite - ----- Stem and Perl Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding ---- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org