'cuz Trebeck: Jeopardy! special on this evening

2020-01-02 Thread danny burstein
"What is Jeopardy?" started at 8 pm NY time. Presumably will show at 8 on the Left Coast. Don't know about Central, Mountain, or Hawaii. "Check local listings" Has clips of Art Fleming (yes, the original host), too! _ Knowledge may be

Re: Happy New Year (but, of course, the big celebration is in a few days)

2020-01-02 Thread danny burstein
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020, Steve VanDevender wrote: danny burstein writes: > > The 28th is a special birthday because it (*usually) means that a full leap-year cycle has happened. So we know that WNN started on a MONDAY back in 1992! It's kind of the > > modern equivalent of the cycle in the Aztec

Re: Happy New Year (but, of course, the big celebration is in a few days)

2020-01-02 Thread Steve VanDevender
danny burstein writes: > > The 28th is a special birthday because it (*usually) means that a full > > leap-year cycle has happened. So we know that WNN started on a MONDAY > > back in 1992! It's kind of the > > modern equivalent of the cycle in the Aztec calendar > > > > -Doug Elrod

Re: Happy New Year (but, of course, the big celebration is in a few days)

2020-01-02 Thread danny burstein
The 28th is a special birthday because it (*usually) means that a full leap-year cycle has happened. So we know that WNN started on a MONDAY back in 1992! It's kind of the modern equivalent of the cycle in the Aztec calendar -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) (*the exceptions would be when

Happy New Year (but, of course, the big celebration is in a few days)

2020-01-02 Thread Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu)
This coming Monday, January 6, 2020, is the 28th birthday of World News Now! (The Interactive Program Guide says it started on Jan. 5, but we know how unreliable *that* is ;-)). The 28th is a special birthday because it (*usually) means that a full leap-year cycle has happened. So we